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Google Dinged by Nexus 6, Glass Disappointments
High R&D expenditures and botched Nexus 6 smartphone sales dent Google's fourth quarter numbers.
Amazon's Cloud Business: New Openness, Products, Competition In 2015
Amazon will reveal its cloud computing service revenue for the first time later this year, bringing new insights while cloud competition sharpens.
Dear Marketing: You're Doomed (If You Don't Change)
Marketing pros and the technologists who support them are killing us with irrelevancy and no opt-in. Quit it, or risk the black hole.
Microsoft HoloLens Vs. Google Glass: No Comparison
Microsoft's HoloLens and Google Glass both are headsets. But with its ability to respond to wearers' voices, hands, and eyes, the HoloLens has a brighter future.
How CIOs Can Win In The Cloud
Choosing to embrace cloud computing gets you only halfway there. Now you must reframe your strategy: Core business over costs, and employee productivity over control.
5 Critical Cloud Security Practices
CloudPassage CTO Amrit Williams details five steps to achieve a level of cloud security that goes beyond mere compliance.
When Agile Falls Short: iRise CEO
As iRise launches its ambitious cloud-based visualization platform, CEO Emmet Keeffe tells us agile doesn't actually work on the vast majority of projects.
VMware: Cloud Management, Virtual Networking Paid Off In 2014
VMware predicts better than 10% growth in 2015 as subscriptions become a larger part its revenue.
Microsoft Windows Phone Plan Needs Focus
Despite some good signs, Microsoft's Windows Phone plan still needs work. Chase pulling its app doesn't help.
Microsoft: Cloud, Surface Rise While Profits Fall
Microsoft's latest earnings report reflects "momentum through transition" as cloud products and its Surface tablet strengthen, while profit drops.
Molina Healthcare Looks To Hyper-Converged Infrastructure
The Fortune 500 company expects operating savings from this private cloud strategy, using Nutanix appliances.
Google OKs Docker Container Registry Service
Google adds Docker container registry and encryption service to keep customers' containerized workloads private and secure.
5 Cloud Contract Traps To Avoid
A cloud contract is just that, a contract. As such, it carries with it all of the normal pitfalls of a contractual relationship -- and a few specialized ones. Here's how to identify and avoid the risks.
Drones, Phones & More: What Tech Will Last A Century?
The first transcontinental phone call was made 100 years ago this week. What technology including the phone will make it another 100 years?
5 Reasons Tech Vendors Exaggerate
From overeager marketing to the need for differentiation, vendors often overstate a product's capabilities. Vendors and buyers alike need to be more honest with each other -- and themselves.
Chromebooks Win For California Students
In an area where computers at home aren't common, Chromebooks in the classroom are making a measurable difference in student performance.
Cloud SLAs: Improvements Still Needed
There's been a slight improvement in cloud SLAs as leading service providers like HP, Amazon, and Google guarantee 99.95% uptime by the month, not year. But performance issues remain.
NFL Cheating Scandal: 4 Lessons For CIOs
What can CIOs learn from Deflategate, a cheating scandal involving the New England Patriots?
Cloud Storage Devices: 6 Worth Your Money
Personal storage clouds are changing the way we store data from photographs to sensitive information. Here are six options for employees and workgroups.
Data Scientist: Human Today, Software Tomorrow
Automation will lessen the need for the elusive, talented, and expensive human data scientist -- and that's a good thing, says Narrative Science cofounder.
Millennials In IT: How To Talk To Old People
There are certain phrases that are like passwords to the heart of your IT managers. And, no, I'm not talking about, "I bought you a fresh box of adult diapers."
How DevOps Can Cut Innovation-Crushing Technical Debt
These five elements can reduce the technical debt that builds up when rotten code and bad practices get into your systems.
IoTivity Preps For IoT Standards Showdown
Open-source IoTivity framework is built to ensure interoperability among devices and services across the Internet of Things. But it's got competitors. Who will win?
