12 Cool LinkedIn Features You Never Knew About
There's more to LinkedIn than just connecting with the people you know. Here are 12 features that enhance your LinkedIn experience.
15 Must-Have Android Apps to Tweet About
CIO.com's Al Sacco asked his tech-savvy Twitter followers to name the best Android apps available today, and they answered with gusto. Don't miss these.
In the tech world, acquisitions, mergers, partnerships and product investments seem to happen every day. Here are some other recent, and less recent, tech unions that either struck gold or turned to dung. For some, the jury is still out.
CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle says enterprises won't rush to roll out Windows 8. However, they may see the new OS in the form of Windows RT, the ARM version that combines the snazzy UI that users like with management and security controls that IT likes.
From the gothic Lisbeth Salander in "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" to the brainy Mark Zuckerberg in "Social Network," blockbuster movies have recently elevated the tech geek from quirky sidekick to cool hero (or anti-hero).
The 2012 IDG Enterprise Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C) survey was completed with the goal of gaining understanding of current and future UC&C investments. The survey highlights the uptick in UC&C adoption and investments in the coming three years in enterprise organizations.
How well do you know Gmail? Here are five tips, from setting up an automatic vacation response to signing out of your account remotely, that the average Gmail user might not know about.
Members of an increasingly mobile workforce can suffer from gadget overload. From smartphones, tablets and notebooks, deciding which devices to pack can be daunting. Here are 10 smart gadgets to help you work better on the go.
CIOs can expect their jobs to change dramatically by the end of the decade. Expect an increased role in everything from business planning and cybersecurity to robot management and, of course, the cloud.
How well do you know LinkedIn? Maybe not as well as you think. Here's a look at five features and tools -- from listening to headlines to hiding your identity -- that can save you time, expand your network and give you perspective on your connections.
Who says you need a college degree to be successful? Here's a look at 10 tech titans who dropped out and made it big...really big.
As IT outsourcing matures, you'd think negotiating IT service deals would get easier. Not so, according to the attorneys who deal with service levels, contract structure and pricing models.
News
- Apple to Offer Its Nano-SIM Patents Royalty-Free
- What You Need to Know About 802.11ac
- Tips for Buying a Three-Stream Access Point
- Microsoft, Nokia Will Spend $24 Million on University Program to Boost App Development
- Apple's New IPad Clears China's Regulatory Hurdle
- Who Holds the Keys?
- Microsoft Moves to Slow Google Apps
- Eclipse Readies Browser-Based IDE
- Are Tablets Inevitable As PC Replacements?
- Push Your Cloud Supplier to Participate in CSA STAR
Applications
- Microsoft, Nokia Will Spend $24 Million on University Program to Boost App Development
- Microsoft Moves to Slow Google Apps
- Eclipse Readies Browser-Based IDE
- 10 Questions for Scala CFO Anthony Maddalone
- Facebook Scammers Host Trojan Horse Extensions on the Chrome Web Store
- Google Ends Chrome Search Rank Penalty Period
- SAS Promises Pervasive BI with New Tool
- Oracle Set to Update Analytics Strategy, Go After SAP Customers
- Wall Street Beat: Tech Bellwethers Offer View Into IT Trends
- Microsoft's Ads, Humor Boost Consumer Opinion of IE
Careers
- Tech Job Seekers Less Likely to Be Asked for Social-Media Passwords
- Indian, U.S. Firms Urge Obama Action on Visas
- Facebook and Senator Fire Back At Password Snooping Employers
- When Will the Offshore Flow of IT and Finance Jobs End?
- Offshoring Shrinks Number of IT Jobs, Study Says
- 'NoOps' Debate Grows Heated
- New Verizon CEO Got $16 Million Pay Raise in 2011
- JOBS Act Would Revive Dot-Com Abuses, Official Claims
- How to Get a Hot Job in Big Data
- IT Skills Shortages Inside Companies Hamper Profitability, Productivity
Cloud Computing
- Microsoft Moves to Slow Google Apps
- Eclipse Readies Browser-Based IDE
- Push Your Cloud Supplier to Participate in CSA STAR
- EBay CISO Receiving Security Industry Lifetime Achievement Award
- AWS Partners with Open-Source Private Cloud Provider Eucalyptus
- AWS Deal Improves Eucalyptus' Chances At Enterprises
- Figuring Out the Data Center Fabric Maze
- AMD's New CEO Likes Basketball and the Chip Maker's Future
- Cloud Security Registry Slow to Catch on
- Amazon Comes Out on Top in Cloud Data Transfer Speed Test
Data Center
- Who Holds the Keys?
