Opinion

IBM’s Cloudant deal will deliver NoSQL on demand

IBM's purchase of hosted Apache CouchDB outfit Cloudant adds a ready portfolio of NoSQL services to Big Blue's cloud business

Meet Mr. Ivory Tower and the upside-down management chain

An out-of-touch boss looks to underlings to figure out what the technology group actually does

BrandPost: Windows 8.1: The new modern experience

4 Big Changes to the New UI

Microsoft releases Office 2013 Service Pack 1, KB 2817430

After months (and months) of testing, Microsoft has released Service Pack 1 for the on-premises versions of Office

Microsoft’s aha: UI engineer Julie Larson-Green should engineer UIs

Microsoft announced a new role for its current hardware honcho yesterday. Here's the bigger view of Larson-Green's moves

MWC: Hands on with security-centered Blackphone

Mobile World Congress's most secure smartphone debuts, stocked with heavyweight encryption and security features

After Mt. Gox debacle, bitcoin exchanges need to go pro

Demise of Mt. Gox shows that exchanges must be built and run like businesses, with transparency and accountability, if they want to thrive

Mobile’s next great leap will happen in the cloud

Mobile’s next great leap will happen in the cloud

Smartphones and tablets are saturated with features, leaving less room for innovation on the device — but more for innovation in the cloud

IBM says bye-bye to hardware and hello to the cloud

First PCs, then servers, now chips are being thrown overboard. IBM is going through its biggest shakeup in years, as it pivots from hardware to the cloud

Splunk feels the heat from stronger, cheaper open source rivals

Graylog2, based on Java and Elasticsearch, provides a increasingly useful alternative to commercial log analysis tools

Galaxy S5, Nokia ‘Windroid,’ BlackBerry Q20: The hype hits the fan

Despite the hubbub, Samsung, Nokia, and Microsoft aren't moving the needle much in their new smartphones

Like it or not, the era of the wimpy CEO has arrived

Every generation gets the CEOs it deserves. In our case, that means the milquetoast likes of Zuckerberg, Schmidt, and others

With WhatsApp, Facebook looks to become the first global telco

The WhatsApp acquisition could help Facebook leapfrog Google and Microsoft, take pole position in voice revolution

VMware’s Virtual SAN to address software-defined storage

Storage software turns internally attached server storage into a shared, protected storage pool

Nokia, Mozilla surprise at MWC — WHATSAPP finding its voice — Netflix succumbs to COMCAST — Industry giants push CLOUD FOUNDRY standard

Pivotal to spin out Cloud Foundry PaaS into separate foundation

Pivotal, EMC, IBM, Rackspace, and VMware sponsor effort to make the open source cloud platform an industry standard

The broadband barbarians will soon control the gates

And close them shut — what's the point of developing new technologies if nobody can use them?

Surprise! Gen X and millennials share similar views on security

Fortinet survey reveals that the two generations think alike about passwords, privacy, and online marketing

The mobile spy in your pocket

As the saying goes — location, location, location. Thanks to GPS, where you've been will soon give marketers a much higher-resolution view of who you are

Facebook and WhatsApp: Another blow to user freedom

By acquiring half a billion new users, Facebook significantly increases centralization when we need more federation

Thirst for better data analysis drives demand for data architecture skills

Recent survey finds that experienced data architects can command average salaries of nearly $125,000

Google grabs Spider.io to combat ad fraud

Spider.io will help fight click fraud. But if Google is really serious about cleaning up online ads, it might want to follow the money

WHATSAPP’s secret sauce: content distribution — Google TANGO’s 3D micro maps — NOKIA-Juniper tie-up? — Auto-login to WI-FI hotspots

Microsoft takes baby steps toward clearing up its branding mess

Announcements over the past few days regarding OneDrive for Business and Office Online show encouraging signs of progress

Got a patent troll demand letter? See if it’s legit

Lex Machina tool checks claims made in patent troll demands, returning details about law firms and companies in question

