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20 People Who Changed Tech: Tom Watson Jr.

Watson's early, $5 billion bet on computers made IBM an institution and moved him out of the shadow of his iconic father.

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Digital Business Requires Dose Of Humility

The payoffs and opportunities are far from clear.

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Why Microsoft Won't Release Office For The iPad

Microsoft finally brought Office to iOS. Make no mistake: Its goal is to sell Office 365, not help Apple users. As long as Windows 8 struggles,...

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Big Data Pioneers Get Big For Their Britches

DataStax and Cloudera say NoSQL databases and Hadoop are the future, but don't count out Oracle and company just yet.

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Should All High School Students Learn Programming?

Google, Microsoft, Oracle and other tech giants propose that computer science become a required proficiency in Massachusetts public schools to...

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Stop Being A Hated IT Overlord

Recent research suggests that only 30% of workers are fully engaged in their job. We can't fix corporate dysfunction until we break down...

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Social Collaboration For Smarties

Social business leaders: Help me help you. Connect with me at E2 or online.

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How Linux Foundation Runs Its Virtual Office

Cost savings is only part of the picture behind the nonprofit's remote workforce strategy. Linux Foundation exec says the virtual office has made...

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NSA Prism Whistleblower Snowden Deserves A Medal

Without Snowden's leaks, we wouldn't be pursuing rational, democratic debates on the government's post-Sept. 11 balance between security and civil...

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Endpoint Data Protection: Tablet Trouble

Backup managers should look at bringing endpoint protection in-house and using it to protect tablets.

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