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FileMaker 15 tour: Making business apps for the mobile web

The venerable database application has become a popular tool for creating your own business apps. Now you can use those apps wherever you go

3 tips for negotiating the salary you deserve

Successfully negotiating a starting salary or for a raise comes down to being able to prove three things: your accomplishments, your achievements and your value

7 ways to get more from Slack

Developers share their top tips for being lazy (i.e., increasing coding efficiency) using the popular group chat app

16 ways to build a better dev team

The secret to building and maintaining a great development team requires transparency, flexibility, and yes, good vibes

How to beat the ‘working at home, feeling left out’ blues

Telecommuting has gotten easier over the years, with new technologies continuously emerging to keep employees connected with each other, clients and the home office

16 ways to build a better dev team

The secret to building and maintaining a great development team requires transparency, flexibility, and yes, good vibes

Why help desk jobs are going unfilled

Help desk jobs have long been seen as a stepping stone to other roles, but that perception is out of date. Today's help desk professionals are taking on more complex work and they're in high demand

5 free apps that add cool Windows 7 features to Windows 10

If you’re still holding onto Windows 7 because a feature you're fond of doesn’t appear in Windows 10, chances are there are alternative programs you can install to replace it

The 100 best places to work in IT 2016

Discover which organizations are tops for salary, bonuses, challenging projects, training, and time off

DocumentDB: Meet Microsoft’s ‘planet scale’ NoSQL database

Forget the name: Microsoft says DocumentDB is more powerful than Cassandra and has more paying users than MongoDB — and it’s not actually for documents

IT badges: A new path to better pay?

Skills-based mini-certs are gaining traction as a worthwhile way to round out your résumé

Do it now! From SHA-1 to SHA-2 in 8 steps

The clock is ticking for organizations to complete their SHA-1 migration. Here's what admins must do to ensure they aren't locked out

IT job stress is dropping, but so is job satisfaction

Working in IT can be a stressful career, but a new survey shows the pressure's easing for many tech workers. But is career satisfaction dropping, too?

No robots required: AI will eliminate these jobs first

AI is poised to shake up IT work, eliminating jobs and creating opportunities alike

8 reasons why your security awareness program sucks

Most awareness programs are just very bad and, like with all security countermeasures, there will be an inevitable failing

Q&A: Guido van Rossum on Python’s next steps

Mobile use, support via WebAssembly, and many imaginative options are in in the works for the popular object-oriented language

Cuba works to join the global economy, and IT sees a golden opportunity

More than just a tourist destination, the country has a growing population of IT-savvy workers and potential customers for tech gadgets

Code red: Health IT must fix its security crisis

Poor understanding of risk leaves health providers vulnerable to attack, as malicious hackers threaten to wreak havoc

What’s really new in SharePoint 2016?

With SharePoint 2016, Microsoft is going back to what SharePoint is all about: easy collaboration, team-driven workflows, and simple intranet publishing. Wait, isn't that what SharePoint has been doing all along?

IT security habits that work for highly secure companies

You're far more vulnerable to hackers than you think. Here are the secrets to staying secure

Why I switched back to Firefox

Remember when you ditched Firefox for Chrome and pinkie-swore you’d never go back? Yeah, me too

Call on line 2! Six ways to add a second line to your smartphone

Whether you're running a small business or just looking to improve your BYOD situation, there's an app that can help

15 signs you’re doing agile wrong

Misconceptions and ‘best practices’ may have your team spinning wheels rather than continuously churning out productive code

Lightning fast NoSQL with Spring Data Redis

6 uses cases for Redis in server-side Java applications

By the numbers: Cyber attack costs compared

Not all cyber attacks are created equal. Infographic shows what are the most expensive cyber attacks, how costs are distributed, and where organizations are putting their money

How IoT will change the job market

Hard skills like circuit design and security will be critical, but there are other, less tangible ways IoT will affect the demand for tech workers

How data virtualization delivers on the devops promise

Your data could be standing in the way of getting the most out of devops and continuous delivery. It's also a significant security risk in development — and that's about to get more expensive

Open source job market booming

The demand for open source talent is high, according to a new report from Dice.com and The Linux Foundation

7 programming languages we love to hate — but can’t live without

Tools masquerading as languages, maddening syntax, dusty code that won’t die — here's what has us shaking our fists

How to select ERP for the services industries

ERP for manufacturers, an ERP suite for service industries needs to be focused on managing projects not products, according to a report from Technology Evaluation Centers. Download this free buyer’s guide to get in-depth analysis of the trends

Beyond Jenkins: 7 devops tools

These alternatives to Jenkins offer unique capabilities for automating software integration and delivery

Beyond Jenkins: 7 devops tools

These alternatives to Jenkins offer unique capabilities for automating software integration and delivery

Backup and recovery tools: Users identify the good, bad, and ugly

Enterprise IT staffers identify the most valuable features of data backup and recovery products from Veeam, Acronis, HPE, and IBM — and the areas that need improvement

7 deadly career mistakes developers make

Failure may lead to success, but unthinking complacency is a certain dev career killer

7 deadly career mistakes developers make

Failure may lead to success, but unthinking complacency is a certain dev career killer

4 big plans to fix internet security

Internet security is in crisis. These four proposals offer tangible solutions — including one scheme to change the Internet's workings from top to bottom

IT resume makeover: Breaking through tech jargon

In this resume makeover, the candidate didn't need a complete remodel. Instead, he needed to shift the overall focus

6 traits engineers need to succeed as IT leaders

IT managers must motivate, lead, and inspire, which is easier said than done

Where to cut corners when the security budget gets tight

Security pros provide advice on where to focus your efforts when money is unexpectedly short on supply

Digital transformation: The vendors that got you here may not get you there

Digital transformation requires a fresh look at traditional and emerging vendors to see which ones can really help the organization exploit the latest technologies

7 ways to get the most from your vendors

Strategies have changed dramatically in the past few years, with new approaches like consolidating your vendor lineup and choosing smaller vendor partners

20 fixes for a Windows 10 update meltdown

Windows 10 won't boot, a new update got you fuming? Here’s how to get your PC back on track.

More PowerShell: Hash tables

How to use arcane text-based syntax to achieve miraculous results

13 fabulous frameworks for Node.js

This baker's dozen of lean and mean Node.js frameworks can help streamline your development of fast websites, rich APIs, and real-time apps

An inside look at Microsoft’s booming cloud business

The ability to host Azure infrastructure on premise in a hybrid role is a key differentiator

How to perform a risk assessment

Users describe pros and cons of hyperconverged storage products

Enterprise users weigh in on their favorite features and offer suggestions for improvement

The IoT company behind the curtain

Greenwave Chief Scientist Jim Hunter explores the promise of the Internet of things — and the challenges it still faces

6 colleges turning out open source talent

How six top colleges are helping students engage with open source culture

IT leaders pick productivity over security

Implementing security measures can make systems run slower and essentially bog down productivity — which is causing some enterprises to abandon them