Opinion

Apps be nimble, apps be quick

Cloud-native apps are everywhere. No matter where apps live, though, end users need to be happy

Major cloud is infested with malware, researchers say

Researchers say 10% of repositories hosted by cloud providers, including some on Amazon and Google, are compromised, and ‘lurking malice’ is hidden in them

What you need to know about microservices

New application development trends like microservices are sweeping into popularity, bringing new opportunities and challenges with them

Beware dodgy data analysis

Applying data analysis in absence of deep understanding of your business can have disastrous results.

Why scripts are better than politicians

When DR fails

Lessons learned after my main server got hacked

In big data, industrialization is innovation

What every CIO should focus on in 2017

80/20 rule of network equipment: Stay on budget and innovate

If you have existing equipment that is perfectly adequate for the functions at hand, extend their useful life and redirect that budget to other areas

Securing the cloud endpoint

For cloud’s sake, let’s reduce our security dependence on browsers

Democracy has died of dysentery: The Voter Suppression Trail

How API adoption can boosts annual profits

Boston University professors have quantified the value of APIs, the software fueling digital platforms for the likes of Apple, Facebook, Google, Uber and Airbnb. However, few companies recognize the value of APIs.

25% to 30% of users struggle with identifying phishing threats, study says

Some 8 million phishing email messages are opened every day

Novelty seeking and networking

“Better safe than sorry” vs. “Nothing ventured, nothing gained”

The day the 911 network stood still

The frail, legacy emergency 911 network in the United States was accidentally brought to its proverbial knees recently by a teenager looking for an Apple iOS bug

The long, slow death of private cloud continues

At some point the economic unviability of private clouds will become clear. Math will win out.

MongoDB 3.4 accelerates digital transformation in the enterprise

Can MongoDB take on the big SQL database contenders?

Is your personal relevance gap growing faster than your waistline?

Staying relevant is critical to staying employed

Improve IT security: Start with these 10 topics

Why Blockchain’s growing pains will be worth it

Experts say blockchain has a bright future, much like the optimistic predictions the industry had for the cloud 10 years ago.

If Linux never was: Imagining an alternate reality without Linux

IT departments becoming ‘obsolete’

Cloud computing, smartphones and as-a-service software products are killing off the traditional, ‘dark days’ IT department, says printer manufacturer Brother

It’s time to rein in social media services

For the good of our culture and our political process, social media has to be banned from interfering with what should be free speech

The FIDO Alliance provides strong authentication for online services  

Passwords are too weak to be a solo means of authentication. The FIDO Alliance has developed new protocols that enable strong authentication for online and mobile services

The growing importance of the network in the digital-first economy

As companies across all industries re-orient their focus to a customer-centric view of the world, the primary enabler of digital transformation is the network in all its forms

Lessons learned from the DYN attack

Containers: IT history seems to be repeating itself

Containers are exciting and new, but the environment is not fleshed out enough to satisfy everyone, a new survey shows

Your network, IoT, cloud computing and the future

Anyone in charge of a network has to think about how that network will evolve

Audio Q&A: 20 years of networked cameras

Beyond 911: Other N-1-1 codes you should know

In addition to 911, there are eight other special short-code numbers.

Can you really stop ransomware?