12 Cool LinkedIn Features You Never Knew About
There's more to LinkedIn than just connecting with the people you know. Here are 12 features that enhance your LinkedIn experience.
15 Must-Have Android Apps to Tweet About
CIO.com's Al Sacco asked his tech-savvy Twitter followers to name the best Android apps available today, and they answered with gusto. Don't miss these.
In the tech world, acquisitions, mergers, partnerships and product investments seem to happen every day. Here are some other recent, and less recent, tech unions that either struck gold or turned to dung. For some, the jury is still out.
CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle says enterprises won't rush to roll out Windows 8. However, they may see the new OS in the form of Windows RT, the ARM version that combines the snazzy UI that users like with management and security controls that IT likes.
From the gothic Lisbeth Salander in "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" to the brainy Mark Zuckerberg in "Social Network," blockbuster movies have recently elevated the tech geek from quirky sidekick to cool hero (or anti-hero).
The 2012 IDG Enterprise Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C) survey was completed with the goal of gaining understanding of current and future UC&C investments. The survey highlights the uptick in UC&C adoption and investments in the coming three years in enterprise organizations.
How well do you know Gmail? Here are five tips, from setting up an automatic vacation response to signing out of your account remotely, that the average Gmail user might not know about.
Members of an increasingly mobile workforce can suffer from gadget overload. From smartphones, tablets and notebooks, deciding which devices to pack can be daunting. Here are 10 smart gadgets to help you work better on the go.
CIOs can expect their jobs to change dramatically by the end of the decade. Expect an increased role in everything from business planning and cybersecurity to robot management and, of course, the cloud.
How well do you know LinkedIn? Maybe not as well as you think. Here's a look at five features and tools -- from listening to headlines to hiding your identity -- that can save you time, expand your network and give you perspective on your connections.
Who says you need a college degree to be successful? Here's a look at 10 tech titans who dropped out and made it big...really big.
As IT outsourcing matures, you'd think negotiating IT service deals would get easier. Not so, according to the attorneys who deal with service levels, contract structure and pricing models.
News
- Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Top 5 Clingiest Online Services
- T-mobile Cuts 900 Jobs in Restructuring
- Consumerization Trends Hit IT Service Management
- Google Search Will Incorporate"Knowledge Graph" into Main Search Results
- SAP Puts its HANA In-memory Database in the Spotlight
- Facebook Raises Stock Offering, Shoots for $18.5B with IPO
- Wozniak Reveals Why Steve Jobs Loved Secrecy
- What Tech Issues Loom Large for Election 2012?
- Senate Bill Slots 55,000 Tech Green Cards
- Mozilla Readies App Marketplace for Public Beta
Applications
- VMware Envisions Virtualization in Post-PC, BYOD Era
- SAP Puts its HANA In-memory Database in the Spotlight
- Facebook Raises Stock Offering, Shoots for $18.5B with IPO
- How Social Customer Support Brings Social Media Beyond Marketing
- Mozilla Readies App Marketplace for Public Beta
- Unified Communications Still Fragmented
- Google Releases Chrome 19, Adds Tab Sync and Patches 20 Bugs
- New Zeus Malware Scam Promises Rebates, Security
- Appsbar Gives Small Businesses a Simple (and Free!) Template for App Building
- Microsoft Awaits $250 Mn Windfall From Facebook IPO
Careers
- How to Manage Summer Interns: 5 Expert Tips from LinkedIn
- Tech Managers aren't Doing a Good Job Developing IT Talent: Survey
- Resume Copy; Writing in IT Terms
- Faking IT: 5 Executives Who Lied in Their Resumes
- Can a New Analyst Firm Take Down Gartner?
