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Is Apple Maps finally better than Google Maps?

Apple Maps has come a very long way from where it started, and it may finally be better than Google Maps. Apple Maps is definitely worth a second look if you haven't seen it in a while.

By Jim Lynch

MacOS iOS iPhone

How to get started with Google Analytics

Google Analytics can provide valuable online insights for marketers and website managers. Unfortunately, GA has a bit of a learning curve. Here's a beginner's guide to the basics.

By James A. Martin

Google Internet Web Development

5 ways ecommerce businesses can improve customer service

Ecommerce and customer experience experts discuss how mobility and younger consumers have changed the nature of online customer service u2013 and how companies have responded.

By Jennifer Lonoff Schiff

CRM Systems E-commerce Software Small and Medium Business

8 signs you’re about to be laid off

Though the economy is improving, it's still possible for IT pros to face a downsizing. How can you tell when to jump ship? Look for these eight signs.

By Sharon Florentine

Careers IT Jobs Staff Management

BYOD continues to add challenges for IT leaders

A recent study shows that more workers are turning to personal mobile devices to get work done, but businesses need to consider not only the security threats, but also the effect on company culture.

IT Governance IT Strategy Small and Medium Business

New DJI drone offers obstacle avoidance, reduces learning curve

DJI had a huge consumer hit with the Phantom 3 series of drones, and itu2019s looking to keep the momentum going with todayu2019s announcement of the Phantom 4.

By Rich Hein

Consumer Electronics Gadgets Smart Home

CIO Quick Takes: Pick your tech buzzword

Buzzwords abound in the tech industry, but we were curious to see which ones stand out to CIOs. So we asked three of them. The answers won't surprise you.

By Dan Muse

CIO Internet of Things Technology Industry

MIT adds twist to healthcare sustainability

Explore how financial sector innovations can shoulder the burden and solve healthcare sustainability for America.

By Peter B. Nichol

Health and Fitness Software Healthcare Industry Innovation

How to do more with less in IT

Cost reduction initiatives will have a significant impact on IT in 2016.

By Peter Purcell

Cloud Computing IT Strategy Security

How to be an effective transformation advisor

CIOs want to be regarded as experts with answers. However, the key to being effective transformation advisors is to ask, donu2019t tell.

By Richard Pastore

IT Leadership

VR gets greasy with McDonald’s ‘Happy Goggles’

McDonald's is turning Happy Meal boxes into DIY VR viewers at select locations in Sweden, and it will release its first VR game this week.

By Al Sacco

Cloud Computing Consumer Electronics MacOS

Consumer Electronics

Transmission 2.9 released for OS X

Transmission 2.9 for OS X offers an updated user interface and other enhancements and bug fixes for Mac users.

By Jim Lynch

Mar 1, 2016 5 mins

Chief IoT Officer will be another cost saving for the CEO

Leaders with the right skills will help consolidate the IoT C-suite, not grow it.

By Scott Nelson

C-Suite CIO CTO

CIO strategy for driving IT innovation

How a CIO turned an IT group into an innovation powerhouse u2013 Part 1

By Peter Bendor-Samuel

Technology Industry

$35 Raspberry Pi 3 comes with built in wireless and Bluetooth

Sir, would you like to have some Wi-Fi and Bluetooth baked into your Pi?

Computers and Peripherals Linux Open Source

Mar 1, 2016 2 mins

LinkedIn takes to TV with ‘moon shot’ ad

A flashy new TV advertisement from LinkedIn aims to remind its professional users that they are 'closer than they think' to landing their dream job u2026 even if those dreams include space exploration. However, critics have mixed reactions

By Matt Kapko

Consumer Electronics LinkedIn Social Networking Apps

IT career roadmap: The journey to digital marketing executive

CIO.com's IT Career Roadmap series takes an in-depth look at the hottest roles available in tech today, exploring what it takes to prepare for, land and succeed in some of the most exciting jobs in the industry. This month, we examine digital ma

By Sharon Florentine

IT Jobs IT Skills Marketing

How to turn your IT crisis into an opportunity

Application and technology failures are bound to happen. Instead of applying Band-Aids to get through the crisis, turn this failure into an opportunity and get the funding and support you need for the right solution.

By Lyria Charles

CIO CTO Relationship Building

What CIOs need to know about hybrid tablets

As hybrid devices become more popular with consumers, they're starting to find their place in the enterprise. However, there is a lot to consider before you decide to deploy them company-wide.

Apple Small and Medium Business Tablets

How to hire a rock star project manager

When hiring a PM, the knee-jerk tendency seems to be to hire the person with the most technical knowledge, when other, broader skills are more likely to get the results you're really after.

By Moira Alexander

Careers IT Jobs Project Management Tools

6 more must-have open source apps for Windows, Mac, and Linux

u2026 and they won't cost you a dime.

Linux Open Source Small and Medium Business

Connected Health and IoT in healthcare delivery: Are we ready?

Connected health and IoT can be powerful forces for change in healthcare delivery. Conflicting reimbursement models and low adoption rates for mHealth applications are among the issues we need to address.

By Paddy Padmanabhan

Healthcare Industry Internet of Things

Modeling complexity: Iterative risks and opportunities

Leveraging technology to help pinpoint, understand, and model the impact of potential points of failure.

By Paul Bradley

Big Data Data Mining Predictive Analytics

3 and a half fundamentals of IT investment that every SME needs to know

Making decisions on your IT plans are often plagued with inconsistent information and a general lack of knowledge. Focusing your decision-making process on your business goals may help to minimize the confusion.

By Chris Enstrom

IT Strategy Microsoft 365 Small and Medium Business

Why a stylus beats the Apple Pencil for navigating iOS

Yes, you can use the Apple Pencil to navigate iOS but a stylus is still better in some ways. The Apple Pencil still can't access the Control Center or Notification Center, and it can't move forward and backward between web pages in Safari.

