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How community banks can compete with the big banks…and win!

4 tips for more successful employee onboarding

Onboarding is more than a one-day orientation. It's a crucial period of time in a new-hire's career that can define the rest of his or her future with the company.

Where the real value of IoT resides

The Internet of Things (IoT) will generate a lot of revenue for a lot of industries, but not until semiconductor makers focus on what really matters and where real human value creates enduring demand.

Is your IT ready for the digital age?

The ability to exploit the speed of business change has become a key competitive advantage. The question is whether the traditional enterprise IT in the financial services industry is ready for the digital transformation; and if not, what needs to ch

Meet the 2016 CIO 100 winners and Hall of Fame Inductees

CIO.com recognizes companies that driving business results through IT innovation. We also honor seven CIOs whose careers are worthy of Hall of Fame status.

Deciding between active and passive management of outsourcing services

Understand which model works best for managing outsourcing services in a consumption-based pricing model.

A 10x future demands change

10x innovation can disrupt your industry, including it's economic model. Breakthrough startups can mean broken heart incumbents unless they embrace change.

How CIOs can take IT to the next level by anticipating industry disruptions

The key actions CIOs must take to anticipate their industry disruption and align their IT organization to the competitive challenges of the digital economy.

GE CIO says IT leaders need to focus on customers’ revenue

Understanding how GEu2019s customers make money has shaped CIO Jim Fowleru2019s leadership philosophy u2014 and helped him carve out big goals as GE transforms into a digital industrial company.

Aligning strategy with data management

Many organizations struggle with their data. But more than that, they struggle with effectively managing their information assets and tend to overlook the key role that people play in this initiative. People, processes and technology need to be integ

Why you won’t see a U.S.-made iPhone any time soon

Despite political bluster from Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, it's simply not possible for Apple to build the iPhone in the United States, and even if it could be done, the change would add $100 to the phone's price, according to new rese

Top 10 applicant tracking systems

Choosing an applicant tracking system is a critical, and daunting, task. but consulting and advisory firm Capterra looks to help narrow the field with it listing of top 10 ATS.

Disable Apple Music in iTunes 12.4

How to quickly remove the unnecessary clutter of Apple Music buttons from the iTunes 12.4 interface.

Millennials are shaking up workplace communication

Generation Y is driving digital transformation in the workplace, especially when it comes to communication.

Improve business outcomes by aligning project management and CRM

It comes as no surprise to hear that CRM is a primary factor in managing projects, but just how should these areas interrelate to achieve optimal client satisfaction?

What to do if you work in a ‘personality cult’ environment

Do you work in a personality cult? How to tell and what to do about it.

Meet Microsoft’s ‘planet scale’ NoSQL database

Forget the name: Microsoft says DocumentDB is more powerful than Cassandra and has more paying users than MongoDB u2013 and itu2019s not actually for documents.

Moto Z and Moto Z Force phones all about Moto Mods

In addition to two new Moto Z smartphones, Motorola announced new device personalization and enhancement options for the phones, called Moto Mods, including a mini projector and speaker.

3 things healthcare can learn from PayPal

The simple and elegant interfaces that companies like PayPal, Apple and Google have developed make it easy for consumers to transact on their platforms. Here are three things I healthcare can learn in the next three years to dramatically improve the

How to survive a management audit

How would you fare if auditors walked in the door tomorrow morning and started scrutinizing all your processes, policies and procedures? Here are descriptions of several types of audits and four tips for making your management audit less stressful.

What Lenovo’s Phab 2 Pro Tango phone means for AR

Lenovo this week announced the world's first smartphone that supports Google's Tango augmented reality platform. The Phab 2 Pro is a consumer-oriented device that ironically could help progress AR in the enterprise.

How Google killed Nest and why acquisitions fail

Google buying Nest is a good example of why most companies should avoid acquisitions. Columnist Rob Enderle writes that you canu2019t buy people, and a firm without the employees who made it a success is a failure in the making.

4 ways Apple could fix Apple Music

The Apple Music service and mobile app leave a lot to be desired, but these four simple modifications would go a long way toward fixing the company's busted music service.

PGA Tour bets big on Microsoft mobile, cloud services

Sweeping technology upgrades for fans and employees have the professional golf group building Windows 10 applications and migrating email and other computing tasks to the public cloud.

