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IT shops will pass the cloud tipping point in 2016, survey finds

An IDG Enterprise survey of IT buyers indicates that, on average, more than half (56 percent) of a company's IT environment will be hosted in the cloud by the end of 2016, up from 44 percent today.

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What IBM’s willingness to share source code with China means

The company is being open, but not giving away the store.

Weather Company forecasts more big data for IBM Watson Analytics

IBM acquired the Weather Company for its capability to analyze and gain insights from a vast array of sensors situated on planes, trains, automobiles and other machines. CIO Bryson Koehler discusses some of the other opportunities the companies might

iPad Pro: Charge the Apple Pencil’s battery

How to charge your Apple Pencil and see how much battery life it has left

Apple Smart Keyboard vs. Logitech Create: Which keyboard completes the iPad Pro?

A good keyboard is essential for the iPad Pro to be used as laptop replacement. Unfortunately, the two keyboards available from the Apple Store fall short.rn

5 reasons to buy the Apple TV 4

Facebook does iOS alerts with new Notify app

Notify, Facebook's new iOS app for alerts, seems simple on the surface, but the company's endgame is much more complex.

New Splice Machine RDBMS unites OLTP and OLAP

The 2.0 version of Splice Machine's relational database brings together the scalability of Hadoop and the in-memory performance of Spark.

What Microsoft’s new developer strategy means for CIOs

Microsoftu2019s cross-platform, open source development and devops tools are maturing. That matters more to enterprises than a growing list of free tools.

Pair the Apple Pencil and the iPad Pro

How to pair your Apple Pencil with the iPad Pro in three easy steps

4 ways running IT is like directing a Hollywood movie

Tomorrow's IT projects will use rapidly assembled casts of specialists, with a digital strategy officer role emerging to take the lead as the project producer and director.

8 reasons to buy an iPad Pro vs. a MacBook (and vice versa)

If you can only have one, youu2019ll want to check out these reasons for choosing the iPad Pro over the MacBook u2013 and vice versa

New CIO appointments, November 2015 edition

Martha Heller shares her latest list of IT executives who were recently promoted or hired into new CIO positions.

5 email helpers you need to install right now

Email overload is a fact of daily business life. Or is it? While plenty of applications promise to help you manage the morass of messages munging up your mailbox, these five may actually deliver on those promises.

What CRM data tells you about your sales methodology

Salesforce.com, like most CRM systems, is sales-methodology agnostic. But CRM data can show you a lot about problems in that methodology.

Why companies are hiring from the Silicon Prairie

Businesses are increasingly finding IT talent in the Silicon Prairie — outside of the traditional tech hot spots of California and New York City.

IT pros should focus on largest public cloud providers

Forrester Research predicts large enterprises will shift their focus to public cloud vendors in 2016. It also warns that the market will consolidate around industry stalwarts and IT pros should reformulate their cloud decisions accordingly.

Apple TV 4 review: With tvOS, Apple TV is now a platform

tvOS is a game changer for Apple as it has opened the platform to third party developers. It also brought killer features like Siri and integration with the App Store.rn

Can’t get an Apple Pencil for your iPad Pro? Try FiftyThree’s Pencil stylus

Apple's Pencil, designed specifically to work with the iPad Pro, is still scarce. But for half the cost of Apple's stylus, you can get FiftyThree's Pencil, which works well with Apple's new tablet.

Organizations sloppy about securing privileged accounts

While most companies have processes in place for managing administrative and other privileged accounts — the sorts of credentials frequently used in high-profile data breaches for the past several years — most do a poor job of enforcing those proce

8 tips for choosing the right contact center for your business

Customer service and outsourcing experts explain what companies should look for and ask when contracting a third party to handle their customer support.

How to create enterprise apps employees will actually use

Enterprise apps are becoming the norm in the workplace, but too many are unappealing to employees. Here are the most important items to consider if you want to build compelling internal mobile apps.

What 5 recent Facebook changes mean to you

Facebooku2019s latest overhauls include updates to video, search, notifications and more. Hereu2019s what you need to know.

