Opinion

The sky is streaming

What’s wireless and cloud-friendly? Internet service delivered from the sky.

10 questions about Avaya’s networking business

Reliability, not principally speed, will drive 5G

Tech bosses spilled some beans at the recent CES show: 5G isn’t just about high speeds and capacity

Google Cloud Key Management Service could help more enterprises encrypt data

Google Cloud Key Management Service could raise many enterprises above the security poverty line with the ability to encrypt data

Infrastructure monitoring: Turn data into knowledge and minimize slowdowns

When you research IT infrastructure monitoring solutions, ensure that they provide insightful analytics and ways to prioritize what’s important for you to investigate

MongoDB ransomware attacks and lessons learned

Small businesses are prime targets for cyber attacks: SIEM-as-a-service can help

Netsurion’s SIEM-at-the-Edge puts enterprise-level detection and response capabilities in the hands of SMBs

3 things you need to know to effectively scale your team

Building out a technology team is as important as it is challenging. By simplifying your way of thinking and focusing on key areas, you can help yourself through the process.

Aruba President Dominic Orr retiring—Thanks for the memories

Orr has had a busy 10 years. Here’s a look back at some of his accomplishments.

PocketCHIP review: A super cheap Linux terminal that fits in your pocket

Death to the hybrid WAN

The continued use of hybrid WANs and SD-WANs add more confusion to the mix. It’s time we kill one of them.

Rated insecurity: Faux Cat 6 cable sold on Amazon

Beware: Some of the Cat 5 and Cat 6 cable sold via Amazon isn’t UL- or TIA-approved and could start a fire. So, before you buy, read the reviews.

2017: The year of widespread SDN adoption and DDoS attack mitigation

What can we expect in 2017? Accelerated SDN adoption and sharper focus for DDoS attacks.

Best Buy responds to Geek Squad snooping case

Company denies relationship with the FBI or sanctioning of payment to Geek Squad techs

Amazon Alexa ‘wins’ CES, but how well does the virtual assistant really perform?

I finally gave Alexa a try, and I’m a convert—to a point. I think there are many more things it can do, but I don’t know how to ask her to do them.

Road Test: Taking a self-driving BMW for a spin—at 60 mph in rush hour traffic

I piloted a fully automated BMW, with my hands off the steering wheel and my feet off the pedals, along a Las Vegas freeway at 60 mph during rush hour. This is what I learned.

Why you shouldn’t trust Geek Squad ever again

The U.S. government reportedly pays Geek Squad technicians to dig through your PC for files to give to the FBI.

Tech Resume Makeover 101: How to move forward with your job search

Each month, CIO.com pairs a job-seeking reader with a tech resume professional in order to help them tell the right story to advance their careers. Here is a look back at some recent makeovers to help you craft a resume that jumps off the page.

iPhone after 10 years: Google overwhelms the iPhone like Microsoft overwhelmed the Mac

How Android won 90% of the smartphone market with tactics Microsoft used to win 90% of the PC market

When we weren’t looking, smartwatches became niche items

Smartwatch makers are focusing on workouts and activity tracking. What happened to making a smartwatch for anyone to wear all the time?

Intel’s new Kaby Lake processors: No performance gains

The new chips are pretty much even with the last generation. Is this reason for concern?

Wandera helps manage the risks a mobile fleet poses to corporate data  

The company offers a secure mobile gateway in the cloud that customers route data through, and a corresponding app that gets installed on end user devices

Dell’s new Kaby Lake XPS 13 Developer Edition laptop amazes

With a 10% price drop, powerful performance and the ability to run any Linux distribution, you can’t help but love Dell’s new XPS 13 laptop

When anti-malware vendors get into a slap fight, users lose

No one should disable another vendor's protection, regardless of reason

Using artificial intelligence to teach computers to see

Even though autonomous cars are equipped with 20-plus cameras and a sophisticated LIDAR system, they still have trouble seeing what is obvious to humans

5 New Year’s resolutions for the telecom industry

As an industry, telecom service providers can vow to make new friends, lose weight, get fit and try something new. And, yes, they can have more fun.

Compuware Total Test brings unit testing to mainframe Cobol development

DevOps environments can use Cobol and mainframes to address their needs

The downside of buying used gear via Glyde

Computer equipment resellers such as Glyde are convenient, but they have their risks

3 steps to increase the business value of your network

With these three steps you will set your network on a path of transformation, from being primarily about connectivity to being primarily about revenue and innovation.

Don’t play games with your data center: Shift from Intel CPUs to NVIDIA GPUs

Digital technologies such as deep learning, AI, augmented reality and the IoT are driving the need for a new model of computing beyond the capabilities of CPUs