Opinion

Don’t be blinded by the cloud’s many virtues

There's a lot of good news for cloud computing these days, but always remember that other technologies are sometimes a better option

Email is dead? The trouble with collaboration tech

There's a constant stream of new products promising to change your world. Here's why only a very few stand a chance

PaaS-ing the savings on to you

PaaS has the ability to dramatically reduce costs and inefficiencies in IT implementations, PaaS represents a sea-change in the way IT organizations project and budget costs

Run, don’t walk, from China’s Big Brother law

Web and cloud companies are especially targeted by a law that gives the government access to and control over user and business data

How to work with BlockingCollection in C#

The BlockingCollection class in .Net implements thread-safe collections efficiently

Putting deep learning to work

Hype aside, deep learning can open up new sources of data for business analysis

Fight back! Learn to hunt threats with free tools

Learn to detect malicious behavior by analyzing DNS and autoruns data with free and open source tools

How to get your mainframe’s data for Hadoop analytics

IT's mainframe managers don't want to give you access but do want the mainframe's data used. Here's how to square that circle

Tests as a standard

Getting code to compile and execute is just the start — testing code is a critical part of a project's success

John A. Zachman: Agile at 82

John Zachman is the father of enterprise architecture., and while the agile crowd might disavow him and his framework these days, his message is misunderstood

If all else fails, start with the IT basics

Or start from the beginning in the first place to save a lot of hassle

Why you should use FastTrack to move to Office 365

Microsoft's migration assistance service will help you get to the Microsoft Cloud at no to low cost

How APIs enable e-government

Paying parking tickets on the web is convenient, but API-fication is the real trigger of an e-government platform

Lies, damn lies, and statistics: How to take something positive from the UK’s EU referendum campaign

Instead of dismissing and abusing data, we can use it to create opinionated conversation starters.

Advancing the art of the cognitive chatbot

Frameworks are just beginning to emerge for a microservices approach to intelligent personal assistants

3 ways to screw up data security in the cloud

Securing the cloud doesn't mean you've secured your data in the cloud

Mobile management vendors compared

We have the goods on 11 top vendors, in 10 different features categories

How to work with Web Sockets in .Net

WebSockets implement fast, secure, bi-directional, full duplex communication between a client and a server to support real-time, low-latency messaging

Sorry, but there’s no universal cloud security solution

Cloud security in a box is a myth; in reality, each cloud project comes with its own set of unique problems to solve

HDFS: Big data analytics’ weakest link

Hadoop's distributed file system isn't as fast, efficient, or easy to operate as it should be

Why APIs beat proxies for cloud security

Cloud access security brokers that take an API approach can provide more comprehensive security without impacting network performance

Fedora 24 released with Gnome 3.20 and Flatpak

Also in today's open source roundup: How to upgrade from Fedora 23 to Fedora 24, and Linux redditors react to the release of Fedora 24

The secret to a successful technology rollout

Too often, IT focuses on getting the technology right and forgets the people who have to deal with the changes

To move to the cloud, you may need to fire your CIO

CIOs should be cautious about adopting new technology, but not blindly opposed — otherwise, shadow IT takes over

PaaS-ing software around the world

In the year 2016, software is a global phenomenon. Putting our software in the hands of a worldwide audience is a critical component for success

Can SourceForge regain credibility with Linux users and developers?

Also in today's open source roundup: 5 reasons to install Linux on a laptop, and AnandTech reviews the OnePlus 3 Android phone

Mind the gap between legacy and greenfield

How widespread is enterprise adoption of agile, devops, CICD, containers, and the like? It all depends on which world you live in

How to handle concurrency conflicts in Entity Framework

Explore ways to handle concurrency conflicts to maintain data integrity and data consistency when working with Entity Framework

In search of a neutral top-tier cloud service

IDC report: Streamline those ancient RFP templates

Antiquated RFP templates and overly complicated RFP processes aren’t meeting the needs of today’s digital enterprises, according to an IDC report for IT buyers

Fear your on-premises security, not the cloud

Yet another vendor report stokes fears about security in the cloud, though in truth, your on-premises systems are at greater risk

5 big data sources for strategic sentiment analysis

Every company wants to know what its customers feel about it. But sentiment analysis can get more granular — and turn inward to improve employee satisfaction

Prioritize predictable performance in Hadoop

Organizations running Hadoop in production can ensure that high-priority jobs complete on time, every time

How to work with content negotiation in Web API

Content negotiation in Web API helps determine the best representation of a resource from among the various representations available

Are Linux repositories a bad idea?

Also in today's open source roundup: Linux gaming might get a boost from Vulkan graphics and new hardware, and new iOS 10 features that were borrowed from Android

Block malware, ransomware, and phishing with 5 layers

There's no silver bullet to keeping intruders and hackers out, but you can minimize the risk by combining approaches

Dismissals and doubt: The reality of culture change

The CEO announces an admirable plan to improve working conditions, but the results are less than ideal for company employees

What Sears’ financial trouble can teach us about IT decision making

An ROI analysis on current applications can determine which apps are ripe for modernization

What digital transformation really means

The periodically hot term is hot again, but most people don't understand where its real power lies

Uh-oh: The NSA wants in on IoT

The cat-and-mouse game over data privacy must stop, and it's time to seek a reasonable compromise with the government over tracking activities

Cloud Foundry stages a comeback

A slew of big-name customers suggests that the application platform is finally getting traction. Cloud Foundry Foundation CEO Sam Ramji explains why

The enterprise cloud’s missing piece: Autosizing

IT must guess — usually incorrectly — on proper sizing of machine instances in public clouds. It's time to automate that

Learn from SOA: 5 lessons for the microservices era

The rise and fall of SOA can teach us much about making the best use of microservices

We have the big data tools — let’s learn to use them

Few enterprises enjoy even the first-order benefits of big data. The real payoff will come when we interact with systems much less than we do today

Office 365’s brand-new apps: Planner and advanced security

For users, Office Online now has a workflow manager; for IT, Office 365 now has Advanced Security Management

When a printer purchase turns into a printer project

Is it too much to ask to think through a plan and consult the right people before moving forward? For one manager, apparently so

How Linux Mint saved the day for an Ubuntu 16.04 user

Also in today's open source roundup: Android N won't fix Google's update problem, and how to easily install Google Earth in Ubuntu or Linux Mint

Linux features that you can’t live without?

Also in today's open source roundup: How to mount your Google Drive in Linux, and DistroWatch reviews Sabayon Linux 16.05

Real or virtual? The two faces of machine learning

The combination of big data, predictive analytics, AI, machine learning, and the Internet of things together powers two very different technology paths

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