- IT Workers Are Happy, But Will Still Leave for Something Better
- Wi-Fi Alliance's Passpoint Program on Track for June Certifications
- How to Deal With Tech Distractions
- 5 Hidden Gmail Tricks for Power Users
- Career Advice: Careers in the Cloud
Cloud Computing
- VMware Envisions Virtualization in Post-PC, BYOD Era
- SAP Puts its HANA In-memory Database in the Spotlight
- WWDC 2012 Forecast: Cloudy with a Chance of New Macbooks
- Netsuite Rolls Out Commerce-as-a-service Platform
- New Engine to Power Xangati's Performance Monitoring Product
- SAP Lays Out Cloud Strategy Post-successfactors Deal
- SAP Offers Mobile Device Management on Amazon's Cloud
- Microsoft Cloud Survey: Security, Cost Both a Deterrent and an Attraction
- Public vs. Private Cyberattack Responsibility Debate Heats Up
- Cloud Computing Tools: Improving Security Through Visibility and Automation
Data Center
- Nvidia Tries to Link Cloud with Graphics Processors
- New DDR4 Memory to Boost Tablet, Server Performance
- Intel Incorporates Security, Management into Core vPro Processors
- IBM Brings Intel's Ivy Bridge Architecture to M4 Server Line
- Intel Introduces First Server Chips with 3D Transistors
- Dell, IBM Announce Servers with New Intel Xeon Chips
- Amazon Web Services Personalizes Cloudfront Web Hosting Service
- Five Things CIOs Should Know About Big Data
- Oracle Tweaks Storage Options for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
- EMC Buys Flash-Array Startup XtremIO
Mobile
- VMware Envisions Virtualization in Post-PC, BYOD Era
- Unified Communications Still Fragmented
- Appsbar Gives Small Businesses a Simple (and Free!) Template for App Building
- Lightsquared's Bankruptcy is a Cautionary Tale
- Angry Birds Tops Companies' App Blacklist
- Voyager Postpones Mobile Service Launch, Citing Web Attack
- Debut of Cut-Rate Mobile Plan Marred By Alleged Malicious Attack
- Verizon LTE Expansion Continues with 28 More Cities
- Dear Google: Android Needs Your Help
- 10 Top Reasons for Integrating Wi-Fi Radios in Small Cellular Cells
Web 2.0
- Facebook Raises Stock Offering, Shoots for $18.5B with IPO
- How Social Customer Support Brings Social Media Beyond Marketing
- Microsoft Awaits $250 Mn Windfall From Facebook IPO
- Zeus Variant Tricks Facebook, Webmail Users Into Exposing Card Details
- Is Your Facebook Presence Hurting You? Find Out With Free Networkclean
- Wikipedia Warns Users About Malware Injecting Ads Into its Pages
- How to Quit Facebook Without Losing the Best Facebook Features
- With IPO Looming, Facebook Boosts Stock Price Range
- Twitter Will Deliver Weekly Highlights Via Email
- Facebook Privacy Head Suggests Company Will Serve Ads on Other Sites
Virtualization
- New Engine to Power Xangati's Performance Monitoring Product
- Largest Illinois Healthcare System Uproots Cisco to Build $40M Private Cloud
- Windows 8 Pro: Features IT Pros Need to Know About
- Oracle Tweaks Storage Options for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
- VMware: Virtualize the Rest of the Data Center
- MIT Business School Grapples with Virtualization
- Citrix Boosts VDI Offering with Products, Acquisition and Details At Cloud-based Future
- Is Your Cloud Provider Exposing Remnants of Your Data?
- CloudOn Adds Android, Google Drive Support for Its Virtual Office Service
- Cloud Providers Touting Multi-Hypervisor Support
Security
- Google Releases Chrome 19, Adds Tab Sync and Patches 20 Bugs
- Thwarted by Security at Enterprises, Cyber Criminals Target SMBs
- New Zeus Malware Scam Promises Rebates, Security
- Zeus Variant Tricks Facebook, Webmail Users Into Exposing Card Details
- Avira Antivirus Upgrade Wreaks "Catastrophic" Havoc on Windows PCs
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Privacy Advocates Fear CISPA - Voyager Postpones Mobile Service Launch, Citing Web Attack
- Debut of Cut-Rate Mobile Plan Marred By Alleged Malicious Attack
- Wikipedia Warns Users About Malware Injecting Ads Into its Pages
- Forrester Outlines 5 Rising, 5 Declining Security Technologies
Outsourcing
- Senate Bill Slots 55,000 Tech Green Cards
- Utility Hires Outsourcer -- But Keeps IT Staff
- Big Data Analytics Gold for the Call Center
- 5 Outsourcing Trends to Watch
- Infosys' Legal Problems Prompt Analysts' Concerns
- Hostage Crisis in the Cloud: Can You Rescue Your Data?
- Outsourcing Declines, Are IT Jobs Coming Back?
- Outsourcing Contracts and Negotiations Getting More Complex
- Lofgren Says "Toxic Environment" Stalls Visa Reform
- Tech Training Targeted by Education Department
Operating Systems
- Avira Antivirus Upgrade Wreaks "Catastrophic" Havoc on Windows PCs
- Microsoft to Charge $15 for Windows 8 Upgrade Deal
- Dear Google: Android Needs Your Help
- WWDC 2012 Forecast: Cloudy with a Chance of New Macbooks
- Does the HP Folio 13 Ultrabook Succeed in Business?
