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10 More Robots That Could Change Healthcare
These medical robots bring fresh ideas to healthcare. Ready to see one at your local hospital?
Facebook's Save Button Bookmarks Content For Later
If you're short on time, a new bookmarking feature on Facebook lets you save links, places, music, and more. Here's what you need to know.
IBM-Apple Deal: Healthcare iOS Nirvana?
IBM and Apple hope to use existing partnerships with healthcare software vendor Epic Systems and doctors' love for their iPhones and iPads to build an iOS healthcare software empire.
Hidden iOS Services Bypass Security
A computer researcher asks why Apple allows undocumented services to bypass encryption and access user data.
Fitness Trackers & FSAs: A Winning Game Plan
Including fitness devices in flexible savings account plans could encourage consumers to adopt a more active lifestyle and improve their overall health.
Oracle Big Data SQL: 5 Key Points
Oracle's new big data tool won't cover all the analysis bases, but it will enable SQL-savvy professionals to query Hadoop and NoSQL sources.
Government IT Priorities: Security Reigns, Cloud Crawls
Our new survey shows fed agencies focusing more on security, as they should, but they're still behind the times with cloud use, data center consolidation, and overall innovation.
Google To Turn NYC Payphones Into WiFi Hotspots
New York is looking for a payphone payoff. Google, Samsung, and others expected to submit bids for the project.
How E-Discovery Cuts Legal Costs For Novo Nordisk
Pharma giant boosts efficiency, reduces outsourcing labor with in-house technology that discovers and produces electronic information for legal purposes.
Cisco Brings DevOps To The Network
Cisco's DevNet aims to help network software developers bridge the gap to working in the software-defined network.
Internet of Sports: How Seattle Sounders Track Performance
The US soccer powerhouse uses wearable devices and data visualization to analyze the fitness levels of stars like Clint Dempsey.
SMBs Tie Cloud Computing To Increased Revenue
Small and midsized businesses say cloud is key to customer service, expansion, finds survey by Oxford Economics for Windstream.
Our Cloud Disaster Recovery Story
I put my money where my mouth is with cloud DR, and it not only benefited my organization but also earned us a prestigious award.
Microsoft's Productivity Story: Showtime For Nadella
Give the Microsoft CEO credit for his articulate vision. Now comes the hard part: execution.
Why Enterprises Need To Adapt To Agile
Today's large businesses are not too big and inflexible to be agile. Here's why.
4 IT Cultures: Which One Are You?
From White Knight to Curmudgeon, IT cultures fall into four categories. Which one describes your organization?
EU Tells Apple, Google: Limit In-App Purchasing
"Children must be better protected when playing online," EU Commissioner declares in in-app goods crackdown.
NASA's Orion Spacecraft: 9 Facts
The Orion spacecraft gives NASA a ticket to deep space. Here's how NASA is preparing the spacecraft for a mission to visit an asteroid in 2025.
Salary Negotiation For Women: Ask The Expert
InformationWeek salary survey data shows the gender pay gap remains alive and well in IT. One reason: Women walk a tricky tightrope during the negotiation process.
IT Career Advice: How To Sell
IT leaders must sell ideas and projects to be successful, but few are trained in sales. Here are some tips.
5 Reasons Going Paperless Won't Work
Paperless processes have their virtues, but don't confuse the means with the ends.
Apple-IBM Deal: 9 Moves Rivals Should Make
With Apple and IBM allied to advance iOS in the enterprise, these mobile technology companies must scramble to remain contenders. Here's how they could respond.
IBM 2Q Results Hint Of Turnaround
IBM keeps investing in growth areas, but its sales slump continues. Talks with GlobalFoundaries on chip plant takeover reportedly stall.
Microsoft Shows Tech 'Monopolies' Don't Last
As nature abhors a vacuum, innovators abhor a monopoly, especially in the fast-paced IT industry.
Detour On The Road To ICD-10
How one health system is adjusting to the delayed implementation of the new ICD-10 healthcare coding standard.