By Jim Lynch

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Whirlpool CIO tackles ERP overhaul and IoT-powered appliances

CIO Mike Heim is replacing Whirlpoolu2019s aging SAP ERP systems with the vendor's HANA software, and is working closely with IBM on its Internet of Things predictive analytics platform.

By Clint Boulton

CIO ERP Systems Internet of Things

Does Linux need a data loss prevention solution?

Even if Linux is secure by design, the data residing on these machines is not secure and thatu2019s exactly what one company is trying to protect.rn

Linux Open Source Security

How one CTO built a culture of trust and engagement

When Joe McBreen took over as CTO of St. Vrain Valley School District in 2009, he walked into an IT nightmare. Seven years later, he's turned things around. Here's how he did it.rn

By Sharon Florentine

C-Suite CTO IT Jobs

8 things keeping security professionals up at night

As the need for enterprise data and technology grows, it only widens the skills gap for security professionals. That means, security professionals are feeling the pressure to get more done with less.

CIO Cloud Security Cybercrime

How writing better requirement details drives software purchase success

We look at four places where requirement descriptions are used, and consider how writing better description details can help make a major software purchase more successful.

By Chris Doig

Business IT Alignment IT Governance IT Strategy

Discovering top-line growth through innovation

Business transformation requires focus on top-line growth. In order for innovation to accelerate business transformation, innovation must be sustainable, and as a result top-line growth must be impacted.

By Peter B. Nichol

Health and Fitness Software IT Leadership Technology Industry

Why IT people should also be business people

With respect to the concept of the duality of man. There is a built-in duality between non-IT people and IT people that we need to understand and embrace.

By Paul T. Cottey

IT Leadership Technology Industry

The 4 slides you need

Introducing a new technology solution requires 4 basic image slides.

By Theodore May

C-Suite CIO IT Skills

Living and breathing innovation

To be a truly innovative organization, it takes dedication and a willingness to take risk in order to expand and grow.

By Larry Stofko

CIO CMO CTO

3 words that explain why the consumer Internet of Things will get big, fast

Ever wish your car could heat itself up on a cold morning? APIs are the answer.

By Bryan Kirschner

Consumer Electronics Internet of Things Software Development

Are you still struggling with your data?

Data-centric companies are becoming the ones to beat in today's marketplace. Are you prepared for the shift?

By Treb Gatte

Data Mining IT Leadership Project Management Tools

Is your big data effort a big deal?

If not, it's time to make it one!

By Greg Simpson

Analytics Big Data

Avoiding a digital Frankenstein

A lesson for CIOs and CMOs.

By Peter Bendor-Samuel

Collaboration Software IT Leadership Small and Medium Business

Software Freedom Conservancy: Canonical’s distribution of ZFS file systems violates GNU GPL

ZFS will come pre-installed on Ubuntu 16.04, a move that the Software Freedom Conservancy says violates the GNU GPL license.rn

Linux Open Source Operating Systems

What problems are digital solutions solving?

Going digital for digital's sake doesn't always deliver the kinds of benefits enterprises need. First, define the business problem, then tell me how technology can solve it.

By Esteban Herrera

Emerging Technology Outsourcing Technology Industry

Facebook’s Canvas a ‘big moment’ for mobile ads

Facebook yesterday announced a new full-screen, mobile ad format called Canvas that's designed to help advertisers engage customers with detailed brand experiences.

By Matt Kapko

Feb 26, 2016 5 mins

Facebook Internet Small and Medium Business

How long can IT outsourcing deliver more for less?

Digital transformation is driving even smaller and shorter deals for IT service providers, but how low can providers go?

By Stephanie Overby

Outsourcing Technology Industry

Obama’s plan looks to revolutionize healthcare

The Precision Medicine Initiative seeks to develop a vast database of patient information to enable researchers to gain new insights into diseases and tailor individualized treatment.

By Kenneth Corbin

Big Data Government Healthcare Industry

CIO/CISO takes unorthodox route to the C-suite

CIO and CISO Tammy Moskites says companies face mounting risks from insecure digital certificates in the era of the Internet of Things u2013 itu2019s those cybersecurity threats that drew her to the dual C-suite role at Venafi.

By Clint Boulton

CIO Careers IT Leadership

Business leaders struggle with cloud, big data and IoT security

New survey of enterprise leaders highlights concerns over security in new IT architectures as sensitive data moves to cloud, big data and IoT environments.

By Kenneth Corbin

Big Data Cloud Security Internet of Things

Why meeting face-to-face still trumps videoconferencing

Many have tried and many have failed to build a videoconferencing system that was affordable and practical. Logitech has recently come up with a system addresses the tech issues. However, columnist Rob Enderle writes that folks still prefer meeting

By Rob Enderle

Enterprise Applications IT Leadership

Amazon Echo’s 5 best new features

Amazon issues updates for its Echo virtual assistant every week, so its feature set constantly grows. Here are the best new Echo updates from the past few months.

By James A. Martin

Feb 25, 2016 4 mins

Computers and Peripherals Consumer Electronics Mobile Apps

Comcast, telcos spent $88M to influence lawmakers in 2015

Do you ever wonder why U.S. cable companies aren't more heavily regulated? One possible reason: Comcast and other telcos spent more on lobbying last year than the aerospace and real estate industries, according to Open Secrets.

By Bill Snyder

Feb 25, 2016

Consumer Electronics

IT Resume Makeover: How your older experience can get you hired

You've probably heard about the rules of resume writing and why you should throw out years of experience to keep your resume short. Take a note from this resume makeover and leverage even older work history to sell your professional brand and l