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Six-legged, Ubuntu-powered spider drone is coming

The Erle Spider will support 3rd party apps

Sep 8, 2015

How to use the Adblock Plus browser in iOS

The free Adblock Browser lets you block ads, trackers, social media buttons and other annoyances on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch

By Jim Lynch

Sep 8, 2015

iOS iPad iPhone

An open letter to outsourcing service providers

An honest take on what's happening in service provision and why it's got me worried.

By Esteban Herrera

Sep 8, 2015

Innovation Outsourcing

How you can make your system implementation project a success

In order to implement a new financial management solution, you need excellent project management, expert subject matter experts, executive support, and a great plan. There is one more thing you need.

By John Hoebler

Sep 8, 2015

ERP Systems IT Governance Project Management Tools

How the Internet of Things is changing healthcare and transportation

Far from being a gimmicky way to collect more data on customers u2013 and sell them more things u2013 IoT technology has the power to transform industries, manage costs and deliver quality outcomes to up and down the supply chain. Hereu2019s how two

By Bruce Harpham

Sep 8, 2015

Healthcare Industry Internet of Things Technology Industry

Can you trust your healthcare app?

Technology has changed healthcare, but just because an app or wearable device makes healthy claims, doesn't mean you should trust it. Chances are the app or device hasn't been reviewed or approved by the FDA.

By Sarah K. White

Sep 8, 2015

Big Data Health and Fitness Software Healthcare Industry

IT Project Management – As more science fiction becomes fact…

Choosing the right partner can help your business keep up with ever-changing IT technology

By David Cotgreave

Sep 8, 2015

Project Management Tools

Goodbye to performance reviews, hello to — what?

Firms like Deloitte and Accenture are making headlines with their decision to eliminate yearly performance reviews for their workforces. But in the absence of a yearly review, what will fill the gap?

By Sharon Florentine

Sep 8, 2015

Careers IT Leadership Relationship Building

5 ways to manage your LinkedIn email

LinkedIn promises to stop spamming you and announces two updates that reduce the number of emails you receive. Hereu2019s a look at other ways you can cut down on the email clutter.

By Kristin Burnham

Sep 7, 2015

Email Clients IT Governance LinkedIn

The Internet of Things comes to the NFL

Every NFL player and stadium will be equipped with RFID sensors and receivers, respectively, this football season, allowing the league to track fine-grained location data for every play.

By Thor Olavsrud

Sep 7, 2015

Internet of Things Markets Technology Industry

How data analytics helped DirectBuy gain new customer insights

As part of its digital transformation, the membership retail club is using analytics software to strengthen its business in the face of threats from Amazon.com and other ecommerce providers.

By Clint Boulton

Sep 4, 2015

Big Data Business Intelligence Retail Industry

Adapting to the new digital world: Is your data strategy stuck in the Dark Ages?

Companies like Nike and McCormick are excelling with digital strategies that are only possible thanks to the ever-decreasing price of data storage.

By Bryan Kirschner

Sep 4, 2015

Analytics Big Data CIO

How a ‘Tiger Team’ can make internal audits strategic

Often transformational efforts at companies, though good in intention, fail in execution. Columnist Rob Enderle recently learned of a successful effort happening at NIC, an Internal Audit Tiger Team. Hereu2019s a look at what it is and why itu2019s w

By Rob Enderle

Sep 4, 2015

Enterprise IT Strategy Technology Industry

Forget the ‘elephant in the room’ – instead beware the ‘dinosaur in the park!’

We all know the metaphor of the u2018elephant in the room.' The issue we see, the discomfort we feel, but over time become used to living with. When did you last skirt an issue or ignore the elephant in the room? Unfortunately, unlike Jurassic W

By Morag Barrett

Sep 4, 2015

IT Leadership

Leaders facing change: How deep and wide is the challenge?

Examining the many facets of change.

By Doug Thorpe

Sep 4, 2015

CIO Careers IT Leadership

Video on demand continues to kill big cable

A new global survey of more than 20,000 people shows that they value on-demand programming, mobile video, and lower prices, and traditional TV viewership continues to decline.

By Bill Snyder

Sep 4, 2015

Consumer Electronics

3 must-have news apps for CMOs and digital marketers

These three mobile apps, for iOS and Android, can help marketing professionals stay current on the latest digital marketing news.

