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If I only had 5 minutes to explain blockchain

Are you struggling to understand how blockchain works, why blockchains are secure or why blockchain technologies will transform the world? Here's a five-minute answer to all those questions.

By Peter B. Nichol

Health and Fitness Software Healthcare Industry Technology Industry

10 ways to make your crowdfunding campaign a hit

Small business owners and online fundraising pros share their top tips on how to make your Kickstarter or Indiegogo project a success.

By Jennifer Lonoff Schiff

Small and Medium Business Startups Venture Capital

6 keys to getting more than minimal value from digital initiatives

How to avoid an initiative that loses momentum.

By Peter Bendor-Samuel

Business IT Alignment CIO Technology Industry

How to get more from annual performance reviews

Though some organizations are doing away with the annual performance review, the majority of companies are sticking with the standard. Here's how to get the most out of your yearly performance review.

By Sharon Florentine

IT Jobs IT Skills Relationship Building

10 tech skills that will earn you more money

Technology jobs are profitable. But certain skills are growing increasingly in-demand and businesses are will to pay a premium for them as they embrace digital transformation.

By Sarah K. White

Aug 30, 2016 6 mins

Careers IT Jobs IT Skills

My secret checklist and video for fall recruiting season

3 simple questions can pinpoint your readiness for a job change

By Donald Burns

Careers LinkedIn Resumes

Nintex Hawkeye makes workflow analytics one step easier

By instrumenting workflows with "beacons" as they build them, citizen programmers can light up a range of performance metrics for analysis.

By Roger Kay

Analytics BPM Systems SaaS

Commercial drones take off to deliver new data and business models

The FAA today released new regulations for the low-altitude operation of commercial small unmanned aircraft, which has the potential to unlock a wave of new data and business models built on that data.

By Thor Olavsrud

Government Regulation Small and Medium Business

6 things you should know from Linux’s first 25 years

In his keynote speech at LinuxCon last week, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst reflected on the impact that Linux has had in these 25 years, not only in technology but also in the business world.rn

Linus Torvalds reflects on 25 years of Linux

"You can just feel the fact that people want to work together and want to make a better system. That really makes for a great community," said Linus Torvalds.

Beware technology that delivers less than its name promises

Don't be lured by what the words imply. Instead consider what the technology actually does.

By Paul Rubens

IT Strategy Innovation Technology Industry

5 apps to help you get more done in less time

Ever feel like there aren't enough hours in a day? With these tips — and these productivity apps — you'll get at least one of those precious hours back.

By Sharon Florentine

Enterprise Applications IT Governance Frameworks IT Skills

How to spot signs your project is about to fail

There are many possible reasons a project is headed for problems. While some are easy to spot and correct, others may signify more deep-rooted issues that can derail even the best-laid plans.

By Moira Alexander

IT Leadership IT Skills Project Management Tools

I’ve seen this one. This is a classic.

Every now and then it is interesting to look back to see how far you've come.

By Paul T. Cottey

IT Leadership IT Strategy

Linus Torvalds says GPL was defining factor in Linux’s success

"Over the years, I've become convinced that the BSD license is great for code you don't care about," said Linus Torvalds.

Aug 27, 2016

Linus Torvalds says first Linux release wasn’t public

This week at LinuxCon NA, Linus Torvalds talked about the email he sent 25 years ago to announce Linux.

iPhones are much more likely to ‘fail’ than Androids

A new report suggests Apple smartphones are significantly more likely to experience serious hardware or software problems than phones from Samsung and other Android phone makers.

By Bill Snyder

Small and Medium Business Smartphones iPhone

Autonomic offerings set to transform IT, but outsourcing customers beware

IT leaders have more automation options that ever, but not all robotic systems are created equal.

By Stephanie Overby

IT Strategy ITSM Technology Industry

Google Apps training courses help IT pros build skills

IT professionals, educators and users can all benefit from this set of online Google Apps training courses and certification programs.

By Matt Kapko

Google IT Skills SaaS

Big data analytics and NLP: How health plans can make more money — and keep it

Natural language processing is an emerging area that can help unlock value from the vast stores of unstructured data that account for as much as 80% of all clinical data. UPMC Health Plan does just that. rn

By Paddy Padmanabhan

Analytics Healthcare Industry Risk Management

Why today’s marketers need data

Data is marketing's most precious commodity u2014 now marketers need to leverage it.

By Katrin Ribant

Big Data CMO Small and Medium Business

Should you buy an iPad mini if you own an iPhone 6s Plus?

The iPad mini is a great tablet, but it might be too small if you already own an iPhone 6s Plus. The iPad Pro is a better bet for a tablet that complements a larger iPhone.

By Jim Lynch

Aug 26, 2016 6 mins

Consumer Electronics Small and Medium Business iPad

How checkout woes sabotage mobile commerce

Mobile commerce has a lot of potential, but some improvements to the checkout process are needed and can likely make or break its success.

By Sharon Goldman

E-commerce Software Retail Industry Small and Medium Business

How marketing skills drive success at HP Inc.

You, of course, need to know your product and how it is built to market it. However, columnist Rob Enderle writes that to do so effectively you need deep marketing skills in both the CMOu2019s office and with line of-business managers.

By Rob Enderle

IT Leadership Marketing

Women in technology #WomenEqualityDay

Having women well-represented in technology roles is increasingly important today, given the ever-expanding influence of technology in our world.

By Greg Simpson

IT Leadership

Stop undervaluing the CIO’s role in shaping business growth

CEOs must urgently capitalize on the opportunity to drive growth by taking advantage of new technology advancements, before market forces and competition forces them to do so.

