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IT Resume Makeover: Position Your Accomplishments for Maximum Impact

This IT and operations executive had a detailed and well-organized resume, but his job search was stalling. However, with the help of our resume expert, he learned how to better position himself for the job he desires.

Why healthcare artificial intelligence isn’t about creepy-looking robots

Hint: It's more about democratizing expert healthcare. (Cool armor, though.)

Strategic CxOs extend the boundary of inquiry

Effective business management in the modern era involves getting clear about what things mean. The measure of something is also its limit and its boundary. Analytics is about explanation because it helps us see things with greater clarity.

Apple users react to Google’s new Pixel phones

Find out what some of Appleu2019s customers think of Googleu2019s new Pixel Android phones. Is the Pixel really a match for the iPhone?

Why it takes a cloud service to manage cloud services

Chances are, your business already uses multitudes of cloud services and integrates with many more. How do you manage them all? These services can help.

Can Facebook really do enterprise collaboration right?

Facebook is about to enter the business collaboration market, and though the space is crowded, the opportunity for Facebook at Work is clear u2014 but the company must earn trust in the enterprise.

Virtual assistant faceoff: Alexa, Cortana, Google Assistant and Siri

A lot can change in a year. Just ask Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri, Google Assistant and Microsoft's Cortana virtual assistants. We posed the same questions to all four in the summer of 2015 and again in fall 2016, with notable results.

How to be a more ‘authentic’ IT leader

In today's digital workforce, it's not enough simply to manage. Workers are looking for authentic leadership.

3 tips to foster a culture of innovation

Innovation is a hot topic in the corporate world these days, but what exactly does innovation look like in practice and how do you achieve it?

Dell ups its wide game in monitors

With nearly 5 million pixels, the U3417W is great for wide spreadsheets, multitasking and enhanced productivity.

How digitization creates new career paths for CIOs

There are five main career paths CIOs (and aspiring leaders) can take as the digital journey evolves

CIO eyes digital services in SD-WAN push

In a move designed to lure customers to its new services, including a software-defined wide area network, EarthLink hired American Cancer Society CIO Jay Ferro to rebuild its back-end and front-end systems as well as improve its sales process.

Story point normalization — what’s the point?

When using story points, it's a challenge is to normalize your delivery pointing scale across multiple teams. Here are a few ideas for ensuring a consistent baseline

‘New Mac’ scented candle smells nothing like a new Mac

What do you buy the Apple 'Fanboi' who has it all? A 'New Mac' smell candle, of course.

IBM invests $200 million in Watson IoT AI business

Citing escalating demand from customers looking to transform their operations with Internet of Things and artificial intelligence technologies, IBM makes a $200 million investment in the IBM Watson IoT global headquarters in Munich.

Automation: Disrupt or be disrupted

Embracing automation may seem like a risky investment, but holding out on these new technologies is even riskier

The older I get the more agile I am

Executives are finally seeing agile pay off.

macOS Sierra: Disable automatic downloading and installation of macOS updates

Itu2019s easy to stop macOS Sierra from downloading and installing macOS updates automatically.

What CIOs need to know about open source forking

Forking is a concept that can strike terror into the heart of any CIO that relies on open source software. Hereu2019s how to make sure youu2019re on the right side of the split.

Why an IT services firm sponsors the New York City Marathon

Typically, major marathons are sponsored by financial services companies not IT services companies. Hereu2019s a look at why TCS decided to sponsor the New York City Marathon and why itu2019s working.

The business case for telepharmacy

Remote dispensing of medications u2014 tomorrowu2019s telepharmacy.

Tight IT job market means employers will pay more

Tech skills remain in high demand and that means well-paying IT jobs are about to pay even better.

Windows 10 deserves much more love than it gets (seriously)

Microsoft got, and deserved, a lot of grief for forcing users to upgrade to Windows 10, but the OS is surprisingly solid and can result in real productivity gains.

Is your company developing an IoT solution from the wrong angle?

Compelling IoT solutions start with a vision.

IT Resume Makeover: Don’t downplay your success

It's easy to fall into the trap of downplaying your skills and accomplishments. But on your resume you need to do the exact opposite.