By James A. Martin

Sep 4, 2015

Consumer Electronics Mobile Apps

It’s who you know and who knows you that matters

IT people tend to network only when they need something. You should be like your business counterparts and never stop networking.

By Paul T. Cottey

Sep 4, 2015

CIO Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Beta brings improved container support

RHEL is optimizing its operating systems for those who are planning to deploy containers.

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Sep 4, 2015

Linux Open Source Virtualization

8 apps to enhance your Facebook experience

The majority of Facebook users likely have no idea that the company's Creative Labs division built a collection of mobile apps to enhance the core Facebook experience. Here's a look at all of them, along with details on why you might want t

By Matt Kapko

Sep 4, 2015

Social Networking Apps Software Development

How cloud infrastructure helped Instacart focus on business growth

The lead engineer of Instacart Nick Elser discusses how leveraging the cloud has been a powerful and successful experience for the one-hour grocery delivery service.

By Stephanie Overby

Sep 4, 2015

Cloud Computing

3 new Google Docs features enterprises will appreciate

Google Docs users gain three new productivity features released this week, including voice input and a research tool.

By Matt Kapko

Sep 3, 2015

Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business

3 reasons to use Instagram’s new Direct message features

New features within Instagram's Direct message component provide better ways to share photos, profiles, locations and hashtags.

By Lauren Brousell

Sep 3, 2015

Consumer Electronics Social Networking Apps

CIO enjoys dual role of cloud strategist and company pitchman

VMwareu2019s Bask Iyer spends his days refining the companyu2019s private cloud system, which he uses to sell the software makeru2019s technology to fellow CIOs.

By Clint Boulton

Sep 3, 2015

CIO IT Strategy VMware

Daring Fireball: Read and post comments

How to read and post comments on the Daring Fireball blog

By Jim Lynch

Sep 3, 2015

MacOS

Scrum’s co-creator talks about the framework’s transformational effect

CIO.com's Sharon Florentine talks to Jeff Sutherland, one of scrum's creators, to find out where the industry is, where itu2019s going and the challenges that lie ahead as more companies adopt agile and scrum.

By Sharon Florentine

Sep 3, 2015

Agile Development CIO Small and Medium Business

My smartwatch turned me into a rude bastard (don’t let it happen to you)

Smartwatches are slowly starting to catch on, and they bring with them a new type of digital distraction that could further shrink attention spans and make for ruder masses.

By Al Sacco

Sep 3, 2015

Consumer Electronics Smartwatches

Why Power BI is the future of Excel

Excel isn't going away, but it's going to stop accumulating extra tools like barnacles. Instead Power BI Desktop will become the self-service analytics hub.

By Mary Branscombe

Sep 3, 2015

Enterprise Applications Microsoft Office Office Suites

LugLoc luggage locator eases bag separation anxiety

'Smart luggage' equipped with GPS and other technologies are on the horizon, but you don't have to wait to track your bags, thanks to LugLoc, a $70 gadget that slips into a suitcase and shows its location on map in an iOS or Android ap

By James A. Martin

Sep 3, 2015

Consumer Electronics Mobile Apps

Feds advance open data roadmap despite challenges

The DATA Act aims to bring transparency to government spending, but officials are mindful of the compliance burden and cultural challenges in effecting reform.

By Kenneth Corbin

Sep 3, 2015

Big Data Budgeting Government

Are tech giants really diversifying their workforce?

It's laudable that so many Silicon Valley firms committed to increasing diversity in their workforce, but there's still a long way to go. CIO.com looks at eight Silicon Valley titans' most recent statistics to see how they're fari

By Sharon Florentine

Sep 2, 2015

Compliance IT Leadership Relationship Building

Open source, open standard, royalty-free media codecs? That’s the promise of the newly formed Alliance for Open Media

One Codec to rule them all, One Codec to find them, One Codec to bring them all, and in the multimedia bind them.

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Sep 2, 2015 3 mins

Open Source

How do you celebrate your heroes?

Organizational culture is shaped through people. How do we capture the stories of the people and teams who made a great impression on the companyu2019s history and culture?

