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Google Indoor Maps: 6 Uses, Good To Ugly
Google Maps Floor Plans of malls, airports, and the like are mostly about increasing ad revenue. Consider the use cases, from good to perhaps ugly.
House Approves Faster Green Cards For Foreign IT Workers
Senate also expected to approve bill that eliminates per-country visa caps and institutes a first come, first served system.
Help Wanted 2.0: SMB Recruiting Goes Mobile
Does your recruiting strategy extend to tablets and smartphones? Learn how and why Photobucket reaches out to mobile-savvy candidates
App Allows Radiology Diagnosis Via Tablet, Smartphone
FDA clearance of GE Centricity mobile app lets radiologists use smartphones and tablets to make diagnoses from remote locations or in the field.
RIM Responds To PlayBook Jailbreak
Research In Motion insists its PlayBook tablet is secure, despite claims from security researchers that it has been jailbroken.
Security Tips Cyber Monday Madness Teaches Us
You're not as locked down as you think. It's utterly impossible to secure an organization without having the buy-in of the employees.
RIM BlackBerry Fusion: A Swing And A Miss?
RIM's new MDM platform will handle BlackBerry, Android, and Apple iOS devices--but it's arriving too late for some IT shops.
AT&T-T-Mobile Wrangling: What A Waste
Imagine if all the time and money spent on the wheeling and dealing around this merger were channeled into actually creating something of value.
DOD Aims To Improve Info Sharing
Defense Department plans to use semantic Web principles to improve how data is shared, analyzed, and reported across myriad systems.
Carrier IQ Withdraws Legal Threat Against Security Researcher
Network diagnostic software vendor issues apology to researcher who discovered its application secretly monitoring smartphone users.
5 Resolutions For Better BI in 2012
Make business intelligence easy to use, deploy, afford, administer and embed.
Why Can't Patients See Their EHR Data?
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association outlines arguments for and against expanding patient access to their health data.
Google+ Hangouts Ready For Business?
Google's powerful, free videochat service may be a business meeting alternative to GoToMeeting or Skype--under very controlled circumstances.
Twitter Buys Mobile Security Startup Whisper
Two-person development shop created software for secure text and voice communications on Android smartphones.
Private Cloud Choices Grow For SMBs
Public cloud-wary midsize businesses can leverage KnowledgeTree's document management tools for online file sharing and storage.
How Defense IT Will Cope With Billions In Cuts
The Pentagon is betting that spending on technology can save money and help it meet huge cuts in the defense budget that have been ordered and additional cuts that may be on the way.
AT&T Desperate To Save T-Mobile Bid
AT&T appears to be willing to do anything to salvage its plan to acquire T-Mobile USA, despite the roadblocks being thrown in its way by the government.
Android Buyers Find Smartphone Update Chaos
After Google releases a new version of Android, the time it takes carriers to update your phone varies wildly right now. One security expert says consumers must vote with their wallets.
Healthcare CIOs Juggle More Mobile Challenges
Bring your own mobile device phenomenon and fast-evolving technologies challenge hospital IT execs on multiple fronts, from interference to bandwidth.
What Should SMB Marketers Ask Of Siri?
It's time to consider how Apple's Siri voice assistant affects your SMB's marketing and business plans.
Anonymous Leaks Law Enforcement Forensic Secrets
Hacktivist group claims release of 38,000 emails related to the Feds' cybercrime investigations, in retaliation for stiff sentences for Anonymous members.
Software Makers Shun SOPA Bill
In a reversal, Business Software Alliance now says the proposed anti-piracy law overreaches.
Android Buyer Beware: 12 Least Secure Phones
More than half of most popular Android smartphones run outdated--and insecure--versions of the OS. And update policies vary.
Medicare Delays HIPAA 5010 Enforcement
Doctor offices and hospitals will now have until the end of March to get up to speed with new electronic transaction set for processing insurance claims.
WhisperCore Mitigates Risks Of Android In Businesses
TechWebTV catches up with Whisper Systems' CTO and co-founder Moxie Marllinspike to discuss and demo WhisperCore -- a mobile security solution that brings BlackBerry-like centralized enterprise-grade security to Android devices.
