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HP's New PCs: Everything But The Kitchen Sink

May 23, 2013
Wide variety of new hardware means HP is either adapting to consumer preferences -- or struggling to decide what will resonate.

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HP CEO Whitman Keeps Calm, Carries On

May 23, 2013
Hewlett-Packard's second-quarter sees big sales declines, but profits exceed forecast and CEO Whitman says problems are under control.

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Windows 8.1 Timing All Wrong

May 23, 2013
Windows 8.1 should be coming out now. Here's why Microsoft can no longer afford to target the fall for new releases.

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Salesforce Debuts Mobile Tools For Government

May 22, 2013
Four cloud-based products connect federal, state and local governments with citizens.

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Wide Data Vs. Big Data

May 22, 2013
Financial services organizations know that they can handle vast amounts of data, since they have been doing it for decades. To succeed with big...



Pinterest Adds Value To Pins

May 22, 2013
Pinterest goes mobile, works with vendors to add more useful information to pins.

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Windows 8: Consumers Not Warming To Interface

May 22, 2013
Windows 8's look and feel is still a flop with consumers, especially with those who don't use tablets, two studies say.

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VMware's Hybrid Cloud: Not Amazon's Model

May 22, 2013
VMware's Hybrid Cloud Service, detailed Tuesday, has important differences compared to Amazon Web Services. Customers will have to weigh the...

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Hadoop 2.0: New Big Data Possibilities

May 22, 2013
Hadoop 2.0 will move beyond batch processing to support interactive, online and streaming applications. But don't let warnings about YARN tie you...

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IBM Watson Gets Call Center Job

May 22, 2013
IBM Watson Engagement Advisor advises service reps or "talks" directly to customers to improve the service experience.

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Jive Scales Producteev App, Now Free

May 21, 2013
Social task management tool Jive acquired last year becomes free as a standalone app. Integration with the Jive platform to follow.

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Windows 8 Learning Curve: Two Customers Speak

May 21, 2013
Microsoft users expect Windows 8.1 to lessen the learning curve for the new OS. But it may not be as bad as you fear, two education customers report.

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SAP Steps Up Visual Analytics, Mobile BI

May 21, 2013
SAP's renamed Lumira visual module, mobile upgrades and the Hana platform are uniting the customer experience.

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Windows 8: 4 Things I've Learned

May 21, 2013
After spending two weeks on a touchscreen laptop, I've revisited my initial assumptions about Windows 8. But don't kid yourself: Joe and Jane user...

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Facebook Ranks Top 'Enterprise' Collaboration Platform

May 20, 2013
Businesses beware: Employees prefer using Facebook to SharePoint and other IT-driven collaboration platforms, finds global study by Avanade U.K.

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4 Ways Driverless Cars Will Shake Up Insurance

May 20, 2013
Driverless cars are closer to reality than you think. Here are some impacts they might have on the insurance industry.



Tableau, Marketo Cash In With Timely IPOs

May 20, 2013
Tableau Software and Marketo ride hot trends to bank millions with IPOs that post big gains in their first day of trading.

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Lenovo Windows 8 Ultrabook: My First 14 Days

May 20, 2013
In two weeks, I learned plenty about the pros and cons of Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch, a high-end Windows 8 ultrabook.

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5 BI Requests IT Groups Must Challenge

May 20, 2013
If actionable business insight, the stuff of BI legend, is the Mt. Everest summit, know this: There's little point to building or buying a better...

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3 Things Tumblr Brings Yahoo

May 20, 2013
Yahoo is making a billion-dollar play for Tumblr -- and for increased relevancy.

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What's Next In Video Surveillance

May 20, 2013
Driven by the consumer market, video surveillance is the next big data challenge.

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Windows 8: 5 Hopeful Signs

May 18, 2013
Thanks to new apps and smaller, cheap devices, Windows 8 is primed for a rebound -- if Windows 8.1 delivers.

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Texas School District Picks Dell Windows 8 Tablets

May 17, 2013
Schools CTO who picked iPad in his last job says things have changed.

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Tale Of 2 ServiceNow Users: Problem Solvers

May 17, 2013
ServiceNow users share their experience with the SaaS offering. One uses IT service management for compliance and IT automation; the other has...

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U.K. Has $10 Billion Of Public Data, Study Concludes

May 16, 2013
U.K. needs to plow the valuable public-sector data it collects back into better services and drive economic growth, says study commissioned by the...

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