By Lyria Charles

Sep 2, 2015

Collaboration Software IT Leadership Small and Medium Business

How the Red Sox brought new tech to baseball’s oldest park

Boston Red Sox IT staff faced the unique challenge of deploying public Wi-Fi without disturbing the original structures or feel of the oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball. The initiative is just one part of an ongoing effort to collect and analy

By Lauren Brousell

Sep 2, 2015

Data Center Wi-Fi

CIOs embrace hybrid cloud and software-defined data centers

CIOs say they are purchasing VMware virtualization software to support mobile applications and content for rapidly scaling computing environments.

By Clint Boulton

Sep 2, 2015

Cloud Computing Hybrid Cloud VMware

OS X El Capitan: Use a gray background in Safari Reader

Make all Web pages resemble Daring Fireball in Safari Reader in OS X El Capitan

By Jim Lynch

Sep 2, 2015 3 mins

Analytics MacOS

Surprise! Best Buy prices often on par with Amazon

Best Buy closed the price gap on electronics and tech gadgets during the past years, and its in-store prices are often just as low u2014 sometimes lower u2014 than Amazon.com, according to new research.

By Bill Snyder

Sep 2, 2015

Consumer Electronics

Apple does social media differently than its peers in the tech world, and though it isn't ignoring social to the extent it did in the past, you shouldn't expect to see any official @Apple account on Twitter anytime soon.

By Matt Kapko

Sep 2, 2015

Apple Social Networking Apps

How to make money from open source software

Ditching the GPL may be the key to running a successful commercial open source software business.

By Paul Rubens

Sep 2, 2015

Open Source Software Development

How understanding introverts can drive business success

Introverts are dispelling the notion that they are quiet and shy. (Yes, there is such a thing as an outgoing introvert.) Businesses are realizing they can benefit by drawing on the strengths of introverts and extroverts, but nurturing opposite pairin

By Sarah K. White

Sep 2, 2015

Business IT Alignment Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business

5 IT experts reveal their Windows 10 upgrade strategies

Security, usability and support costs are just a few of the factors IT leaders need to consider when determining their upgrade path to Microsoftu2019s new OS.

By John Brandon

Sep 2, 2015

Microsoft Small and Medium Business Windows Security

Traction Watch: Job app Switch grows job applications 220 percent in one month

The age-old process of finding and applying for jobs is finally getting some serious disruption from a Tinder-like startup app playing matchmaker to businesses and potential employees.

By James A. Martin

Sep 1, 2015

IT Jobs Mobile Apps Startups

Traction Watch: Kurbo pivots to obtain 300 percent revenue growth

With an easy to use app, expert health coaches, and a well planned B2B2C pivot, Kurbos is now projected to see a 300 percent revenue growth spurt for 2015.

By John Brandon

Sep 1, 2015

Health and Fitness Software Healthcare Industry Startups

First impression: Using my Moto 360 with iPhone 5s

Google yesterday published the Android Wear app on Apple's App Store and I got it to work on my Moto 360.

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Sep 1, 2015 4 mins

Android Linux Open Source

Why you need to convert IT consumers into investment partners

CIOs need business partners to make the bang worth the buck.

By Martha Heller

Sep 1, 2015

Budgeting CIO IT Leadership

Linux Foundation is giving away Chromebooks

Enroll in a Linux Foundation training course in the month of September and get a Chromebook for free.

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Sep 1, 2015

Linux Open Source Operating Systems

How Agile techniques can improve enterprise software implementation

Enterprise software implementations like ERP are famous for being late and exceeding budget. This article looks at using Agile concepts to reduce implementation project risks.

By Chris Doig

Sep 1, 2015

Business IT Alignment ERP Systems IT Governance

Shadow BYOD runs rampant in federal government

A new survey highlights the extent to which government employees insist on bringing their own devices to work, despite rules to the contrary.

By Kenneth Corbin

Sep 1, 2015

Careers Government Government IT

OS X El Capitan: Enable three-finger drag gesture

Use three fingers to drag windows and files, and select text in OS X El Capitan

By Jim Lynch

Sep 1, 2015

MacOS

Intel courts mobile app developers

Developing mobile apps that work on both iPhones and Androids isnu2019t easy u2013 or cheap. And given the shortage of developers that continues to plague IT, a framework that allows app shops to repurpose code from one platform to the next promises

By Steven Max Patterson

Sep 1, 2015

Mobile Apps Mobile Development Open Source