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NASA's CTO gives a workshop on reinventing IT

Step-by-step guide to documenting your network

Network documentation isn't sexy, but it's a vital component of keeping your network safe and secure

Security-vendor snake oil: 7 promises that don’t deliver

Beware bold promises from a multibillion-dollar industry that can't prevent your IT systems from being routinely hacked

How IT can better help enterprises get work done

Digital workspace delivery technologies can give users more individualized tools that will make them more efficient in their particular tasks

How gamification drives business objectives

Bad design will cause 80 percent of gamified apps in the enterprise to fail to meet their respective business objectives

Résumé makeover: How to sell your tech sales skills

The devil's in the details as career and résumé expert Ross Macpherson takes a technology sales professional's résumé from confusing to concise

Solving healthcare’s disruptive innovation dilemma

Too many CIOs are still clueless about how often open source is being used in their own organizations

Virtualizing Oracle software: Don’t pay for what you don’t need

Moving Oracle databases to virtual infrastructure may not result in software savings. Here's why, and what you can do about it

Bon voyage! Happy vacationers set sail — backed by IT

At Royal Caribbean Cruises, CIO Bill Martin says IT is aimed at improving the guest experience on the high seas, including robust Internet connectivity


4 ‘impossible’ IT hiring scenarios (and how to beat them)

Finding top tech talent remains one of HR's biggest challenges, but unrealistic expectations can make recruiting seem like a battle you can't possibly win

A case for keeping primitives in Java

Primitives are essential for applications dominated by numerical calculations

The ABCs of the Internet of things

You've heard about smart homes where the toaster talks to the smoke detector, but what makes it all connect? These FAQs help explain it all

Fast, cheap and easy: 5 IT certifications that won’t break you

Here's a shortlist of relatively easy-to-obtain and inexpensive certs that are valued by employers

11 reasons encryption is (almost) dead

Massive leaps in computing power, hidden layers, hardware backdoors — encrypting sensitive data from prying eyes is more precarious than ever

How to attract and retain tech talent by using compensation benchmarking

Companies are turning to real-time compensation benchmarking tools to both attract workers with in-demand skills and reduce turnover

Faves and raves: Top security and privacy tools for health care IT

Regulatory mandates are driving health care companies to invest in IT security

Why health care needs Amazon (or anyone) to shake things up

As health care in the United States embarks on what PwC describes as its most radical shift in 80 years, most health IT incumbents just aren't cutting it

R data manipulation tricks at your fingertips

Excel tips and tricks for manipulating dates, and for getting data into the format you need, are also ready for your R pleasure

A master of analytics degree is the ticket — if you can get into class

As demand for data degrees rise, acceptance rates fall

Tools are the biggest barrier to IT-driven medical care

Cleveland Clinic CIO puts technology at the heart of patient care

7 ways to advance your project management career

Project management experts and executive IT recruiters provide tips to project managers on what they can do to give their careers a boost

3D printing will transform these five industries

Early breakthroughs point to 3D advances in healthcare, aviation, retail, food, and space travel

What would you do to improve dynamic proxies?

Open source pitfalls — and how to avoid them

Open source is everywhere, but so is the risk of adopting a dead-end project for critical business needs

How to keep projects on track

Here are some things that IT management can do to identify problems in a timely manner.

12 ethical dilemmas gnawing at developers today

From data privacy to crowd sourcing, what would Socrates say?

Why security pros must get creative with penetration testing (and how to do it)

Security pros must evolve to catch the bad guys using spear phishing, phone calls, on-site visits, and more to get at corporate data

With Google Glass, the doctor can see you now

ER doctors at Beth Israel hospital use Glass to connect with information and patients

How to get a job in manufacturing IT

To make it in manufacturing, IT pros need to understand a wide range of technology, from robotics to good old-fashioned electronics.

USB Type-C: Simpler, faster and more powerful

The next generation of USB cables will be easier to use and able to push more data faster

Your no-fuss, fail-safe guide to protecting Android devices

For optimum Android security, combine the OS's built-in protections with third-party apps to reduce your risk

Collaboration 2.0: Old concept meets new tools

Take the essential concept of sharing, then add cloud, social, Web and mobile

7 reasons to deploy Wi-Fi security in Enterprise mode

SMBs may find the Personal mode of Wi-Fi security easier to deploy, but that may be a costly mistake

What do IT workers want?

Smart employers know the score: Take-home pay still matters, but so do company culture, praise and challenging work.

The ‘always-on’ IT culture: Get used to it

Around-the-clock accessibility is now expected for a broad range of IT roles. Here's how to cope

Ad tracking: Is anything being done?

With online tracking on the rise and Do Not Track efforts moving ahead slowly, users and browser vendors have been taking matters into their own hands

Intel plays defense against ARM with Cloudera stake

Beyond selling more x86 chips, the Intel investment could be pushing Cloudera away from software development for ARM

Scrum co-inventor: Agile can lower risk, but it won’t tell you how to code

Ken Schwaber says we need a more evidence-based approach to software development

Beyond meritocracy: 6 ways IT employee performance evaluations are changing

Neither employees nor managers look forward to performance reviews. That's why experts suggest using tools that provide real-time feedback on how employees are doing

Why IT managers shouldn’t worry about March Madness productivity losses

Long-term benefits of an engaged workforce can outweigh company losses in productivity. Here's why business leaders should see these 19 days of hoops as an opportunity

Survey: State of the enterprise 2014

Deployment and ROI optimization are up for mobility, cloud, and consumer IT

How to bridge the gap between HR and IT

IT managers need to provide HR with sharp questions about applicants' technical skills, and HR pros need to do their homework about IT

Forrester outlines IT imperatives for health care providers

Health care providers face an unsettling reality: Embrace the cloud, big data, and mobile or be acquired by an organization that's successfully done that

In-memory technologies move databases to real time

Microsoft and Pivotal join a growing field of in-memory data providers

Quitting time: How to make a graceful exit

One in four U.S. tech workers is in job-hunting mode, according to IT employment research

Should you get a hybrid laptop? A user report card

Hybrids — laptops whose displays detach to become tablets — were designed to allow users to have one device with many uses. But do they work as advertised?

10 simple tools for building mobile apps fast

No-code and low-code mobile programming tools give business users and developers a fast track to mobile app success

9 Hadoop companies you should know

If you've got a lot of data, then Hadoop either is or should be on your radar

Internet of things presents both technical and ethical questions

Chamberlain's garage door opener lets users monitor and control their garage doors via mobile phones. It's convenient, but what happens to the data collected?

Ambitious IT pros seek COO role

With technology the cornerstone of most businesses, the lines are blurring between IT and operations — leading some IT pros to think of COO as their title of choice