Geekend: Familiar Faces Can Be Friendly (Or Dangerous)
Studies show we pick our friends -- and employees -- based on visible and invisible similarities.
SAP Reports Cloud Computing Tailwind
SAP posted a 39% increase in cloud revenue in the second quarter, outpacing Oracle and Salesforce.com, but tougher quarters lie ahead.
Oracle Social Cloud Gains LinkedIn Support
Oracle Social Cloud's LinkedIn integration gives marketers publishing, automation, and analytics tools to help manage their LinkedIn presence.
Telemedicine Guidelines Leave Plenty Of Questions
Federation of State Medical Boards and American Medical Association telemedicine standards provide a good starting point, but their definitions are too narrow.
Microsoft Slicing 18,000 Jobs: More Change Ahead
Microsoft announces largest layoff in its history as it restructures and integrates recently acquired Nokia devices unit. CEO Satya Nadella promises sweeping organizational changes.
IBM-Apple Deal Feeds CIO App Ambitions
But do CIOs want Apple-only, ready-made apps? Custom, in-house apps have advantages.
ServiceNow Says IT Service Automation's Time Has Come
CEO Frank Slootman, backed by KPMG survey results, says time is right to build services that cut across devices and employee groups.
Feds Pursue Cloud Forensics Standards
NIST identifies 65 challenges that forensic investigators face in gathering and analyzing digital information stored in the cloud, seeks help developing standards to aid law enforcement.
7 Ways To Escape Communications Dark Ages
Here's how unified communication tools can improve processes, cut costs, and drive new business. Second of a multipart series.
CIO-CMO Relationship: Plagued By Digital Pretenders
Digital strategies that focus only on customer engagement are shallow. But to go deeper, CIOs and CMOs must be partners.
Tech Titans: Midyear Report Card
Amazon, Google, and other major tech players went on a shopping spree in the first half of 2014. Here's a look at who won, who lost, and why -- along with a peek ahead.
Net Neutrality: Let's Move Beyond Class Warfare
The Hatfields say consumers will suffer if we prioritize Net traffic. The McCoys say we're headed for communism if we don't. They're both wrong: The problem is lack of broadband competition, not lack of openness and equality.
Internet Of Things: 8 Pioneering Ideas
Today's Internet of Things remains a disparate assortment of ideas and products competing for attention. These pioneers should intrigue enterprise IT.
Apple-IBM Deal: Trouble For Google, Microsoft
Apple's alliance with IBM will make it harder for Android and Windows Phone to carve a niche in the workplace.
Healthcare IT Cloud Safety: 5 Basics
Healthcare is warming up to cloud services, and that means extra vigilance. Here's what you should be doing at a minimum to keep data safe.
Cloud WLANs: Weighing Pros And Cons
Cloud-managed wireless networks offer significant benefits, but IT must consider cloud downsides to make an informed choice.
Microsoft's Nadella: Productivity Is Our Soul
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella promises Worldwide Partner Conference audience that productivity tools will top the company's priorities in the age of mobile and cloud.
Google+ Ends Ban On Fake Names
Google+ policy change lets you mask your true identity with a pseudonym and allows you to make anonymous YouTube comments once again.
Data Breach Notification Law: Will Florida Lead?
Florida's stringent new breach notification law might encourage lawmakers to finally enact a federal standard.
Federal Agencies Must Get Practical About Cloud
Government agencies are working through the realities of making cloud a routine mode of computing.
Apple, IBM Deal: When Siri Meets Watson
Apple and IBM's alliance has huge potential, starting with slick, intelligent business apps that could challenge Google, Microsoft, and others.
Data-Driven Personalization: Its Time Has Come
Despite privacy concerns, the long-term impact will be better products and services and more loyal customers.
State Health Insurance Exchanges Limp Toward Relaunch
Oregon's exchange has shut down, sending its workload to HealthCare.gov, and at least two others are keeping this option open for the next enrollment period that starts in November.
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