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FAA Allows Electronics During Takeoff, Landing
Federal Aviation Administration no longer sees mobile devices as threat to air safety.
Salesforce.com Enables Private App Stores
Salesforce Private AppExchange lets you put IT-approved applications in a customizable corporate app store. There's one catch, though.
Amazon Plans 4th California Retail Distribution Facility
Online retail giant seeks to foster faster deliveries, including same-day fresh groceries, through modern fulfillment centers.
How Will You Manage Your Digital Self?
You can't keep track of all the digital content you generate. In the next five years, expect vendors to come to the rescue with digital-self services.
Windows XP Malware: 6X As Bad As Windows 8
WinXP is already an easy target for hackers, and it will get even simpler once Microsoft ends support for the 12-year-old OS in April.
U.S. Joins Global Effort On Open Data
Publicly accessible data can add trillions of dollars in value to global economies such as education, says U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Federal CIO Urges Bold Vision For Government IT
Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel calls Obamacare site's launch something "to be proud of" and urges government IT community to view bugs as a "teachable moment."
Motorola's Project Ara Promotes Modular Smartphones
Google's Motorola Project Ara envisions mobile phones as customizable components that can be snapped together like Lego blocks. But can flexibility beat slick smartphone design?
Will HealthCare.gov Mess Spur Procurement Reform?
Review and overhaul of government IT purchasing procedures needed, trade association expert says.
Twitter Two-Factor Lockout: One User's Horror Story
Is the security payoff from using Twitter's two-factor authentication system worth the risk of losing account access?
Bromium, 'Microvisor' Champion, Raises $40 Million More
Bromium's third round of financing brings total to $75.7 million as company positions itself for rapid growth.
Google's Mystery Project Won't Float
A San Francisco regulator casts doubt on the viability of a waterborne Google store.
Los Angeles Gives Cloud Email Another Chance
After an FBI security rule prevented the LAPD from using Google Apps, the city was forced to backpedal from its move to the cloud. Now Los Angeles is trying again.
Datalink Lets Feds Test Drive Cloud
New service offers federal agencies a way to evaluate different cloud systems that align with their own configurations before they commit to a provider.
Why Do Big IT Projects Fail So Often?
Obamacare's website problems can teach us a lot about large-scale project management and execution.
DevOps And The Perpetual Motion Machine
New data shows cooperation between developers and operations pays off for companies moving at the speed of today's business. Oh, and practice does makes perfect.
Microsoft Surface Pro Docking Station Arrives Early
With Microsoft's docking station -- which hadn't been expected until 2014 -- the Surface Pro can be a three-in-one device: tablet, laptop, desktop.
How Google Flu Trends Blew It
Last year, Google Flu Trends made a mountain out of a molehill by overestimating the incidence of influenza. Blame the media.
Microsoft's Earnings: 6 Takeaways
Shareholders have questioned Microsoft's strategy. Will this week's strong earnings report persuade skeptics that the company is on the right track?
HealthCare.Gov Woes: Lack Of Testing
Tech contractors are confident they can fix the problems over time, but pass the buck to CMS.
Apple Vs. Microsoft: Tablet Empire Strikes Back
Following iPad and Surface tablet launches, Apple and Microsoft trade new barbs in quest for tablet supremacy.
Suspicious BBM For Android Reviews Cloud Launch
BBM for Android received a large number of positive reviews that contained the exact same text, but BlackBerry denies any involvement.
Native App Vs. Mobile Web: Not A Simple Choice
Unless your app truly is a special snowflake, think long and hard about adding it to the pile -- lest it get buried.
Jive Customers Say Yes To Cloud
Jive customers like Nuance Communications have gone from traditional to cloud hosting, while Thomson Reuters plans to switch over its 60,000 employee social portal in 2014.
Apple OS X Mavericks Sees Fast Adoption
Apple declares end to expensive operating system upgrades; OS X users appear to appreciate the free software.
Why HealthCare.gov Failed
Experts say a lack of consumer-centric development and user testing led to the disastrous rollout of the government's Obamacare portal.
