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Traction Watch: Forward thinking and a growing market helps Puppet Labs enjoy impressive growth

IT automation is a hot market these days. Services like Puppet Labs that automate repetitive IT infrastructure tasks are helping organizations reduce failures, as well as, recover from those failures faster. And as the market has grown Puppet Labs ha

4 Aug 2015

ITSM Innovation Startups

The Takeaway: Why Windows 10 wants your upload bandwidth

Some new Windows 10 users have been caught off guard by a new peer-to-peer service in the OS that relies on a customer's upload bandwidth to distribute updates and apps.

3 Aug 2015

Internet Small and Medium Business Windows

Government CIOs fret over apps reliability in the cloud

Government officials cite security and user experience as top concerns in delivering apps in a cloud setting and pushing out online citizen services.

3 Aug 2015

CIO Cloud Security Government

The Internet of Things now includes the grocery store’s frozen-food aisle

Supermarket giant Kroger uses temperature sensors to keep frozen foods frozen -- and makes its first foray into the Internet of Things.

1 Aug 2015

CIO 100 Internet of Things Retail Industry

Why Google should buy Twitter … NOW

Opportunity is knocking as Twitter hits an impasse and Google faces reality with Google+. Both companies might want to call their lawyers and make the most of what might be their last best chance to unite.

31 Jul 2015 6 mins

Google Marketing Twitter

Why the TripIt Pro plan is worth $49 a year

CIO.com reviewer James A. Martin hesitated in renewing his TripIt Pro plan u2014 but the service almost immediately helped him save money on an upcoming flight.

31 Jul 2015

Consumer Electronics Mobile Apps Small and Medium Business

Why don’t tech companies get marketing?

Yelp and Twitter are in trouble, and columnist Rob Enderle says itu2019s because they fundamentally lack an understanding of how marketing works. Even Apple, once a marketing leader, seems to be faltering.

31 Jul 2015

Marketing Technology Industry

Electric Cars: Their past, present and future

Electric and hybrid cars are making more appearances among the gas-reliant sedans and SUVs on the road, but what makes an electric car different from a gas-powered car -- other than just plugging it in?

31 Jul 2015

Car Tech Consumer Electronics Technology Industry