MariaDB reduce admin overhead for DevOps teams

New version of MaxScale software adds support for data streaming, enterprise security and high availability to cut administration overhead for DevOps teams.

26 open source projects from Linux’s 25 years

Machine analytics fuel Cardinal Health’s IT transformation

The global health services provider monitors its sprawling IT operations using analytics software from Splunk to detect hardware and software performance problems.

Why are so many people buying the iPhone 7 Plus?

The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are both great phones, but many users are opting for the larger model instead of the smaller one.

Designing a 21st century business? Ask an 8-year-old

Retooling your business for the future requires a culture shift. Watch how children interact with technology and youu2019ll understand futurist Mike Walshu2019s vision.

10 things that tick off software developers

Developers are people, too, and they get annoyed by the same things that bug the rest of us: Co-workers, endless meetings and bad office coffee. But some issues are unique to developers. Here are the top 10 things that tick off software developers.

How to know if workers are engaged (don’t ask them)

Employee engagement is vital for any successful business, but when one in four employees lies on engagement surveys — and that's just the percentage who own up to it — how can you uncover checked-out workers?

How today’s CIOs are getting sales cycles ‘Back in Black’

CIOs demand more of vendors as they strive to prove the ROI of technology.

What is the biggest threat to internal IT departments?

IT service management and productivity

How to manage directories in Linux using the command line

Learn the basics of directory management in Linux using the command line tool.

CIO Career Coach: How to ace a job interview (video)

Executive recruiter Martha Heller shares expert insight and advice on how to deliver a perfect performance in a job interview.

Why automation doubles IT outsourcing cost savings

New research analyzes automationu2019s impact on the IT outsourcing market, revealing double-digit productivity improvements and specific cost reductions between 14 percent and 28 percent.

State channels linked to blockchains will solve the scalability problem for healthcare

State channels, ring signatures or confidential signatures and zero-knowledge proofs will quickly be common watercooler talk as their impact on healthcare is made more apparent.

Google rebrands cloud services ‘Google Cloud’ and ‘G Suite’

Google yesterday said a billion people now actively use its public cloud. To celebrate the milestone, the company reorganized its cloud efforts under the name 'Google Cloud' and rebranded Google Apps as 'G Suite.'

Fixing the lack of gender diversity in tech starts at the top

There is no silver bullet to correcting gender and racial disparities in the tech industry; effective, meaningful change has to begin at the top.

4 keys to a happy and successful retirement

For many workers, imagining life after their careers end can be difficult and more than a bit scary. This post shares advice on how to embrace the retirement lifestyle and provides suggestions to make it a success.

‘Cloud washing’ gives way to true cloud services

A new CompTIA study shows lower adoption of SaaS applications, suggesting that CIOs are getting over the u2018cloud washingu2019 that has plagued the market for years.

LibreOffice celebrates its 6th anniversary with bug fixes and minor improvements

What started as an OpenOffice fork has become a major open source project.

New streaming devices from Roku, Amazon best Chromecast

Roku and Amazon this week debuted new or updated, budget-friendly streaming devices that challenge, and in some ways outperform, Google's popular Chromecast dongle.

White House to bolster STEM education, close skills gap

Touting new advanced placement course, the Obama administration looks at interdisciplinary approach to improve STEM education for underrepresented students and address shortage of skilled workers.

Container management war heats up with release of Kubernetes 1.4

What Docker Engine has done for containers, Google's Kubernetes is doing for container management.rn

A pre-launch history of Facebook at Work

Facebook is about to release its much-anticipated business collaboration service. Here's a look back at the last 20 months of Facebook at Work's growing pains, partnerships, pilot programs and delays.

Killer keyboard shortcuts to help you master Windows

These Windows keyboard shortcuts help you navigate your PC faster, master documents, wrangle various virtual desktops, and shut down and secure a computer, using just a few keys.

Children’s cartoon reveals the insane reality

Coming to the horrific realization that Inspector Gadget is a u2018mansplainer.u2019

Why bots are poised to disrupt the enterprise

Companies are saving money and achieving better customer service by using software agents to automate core transactions. Cognitive technologies will eventually accelerate such projects.