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LinkedIn survey details ‘new norms at work’

A recent survey of LinkedIn users aims to gauge modern perceptions about the 'new norms' within the workplace. The findings spotlight some interesting differences between male and female workers, among other things.

By Matt Kapko

May 8, 2015 3 mins

Careers LinkedIn Social Networking Apps

The five biggest Apple Watch myths and lies

The nattering nabobs of negativity need to stop lying and spreading myths about the Apple Watch

By Jim Lynch

May 8, 2015 9 mins

Consumer Electronics Small and Medium Business Smartwatches

7 reasons to ditch your iPad for the Surface 3

Microsoftu2019s new tablet, the Surface 3, is looking to be a compelling option to Appleu2019s iPad. Here are seven reasons the Surface 3 may make you want to leave your iPad at home.

By Paul Mah

May 8, 2015 4 mins

Analytics Tablet PCs iPad

Comcast pledges $300M to fix its terrible, horrible, no good, very bad customer service

Comcast wants to clean up its notoriously messy act, and the telecom company plans spend $300 million and hire thousands of new employees in a bid to improve its awful customer service.

By Bill Snyder

May 8, 2015 2 mins

Consumer Electronics

The 5 stages of venture capital denial

At EMC World, columnist Rob Enderle attended a session on venture funding efforts. Because EMC takes a different approach it often has to defend its strategy. So here is a look at the u20185 stages of venture capital denialu2019 developed by EMCu2019

By Rob Enderle

May 8, 2015 6 mins

Venture Capital

How a N.Y. college helps STEM students succeed

Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology's partnership with a digital marketing agency is helping its graduates land great jobs and also helping it recruit new students into its post-secondary STEM education program.

By Sharon Florentine

May 8, 2015 3 mins

Careers IT Jobs

The plight of the global CIO

When working with people from different cultures, knowledge and understanding can make a big difference to your success or failure.

By Afzal Ballim

May 8, 2015 5 mins

Business IT Alignment CIO Outsourcing

3 ways to minimize enterprise software selection risk

While a data-driven software selection focuses on requirements, the demo, product audit and reference checks reduce project risks in other ways.

By Chris Doig

May 8, 2015 5 mins

CIO IT Governance IT Governance Frameworks

Pivotal rolls out Hadoop distro update, new query optimizer

Pivotal releases a new version of its Pivotal HD Hadoop distribution built on the open source ODP big data kernel, along with a new cost-based query optimizer that promises up to 100x performance upgrades for Greenplum and HAWQ.

By Thor Olavsrud

May 7, 2015 3 mins

Big Data Hadoop

IBM Watson adds hybrid cloud developer tools

Watson Explorer helps developers build hybrid cloud cognitive applications using data sets resident in a mix of on-premises, public and private cloud environments.

By Thor Olavsrud

May 7, 2015 4 mins

Big Data Development Tools Hybrid Cloud

4 must-read IT leadership books

Your time is valuable and often limited, so weu2019ve hand-picked four books that cover the most important IT leadership issues today.

By John Brandon

May 7, 2015 5 mins

CIO CMO IT Leadership

The iPad Pro will kickstart Apple’s tablet sales

The iPad Pro could be just what the doctor ordered for Apple's lagging tablet sales

By Jim Lynch

May 7, 2015 7 mins

Mobile Small and Medium Business iPad

What B2B tech can learn from consumer marketing

Business-to-business marketing is based on education and analytics where the best offering wins, right? Not so fast. Purchasing decisions for B2B customers can be even more emotional than consumer purchases. After all, the stakes are higher. So what

By Tom Kaneshige

May 7, 2015 4 mins

Consumer Electronics IT Strategy Marketing

Why Twitter will never be Facebook (and that’s OK)

Facebook is the clear king of social, and it's unlikely that Twitter will ever seriously infringe on its throne. The fact is that Twitter shouldn't try to compete with mainstream rivals, such as Facebook u2014 and social media users shouldn

By Matt Kapko

May 7, 2015 4 mins

Facebook Social Networking Apps Twitter

12 easy ways to lose your ecommerce customers

Ecommerce, customer relationship and marketing experts reveal the fastest ways to turn off shoppers and offer advice for what you can do to ensure customers donu2019t leave your site and make their purchases elsewhere.

By Jennifer Lonoff Schiff

May 7, 2015 8 mins

CRM Systems E-commerce Software Marketing

10 tips to help college tech grads enter the workforce

Youu2019re about to graduate with a tech degree u2013 now the real work begins. Hereu2019s how to make sure your job search u2018toolboxu2019 is filled and that youu2019re ready to enter a competitive marketplace.

