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Nimble and fast, open-source frameworks can simplify application deployment in the cloud. But they're not for everyone.
With the data center moving to various cloud configurations, server provisioning will be a concern.
We look at Facebook, Foursquare, Google Latitude and Yelp to see how their mobile location-based services have prospered -- or not.
Under a barrage of cyberattacks, U.S. companies are hiring more security engineers, analysts than ever before
Although Fibre Channel is seeing single-digit growth rates, Ethernet for storage is exploding
He wrote the book on a philosophy known as 'employees first, customer second.'
Amazon Web Services offer new challenges and flexibility for database admins -- here's how to avoid the pitfalls and tune for performance
For Nancy Galietti, keeping the NFL's IT department cost flat sets the groundwork for an expanding role
CEO Tim Cook says they do, and the latest MacBook-line sales figures show a slump
Google's low pricing is attracting the attention of existing cloud users
Organizations work to improve the help desk by finding 'teaching moments' for users and focusing on efficiency.
Despite years of warnings, analysts say enterprises continue to be plagued by 'the curse of the reusable password.'
Non-tech CIOs are all the rage these days. Is that good or bad for IT?
IT execs aim to comply with worker demands to use social networking tools on the job.
Preferred Hotel Group says Terremark cloud delivers flexibility and high performance
Large enterprises take a methodical approach to moving workloads into the public cloud
The demand for tech part-time work can also mean the economy is improving, says an IT staffing firm
Experts say it's about protection from lawsuits and access to a large pool of patents
Using big data to save lives
What do you do after reaching the pinnacle of IT management? If you're like these CIOs, you leave. Here's where they went, and why.
Finance chief Gregg Leach and tech manager Ken Hughes work closely on software, cost-control, giving aircraft overhaul firm an edge
IT wants fewer, more comprehensive virtualization management tools. But for now, specialized vendors tackle different challenges.
Here's how virtualization and replication technologies protect data from disaster, while keeping business services humming.
Encryption isn't bulletproof if keys and digital rights are left out in the open. Here's how to lock down stored data.
Microsoft hopes a quick Office 365 price cut can help it blunt the strong rise of Google's cloud application suite, analysts say.
