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Featured Reports
7 Slick Siri Alternative Apps
May 25, 2013
Love it or hate it, Apple's Siri doesn't have to be the be-all and end-all of smart personal assistants. Check out these solid apps.
Best Practices: Behind the BYOD 8 Ball? 10 Steps to Catch Up
May 24, 2013
Letting a bring-your-own-device program grow organically is not a plan, it's an invitation to chaos and breaches. While it's never too late to put structure in place, the longer you wait, the more difficult it gets.
Informed CIO: Moving Legacy Apps to the Cloud
May 24, 2013
Can you run that old ERP system on AWS or CloudStack? Yes, and it just may save you money. However, CIOs need to ensure that teams set expectations, use the right tools for the right use case and test before leaping. Oh, and don't get stopped by the application life cycle police.
Strategy: Assessing Risk in Your Enterprise Compliance Initiative
May 24, 2013
Risk is a factor in any enterprise, and managing that risk is always a challenge. In regulated industries, however, the challenge is heightened by goals that sometimes overlap but more often do not. In this Dark Reading report, we will examine the general considerations organizations must make when putting risk into a compliance context, as well as recommend specific strategies for leveraging organizational risk management work to achieve compliance goals.
2013 Wireless LAN Survey
May 24, 2013
It's a mobile world, and Wi-Fi is displacing wired Ethernet: 89% use 802.11 as a client network access method, up from 76% in 2010. Still, IT must meet high expectations for network speed, security and reliability. Perhaps that's why a surprising 45% have plans to deploy 802.11ac gear in production.
Research: Data Center Debate: Standardization vs. Specialization
May 24, 2013
Apple's iOS 7 Transformation | NASA Crowns Space App Winners
May 24, 2013
Google Researcher Reveals Zero-Day Windows Bug
May 24, 2013
Bug hunter criticizes Microsoft's "great hostility" to outside security researchers, releases proof-of-concept exploit for unpatched zero-day Windows vulnerability,
iOS 7 Undergoing Ive-Led Transformation
May 24, 2013
Sweeping changes are in store for Apple's smartphone operating system.
Contender For U.K. Smart Meter Rollout: Game On
May 24, 2013
SmartReach, a joint venture comprised of several tech and communications companies, has developed communications technology for the U.K's planned smart energy meter project.
Facebook Kills HTC 'First' European Debut
May 24, 2013
Facebook asks European partners to stall planned launch of HTC First smartphone as it scurries to revamp Facebook Home.
SAP Loses 'Cloud DNA' As Lars Dalgaard Steps Down
May 24, 2013
SuccessFactors founder and CEO resigns from SAP Executive Board and will leave the company June 1.
White House Announces Mobile Security Guidelines
May 24, 2013
U.S. CIO VanRoekel says future for government is one where mobile is the default computing platform; highlights accomplishments of Digital Government Strategy.
Joyent Matches Amazon Cloud Infrastructure Prices
May 24, 2013
Joyent expands instance types to match Amazon's in size and price, adds "reserved" instances to better compete.
5 Ways To Get Big Data Plans Moving
May 24, 2013
Are your analytics efforts getting bogged down in all the data streaming in from social, apps, surveys and other channels? Here's how to get unstuck.
Microsoft To Windows 8 Haters: Try This Mouse
May 24, 2013
Windows 8 has been a particularly big flop on the desktop. Can a mouse designed to make the OS friendlier help?
Google Cuts Prices On New Datastore Service
May 24, 2013
Google reduces per-gigabyte pricing for Cloud Datastore by 25%, reflecting falling cloud storage prices; read operations are cheaper, too.
Salesforce.com Shares Slide Despite Revenue Growth
May 24, 2013
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff takes the long view while Wall Street reacts to a lower-than-expected outlook.
NASA Crowns Space Apps Challenge Winners
May 23, 2013
Interplanetary weather app that integrates weather data from Mars and Earth is among the winners of the competition.
Apple Again Faces Mirror Worlds In Court
May 23, 2013
Defunct software company expands patent infringement suit to include Best Buy, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and Samsung.
HP Newsletter with Gartner Research: Maximizing Your Infrastructure through Virtualization
May 23, 2013
IDC Analyst Connection: Using Blade Systems to Cut Costs and Sharpen Efficiencies
May 23, 2013
Blade Server Strategies: Optimizing the Data Center
May 23, 2013
Linux-Based Education OS Gets New Features
May 23, 2013
Edubuntu update includes several new packages, including a touch-typing tutor and a mindmapping tool.
Soros Invests $75M In London Fiber-Optic Startup
May 23, 2013
Hyperoptic plans to implement "fiber-to-the-home" broadband technology in more than 500,000 British households within 5 years.