By Rich Hein

May 7, 2015 8 mins

Back to School IT Jobs Personal Software

Why your business needs a Pinterest presence

You may think of Pinterest and conjure up images of weddings and recipes, but as companies like GE and Hootsuite demonstrate, Pinterest has a business side, too.

By Jen A. Miller

May 6, 2015 4 mins

Marketing Pinterest Social Networking Apps

Decoding big data buzzwords

Accompanying the big data craze is a new lexicon all its own. We identify and dissect some of the key terms and buzzwords.

By Saurabh Sharma

May 6, 2015 6 mins

Analytics Big Data

What I am learning about projects, delegation, collaboration and communication

Here's an overview of delegation, project management, and collaboration strategies and tools from a former CIO and entrepreneur.

By Matthew Moran

May 6, 2015 9 mins

Collaboration Software Project Management Tools Small and Medium Business

Open source Kolab ready to take on Office 365, Google Apps

What's next for Kolab, the privacy-minded open source unified communication and collaboration system that you can install on your own server.

By Swapnil Bhartiya

May 6, 2015 5 mins

Collaboration Software Open Source Small and Medium Business

Building a Culture of Urgency in IT

To Steve Zerby, CIO of Owens Corning, urgency is more than an emotion

By Martha Heller

May 6, 2015 5 mins

CIO IT Jobs Personal Software

IT and business alignment: Putting the federated hybrid model on steroids

Knowing your organizational DNA can help maximize enterprise value via the right IT and business alignment.

By Raman Mehta

May 6, 2015 6 mins

Business IT Alignment Foundry Events Small and Medium Business

Mobile ads take center stage as smartphone becomes leading search tool

More Americans now use smartphones for Web searches than PCs, according to Google, and advertisers are dreaming up new types of ads that fit the mobile experience.

By Bill Snyder

May 6, 2015 3 mins

Consumer Electronics Small and Medium Business Smartphones

New IFTTT ‘recipes’ help you do more with Amazon Echo

Amazon Echo now has its own IFTTT channel, with new recipes that let you quickly save spoken to-do items to Evernote task lists, among other things. The Echo-IFTTT recipes are interesting, but they're not particularly useful, according to CIO.co

By James A. Martin

May 6, 2015 3 mins

Consumer Electronics Mobile Apps

How to market to millennials (it’s not easy)

A group of young marketers offer advice about wooing technically savvy, digitally driven millennials, who — despite the fact that many are drowning in student loans u2013 are the target market du jour.

By Tom Kaneshige

May 6, 2015 4 mins

Marketing Technology Industry

How voice search and Google ‘direct answers’ are changing SEO

Mobile and voice search are shaping the future of SEO, and Google is putting new emphasis on 'direct answers' to queries. Here's what digital marketers, content creators and SEO experts need to know about these key changes.

By James A. Martin

May 6, 2015 7 mins

Consumer Electronics Marketing Web Search

Get a gold Apple Watch cheap!

Turn your Stainless Steel Apple Watch into a gold plated edition

By Jim Lynch

May 6, 2015 6 mins

Consumer Electronics Small and Medium Business Smartwatches

Reactions and impressions from Microsoft Ignite

At its Ignite conference, Microsoft offered a roadmap of architectures and devices that will move business forward. CIO.com's Jonathan Hassell analyzes the significance of Day 1.

By Jonathan Hassell

May 5, 2015 7 mins

IT Strategy Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

LG Watch Urbane first look: Hands on with the new Linux watch

Linux everywhere! We just added another Linux device to our family; this one is attached to my body and can monitor my heartbeat.

By Swapnil Bhartiya

May 5, 2015 4 mins

Consumer Electronics Linux Open Source

Meet a tech industry pioneer who leads by example

Microsoftu2019s Vice President of IT Strategic Enterprise Services Jacky Wright is more than her title suggests — so much more.

By Paul Rubens

May 5, 2015 7 mins

CIO IT Skills Technology Industry

7 tips for writing an effective cover letter

The hardest part of a job search? Writing the dreaded cover letter. Here, career experts break down how to write your best one yet.rn

By Sharon Florentine

May 5, 2015 3 mins

Careers IT Jobs

6 ways to make your resume stand out

The late spring and early summer hiring season is in full swing, and as the economy steadily improves, more candidates are jumping into the pool of available positions. Here's how to craft a resume that's sure to rise above the rest.

By Sharon Florentine

May 5, 2015 7 mins

Careers IT Jobs Resumes

Defeat the forces of evil in Marvel Pinball!

Great pinball graphics and gameplay take you into Marvel's universe of superheroes and diabolical villains

By Jim Lynch

May 5, 2015 7 mins

iOS iPad iPhone

How Real Madrid scores fan engagement in the cloud

Using the Microsoft Cloud platform, Real Madrid — the world's largest sports franchise — is undergoing a digital transformation to help further engagement with the soccer club's 450 million fans worldwide.

