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Workday Wins Google Deal, Plans $400 Million IPO
As Workday details its IPO plans, it reportedly lands a huge deal with Google as a human capital management customer.
Feds' Cloud Email Deal Paves Way For Agencies
General Services Administration taps 17 vendors to provide cloud email from Google, Microsoft, IBM, and Zimbra to government agencies from federal to local levels.
Top 15 Government IT Innovators For 2012
From mobile apps to testbeds on wheels, creative thinkers at government agencies are finding ways to better serve the public.
20 Great Ideas To Steal In 2012
Are you playing it too safe, IT leaders? Take these InformationWeek 500 projects along to rev up your next brainstorming session.
Engaging The Enemy On Social Media: 5 SMB Tips
Online controversy can drive big traffic to small and midsize businesses, but is it a good idea to provoke competitors and other foes on social sites?
Top 10 Healthcare IT Innovators For 2012
Among 10 IT teams transforming parts of the U.S. healthcare system, you'll find important lessons in innovation and persistence.
Startup Weekend Made Me A Better IT Leader
You'll be amazed at what you can learn when you push outside of your comfort zone.
Reddit Struggles While Hosting President Obama
The President of the United States answered questions on the website, which slowed under the heavy load.
How Spigit Fosters Innovation: A Hands-On Tour
In both its enterprise software and its new freemium product, Icon, Spigit offers tools for brainstorming and selecting the best ideas. Learn more in this Valley View video.
Wajam Dodges iPhone Restrictions, Adds Social Search, Maps
Bypassing the App Store, social search utility demonstrates the value of making iPhone apps talk to each other and to social networks.
Sony Debuts Xperia S Android Tablet
Sony unveiled a new Android-based tablet and smartphones at IFA Wednesday. Check out the Xperia S and its siblings.
MongoDB Upgrade Fills NoSQL Analytics Void
Latest release of 10Gen's database sidesteps complicated MapReduce processing with a new data-aggregation framework. That distances MongoDB from NoSQL rivals including Cassandra, HBase, and Riak.
FAA Reconsiders Airplane Mobile Device Ban
Federal Aviation Administration study may change airlines' requirement that passengers turn off electronic devices for significant portions of flights.
Splunk Adds Cloud-Based Systems Monitoring Option
Splunk Storm offering helps companies monitor, gain insight from apps built on public cloud platforms.
Feds Off Target On Healthcare Quality Reporting, CHIME Says
College of Healthcare Information Management Executives wants the federal government to fix current obstacles to collecting and reporting data, instead of researching future possibilities.
CMS Finalizes One-Year Delay On ICD-10
New certainty about deadline will boost hospitals' efforts to implement the new medical coding system, medical industry experts predict.
iPhone 5's 'One More Thing': NFC?
Of all the features rumored to be in the iPhone 5, near-field communications steals the show for its potential to bring mobile payments to the masses.
EHR Interoperability Key For Meaningful Use Stage 2
Farzad Mostashari, national coordinator for health information technology, stresses EHR-to-EHR communication in webcast.
Apple Wins $1.05 Billion In Samsung Patent Case
Rather than risk a loss similar to Samsung's, rival smartphone makers will now likely give the Apple iPhone design a wide berth, legal experts say.
When Big Data Questions Can't Wait For Data Scientists
Alteryx and other vendors are pushing tools that aim to make big data accessible to business-side teams and other non-specialists.
Apple, Samsung Both Violated Patents: South Korean Court
The decision helps Samsung, but is it fair?
Feds Give Agencies More BYOD Advice
New guidelines lay the foundation for more federal agencies to begin allowing employees to bring their own iPhones, iPads, and Android devices to work.
Feds Bring Post-Acute Care Into IT Picture
Long-term and post-acute-care community wants its voice heard, despite lack of government EHR incentives. Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT just weighed in.
Salesforce.com's Next Billion-Dollar Business: Marketing
After reporting a 34% quarterly revenue gain, Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff talks up ambitious service, marketing, and human capital management goals.
Meaningful Use Stage 2 Rules Finalized
Federal officials emphasize EHR information sharing, require encryption, but dial back some thresholds.
