Enterprise technology opinions, analysis, and forecasts from Network World's experts
A global architectural firm sees big advantages in putting building design data in a cloud-based storage service. The results: lower costs and easier collaboration.
New members of the CIO Hall of Fame recall the watershed moments when they learned the hard lessons of great leadership.
'Failing Expectations: Fourth Amendment Doctrine in the Era of Total Surveillance' is a thought-provoking essay written by a Fordham University law professor about how the reasonable expectation test for privacy is failing to protect us. Add into our
The CAN SPAM Act is now 11 years old and as good as it has been, the Act needs to be updated to address the realities of modern marketing.
Comcast once passed out these ridiculous fliers warning of the horrors of municipal broadband
Why I cringe whenever I hear someone say "it's the year of Linux gaming!"
Amazon doesn’t have to share its cloud financials - but it should
Keeping massively powerful computers humming will be an enormous challenge
Momentum builds for Google platform interoperability
Anticipating the next-gen data center
Imagine that - mobile app developers don't want to support yet another operating system.
The now-aging TCP/IP protocol might not be around for much longer. That’s if a bunch of researchers promoting network coding have their way.
Software licensing, hardware costs, and bundles for starters and Catalyst 6500 upgrades
Bad relationships in the workplace are based on fear and insecurity. An expert in psychology and leadership says the key to healing the relationship is to build trust.
Rocket Labs says it has 30 launches lined up starting in 2015
One security-ratings firm says breaches are often retailers’ own fault for not dealing with security pro-actively.
It would have been sac-religious at AWS just last year, but the tide is turning.
With the FCC's new in-school Wi-Fi initiative kicking into gear, schools need to take a few things into consideration before deploying.
One of the most important things you can do for security on a Unix system is restrict root access. But the issue is more complicated than who knows root's password.
If there are no bees left what will save agriculture? Robots, of course!
I spent a few weeks running the Awesome Window Manager, and, truth be told, I'm still not sure what I think of it.
FTC report highlights five steps carriers and other service providers can do to fight unauthorized charges
The mighty Wzor is whiffing it lately, so I don't buy this latest report.
As President Obama prepares to sign a bill to once again legalize unlocking cellphones, there’s only one way it will make any real difference.
Everyone would return home for a forgotten smartphone or notebook en route to work, but few would go back for a tablet.
Recent news from IBM and Microsoft highlight the upheavals underway as the technology industry rapidly transitions to new realities.
