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Harper Reed: Innovation Is Worthless
During his Interop keynote, Harper Reed quotes Kanye West for product development advice.
H-1B Visas Tougher To Come By In 2015
Demand for new H-1B visas far outpaces supply in the 2015 application cycle. Don't expect that to change in the near future.
Enterprise Mobile Strategy, Meet The Connected Toilet
The way you're thinking about mobile may not be broad enough.
NASA MESSENGER Prepares For Impact On Mercury
NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft is beaming back some final, incredible photos as it prepares to smash into the planet's surface -- a hard landing for the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury.
IBM Sets Quantum Computing Milestone
IBM sees the future of quantum computing as having a major impact in the life sciences and chemistry fields.
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory Reaches For The Cloud
NASA's JPL, No. 3 in the InformationWeek Elite 100, has turned to cloud computing to make real-time analytics available to missions.
Hoag Memorial Finds Better Care Through Data Sharing
The hospital group overhauled its tech strategy to boost data usage, patient health, and collaboration between business units and the IT organization. One of eight Elite 100 Business Innovation award winners.
Intermountain Healthcare Bundles Apps For Better Living
By corralling multiple apps in one place, Intermountain is making mobile interaction easier for its community. One of eight Elite 100 Business Innovation award winners.
Atlantic Health Automates ID With Biometrics
Palm vein scans are helping staff pull up patient records more efficiently and securely. One of eight Elite 100 Business Innovation award winners.
Get Fast: A Survival Strategy For Software Development
Speed is of the essence in a world where every company must be a software company.
Delivery Drone Or Death Machine?
Drones can help or harm. Figuring out how to respond to them isn't going to be easy.
Your Audi As Amazon Package Drop
Amazon, Audi, and DHL plan to test delivering packages to the trunk of your car.
Box Looks Beyond Storage
At its second annual developer conference, Box rearranged its platform to entice enterprise developers.
Hubble Telescope: 25 Years Of Stunning Images
In celebration of the Hubble Space Telescope's 25th year in low-Earth orbit, InformationWeek has taken a selection of some of the craft's most stunning and awe-inspiring photos, which explore the far reaches of our galaxy and beyond -- pictures that truly define the phrase "out of this world."
Bypassing The Password, Part 3: Freedom Compromised
Want to protect your privacy from government snoops? Say no to biometrics. Say yes to strong password protection and encryption.
Bypassing The Password, Part 2: Trusted Identities
The federal government's collaborative efforts with the private sector to "mov[e] beyond the password" are difficult to trust when there are potentially ulterior motives at play.
Plan X: DARPA's Revolutionary Cyber Security Platform
DARPA's Plan X aims to make active cyber defense more accessible to the masses through agility, training, and intuitive interfaces.
Android Wear Promises Less Phone Dependence
The latest update to Android for wearable devices allows connections with phones on distant networks.
Bypassing The Password, Part 1: Windows 10 Scaremongering
Microsoft's hype of its upcoming biometrics system in Windows 10, spouting the virtues of biometrics over traditional password-based security, seems misguided at best -- misleading at worst.
10 IT Hiring Trends Confounding Private, Public-Sector CIOs
State government CIOs have some of the same hiring problems as their private-business counterparts. Here are 10 of the biggest trends in IT hiring and what executives can do to get the best talent.
HIMSS15: The 'Year Of Execution' For Data Sharing
The industry is focusing less on electronic record features and more on sharing the data held in them.
L.A. District Seeks Refund From Apple Amid Investigations
The Los Angeles Unified School District's ambitious plan to provide an iPad for every student has been derailed by questions about the contract bidding process and dissatisfaction with the software.
Space X, Hubble, Coffee: The Cost Of Doing Business In Space
Space is expensive, dangerous, and easy to get wrong. This week, news about Space X, the upcoming Hubble anniversary, and the price of astronaut coffee shows why we should think hard about future projects.
Cyanogen Partners With Microsoft To Challenge Google
Cyanogen's version of Android will include Microsoft apps and services.
Why Companies Should Pay Attention To AngularJS
When Google and Microsoft collaborate on a project, it's worth noting.
Google Disputes EU Antitrust Charges
Google insists that its conduct has been lawful and beneficial to the market.
BlackBerry Leap Debuts In UK, Coming To US Soon
Down but by no means out, beleaguered BlackBerry looks to recapture marketshare with the Leap smartphone, which is headed to the US soon.
The Sharing Economy: Access Is The New Ownership
A report from PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts that revenue in five key sectors of the sharing economy could reach $335 billion by 2025.
H-1B Visa Applications Exceeded 230,000 This Year
Overall, the USCIS received 233,000 H-1B visa applications this year. The agency will grant 65,000 of them. However, several groups noted that the lack of H-1B visas is limiting the potential for greater global competitiveness in the US.
Twilio In-App Video Service Debuts
Developers now have an easy way to implement video calling within apps.
3DR's Solo Drone Promises New Level Of Smarts
Solo thinks for itself, looking to make flying drones to capture video much easier.
Epic On EHR Interoperability: Not A '1-Time Project'
Epic has ridden the wave of electronic health record adoption to huge success. Now it needs to help drive a wave of EHR data-sharing.
These 8 Technologies Could Make Robots Better
Robots are collections of technologies. Which technologies meant for other industries will find their way into robots soon?
Auto Nausea: The Downside Of Self-Driving Cars
Self-driving cars may lead to self-induced motion sickness.
Salesforce Unifies B2B Marketing, Reporting, Sales Support
Salesforce Pardot Intelligent Engagement Studio and Sales Cloud Engage support marketing, measurement, and sales-rep-crafted micro-campaigns.
Walmart, BoA Are Top IT Spenders
Walmart tops the list of the 10 biggest IT spenders, which otherwise is dominated by banks and financial services companies.
Tableau 9.0 Keeps Focus On End-User Productivity
Tableau Software's latest upgrade adds tools for data prep, quick calculations, and making predictions without need of a PhD.
Microsoft's Revolution Analytics Deal Is Finalized
Microsoft outlines plans to add R-language-based advanced analytics capabilities and integrations after finalizing its purchase of Revolution Analytics.
Will H-1B Visas Kill Jobs Or Ensure Survival Of The Fittest?
As the debate over H-1Bs looks like it's starting again, it's worth thinking about what the pros and cons of the system are, and what the influx of workers from overseas really means for the US tech economy.
SETI: Let’s Stop Listening For Aliens And Start Talking Instead
SETI, which leads the search for alien life, wants to stop looking and start telling aliens to come find us.
Google Ad Injectors Affect 1 In 20 Visitors
If you're seeing extra or unusual ads, you may have an unwanted ad injector.
Google Drive For Work Gets Limits
IT administrators have been telling Google that they want to be able to limit how Google Drive files can be used. Now, Google is obliging.
Google Chrome OS On A Stick
The latest Chrome devices are more affordable than ever, and more varied in their form factors.
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