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Tableau Helps Johns Hopkins Cut Emergency Stays
Business intelligence dashboard software from Tableau helps Johns Hopkins Hospital reduce patients' emergency department stays from 11 hours to four.
IBM Shifts SmartCloud Customers To SoftLayer
IBM customers have been notified to move by Jan. 31; IBM SoftLayer unit operates 13 data centers.
Google Debuts Nexus 5 With LTE And KitKat
Google's Nexus 5 smartphone runs Android 4.4 KitKat operating system and starts at $349.
FAA Allows Electronics During Takeoff, Landing
Federal Aviation Administration no longer sees mobile devices as threat to air safety.
Android Tablets Gain On iPad
No new iPads throughout most of 2013 means Apple's share of the tablet market has dipped below 30% -- its lowest ever.
Salesforce.com Enables Private App Stores
Salesforce Private AppExchange lets you put IT-approved applications in a customizable corporate app store. There's one catch, though.
HealthCare.gov Faced Security Risks, Feds Were Told
As HHS secretary Sebelius testified to Congress about the flawed rollout, a memo surfaced that predicted security risks due to inadequate testing.
Amazon Plans 4th California Retail Distribution Facility
Online retail giant seeks to foster faster deliveries, including same-day fresh groceries, through modern fulfillment centers.
Nebula, GigaSpaces Team To Ease OpenStack App Migrations
Nebula configures the hardware, while GigaSpaces' Cloudify helps prepare complex legacy apps to migrate into an OpenStack private cloud.
EHealth To Obama: We Can Run HealthCare.gov
Obama Administration response to online health insurance site is cool, but proposal reveals backup possibility. EHealth offers to help Covered California, too.
One-Third Of Doctors Exchange Clinical Summaries
Doctors who use an electronic health record system are much better equipped to exchange data than those who don't have EHRs, says Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT study.
Federal Cybersecurity Champions Honored
National Institute of Standards and Technology senior scientist Ron Ross honored for creating risk management framework.
GSA Streamlines IT Operations, Closes Data Centers
Agency CIO says closure of 37 data centers and centralization of IT operations will improve efficiency within GSA and in serving other federal agencies.
How Will You Manage Your Digital Self?
You can't keep track of all the digital content you generate. In the next five years, expect vendors to come to the rescue with digital-self services.
IT Service Management Isn't Happyland
At the recent Fusion conference, plenty of folks were challenging the IT status quo, and that's a good thing.
Google+ Enhances Hangouts, Photo Tools
Google+ Hangouts adds location sharing, and photos and videos get slick new editing tools.
Facebook Exec: Databases, Hadoop Belong Together
Facebook's Ken Rudin says relational databases and Hadoop are complementary. Hortonworks and Teradata execs add guidelines on when to choose which.
Innovation Stalled? Bad Culture Defeats Good Strategy
Your project managers' focus on meeting budgets and deadlines may be the root of your innovation stagnation. Here's how to change that culture.
iPhone 5s Battery Issues Confirmed; iPad Air Praised
Apple confirmed a small number of iPhones 5s units have defective batteries, but the iPad Air has scored impressive reviews ahead of its release.
Lenovo Yoga: A More Flexible Tablet
Lenovo announced two new Android tablets uniquely designed to offer improved hold, stand and tilt modes.
Windows XP Malware: 6X As Bad As Windows 8
WinXP is already an easy target for hackers, and it will get even simpler once Microsoft ends support for the 12-year-old OS in April.
Cloud Deployment Debate: Bake Or Bootstrap?
Anyone who wants to use a public IaaS provider like Amazon Web Services needs to use machine images. Let's delve into the confusion about how to best use those images.
U.S. Joins Global Effort On Open Data
Publicly accessible data can add trillions of dollars in value to global economies such as education, says U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Federal CIO Urges Bold Vision For Government IT
Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel calls Obamacare site's launch something "to be proud of" and urges government IT community to view bugs as a "teachable moment."
Federal Agencies Advised To Brace For Big Data
Big data challenge isn't now to handle current volume but what's to come, warn federal CIOs.