As cloud spending spikes, here’s where to invest

Overall cloud spending is growing faster than expected, but what matters most is investing in the right areas

The anti-RSA conference: More security, less NSA

TrustyCon sets up shop across from the RSA Conference, with hopes of opening a debate on the state of security

Facebook fleeced — er, lured by WhatsApp’s promise of fresh data

Facebook is hoping there's gold in them thar data mines as it hands over $19 billion to the messaging startup

Sneak peek: The big security questions surrounding RSA Conference

This video chat with a pair of experts highlights the important and interesting topics to look for at the major security show

Rackspace adds much-needed budget management tools to OpenStack

Cloud Cruiser's financial management solution for OpenStack on Rackspace provides insights into usage, billing, chargebacks, and demand forecasting

WHAT$APP signals bubble or broad undervaluation — TESLA-APPLE tie-up? — Google Magic Carpet (MAPS) — SCHMIDT leaves HR ‘paper trail’

If you use IE9 or IE10, Security Advisory 2934088 says get patched now

Microsoft has released a 'Fix it' for the Internet Explorer zero-day used in Operation SnowMan attack on VFW's website

How to benefit from the identity data explosion

Everyone wants to avoid being the next Target. Brian Milas, CTO at Courion, explains how to use the rich data generated by identity and access control solutions to reduce risk

Trust me: Big data is a huge security risk

Fear the Hadoop! It'll expose your company data to unwashed hacker hordes! Luckily, this new big data security product fixes everything

Suse does OpenStack with Suse Cloud 3

Suse's OpenStack attempts to quell long-standing deployment headaches, adds more hypervisor options than Red Hat

Famo.us public beta launch set for mid-April

Famo.us wants its JavaScript/HTML5 development technology, currently in limited private beta, to be a foundation for businesses

BrandPost: Windows 8.1 for business: Is it worth the upgrade?

Three reasons to make the switch now

Want to land an IT job in 2014? It helps to be a Linux pro

Joint Linux Foundation/Dice report claims Linux expertise remains in strong demand for 2014, commanding top pay and perks

New Bing apps begin to bridge gap between Windows 8 and Windows Phone

Ability to sync settings between Bing apps on Windows Phone, Windows 8 represents tiny step in the right direction

VERIZON rains on Netflix party — Amazon, Apple annoy MADISON AVE — YAMMER’s social-email convergence — Time for TIZEN

Backup? Documentation? We never needed it before

With no paperwork to fall back on, the techie must unravel a system problem with only one basic tidbit: the vendor name

Friends don’t let friends migrate Active Directory alone

Even with the right vendor tools, domain renaming is fraught with gotchas. Turn to the IT community for help getting the job done

From Android to AI: Google’s bot plot revealed

Google and Foxconn are paving the way for our eventual overlords. Kinda makes you long for Amazon drones, doesn't it?

VMware releases vSphere Mobile Watchlist for Android and iOS smartphones

Free mobile app enables IT admins to monitor and remediate VMware vSphere environments remotely while on the go

Snooping on WIKILEAKS, Anonymous — YAHOO gets into search — BITCOIN ATMs in Seattle, Austin — ICYMI: iOS tops Windows PC sales — 22 TECH EXECS make $20M+

5 tips for smarter collaboration in a mobile and cloud world

Things work a little differently in a technology-connected world, and these five tips can make that work go more smoothly

Why data-as-a-service has taken off so fast

With advantages so huge and services so singularly and smartly focused, cloud adoption is a no-brainer for most

Comcast and Time Warner join forces to kill the Internet as we know it

Comcast and Time Warner double down on their claims of heavy market competition by merging. Wait — what?

Dot-bomb redux? The truth about 1999 vs. now

Parallels between the excesses of 1999 and 2014 are jangling nerves, leading some to wonder whether we're building lasting tech value or lurching toward another bust