How working remotely can be beneficial for business

The flexibility and freedom of planning and running a campaign, or even a business, from a remote location canu2019t be beat, especially with all the communication tools available now. Hereu2019s a look at the transformative benefits that remote work

Why some Data Lakes are built to last

Hadoop-based Data Lakes can be game-changers, but too many are under performing. Here's a checklist to make your data lake a wild success.

Biden says big data is key to fight against cancer

In ambitious bid to accelerate cancer diagnosis and treatment, vice president announces aggregated set of genomic and clinical cancer data.

XML is toast, long live JSON

XML was useful in its time, but it has been supplanted by faster, more flexible formats.

Business culture or business case?

If your project had to be aligned with just one, which would you pick? We discuss the merits of both business culture and business case.

Android owners losing interest in social media apps

Android users aren't as fond of Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter as they used to be, according to a new report.

GE to open new locations to develop Industrial Internet talent

New facilities in Atlanta, Miami and Providence are a first step in GE's efforts to attract and retain IT talent with a mix of technical, analytical and leadership skills.

Why political candidates can’t do agile

Itu2019s voting season, and we all know how candidates for office act. They have to be light on their feet, but their behavior is anything but u2019agileu2018u2026 and their habits would destroy any agile project. Once youu2019ve absorbed that idea

6 ways video can boost your business

Experts in marketing, sales, customer service, and employee recruitment and training discuss how video can help your business in multiple ways.

Mac: How to use web sites as screen savers

The WebViewScreenSaver app lets you turn your favorite web sites into screen savers on any Mac. Itu2019s particularly great for news junkies and social media addicts.

Read your PowerPoint slides!

Is there anyone who has not heard, "Don't read your PowerPoint slides to the audience during a presentation"?

Q&A: Jonathan Riddell on the release of KDE neon User Edition 5.6

KDE neon is a project that Jonathan Riddell started after quitting Kubuntu. In this Q&A, he talks about the new release and the challenges he has overcome since launching the project.rn

Why consumers still aren’t buying social media buy buttons

Social media simply isn't an effective sales channel today, and despite social companies' efforts to rollout new forms of buying features, the slow adoption may have more to do with consumer behavioral than technology.

5 reasons the Surface Pro 4 is fit for the enterprise

The Microsoft Surface Pro 4 is the clear choice of hybrid for the enterprise — and for good reason. Here are five features that make this device the best option for business users.

Why you need a mentor

Mentoring is important for everyone, but itu2019s especially critical for women and other underrepresented groups.

VMware CIO commands IoT effort

The software company releases to open source an SDK intended to let developers build Internet of Things applications that run on any network device, OS or infrastructure.

Motion Stills: Google’s free app turns Live Photos into GIFs

Google releases a new app that turns your iPhone 6s or 6s Plus Live Photos into GIFs that loop forever, or you can opt to make them movies. Motion Stills also provides helpful stabilization algorithms.

Your step-by-step guide to repairing Windows 10

When Windows 10 gets wonky, there's a whole set of activities to try and set things right. If approached in the right order, the time required to restore a system is seldom more than half a day and often less than that.

6 proven project management team communication strategies

Projects succeed only if your team is strong, and project teams are strong only if they have effective communication strategies.

Ipsum is an iOS journaling app with a chat twist

Ipsum is a bare-bones, chat-like journaling app for iOS that offers a real alternative to traditional journal apps. It's a different way of journaling that might appeal to users of Messages and WhatsApp.

IT pros stress is low, but so is job satisfaction

Working in IT can be a stressful career, but a new survey shows the pressure's easing for many tech workers. But is career satisfaction dropping, too?

T-Mobile’s free stock offer may increase your tax bill

T-Mobile's novel new stock offer sounds interesting in theory, but the IRS will take a bite out of those 'free' shares, according to finance professionals.

SUSE Enterprise Storage 3 brings Ceph support

With SUSE Enterprise Storage, powered by Ceph, SUSE becomes the first company to offer a commercial storage solution that is based on the Jewel release of the open source storage platform.rn

How to turbocharge digital transformation

3 key tips to CIO success in driving change.

Innovation and the Law of the 3 Mirrors

Cloud delivers on outsourcing’s promise—but results may vary

Can companies save money by going to the cloud? The unsatisfying answer is: it depends. The success of cloud initiatives has more to do with the art of how an enterprise promotes its adoption than any exact formula.