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Rules For Radical CIOs: Part 2
How do Saul Alinsky's rules for activists apply to tech executives? Let us keep counting the ways.
How To Close Gaps In Campus Apps
To close the programming applications gap on campus, you often must close several other gaps first.
Sharing Electronic Medical Records Still Too Hard
Epic CEO Judy Faulkner and other health execs aren't thrilled with the state of EHR interoperability. What are today's big barriers?
Spotting The Right Time To Innovate
Everyone likes to talk about changing the game, but how do you actually see and shift the field?
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.
Digital Business Requires Dose Of Humility
The payoffs and opportunities are far from clear.
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,...
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.
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...
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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Forrester Rates Public Cloud Choices For Developers
June 17, 2013Forrester examines IaaS and PaaS options for developers, as the line blurs between these two types of public clouds.
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Google Balloon Project: Crazy Like a Loon
June 17, 2013Google's latest experiment, Project Loon, uses high-altitude balloons to bring Internet access to undeveloped areas.
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Microsoft, Virgin Media Back U.K. 'Digital Maker' Initiative
June 17, 2013Microsoft links its Kudo game developers' site to U.K. IT educational initiative Make Things Do Stuff; meanwhile Virgin Media, others help create...
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Zombie IT Contract Refuses To Die
June 17, 2013In Britain, terminating a multi-billion NHS project in 2011 hasn't stopped more money from being poured into the ill-fated program, say critics.
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Google Launches Attack On Online Child Pornography
June 17, 2013Google pledges millions to charities and software developers to help it eliminate online material that endangers children.
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China Boasts World's Fastest Supercomputer
June 17, 2013While it doesn't hold the No. 1 spot, the U.S. still dominates the latest Top500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers.
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Apple, Facebook, Microsoft Detail Surveillance Requests
June 17, 2013Newly published information details the total number of government surveillance requests received; Google abstains, citing "a step back for users."
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BlackBerry's Turnaround Hinges On Q10
June 17, 2013Strong early sales of the keyboard-packing Q10 give BlackBerry's resurrection a chance.
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Android 5.0: What To Expect
June 17, 2013Next version of Google's smartphone and tablet OS debuts this fall, along with new Nexus-branded smartphones.
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NSA Prism: Readers Speak
June 17, 2013NSA's Prism program has sparked debate about protections versus privacy. Network Computing readers weigh in.
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Big Data Skills Scarce Among Marketing Pros
June 17, 2013More than a third of executives rank big data analytics as a top marketing skill, but many marketers lack the requisite knowledge.
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What Savvis Cloud Services Gain From AppFog
June 17, 2013CenturyLink's cloud company, Savvis, broadens cloned app capabilities by acquiring automation platform AppFog.
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Tool Forecasts Remote Patient Monitoring ROI
June 17, 2013Web-based program forecasted a positive return on investment in remote monitoring for all five California healthcare groups who tested it.
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Iowa State Chooses Cloud For Phone System
June 17, 2013By switching to a cloud voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, ISU will save $600,000 annually on its campus phone network.
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Google Grabs Half Of All Mobile Ad Revenue
June 15, 2013Despite its dominance in the mobile market, Google soon could face serious competition from Facebook.
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iOS 7 Changes Smartphone Battle
June 15, 2013Apple's new iOS 7smartphone and tablet operating system will push market competition to a new level, which is good news for users.
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Britain Launches National 'Information Economy' Strategy
June 14, 2013Working with industry and academia, the plan sets out objectives designed to nurture small enterprises and prepare students for IT careers.
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Thumb Drive Security: Snowden 1, NSA 0
June 14, 2013Thumb drives helped NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden transport top-secret data from the agency. If the NSA can't keep a lid on thumb drives, can you?
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MOOCs: Interesting Legal Territory Ahead
June 14, 2013Massive open online courses have the potential to change higher education, but people and schools implementing MOOCs face some emerging legal...
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Inside A Cyber Espionage Campaign
June 14, 2013A group of Taiwanese researchers peer into the operations center of a group behind one large espionage campaign.
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YouVisit: Virtual College Tours Get Real
June 14, 2013Unlike other sites with "virtual campus tours" that piece together bits of video and resource links, YouVisit offers virtual walking tours with...
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Vulnerability Reports: What They Don't Tell You
June 14, 2013With flaw tallies varying by up to 75%, vulnerability data needs to be taken with a grain of salt, Black Hat presenters say.
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Windows 8.1: 10 Surprise Benefits
June 14, 2013Windows 8.1 does a lot more than bring back the Start button. These 10 features may give it a much-needed popularity boost with enterprise users.
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Vine: 5 Get-Started Facts For Businesses
June 14, 2013Vine makes creating video easy, but using the social video app effectively is not as easy as you think.
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Red Hat Escalates Private Cloud Fight With VMware
June 14, 2013Red Hat combines its Enterprise Linux with OpenStack to push its own private cloud stack alternative to VMware, Microsoft platforms.
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