- Disaster Recovery on Double Duty
- Genealogists Excited for Release of 1940 Census, Family History Sites Prepare
- Figuring Out the Data Center Fabric Maze
- Nvidia Brings Console Gaming to Ultrabooks with New GPU
- Quantum Unveils Enterprise-Class Cloud Backup Services
- With Tech Breakthrough, Seagate Promises 60TB Drives This Decade
- AMD Reaches for the Cloud with New Server Chips
- China'S Huawei Eyes Bigger Share of Server Market with New Tecal V2 Products
- Linux 3.3 Released, Integrates Android Code
Mobile
- Apple to Offer Its Nano-SIM Patents Royalty-Free
- Hold the Phone: Retailers Eye Payments Via Smartphone
- The Newspaper Industry Must Change, Or Become Yesterday's News
- New iPad: Three Strikes, But Not Out
- As Navigation Looks Indoors, New Uses Appear
- Symantec Details Mobile Device Management Plans
- Angry Birds Space Won't Fly on Windows Phone
- 5 Business Analytics Tech Trends and How to Exploit Them
- Attacks in Android's Sideview Mirror Are Smaller Than They Appear
- LTE Phone Shipments to Increase Tenfold in 2012, Analysts Say
Web 2.0
- Facebook Scammers Host Trojan Horse Extensions on the Chrome Web Store
- Facebook Password Requests From Employers Raise Ire of Lawmakers
- Facebook Privacy Debate a Passionate One
- On Facebook, Think Before You "Like"
- Facebook Tips to Make Password Privacy Issue a Non-Issue
- Tech Job Seekers Less Likely to Be Asked for Social-Media Passwords
- Facebook and Senator Fire Back At Password Snooping Employers
- 5 Business Analytics Tech Trends and How to Exploit Them
- Facebook Warns Employers Not to Ask Job Applicants for Log-in Credentials
- Dutch Judge: Companies Can Lay Off Employees Over Facebook Insults
Virtualization
- Disaster Recovery on Double Duty
- The Pros and Cons of Using Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
- Cisco Offers Virtualized Video Surveillance
- VMware Eases Cloud Provisioning
- TuCloud Criticizes Microsoft, OnLive for Virtual Desktop Licensing Debacle
- Is Mobile Virtualization Ready for Your Business?
- Meru Unveils Virtualized WLAN Infrastructure
- 5 Ways to Prepare for Big Data With Scale-Out NAS
- Standardizing the Desktop
- ENNI Promises Painless Ethernet Connection to Carriers
Security
- Who Holds the Keys?
- Push Your Cloud Supplier to Participate in CSA STAR
- Disaster Recovery on Double Duty
- Facebook Scammers Host Trojan Horse Extensions on the Chrome Web Store
- Microsoft Leads Seizure of Zeus-Related Cybercrime Servers
- Facebook Password Requests From Employers Raise Ire of Lawmakers
- Facebook Privacy Debate a Passionate One
- Huawei Told Not to Apply for Australian Broadband Project
- On Facebook, Think Before You "Like"
- Facebook Tips to Make Password Privacy Issue a Non-Issue
Outsourcing
- Indian, U.S. Firms Urge Obama Action on Visas
- Helpdesk Outsourcing Quagmire At Heart of Whistleblower Lawsuit
- Texas Ousts IBM, Takes New IT Outsourcing Tack
- Offshoring Shrinks Number of IT Jobs, Study Says
- 9 IT Outsourcing RFP Response Red Flags
- Is Your Outsourcer Agile Enough
- Lessons Learned: Outsourcing Managed Network Services
- IT Service Providers and Customers Battle Over Data Breaches
- Anti-Offshoring Bill Scores 77 U.S. House Co-Sponsors
- IT Innovation "More Important Than Cost Cutting" - Ovum
Operating Systems
- Google Ends Chrome Search Rank Penalty Period
- Why Linux on the Desktop is Dead
- Microsoft's Ads, Humor Boost Consumer Opinion of IE
- Angry Birds Space Won't Fly on Windows Phone
- Attacks in Android's Sideview Mirror Are Smaller Than They Appear
- Windows 8 Preview Beats Windows 7 in Most Performance Tests
- Nonprofit Open Source Organizations Booming
- Windows 8 Tablet Displays Can Be As Crisp As Apple IPad's Retina
- The Pros and Cons of Using Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
- Windows 8 Bible: Your Complete Guide to the Upcoming Version of Windows
Data Center Definitions & Solutions
What is a data center? How are data centers managed? What data center technologies should I be aware of?