Whose Job Is Virtualization Security?
The adage "When everyone's in charge, no one's in charge" applies all too well to private cloudified networks.
Is ICD-10 More Important Than Meaningful Use?
Advisory Board health IT boss Dave Garets tells CIOs to make ICD-10 compliance their top priority because more money is at stake.
5 E-Commerce Trends For SMBs In 2012
Finalizing your website strategy for next year and beyond? Consider this expert advice first.
More BI Packages Add Collaboration: Who Needs It?
Business intelligence vendors keep adding social features--but how many interfaces does it take to get everybody on the same page?
Android Security: Threat Level None?
Security firms are fanning the flames of fear about mobile malware and viruses, while others accuse such firms of being scammers. Who's right, and who's wrong.
Apperian Expands Enterprise Mobile App Management To Android
Prominent iPhone mobile device management platform pushes into the Android BYOD segment.
Skype Gets Direct Link To Facebook
Microsoft's VoIP platform now allows face-to-face calling from within the social network for users of Windows and Mac OS.
AMA Wants To Put Brakes On ICD-10 Implementation
American Medical Association cited concerns about transition to the new set of medical billing codes while staying up to date with a host of regulatory and technology changes.
Infosys H-1B Fraud Case Heads For Trial
Allegations that outsourcer Infosys abused visa program cannot be settled out of court, judge rules.
Microsoft Cloud Exec Is New Washington State CIO
Windows Azure vet Bharat Shiyam steps into the middle of a major state agency consolidation and a massive data center build as Washington's new state CIO.
SOPA: 5 Key Provisions Of Anti-Piracy Bill
Controversial legislation aims to help U.S. authorities clamp down on rogue websites, but critics say it amounts to Internet censorship.
Medicare Needs To Elevate IT Approach, Says NRC
New challenges, from health insurance exchanges to shared savings programs, demand that the agency integrate IT into all of its systems and strategies, says National Research Council.
Fed Agency Telecommuting Policies: Too Many Unfinished
A new survey shows that while federal agency managers and staff support telecommuting, a lack of agency policies is slowing actual progress.
DARPA Wants Wireless Network For Satellite Clusters
Chip and electronics manufacturers urged to develop a networking device to connect satellites in Darpa's System F6 program.
Don't Regulate EHRs Like Cars
In the interest of patient safety, the Institute of Medicine recommends that health IT be more tightly regulated, much like the auto industry. But are the two industries comparable?
Kindle Fire Hits The Office: 5 Security Concerns
As proud owners of the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet walk this device through your company's front door, enterprise IT should be prepared.
Dell Earnings Don't Tell Big Transformation Story
Two years ago, Dell talked up a transformational message--that fell flat, reinforcing its image as little more than a box pusher. Now it's clear that Dell has stayed the course.
Taking Pain Out Of ANSI 5010 Conversion
Cloud-based offerings like new ADP Advanced MD can ease healthcare providers transitioning to new electronic data format standard for claims transactions.
Smartphone Invader Tracks Your Every Move
Carrier IQ software, installed on more than 141 million mobile phones, tracks GPS location, websites visited, search queries, and all keys pressed.
How Secure Are Your Clinicians' Mobile Devices?
Doctors and nurses have been swept away by smartphones and tablets, but they create one gigantic headache for IT managers. Here's some practical advice on how to cope.
Top 5 MDM Must-Do Items
Whether mobility is a problem or an opportunity depends not on software but on your policies.
Net Neutrality Saved, But Who Cares?
Net neutrality is a distraction. If the FCC focused on creating real broadband competition, net neutrality would solve itself.
Siri Works Outside iPhone 4S? Crackers Say Yes
Crackers reverse-engineer Siri Protocol, to extend Apple's voice recognition service to any device, at least on the sly.
Meaningful Use Needs Patient Safety Reports, Say Experts
Contributors to the Institute of Medicine's report on health IT say that Meaningful Use regs should require submission of electronic health record data on adverse events.
Google Apps Gets Better Mobile Device Management
Managing Google Apps for Business, Government, and Education on Android, iOS, and Windows devices just got easier.
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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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