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Adobe Updates Mobile App Development Software
Adobe Experience Manager aims to make it easier for government agencies and other organizations to turn Web pages into mobile apps.
IBM Preps SoftLayer Cloud Datacenter In Hong Kong
Hong Kong SoftLayer facility will open April 14 and offer Watson, BlueMix, and other cloud services.
Federal Agencies Win Awards For Innovative IT
IRS teleconferencing service noted as example of how IT has improved services to the public in spite of budget constraints.
Busting 5 DevOps Myths
DevOps is a technology movement for hipsters and your company doesn't need to worry about it, right? Right?
Microsoft Office For iPad: 7 Questions Answered
Is Office for iPad a good fit for you? We go hands-on and answer seven key questions to help you decide.
Office for iPad: Microsoft Shifts Strategy
After years of anticipation, Microsoft Office for iPad arrives -- and it's just the beginning of a new push toward apps across all mobile devices, says new CEO Satya Nadella.
Facebook Debuts Web-Scale Variant Of MySQL
Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, and Twitter share expertise to launch WebScaleSQL, a super-DBMS built on Oracle's MySQL Community Edition.
Adobe Takes On Marketing Rivals
Adobe's Marketing Cloud is a powerhouse, but what's next? New predictive capabilities and a SAP partnership hint at the future.
GM's Data Strategy Pushed To Center Stage
Improving data management and analytics has always been part of General Motors' three-year IT overhaul, but automaker's recall crisis makes it even more critical.
GM's Randy Mott: What I Believe...
CIO's five core principles underpin automaker's three-year "IT transformation" plan.
Nadella's Big Moment: 5 Things To Watch
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will face stratospheric expectations Thursday when he makes his first public appearance since succeeding Steve Ballmer. Here's what we want to know.
SAP To Buy Fieldglass, Cloud-Based Workforce Management Firm
SAP's deal with Fieldglass extends SuccessFactors' HR reach to contingent workers and Ariba procurement to labor and services.
Microsoft Office For iPad: 5 Big Questions
Will the much-anticipated productivity suite, expected to be revealed Thursday, be a hit with customers? Watch these five factors.
Google Drops Cloud Pricing
The price of cloud computing should keep pace with the falling price of hardware, Google insists.
Windows XP Game Over: 9 Upgrade Options
Some of you don't want to say goodbye to Windows XP any more than you wanted to retire the Atari. But support ends on April 8: We break down your best upgrade options.
CIO's Real Boss: The Customer
As customers become more engaged with business through mobile and social, the CIO must help nurture that relationship.
DevOps Creates A New Digital Divide
What's that? Your product is the code and the code is the product and automation is your middle name? How nice. You're the digital 1%.
SAS Brings Visual Modeling To Data Scientists
SAS seeks next-generation data modelers with SAS Visual Statistics and a social-savvy SAS Customer Intelligence application.
What A Microsoft Xamarin Buy Would Mean
If Microsoft buys Xamarin, it will be a big shift in mobile strategy -- and good news for mobile app developers who want to work across Microsoft, iOS, and Android mobile platforms.
Agile, DevOps, Cloud: IT's New Trinity
Agile, DevOps, and cloud form an almost-holy triumvirate with a common theme: Software rules.
DevOps: IT's Only Chance Of Keeping Up
DevOps pushes two differing cultures together -- developers and operations -- but it gives IT a fighting chance at keeping up with the business.
Google Makes HTTPS For Gmail Mandatory
Google no longer allows Gmail users to turn off HTTPS encryption. The move protects data going between Google's servers and users.
Buy Your CIO A Gift: 5 Inexpensive Ideas
Consider these ideas for CIOs who think they have everything. These gifts may just keep on giving.
Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Failure: Blame Runs Deep
Postmortem report confirms diagnosis of weak project oversight, unrealistic goals, and poor performance by Oracle.