CIO 100 2011
The 2011 CIO 100 Awards honor 100 companies that are accelerating business results by innovating with technology. Find out who they are.
As more and more CIOs are beginning to see significant benefits from letting employees choose the device they use to get their jobs done, the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend is spreading. According to the Computerworld Consumerization of IT Study, about half of the 604 respondents said their organizations allow employees to do work using their own devices either away from the office or at work. Whether these devices are smart phones, tablets, or laptops that are used in the office or while working remotely, companies that embrace this trend are finding their employees are more productive and experience greater job satisfaction. What's more, enterprises can significantly reduce up front costs and allow for flexible work hours by letting employees use their device of choice anytime, from anywhere.
Sponsored by Good Technology
This paper describes a hardware and software reference architecture for using HP hardware to deploy very large and highly transactional Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 OLTP database systems in tier 1 enterprise application environments.
Sponsored by HP, Microsoft & Intel
Identifying the right configuration and deploying complete, scalable data warehouses can be a time consuming, costly and error-prone process. Success ultimately depends on the ability to deploy a system that can support an expected level of performance - then allow that performance to scale linearly as needed.
Sponsored by HP, Microsoft & Intel
Exploding transactional growth is driving database performance and availability needs to new levels prompting the adoption of new storage technologies, from disk to solid-state. Now is the time for businesses faced with unprecedented growth to embrace new storage technologies such as flash memory-based SAN solutions. HP and Microsoft® recognize the need for compelling transactional database solutions that bring together these best of breed technologies, based on open standards and at lower total cost of ownership versus expensive one size fits all alternatives.
Sponsored by HP, Microsoft & Intel
Second in a three-part series discussing the "4 Must Haves" in virtualization security designed to help large organizations understand the challenges of securing virtualized environments while positioning themselves to take advantage of future IT and business opportunities.
Gain insights into next generation, virtualization-optimized solutions to help you drive:
+ Faster time-to-value from your security initiatives
+ Provide corporate with visibility and enable a state of continuous compliance
+ Reduce risk via automated configuration and policy-based access and enforcement engine
Sponsored by HyTrust
Join IDC Analyst Dan Vesset and HP Senior Architect, Jeff Spiller, as they discuss the rise of analytics, the impact of big data and need for scalable enterprise solutions. Learn about the HP Enterprise Data Warehouse appliance, which offers massive scale at low cost for single rack appliances up to large scale Data Warehouses. All while providing a single view of information across your enterprise that scales with your data, improves query performance and reduces IT cost over traditional data warehousing offerings. Featuring Intel® Westmere processors. View the entire webcast or only the chapters you desire.
Sponsored by HP, Microsoft & Intel
Join IDC Analyst Dan Vesset and HP Senior Architect, Jim Hautala, as they discuss the business need for fast, reliable solutions for data management and business reporting - whether you are currently using SQL Server or migrating from a different software technology. Jim Hautala will share ideas on how to help transform your data warehouse with the HP-Microsoft Fast Track reference architectures running Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 Fast Track Data Warehouse. Featuring Intel® Xeon® processors. View the entire webcast or only the chapters you desire
Sponsored by HP, Microsoft & Intel
Business users increasingly demand 24x7 availability of their data while IT departments face the challenge of ensuring maximum availability while operating with limited budgets.
Sponsored by Oracle and Intel
Executive Women in IT (EWIT)
The CIO Executive Council launched an initiative dedicated to advancing women in IT and in business. The Executive Women in IT (EWIT) Leadership Connection provides access to peer advice, events, resources and tools to help women on their journey to success. Learn more
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The Future-State CIO®
The Future-State CIO® will be accountable for IT function success and business process transformation by adopting a more company-external focus and concentrating on using information to drive innovation and strategic advantage in pursuit of business goals. Learn more
Offering regional and national programs, CIO (and CSO) events bring together some of the most respected names and thought leaders in information technology and security. Presented by CIOs and other senior level executives, these invitation-only programs offer timely topics and strong networking. Learn more about the CIO Executive Programs »
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