Enterprise technology opinions, analysis, and forecasts from Network World's experts
The enterprise is seeing return on IoT investment. And the tech genre is now a quarter of IT budgets.
A lot of people are talking about Nano Server inside Windows Server 2016. But what is it really? And why should we care?
Once you remove the noise from a huge sample of market data its patterns become surprisingly predictable
Cultures collide, it happens. But this one is a bad idea.
Docker's rapid adoption and deep penetration signal the beginning of the end for the Puppet and Chef IT automation platforms
Sift Security is a new entry in the market of tools that quicken and simplify the hunt for security threats. The graphical interface helps security analysts see threat patterns at a glance
The Wi-Fi Alliance's Passpoint certification, release 1, has tipped the scales and will become required for all new phones. But Passpoint release 2 may never be adopted.
Decentralized ad hoc networks, the kind we’re likely to see more of as IoT use increases, could self-discover their network size by copying ant colony behavior
How did a 911 call from Anchorage, Alaska, end up 2,500 miles away in a call center in Ontario? The answer may surprise you, and it is not an uncommon problem.
A bandwidth-theft solution that utilizes crowdsourcing gets funding, promises to change how pirates are caught
The human element behind the black box
BQ Aquaris M10, the first Ubuntu-powered tablet to ship, has some flaws, but the fact that it runs traditional Linux desktop apps will make many Linux users happy
A new survey by the Ponemon Institute finds that enterprise-wide encryption strategies are accelerating but there are risks to consider
Atomic-scale memory could one day significantly reduce the amount of space needed for data
Here’s an innovative way to empower people who really want to send longer tweets—and enable Twitter to generate billions of dollars
You don't have to know COBOL to work in big iron. APIs open up mainframing to anyone with coding skills.
Generic top-level domains are often used for spam and malware attacks. There are steps they can take, though, to reduce the amount.
Monitoring PCs for files starting to become encrypted is enough to alert CryptoDrop that something is wrong. The software then simply shuts down the malware.
Traditional bank data centers will disappear if financial institutions adopt private blockchain. That’s looking more likely as a SaaS, blockchain-based banking OS appears.
Virtual reality and augmented reality are growing in popularity, with the most recent example being Pokémon Go. But are today’s networks prepared?
The era of perpetual licenses isn't likely to go away anytime soon
Games, cameras and mobile devices stand to benefit from a super-fast, new microSD-like card using UFS
For the deaf community, texting to 911 can be their lifeline. But in nine out of 10 centers, it's not available.
Recalling a favorite song could be enough to unlock computers one day. All you’ll need is a tiny earbud to register the electro-brainwaves.
Security teams fight a constant battle—and spends lots of money—preventing cyberattacks. We need to shift the burden and have prosecutors go after cyber criminals.
Just a year ago, consumers had to make big compromises when buying a phone costing less than $300. The G4 Plus has made this history.
Apple marketing made operating system code names a 'thing' so why aren't they making point versions for the election candidates?
We will soon throw away our VueZone wireless video cameras when the NetGear cloud service is discontinued
The transformation away from capital assets gives businesses the freedom to compete through innovation
Many browsers have some type of 'private' browsing. The settings aren't enough, though, to offer real protection.
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