9 CIO Tech Priorities For 2015
What's on the agenda for CIOs this year? Top executives at last week's NRF Big Show had plenty of advice for retailers, but these tips apply to any customer-facing company.
Integration Moves Into The Cloud In 2015
If development is moving into the cloud, application integration should soon follow, argues George Gallegos, CEO of Jitterbit.
The Trouble With Dashboards
Gleaming executive dashboards are often based on no data whatsoever, and they tell us nothing useful.
Fiber Mountain Sees Redesigned Data Center Nets
Fiber Mountain's goal is to make data center networks more scalable with fiber and photonic switches, creating "the programmable light path."
Enterprise Drones: What CIOs Should Know
Flying drones are coming to the enterprise: Will CIOs and the FAA be ready?
How To Mess Up IT Budgeting In 2015
Two shifts have rocked the IT world: speed and constant upgrades. Factor those in or your budgets won't address reality.
Marriott Reverses Personal WiFi Blocking
Marriott Hotels will no longer prevent guests from using their personal wireless access points, but it will continue exploring security solutions.
Microsoft Trails Amazon, Google In Cloud Reliability
CloudHarmony's benchmarking report on cloud service reliability shows Amazon shines in compute, Google in storage.
PC Market Continues Slow, Steady Growth
An uptick in PC market growth is good news, but analysts predict slow progress in the coming year.
Gartner Gives Thumbs Up To Docker Security
Docker containers isolate resources similar to Linux or virtual machine hypervisors, but fall short with management and administration, Gartner analyst says.
IBM Renews Mainframe With z13
Here's a look inside IBM's new 141-core computer.
3 Tips For Minding The IT Skills Gap
In the digital enterprise, CIOs must help IT staffers expand their abilities and value soft skills as much as tech acumen.
Three Pillars Of Open Source Governance
As more commercial businesses spring up around open source software, these guidelines will ensure communities stay vibrant and open.
Amazon Trumps Microsoft With C4 Virtual Servers
Amazon outstrips Microsoft's new Azure offering with launch of C4 Xlarge, a 36-virtual-CPU server instance.
Microsoft Protests Bug Disclosure By Google
After Google discloses Win 8.1 vulnerability two days prior to planned patch, Microsoft argues in favor of vulnerability publication schedules.
Verizon Cloud Outage Draws Overblown Angst
Verizon Cloud's planned 40-hour outage set off outraged critics, but long-term implications will make the cloud service more stable and more competitive.
Rebuilding Trust In Your Organization
Can management rebuild trust in an organization when it has been lost?
Microsoft Matches Amazon With Cloud Crypto Key Storage
Microsoft's Azure cloud adds encryption key storage service, Docker Linux containers, and other features to better compete with Amazon.
How To Build A Data-Driven Dream Team
Like any good sports team, your data team needs a leader, a common goal, and group chemistry.
CommonWell: Healthcare Interoperability Or Bust
Peter Bernhardt of CommonWell Health Alliance, a group of clinical and health IT organizations, talks about its goal of better data exchange and application integration.
Intel's $300 Million Diversity Plan Looks Impossible
Intel's goal of having a culturally representative workforce in place by 2020 is laudable. But given the challenges that must be overcome, it seems unlikely.
Health IT: How Developing Markets Can Trump US
With the US market hostile to health IT innovation today, entrepreneurs should look to the developing world for markets and opportunities.
Cuba Calling? Not So Fast...
Lack of infrastructure and enterprise communications capabilities will make a tough go for companies interested in taking advantage of loosening restrictions.
The Other Side Of Real Estate Big Data
Real estate agents are finding new success by tapping into the power of big data analytics.
Robots Down On The Farm
By 2020, robots will handle many more farming tasks. Take a look.
Data Centers Slash Energy Usage
Modern data centers use open and green tech to respond faster to customer needs while cutting 40% of electricity use.
UPMC: New Leaders, Same Big Health Tech Ambitions
Long a pioneer in adopting electronic medical records, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is on the verge of making them work together in new ways.
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