Windows 8 Vs. Windows RT: 8 Key Differences
With the introduction of Windows 8 and Windows RT, Microsoft splits its flagship OS into two distinct flavors. Examine the most important contrasts.
White House Innovation Fellows Tackle Federal IT Projects
Innovation Fellows program aims to improve access to health records, make it easier for start-ups to do business with the feds, create a one-stop federal website, and more.
Advanced EHRs Vs. Hospital Quality Of Care
Study finds better outcomes as hospitals achieve Stage 1 Meaningful Use, but gains recede in the rush to move beyond those standards.
Android And BlackBerry Safer Than iOS For SMS
Other smartphone platforms offer more secure SMS than iPhone, says mobile security firm.
HP CEO: Turnaround Will Take Time
HP's third quarter results show PC, printer, server, and services revenues in decline, but Meg Whitman sees silver linings in the otherwise dark cloud.
Tent Promises Open, Distributed Social Networking
Can Tent protocol succeed where other challengers of Facebook and Twitter have fallen short?
Outsourcing's New Reality: Choice Beats Cost
Creative CIOs are getting not only savings but also added flexibility and specialized skills from their IT outsourcers. Just don't expect magic.
Store More With Virtualization
Even small IT shops can now afford thin provisioning, performance acceleration, replication, and other features to boost utilization and improve disaster recovery.
Android App Piracy Leads Feds To Seize Websites
U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation cite alleged theft of intellectual property.
Verizon To Back Windows Phone 8, Sprint Undecided
Verizon Wireless will be one of several U.S. carriers offering a Nokia-made Windows Phone 8 device later this year.
New Tool Helps SMBs Listen To Social Sentiment
Special edition of SDL's product, SM2, lets users listen for any number of keywords, then analyze sentiment based on words in context, tone, and emotion.
2 Cloud Computing Era Myths Debunked
You've been warned: Application configuration is no cakewalk, and it's not the only option for tuning cloud-based apps.
Apple Closes, Urging Big Damages For Samsung
Sending patent case to the jury, Apple says Samsung willfully copied iPhone and iPad, and Samsung says Apple fears competition.
Microsoft SkyDrive Vs. Dropbox, Google: Hands-On
How does Microsoft's improved cloud filesharing and storage service stack up against the biggest names on the market? Consider a Dropbox fan's experience.
Dell Adds Security To Virtualized Government Environments
New desktop virtualization products support federal telework, security, and mobility goals.
Germany Wants To Charge Google For News Snippets
Legislation proposed by the German government would create a new type of copyright requiring any online or offline use of publishers' content to be compensated. Cue debate.
Infosys Wins Court Battle, But Visa Troubles Continue
Judge tosses Jay Palmer's whistleblower suit against Indian outsourcer, but ruling does not address visa fraud allegations.
Meanwhile, a former employee has brought new charges.
Samsung: 'Miniscule' Galaxy Nexus Sales Didn't Harm Apple
Samsung touts paltry sales figures as it tries to overturn a U.S. ban on Galaxy Nexus smartphone.
Motorola Mobility Hits Apple With Another Patent Claim
The smartphone patent wars show no sign of settling down.
DARPA Demos Inexpensive, Moldable Robots
Defense agency teams with Harvard on low-cost, silicone-based robots that can self-camouflage and navigate tough, narrow terrain.
Apple Suggests iMessage As SMS Bug Work-Around
Rather than fixing a security problem discovered last week, Apple tells users concerned with SMS spoofing to use its iMessage product instead of text messages.
Samsung Gets In Last Word Against Apple
Despite Apple's expert witness barrage and time constraints, Samsung's Tim Williams manages to breathe new life into its case.
Google, Oracle Deny Paying For Propaganda
Oracle insists Google has paid "influencers" to support its position in patent and copyright litigation.
Security Researcher Uncovers Apple iOS SMS Bug
Vulnerability in Apple's iOS platform could allow hackers to send phishing messages via text, but there's no need to panic. Yet.
Consultants Play Bigger Role In Public Health Information Exchanges
CSC and Impact Advisors are early leaders in KLAS's report on HIE IT systems integrators, staffers, and technical advisers.
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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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