How Enterprises Can Plan For Wearables
CIOs need to stay ahead of the wave by staking a claim in the wearables ecosystem through apps and always be asking: What do employees and customers need from wearables?
Huawei Kills Dual-OS Windows-Android Smartphone
Huawei cancels its Android-Windows Phone plans, just days after Asus put a dual-OS device on hold.
Red Hat Announces Linux App Container Certification
Open source developer adds container certification for Enterprise Linux apps, aims to improve workload portability and ease maintenance burden.
The Corruption Of Agile Development
What was intended as a set of personal practices has become a doctrine. And despite the mainstream adoption of Agile, the loss of its original intent has undermined its effectiveness.
How IT Pros Can Become Great Developers
It takes business skills, as well as coding skills, to be a successful developer. The good news: Many IT pros already have the soft skills for the job.
Oracle Reports Gains, But Rivals Grow Faster
Oracle Cloud subscription revenue increases 25% and hardware rebounds, but Microsoft, SAP, Salesforce.com, and Workday threats loom large.
Microsoft Releases In-Memory Ready SQL Server 2014
Microsoft SQL Server's newest release adds in-memory OLTP (online transaction processing) and Azure cloud deployment options to the popular database management system. Here's why that's important.
Microsoft Office For iPad: 8 Facts
After years of rumors, Office for iPad could arrive before the end of the month. Here's what we know.
Microsoft Surface 2 With LTE: Winner For Mobile Pros?
Microsoft's Surface 2 is now equipped for LTE connections -- but still must compete with iPad Air.
Windows XP Holdouts: 6 Top Excuses
Microsoft cuts support for Windows XP in less than a month, but millions still use the OS. Are these rationales worth the risk?
Engage Patients: 16 Creative Healthcare Strategies
Hospitals can go beyond Meaningful Use requirements to make patients happier and healthier and the bottom line better. Consider these ideas.
The JavaScript Alternatives
Three languages compete to make JavaScript easier to write and faster to execute. Which to choose?
Google, Microsoft Pressure Asus To Cancel Dual-Boot Tablet
Intel may be the biggest loser if Asus cancels dual Windows-Android devices due to operating systems makers' objections.
Cover Oregon Diagnosis: Oracle Overdose
Federal critique of Oregon's Obamacare health insurance exchange finds project overly dependent on Oracle consultants, architecture bloated with Oracle software.
Google Drive Chops Prices
Google Drive blows past other online storage services by tripling free space to 15 GB and cutting prices across the board.
Huawei Confirms Dual-OS Android-Windows Smartphone
Smartphone will let users swap between Android and Windows Phone operating systems.
Windows XP Goes Dark: 5 Things To Expect
Microsoft customers face Windows XP's end-of-service deadline. How much will you suffer from the lack of support?
DevOps Demands You Fix Twice
If you've taken time to get everything just perfect, you haven't truly adopted the rapid iteration, lean product development ethos.
Army Expands Virtual Desktop Program
Army's desktop-as-a-service plan gains cred at Pentagon, but lack of funding could delay full implementation.
Web Turns 25: 10 Graphics To See
Tim Berners-Lee's proposal changed the world. These visual representations show what his World Wide Web has become.
DevOps Ninjas Needed: 3 Ways To Build Ranks
For DevOps -- the marriage of developer and operations -- to succeed, we must draw from our whole talent pool.
Windows XP Security Issues: Fact Vs. Fiction
Are you prepared for the end of Microsoft support for Windows XP next month?
Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia Embraces Social Collaboration
Social applications based on SharePoint are just beginning to prove their worth in clinical settings. Here's how one hospital uses them to review case studies, share resources, and more.
2014 State Of Database Tech: Think Retro
Conventional databases from Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM still dominate the enterprise, say respondents in our newest research. What will it take for NoSQL, DBaaS, and distributed systems to break through?
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Update Surfaces
Microsoft inadvertently leaked its Windows 8.1 update for a few hours Thursday. When it arrives in April, can the update overcome doubts about the future of Windows?
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