By Kumar R Parakala

C-Suite CIO IT Leadership

Do you need a wolf or a peacemaker?

Know the difference between the two to drive the outcome that you want.

By Matt Leathers

CIO IT Strategy Mergers and Acquisitions

12 tips to help SMBs select and manage vendors

Small business owners and experts share their strategies on how to build a successful, lasting partnership with suppliers/vendors.

By Jennifer Lonoff Schiff

IT Leadership Managed Cloud Services Small and Medium Business

Windows 10 troubleshooting and fixes revisited

Long before the Windows 10 Anniversary Update appeared, it was easy to see that Microsoft was putting more energy and effort into its troubleshooting tools. Here's a look at what's new (includes video).

By Ed Tittel

Microsoft Small and Medium Business Windows Security

Simplify to get clarity in the shifting spectrum of IoT value propositions

Value in the IoT has been validated recently by big acquisitions but is also shifting as early players move their focus in the technology stack. Finding a value proposition in the IoT stack can be confusing and complicated but there is a method that

By Scott Nelson

IT Strategy Internet of Things Technology Industry

Why Arianna Huffington leaving the Huffington Post is good for company culture

Arianna Huffington's decision to leave Huffington Post may seem bad for the company at first, but it could actually have some very positive effects.

By William Craig

Careers

CIO Career Coach: How to build your professional brand (video)

In episode two of a new job-search video series, executive recruiter Martha Heller shares advice on how CIOs and IT executives can build their personal and professional brands.

By Martha Heller

CIO Careers Relationship Building

Trying to make sense of Google’s messaging mess

Google's mu00e9lange of messaging apps is about to get even more chaotic. The company plans to shift its consumer-centric Hangouts app towards the enterprise, just as it starts from scratch with two new apps for consumers: Allo and Duo.

By Matt Kapko

Collaboration Software Messaging Apps Small and Medium Business

Sexism is dead! Phew!

Ladies, rejoice. According to 56 percent of (older, white) men, sexism is officially dead.

By Sharon Florentine

Careers IT Jobs Relationship Building

Will Facebook force autoplaying video ads with sound on iOS users?

Facebook is experimenting with autoplaying video ads with sound in its iOS app. This could be a huge disaster for Facebook if the company forces iOS users to see and hear video ads in their newsfeeds.

By Jim Lynch

Social Networking Apps iOS

Teradata Accelerators help put IoT on the fast track

A new set of technology-agnostic software-and-service solutions from Teradata aim to help companies rapidly transform business models and optimize processes using IoT sensor data streams.

By Thor Olavsrud

Big Data IT Strategy Technology Industry

Why Dominos’ virtual assistant struggles to understand your orders

Dominos CIO Kevin Vasconi is bullish on virtual assistant technology, but says that natural language processing and artificial intelligence technologies require more polish.

By Clint Boulton

CIO CIO 100 Retail Industry

CIO communication skills drive success with business users

How effective CIO communication and listening can enable delivering value.

By Peter Bendor-Samuel

CIO Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Why gas stations want you to turn off your phone — but nobody ever does

Many U.S. gas stations print warning on their pumps that explicitly instruct drivers to turn off their phones. But no one does. Here's why

By Al Sacco

Consumer Electronics Small and Medium Business Smartphones

LinkedIn ProFinder helps freelancers land jobs

LinkedIn doesn't want to overlook the growing U.S. freelance workforce, so it released a new tool, called ProFinder, that's designed to match independent workers with businesses seeking their services.

By Matt Kapko

Careers IT Jobs Social Networking Apps

Bitcoin distracts from the real value of blockchain

For technology executives, the new challenge is to chain or be chained

By Richie Etwaru

IBM IT Leadership Microsoft

How Linux conquered the world without anyone noticing

This week Linux celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary.rn

Connecting patient data solving healthcare interoperability and the ONC Blockchain Challenge

Propogated by experts, veterans of industry, and healthcare players spanning every facet of the healthcare ecosystem is the myth that healthcare interoperablity is a fantansy.

By Peter B. Nichol

Electronic Health Records Health and Fitness Software Healthcare Industry

9 top tools for corporate cloud collaboration

These nine cloud collaboration tools can help organizations communicate more effectively, share and modify files, track all changes, create detailed 'mind maps,' and more.

By Paul Mah

Cloud Computing Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business

12 companies that do ecommerce content marketing right

Great content marketing can impact online sales, but it's not easy to create. These dozen companies understand ecommerce content marketing, and their successes offer valuable lessons.

By James A. Martin

E-commerce Software Internet Marketing

What do iPhone 6s Plus owners think of their phone?

Appleu2019s iPhone 6s Plus is the companyu2019s flagship phone and one of its most important products. But what do owners of the iPhone 6s Plus think of their phone? Is it worth buying?

By Jim Lynch

Aug 24, 2016 8 mins

Small and Medium Business Smartphones iPhone

Why the BT era is more important than the digital era

Technologies and 'eras' change. The only constant is the need for specific business outcomes.

By Pradeep Henry

Business IT Alignment Enterprise Applications Foundry Events

The year of cloud ERP

IT and business users have come to understand the cloud's capabilities and value proposition.

By Dan Muse

Cloud Computing ERP Systems SaaS

Everything’s a platform now

The latest enterprise IT buzzword is 'platform.' It seems there's more prestige in being a platform than there is in being a great application. But is that true?

By Adam Dennison