Microsoft Surface Pro Vs. Competitors
Microsoft quietly slashed another $100 off the price of the original Surface Pro. Here's how it stacks up to the competition.
Tech Contractors Reject Blame For HealthCare.gov Mess
Contractors point fingers at each other and the government as they attempt to shift responsibility for healthcare website problems.
Portfolio Management Tools: Lessons From King County, Washington
County IT portfolio manager shares what his team learned when they moved from spreadsheets to a real management tool.
Microsoft Exec Trashes Apple's Free iWork Software
Microsoft VP Frank Shaw made several valid points when he criticized Apple's new products and strategy. But he missed the boat on others.
Jive Pushes More Functionality Into Cloud
Jive previews new metrics, task system and other features to debut in cloud first, then Jive 7. Its new JiveX cloud product is for external communities.
Woz Doesn't Like New iPads
Apple's co-founder wasn't wowed by the new tablets, and Microsoft doesn't think they're good enough for mobile professionals.
Apple Embraces Free: 5 Reasons Why
Apple challenges Google and Microsoft with free software.
Google Or Microsoft? Army Users Get Choice
Army blanket purchase agreements to buy Google Apps and Microsoft Office 365 licenses offer non-Defense Enterprise Email users a choice of cloud software.
Medicare Drags Feet On Secure Patient IDs
Medicare increases identity theft risk because it uses social security numbers as patient identifiers, says GAO report.
Network Solutions Outage: Third Time Not Charming
Network Solutions blames blacklisted servers and DNS problems after going down for the third time in as many months on Sunday. Some customers say goodbye.
iPad Air vs. Surface 2: 9 Considerations
Microsoft's Surface 2 and Apple's iPad Air are poised for a head-to-head showdown. Here are nine ways to decide which is better for you.
Cloud Vs. Tough Problems From Business To Weather
ZipCar founder Robin Chase and other Cloud Connect 2013 speakers explain how cloud can help solve pressing world problems.
IBM Creates Federal Cloud Innovation Center
Center focuses on encouraging government agencies to adopt open standards for cloud computing.
Facebook Apps Get Video Ads
Facebook app developers will soon run video ads in your news feed highlighting the app's features.
Dictation Software Adoption On Rise
Speech recognition and dictation software could be poised to make big inroads in healthcare, says Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society report.
Microsoft Lands Army Deal For Office 365
Army buys 50,000 seat licenses for cloud-based Microsoft Office and collaboration tools.
SAP Sees Payoff In Cloud, Hana Bets
SAP reports triple-digit cloud gains, double-digit Hana in-memory platform growth and a gain in market share against rival Oracle.
Social Collaboration For Dummies Meets JiveWorld
As my new book launches, I'd like to give a shout out to community.jivesoftware.com, Jive's network of enterprise community managers and strategists.
Microsoft Suspends Windows RT 8.1 Update
Microsoft hasn't released a repair for RT devices bricked by a boot configuration "blue screen of death," but unofficial fix appears to work.
PaasLane Speeds Cloud App Migrations
Cloud Technology Partners launches system that simplifies migrating legacy applications into the generic cloud, says Amazon version is on the way.
Traditional App Development Stifles Government Innovation
To bolster government innovation, agencies must reduce the long lifecycle costs that drag them down.
Where the Software Engineer Money Is: Juniper
Glassdoor reports the top 25 average annual salaries for software engineers. Juniper Networks leads the pack.
Google In The Enterprise Survey: Mind The Gaps
There's no doubt Google has made headway into businesses: Just 28% discourage or ban use of its productivity products. But progress could stall.
Mobile Geospatial Tool To Aid Military, First Responders
TouchShare's collaborative geospatial software provides real-time situation awareness tools on mobile devices.
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The State of Cloud Computing - Fall 2020
Download this report to compare how cloud usage and spending patterns have changed in 2020, and how respondents think they'll evolve over the next two years.
2021 Top Enterprise IT TrendsWe've identified the key trends that are poised to impact the IT landscape in 2021. Find out why they're important and how they will affect you.
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