By Thor Olavsrud

May 4, 2015 5 mins

Innovation Microsoft Office Sports Software

If your IT team doesnu2019t have a SMAC roadmap, you may find your company drifting off-course in 2015 and 2016. Hereu2019s brief refresher course on SMAC.

By Jonathan Hassell

May 4, 2015 5 mins

CIO IT Strategy Small and Medium Business

Comparing enterprise software is like apples and oranges

When selecting enterprise software, comparing software products against each other does not identify best-fit products. This can lead to selecting the wrong software, and missing the opportunity to maximize ROI.

By Chris Doig

May 4, 2015 4 mins

Business IT Alignment CIO IT Governance

How to overcome internal SLA misconceptions

Formal, internal service-level agreements creates a truly professional business relationship between IT and their 'clients,' driving value and boosting morale.

By Valeh Nazemoff

May 4, 2015 5 mins

IT Governance IT Leadership

4 steps to success for a new CIO

New CIOs must be ready to go live on Day 1, learning the companyu2019s agenda and positioning themselves as architects of innovation, writes an Accenture Strategyu2019s managing director.

By Diana Bersohn

May 4, 2015 5 mins

CIO Careers IT Strategy

Want an Apple Watch right away? Order the 38mm Stainless Steel with Classic Buckle

One of the smaller 38mm Apple Watches is shipping fast!

By Jim Lynch

May 4, 2015 6 mins

Consumer Electronics Small and Medium Business Smartwatches

Are you ready for the Data of Things?

A discussion of the data produced from the IoT and how organizations need to organize to extract value from it.

By Kumar Srivastava

May 1, 2015 6 mins

Analytics Data Mining IT Strategy

Microsoft returns to its roots at Build with smart cows

Over the years columnist Rob Enderle has witnessed Microsoft undergo many changes and make many mistakes. But, at this yearu2019s Build conference he saw a glimpse of the old Microsoft — and it all started with a presentation on smart cows.

By Rob Enderle

May 1, 2015 6 mins

Innovation Small and Medium Business Windows

How aligning with the organization’s strategy ensures outsourcing success

Although well thought upfront, the alignment of an organizationu2019s strategy with their decision to outsource tends sometimes to be focused on short-term attainment of the organizationu2019s bottom line and cost reduction targets. There are seven f

By Fabiano Rosa

May 1, 2015 5 mins

Outsourcing

Insider Insights: Retail CIO talks tech trends (video)

CIO.com's Lauren Brousell chats with Chico's CIO Eric Singleton about its digital retail theater project, how it finds top tech talent, IT challenges and more.

By Dan Muse

May 1, 2015 2 mins

CIO Foundry Events Retail Industry

Apple’s iPad will live long and prosper

Don't fret about recent iPad sales, it still has a bright future

By Jim Lynch

May 1, 2015 7 mins

Small and Medium Business Tablets iPad

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s ERP project takes wrong turn

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission implements ERP only to end up in court. A case study on reducing enterprise software risks.

By Chris Doig

May 1, 2015 4 mins

CIO Enterprise Government

Can Microsoft’s new Surface 3 replace your notebook?

Microsoft wants you to replace your notebook and tablet with one device u2014 the Surface 3. But can its Windows 8.1-running hybrid do the job of both without compromise?

By Sarah K. White

May 1, 2015 9 mins

Small and Medium Business Tablet PCs Tablets

Traction Watch: Bluecore Rides On The Success Of $55M In Client Revenue

Since email marketing startup Bluecore soft-launched in 2013, it has been capitalizing on the momentum of big data and has managed to generate over $55M in revenue for clients.

By John Brandon

May 1, 2015 4 mins

Email Clients Startups

How deadlines can kill your outsourcing deal in India

Business relationships that focus on transaction only inevitably lead to a fixation on time and material. But India has a culturally based notion for creativity, which is the source of innovation. Clients in the west should not waste this opportunity

By Waseem Hussain

May 1, 2015 4 mins

Collaboration Software Innovation Small and Medium Business

IT outsourcing deal values hit 10-year low

Amid increasing automation and decreasing prices, the IT outsourcing industry has just recorded its worst first quarter in terms of annual contract value of deals awarded since 2004. However, the current slowness is not necessarily a negative thing.

By Stephanie Overby

May 1, 2015 4 mins

Outsourcing

Can a startup democratize big data apps?

With its new Adatao Data Intelligence Platform, the Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup claims it will do for data intelligence what the iPhone did for the mobile Internet.

By Thor Olavsrud

Apr 30, 2015 3 mins

Big Data Startups Technology Industry