Opinion

Better health care through the cloud? Don’t count on it

Few industries need the cloud as much as health care, but the technologically backward industry won't likely to rise to the occasion

Get paid! 10 programming languages to learn in 2017

While earning ability shouldn't be the motivation for learning a new language, it can help in making career decisions

My two cents on task continuation in .Net

Create continuations using the Task Parallel Library that can run immediately after the execution of the antecedent is complete or to chain tasks as continuations

5 Python libraries to lighten your machine learning load

These libraries help speed up your data pipelines, use AWS Lambda to shred through computation-heavy jobs, and work with TensorFlow models minus TensorFlow

Azure’s rise instills doubts in AWS shops

Microsoft’s cloud platform is seeing a surge of adoption, causing some enterprises to fear they backed the wrong horse. But the race has only begun

Bringing embedded analytics into the 21st century

Analytic tools haven't kept up with the revolution in how software is built, especially in embedded analytics. But the tide is starting to turn

7 simple commands for Git survival

You don’t have to get fancy to get most of your work done with Git; start with these essential commands

6 reasons stores can’t give you real-time offers (yet)

Retailers collect tons of data about you and what you like, but don't expect brick-and-mortar stores to provide 'special offers' based on that data soon

Linux desktops: You’ve come a long way baby!

Also in today’s open source roundup: 13 weird and wonderful Linux distros for 2017, and download YouTube videos in Ubuntu with the Ktube Media Downloader

Hotheaded manager backs tech into a corner

A higher-up wants a problem fixed yesterday, and a busy techie has to improvise a quick solution—without alerting upper management

New Windows 10 SDK prods devs to embrace Windows’ future

The new Windows 10 SDK is all about moving beyond the Windows legacy, into the Universal Windows Platform, then the eventual multi-OS workflows

Should you run Linux without a desktop environment?

Also in today’s open source roundup: Second build of ChromX released for desktops and laptops, and is 8 GB too much RAM for a smartphone?

3 steps to boost your career in the cloud

Stuck in a rut in your IT job? Here's how to work the shift to the cloud to your personal advantage

H-1B visa restrictions: Tech innovation requires a global mindset

Addressing the controversy of H-1B visa restrictions: The opportunities for inshorers and nearshorers, yet the impact on the global market for tech talent

Will Australia take up the API advantage or whither on the vine?

Whether Australia takes up APIs across industry and government in the next two years will determine if its economy grows or stagnates

Linux: The best distros for gaming?

Also in today’s open source roundup: 5 of the most popular Linux gaming distros, and the 8 best Linux gaming distros

Which Windows 10 should your business install? This one

Microsoft's mixed-up metaphors of Windows 10 rings and branches can be confusing. We cut to the chase to offer clear recommendations

How to work with xUnit.Net framework

xUnit.Net is an open source unit testing tool for the .Net Framework that provides an easy way to work with data driven unit tests

Caution! The cloud’s backdoor is your datacenter

Cloud platforms have great security, which may make you think you can rely on that security alone to be safe. Wrong!

Surprise! Here’s the language devs play with at home

The quirky functional language Haskell is surprisingly popular for 'weekend' projects, but it won't gain traction at work without a patron

How Suse is becoming a key player in the IoT market

I talked to the Suse CTO to understand more about their IoT strategy

The Android Wear 2.0 terror and other fake news

The facts about wearables' fit in and risk to the enterprise are a far cry from what the security fearmongers would have you believe

Automate the business intelligence pipeline

How Tamr combines machine learning with a human-guided workflow to clean, consolidate, and curate enterprise data for decision makers

Linux: How to install Kodi 17

Also in today’s open source roundup: Arrests made in “fully loaded” Kodi box raids, and who’s behind the Kodi crackdown?

Datanomics 101: The economics of data in a digital enterprise

The transformation of businesses to digital enterprises has created radical changes in Datanomics, the economics of data over its life cycle.

Bad prep puts company’s cash cow out to pasture

The looming Y2K deadline forces a company to reckon with its lack of ongoing maintenance

Visual Basic is the odd man out in the new .NET

C# is the future for .NET developers, so it's time to limit Visual Basic’s use to on-premises legacy systems

Arch Linux: A simpler kind of Linux?

Also in today’s open source roundup: Protect your privacy with a VPN for Android, and 4 Linux distributions for Mac users

2 web technologies you need to dump now

Too many sites block or restrict users using modern technologies. You can easily avoid this suicidal path

Don’t be a lemming: Cloud-first doesn’t mean cloud-only

When 'cloud-first' becomes interpreted as 'cloud-only,' you'll waste a lot of time and money on poorly fitting platforms

RethinkDB finds a new home at the Linux Foundation

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation, a project of the Linux Foundation, recently picked up the code for the open source database, which will now get a second chance

The future isn’t cloud. It’s multi-cloud

Nearly a third of organizations work with four or more cloud vendors. What is driving this trend?

Build ’em now! 5 uses for serverless frameworks

Confused about the practical application of 'serverless computing'? Here are five areas well suited to AWS Lambda and other function-driven frameworks

AWS, Google, and Microsoft cement their cloud dominance

AWS still enjoys a long lead, but 2016 showed that Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform are proving worthy adversaries — at the expense of smaller rivals

The best security solutions of the year

InfoWorld's 2017 Technology of the Year Awards included a record eight security products, reflecting a yearning for new solutions to stop the rising tide of attacks

Hacking the 2016 election: A timeline

Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election played out in a series of hacks taking place over several months. Here’s how the attacks unfolded.

An Open Source Data Analytics Library: Intel’s Impressive Entry

Python: High Performance or Not? You Might Be Surprised

A guide to hybrid cloud transformation

How to create solutions that will bring new life to traditional applications and bring new capabilities to your born-on-the-cloud applications

From presentation to conversation: How A.I. will transform enterprise apps

Apps will soon shift from dumb repositories to deft assistants.

Oracle is pricing itself out of Amazon’s cloud

Oracle may believe that upping the cost of using a competing cloud will help it win, but the opposite is more likely

How to predict the next major hack

Code analysis is only part of rating website vulnerability. Add parameters like developer experience to your analysis, and you might even predict the next breach

The essential guide to MongoDB security

MongoDB has everything you need to keep your data safe; here's what to look for and how to configure it

Bots will change workplace research sooner than you think

Smart bots will empower commerce, speed cures and spur innovation

Linux: Is the Kodi media player a piracy app?

Also in today’s open source roundup: The best add-ons for the Kodi media player, and the best Kodi boxes of 2016

5 common tech hiring mistakes to avoid

The consequences of getting hiring wrong can be substantial

How to work with ConcurrentBag and ConcurrentDictionary in .Net

The ConcurrentDictionary and ConcurrentBag classes provide lock-free, thread-safe implementations to work with collections in .Net

Linux: Does price matter more than freedom?

Also in today’s open source roundup: The best office apps for Android, and 5 awesome Android tips and tricks

Office 365 could give Microsoft Teams an advantage over Slack

A new survey finds that Microsoft Teams is off to a strong start, but there’s a lot of confusion as well as competition in the business communications market — and team chat is only the latest trend

APIs, microservices and the changing role of IT in 2017

From the changing role of IT to chatbots, learn more about five technology trends that will impact businesses in 2017.