Motorola's Project Ara Promotes Modular Smartphones
Google's Motorola Project Ara envisions mobile phones as customizable components that can be snapped together like Lego blocks. But can flexibility beat slick smartphone design?
Dell Seals Deal To Go Private
Michael Dell's bid to take his company private is finally complete. But now that the deal's done, what will Dell do to compete?
Cisco Launches Business Unit For Internet Of Things
In show of commitment to Internet of Things, Cisco forms group focused on advancing technologies ranging from more secure power plants to driverless cars.
IoT Supporters Envision A Trillion-Sensor World
The organizer of the Trillion Sensor Summit is one of many executives trying to both accelerate and get ahead of the Internet of Things.
Will HealthCare.gov Mess Spur Procurement Reform?
Review and overhaul of government IT purchasing procedures needed, trade association expert says.
CareCloud Books Appointment With ZocDoc
Cloud practice management and EHR service connects with the consumer-friendly appointment booking service, part of broader platform strategy.
How To Budget Your Way To Irrelevance
Instead of focusing just on containing costs, consider what objectives and value your company is trying to deliver.
Facebook Ads Fail Marketers: Report
Facebook's emphasis on static instead of social ads is not working for marketers, who rank Facebook last in business value, says Forrester Research.
Obamacare Rollout Hampered By Operating Rules Lag
Backend transmission rules, slated for 2016, may have prevented the rampant errors sending enrollment data from health insurance exchanges to insurance companies.
Nokia Smartphone Sales Improve, But Samsung Leads
Q3 earnings reports show Samsung holding its strong lead in the smartphone market, followed by Apple. Meanwhile, Nokia shows new signs of life.
Why We Need Digital Government Strategy 2.0
The federal government has been an early adopter of mobile technology but now it is time to take it to the next level. These five areas need to be addressed.
Google Smartwatch Nears Production
Google shops manufacturers for its upcoming smartwatch, which will make heavy use of its voice-activated Google Now search feature.
Docker Finds Open Source Success
PaaS firm formerly known as dotCloud changes its name to Docker after developers embrace open source Docker.org project.
Cloudera Plans Data Hub Role For Hadoop
Cloudera prepares to make Hadoop a central hub and first destination for companies' data. SAS and Apache Spark add data-analysis options.
NTT Invests $875M In U.S. Colocation, Cloud Companies
Japanese telecom giant will pay $525 million for Virtela enterprise communications and $350 million for an 80% stake in RagingWire data centers.
Twitter Two-Factor Lockout: One User's Horror Story
Is the security payoff from using Twitter's two-factor authentication system worth the risk of losing account access?
How To Manage LinkedIn Endorsements
Ensure you're portrayed accurately on LinkedIn by fine-tuning your endorsements -- and cut down on unnecessary email notifications in the bargain.
Lawmakers Try To Sharpen FDA Focus On Healthcare Apps
Congress attempts to clarify which health software should be regulated like a medical device with the Sensible Oversight for Technology which Advances Regulatory Efficiency Act.
Bromium, 'Microvisor' Champion, Raises $40 Million More
Bromium's third round of financing brings total to $75.7 million as company positions itself for rapid growth.
Your Cloud Provider Is Not The Boss
Cloud providers deliver great infrastructure and applications, but they are not in charge of the entire customer experience. That job still belongs to IT.
Google's Mystery Project Won't Float
A San Francisco regulator casts doubt on the viability of a waterborne Google store.
Los Angeles Gives Cloud Email Another Chance
After an FBI security rule prevented the LAPD from using Google Apps, the city was forced to backpedal from its move to the cloud. Now Los Angeles is trying again.
Datalink Lets Feds Test Drive Cloud
New service offers federal agencies a way to evaluate different cloud systems that align with their own configurations before they commit to a provider.
Why Do Big IT Projects Fail So Often?
Obamacare's website problems can teach us a lot about large-scale project management and execution.
LG's Curved Smartphone 'Heals' Itself
LG's curved G Flex smartphone resembles a G2 that was put through a wringer.
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