- EU-Microsoft Browser Deal Requires Ballot Screen in Windows 8
- Microsoft System Center 2012 Review: Streamlined Cloud Service Management
- Senate to Look at Mozilla's Browser Competition Allegations
- Microsoft Preps Windows 8 Upgrade Deal for Early June Debut, Says Report
- Mozilla on New Browser Brouhaha: Microsoft, Apple Different Cases
Data Center Definitions & Solutions
What is a data center? How are data centers managed? What data center technologies should I be aware of?
CIO 100 2011
The 2011 CIO 100 Awards honor 100 companies that are accelerating business results by innovating with technology. Find out who they are.
As more and more CIOs are beginning to see significant benefits from letting employees choose the device they use to get their jobs done, the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend is spreading. According to the Computerworld Consumerization of IT Study, about half of the 604 respondents said their organizations allow employees to do work using their own devices either away from the office or at work. Whether these devices are smart phones, tablets, or laptops that are used in the office or while working remotely, companies that embrace this trend are finding their employees are more productive and experience greater job satisfaction. What's more, enterprises can significantly reduce up front costs and allow for flexible work hours by letting employees use their device of choice anytime, from anywhere.
Sponsored by Good Technology
This paper describes a hardware and software reference architecture for using HP hardware to deploy very large and highly transactional Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 OLTP database systems in tier 1 enterprise application environments.
Sponsored by HP, Microsoft & Intel
Identifying the right configuration and deploying complete, scalable data warehouses can be a time consuming, costly and error-prone process. Success ultimately depends on the ability to deploy a system that can support an expected level of performance - then allow that performance to scale linearly as needed.
Sponsored by HP, Microsoft & Intel
Exploding transactional growth is driving database performance and availability needs to new levels prompting the adoption of new storage technologies, from disk to solid-state. Now is the time for businesses faced with unprecedented growth to embrace new storage technologies such as flash memory-based SAN solutions. HP and Microsoft® recognize the need for compelling transactional database solutions that bring together these best of breed technologies, based on open standards and at lower total cost of ownership versus expensive one size fits all alternatives.
Sponsored by HP, Microsoft & Intel
Second in a three-part series discussing the "4 Must Haves" in virtualization security designed to help large organizations understand the challenges of securing virtualized environments while positioning themselves to take advantage of future IT and business opportunities.
Gain insights into next generation, virtualization-optimized solutions to help you drive:
+ Faster time-to-value from your security initiatives
+ Provide corporate with visibility and enable a state of continuous compliance
+ Reduce risk via automated configuration and policy-based access and enforcement engine
Sponsored by HyTrust
Join IDC Analyst Dan Vesset and HP Senior Architect, Jeff Spiller, as they discuss the rise of analytics, the impact of big data and need for scalable enterprise solutions. Learn about the HP Enterprise Data Warehouse appliance, which offers massive scale at low cost for single rack appliances up to large scale Data Warehouses. All while providing a single view of information across your enterprise that scales with your data, improves query performance and reduces IT cost over traditional data warehousing offerings. Featuring Intel® Westmere processors. View the entire webcast or only the chapters you desire.
Sponsored by HP, Microsoft & Intel
Join IDC Analyst Dan Vesset and HP Senior Architect, Jim Hautala, as they discuss the business need for fast, reliable solutions for data management and business reporting - whether you are currently using SQL Server or migrating from a different software technology. Jim Hautala will share ideas on how to help transform your data warehouse with the HP-Microsoft Fast Track reference architectures running Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 Fast Track Data Warehouse. Featuring Intel® Xeon® processors. View the entire webcast or only the chapters you desire
Sponsored by HP, Microsoft & Intel
Business users increasingly demand 24x7 availability of their data while IT departments face the challenge of ensuring maximum availability while operating with limited budgets.
Sponsored by Oracle and Intel
Executive Women in IT (EWIT)
The CIO Executive Council launched an initiative dedicated to advancing women in IT and in business. The Executive Women in IT (EWIT) Leadership Connection provides access to peer advice, events, resources and tools to help women on their journey to success. Learn more
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The Future-State CIO®
The Future-State CIO® will be accountable for IT function success and business process transformation by adopting a more company-external focus and concentrating on using information to drive innovation and strategic advantage in pursuit of business goals. Learn more
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