Google Voice Search is getting smarter

Recent improvements in the Google app let the search engine understand you better and handle more complex queries delivered in natural language.

7 must-have wireless charging gadgets

These seven wireless charging devices can make powering up much less painful. Most are relatively affordable and they're great gifts for your loved ones u2014 or for you.

Chipmaker’s first CIO resets ‘clock speed of IT’ with analytics, IT reorg

Micron CIO Trevor Schulze, in the midst of an IT department revamp, is harnessing analytics to augment anything from manufacturing operations to product development and engineering.

iPad Pro: 16 games with spectacular sound

Get 16 games that sound terrific on the iPad Pro's speakers

Keeping out bad actors: Why healthcare CIOs need to be more concerned about securing customer data

There is no way to stop the attacks against healthcare organizations, but we can properly change the way that companies view their data and reshape their strategy surrounding their protections.

How women in tech can lead in an era of smart machines

Smart machines will be the most disruptive technology in the next 10 years. Women can guide visionary organizations into the future with new strategies and re-defined leadership.

How AI will take over health IT

Artificial intelligence is after our jobs. And those in health IT will be the first to go.

How to manage a multi-vendor cloud environment

For many IT organizations, a hybrid IT environment made up of multiple cloud and on-premises applications is inevitable. But it requires new people, processes and systems to manage effectively. HotLink CEO Lynn LeBlanc shares experiences from her cus

The Linux Foundation announces OpenHPC Collaborative Project

The OpenHPC project will provide a new, open source framework for high performance computing environments.rn

Why event sponsorships give tech giants bang for their bucks

While the marketing benefits may seem obvious, there are plenty of other benefits to sponsoring large, nontech events.

IT certifications that paid off the most in 2015

As 2016 quickly approaches, we look back to see which IT certifications earned IT pros the most over the past year.

How the Bass-O-Matic explains predictive analytics

Perhaps the most natural way to explain predictive analytics is through the prism of Dan Aykroydu2019s 1976 SNL skit about the Bass-O-Matic.

iPad Pro: 16 gorgeous games

Get 16 games that look terrific on the iPad Pro's screen

5 game changing open source projects

What iPad Pro teaches vendors about product development

Five years after the iPad sparked a revolution, the tablet market seems to be in free fall and PCs are making a comeback. In an attempt to revitalize the tablet market Apple just released the iPad Pro. Time will tell if this will work, in the meantim

Apple says the iPad Pro is built for business

CIO.com Senior Writer Matt Kapko visited Apple headquarters yesterday to talk about the iPad Pro and the companyu2019s strategy for positioning it as a tool for business.

Continuous improvement starts with IT culture

How to avoid IT's three toxic characteristics and create a culture of continuous improvement

You can learn to be a leader in the most unexpected places

Keep your eyes and your ears open. Leadership lessons are all around you. Check out these lessons from the leader at my favorite local coffee shop.

iPad Pro: 14 apps enhanced for the Apple Pencil

Fourteen apps that make great use of the Apple Pencil

CISO bets on cloud security services to protect data

Jabil CISO John Graham is using cloud security software to protect his customersu2019 most sensitive intellectual property.

Hands-on with Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 4

Microsoft has wanted consumers and enterprises to ditch traditional notebooks for the Surface tablets since 2012. And with the Surface Pro 4 that might finally be a realistic goal.

T-Mobile offers its customers an ‘unbargain’

T-Mobile quietly raises the price of unlimited data by nearly 20 percent.

Bimodal is a cop-out

Instead, apply cloud methodologies to legacy IT

Building the foundation with a high-level architecture

This is the third in a series of articles describing foundational steps to enable agile data warehouse development.

What Android users are saying about the Apple Music app

Many Android users have a surprisingly positive reaction to the Apple Music app

4 reasons Logitech’s Create keyboard may top Apple’s Smart Keyboard

On the iPad Pro's launch date, Apple's new Smart Keyboard was missing in action. But CIO.com reviewer James A. Martin found plenty of Logitech Create keyboards, also designed for the iPad Pro, available. Here's why he may be sticking w