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Charles Babcock
Cloud Computing: Best And Worst News Of 2012
December 19, 2012 09:06 AM
What were the key developments for enterprise cloud computing this year? Let's look at four big wins -- and three setbacks.
Chris Murphy
Internet Of Things: Coming To Pool Near You?
December 19, 2012 09:06 AM
IT pros need to start conversations about how networked devices might change their businesses, no matter how unlikely the application might be.
Eric Zeman
Smartphone Race's Third Horse: Microsoft Or RIM?
December 18, 2012 12:05 PM
Apple and Google are the two strong leaders in the smartphone wars. Microsoft recently kicked off its comeback bid, and RIM follows next month. Which one has the best shot of being the third horse in this race?
Kurt Marko
Google Nexus 10: My First Month
December 18, 2012 11:06 AM
After almost two years of iPad use, I've been living with a Google Nexus 10 tablet for the past month. Google's iPad rival does not disappoint.
Paul McDougall
Microsoft Surface RT Best Tablet Ever, 'Reviewers' Gush
December 18, 2012 09:09 AM
Windows 8 tablet may not be posting big sales numbers, but everyone who bought one from Best Buy claims to love it unconditionally.
Mike Feibus
Should You Buy A 7-Inch Or 10-Inch Tablet?
December 18, 2012 09:06 AM
Hear me out on this one, tablet shoppers: You should buy a 7-inch tablet and a 10-inch tablet.
Eric Lundquist
7 Ways Outsourcing Has Changed
December 18, 2012 09:06 AM
The old role of outsourcers -- doing repetitive stuff overseas because it is a lot cheaper -- is history. See what's coming to take its place.
Thomas Claburn
Google Escapes Antitrust Shackles
December 18, 2012 09:06 AM
FTC's antitrust case against Google appears to be winding down without Google being slapped with any penalties or restrictions. Be glad.
Debra Donston-Miller
Newtown Hoaxes Mar Heartfelt Social Media Posts
December 17, 2012 04:37 PM
Social media shows itself to be the best -- and worst of communications platforms -- in shooting aftermath.
David F. Carr
In Search Of Social Business Excellence
December 17, 2012 01:07 PM
Vala Afshar, chief customer officer of Enterasys Networks, celebrates his firm's social business success story, from Chatter to Twitter, in "The Pursuit of Social Business Excellence."
Kevin Casey
8 Modest Proposals For Reducing Email
December 17, 2012 12:46 PM
Want to trim corporate email inboxes? Consider these unorthodox ideas.
Debra Donston-Miller
Your Year In Review, According To Facebook
December 17, 2012 10:30 AM
Facebook's 2012 Year in Review feature highlights 20 of your most important moments, based on your posts.
Thomas Claburn
Google In 2013: 11 Predictions
December 17, 2012 09:06 AM
Google Glass won't shine, but the company as a whole will thrive in 2013. See if you agree with our predictions.
Larry Seltzer
Google Makes BYOD Harder
December 17, 2012 08:05 AM
Google is ending several services, including Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) for free users and Google Calendar Sync for all users. If you use an iPhone or iPad for free Google services like GMail you have some headaches ahead. Google is pushing you hard to abandon the Mail app and switch to the GMail app. If you use a Microsoft Surface for them then you have a big problem. This Google calls "Winter cleaning."
Paul McDougall
Can Microsoft Surface, Best Buy Save Each Other?
December 15, 2012 09:06 AM
Microsoft needs to get its Windows 8 tablet in front of as many eyeballs as possible, and the retailer needs hot products to drive in-store sales.
Paul McDougall
5 Reasons Outsourcing Is Here To Stay
December 14, 2012 09:38 AM
The tech services industry is in the midst of a downturn, but outsourcing isn't going anywhere—it offers too many benefits.
Mathew J. Schwartz
S.C. Security Blunders Show Why States Get Hacked
December 14, 2012 09:06 AM
Governor blames data breach on Russian hackers and the IRS, but states' by-the-book IT ethos shows rules and regulations are the real culprit.
Paul Cerrato
Halamka Knows Perils And Promise Of Healthcare BYOD
December 14, 2012 09:06 AM
One of the nation's top healthcare CIOs discusses Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's $200K project to secure personal devices used for work.
George Crump
3 Fixes: Hybrid SSD Array Performance Gap
December 13, 2012 09:06 AM
Hybrid SSD arrays are ideal for many data centers but have performance weaknesses. Use these options to boost speed.
Chris Murphy
6 Ways IT Still Fails The Business
December 13, 2012 09:06 AM
IT leaders should prepare their teams to avoid these mistakes in 2013.
Chris Murphy
Tell Me Again Why CEOs Should Tweet
December 12, 2012 12:54 PM
Social media matters, but that doesn't mean it's every CEO's job to participate.
Eric Lundquist
Health IT Bubble Is No Bubble At All
December 12, 2012 12:48 PM
Unlike the disappointing tech startups of the late 1990s, healthcare IT will continue to grow because it addresses problems the medical industry has yet to solve.
Eric Zeman
Yahoo Gets Serious About Mobile
December 12, 2012 11:10 AM
New email and Flickr apps show that CEO Mayer is pushing to make Yahoo a contender in the mobile market.
Doug Henschen
Big Data Revolution Will Be Led By Revolutionaries
December 12, 2012 10:21 AM
Why "old-guard" vendors didn't make our list of big data vendors to watch in 2013.
Serdar Yegulalp
QWERTY Keyboards Are Here To Stay
December 12, 2012 09:15 AM
Alternative keyboards are voodoo ergonomics. If the keyboard is going to be killed by anything, it'll be by the one holy grail of user interfaces: A direct neural connection between the user and the computer, with all of the fascinating and scary possibilities offered through such a system. The things I'm confident it's not going to be killed by are touchscreens — or, for that matter, other kinds of keyboards.