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Fighting the Halloween Monsters in Your CRM System

Heavily used CRM systems house a collection of monsters that grows over time. Here's how to find and defeat them before they get you.

6 Ways to Maximize Your IT Training Budget

Customized, in-house training often zeros in on topics relevant to your business. However, it comes with an equally high price tag. If your employees simply need to fill in knowledge gaps or get up to speed with a specific software package, there are

Verizon is Tracking Mobile Users Online, Researcher Says

Verizon Wireless is using cookie-like tokens that let advertisers track customers on the Web so they can serve targeted ads, according to an Electronic Frontier Foundation researcher.

In BYOD We Trust

Why a successful BYOD strategy depends on trust between employer and employee

Intel Turns to Wearables, Big Data to Fight Parkinson’s

Medical researchers today have only a rudimentary understanding of how Parkinson's disease progresses in patients. In collaboration with the Michael J. Fox Foundation, Intel is helping researchers use wearable devices, the Internet of Things and

Gmail Inbox App is No Solution to Email Overload

Another day, another email app designed to free you from email overload. Google's new Inbox app for Gmail is a step in the right direction, but it doesn't solve the fundamental problem, according to CIO.com mobile apps reviewer James A. Mar

Top CIOs Start the Journey to the ‘Digital Enterprise’

The buzzphrase 'digital enterprise' can be a bit mushy. What does it really mean? And how do you get there? Here are five emerging models.rn

6 Digital Marketing Pros Define Programmatic Advertising

Programmatic advertising is catching on like wildfire in the digital media space. With so much money at stake, CIOs and other business leaders need to understand the term. To help find common ground, we reached out to six marketing professionals for

What Obscenity and Digital Strategy Have in Common

If your enterprise IT team expects to be viewed as a group of digital leaders, it must first determine what "digital" really means.

Hey, I think I’m a millennial

By most definitions I'm a baby boomer, but ages and dates are only numbers, right? Here's why I'm convinced I'm as millennial as they come.

An Easy Way to Dramatically Improve iPhone (or Any Phone) Security

A password with letters and numbers is a much better way to protect your phone than a four-digit "simple passcode."

Twitter Announces ‘Fabric’ Framework in Attempt to Woo Mobile Devs

If Twitter pulls the right strings with Fabric, a new mobile development platform cobbled together from recent acquisitions, it could gain significant prominence and power in the mobile app ecosystem.

10 Professional-Development Tips for Programmers

Breaking through the glass ceiling as a developer requires more than great programming skills. It requires a commitment to self-improvement and lots of work in other work key areas. To help straighten the learning curve CIO.com asked long-time develo

How RMS Put Its Catastrophe Modeling Software in the Cloud

After hosting its software on Amazon Web Services, risk management firm RMS decided to move to a private cloud. The decision paid off, largely because RMS got a little help from its friends.

Gamification Helps Utility Companies Change Customer Behavior

ComEd, National Grid and other utilities use analytics to get consumers to compete with neighbors and encourage whole towns to conserve — and earn rewards.

10 Outlandish Resume Lies That Can Kill Your Job Chances

In a recent CareerBuilder survey, HR and hiring managers were asked to identify the most ridiculous fabrications they have spotted on applicants' resumes. Here are 10 of the worst whoppers they have ever seen.

A CFO’s View of Consumer Data

Big data and 'second screens' have transformed media buying, says Greg Walsh, CFO of IPG Mediabrands.

The hidden disruption of digital business models

How VCE Created an Amazing Joint Tech Venture

VCE is unique not only in how successful it is, but in that it is making an organizational shift not when failure is eminent but while it is still thriving, suggesting it has sidestepped the problems that might have derailed it.

Mobility: What We Can Learn From Millennials

Understanding their impact and attracting the best candidates

English Family Gets Texts from Beyond the Grave

A family in South Shields, England, received texts from their deceased grandmother's phone number, but the incident proved to be a cruel joke and not some sort of supernatural phenomenon.

5 Tips for Transforming Enterprise IT Towers Into Cloud Services

With more cloud IT services in play, traditional IT has lost relevancy. Here are five tips for successfully transforming IT into a process-driven organization.

IT Certifications: Discover Where the Value Lies

As organizations fight for IT talent with proven skills, the business value of technical certifications is higher than ever. But choosing the right one is never an easy task.

How to Fish for (and Land) IT Talent

CIOs need to be deeply involved in writing IT job postings — not just leave it to the HR admin — to lure great hires.

Are You Managing Your World, or Does it Manage You?

This post offers a few key ideas for improving leadership by asking a simple question.

Four Can’t-Miss Deals on Intel Haswell PCs

As the holiday season approaches, PC makers are starting to clear their shelves. Here are four must-see deals on PCs with Intel Haswell chips.

Microsoft Snubs Windows Phone, Releases 2 Android-Only Apps

Microsoft's startup-within-a-big-company, Microsoft Garage, boldly developed two new apps that are only available on Android. (For now, at least.) CIO.com mobile apps reviewer James A. Martin breaks down what you'll like about them, as well

CIOs Tasked With Federal IT Overhaul Battle Culture and Bureaucracy

Government officials urge CIOs to work with senior management to break down cultural and operating siloes. To be successful, IT and the business units must work together in common cause on shared services, data centers and cybersecurity.

4 Security Tips for Apple Pay Users

A payments industry expert shares four tips to help you get safely and security started with Apple's new contactless payment system, Apple Pay.

Security, Payments Experts Talk Apple Pay

Three security and payments industry experts discuss the pros and cons of Apple's new iPhone-based contactless payment system, Apple Pay.

Future Points to Healthcare IT as a Service

Adopting social, mobile, analytics and cloud technology should save healthcare providers money in the long run. It should also help them use their EHR systems as a service, according to a joint report from EMC and MeriTalk.

You’ve Outsourced the Context and Kept the Core. Now What?

Kathy Kountze-Tatum, CIO of Northeast Utilities, on building a consultative IT organization

Google Adds 5 New ‘Glass at Work’ Partners

The latest group of official Glass at Work partners includes companies that make "Glassware" for industrial, manufacturing, sports and healthcare organizations.

Snapchat, Whisper Promise Privacy but Fail (Miserably) to Deliver

Privacy and anonymity in the era of social media are promises left unfulfilled. The events of recent months make this abundantly clear, yet Snapchat and Whisper, two companies at the center of controversy, place the blame on users.

Employees Excited, Concerned About Wearables in the Workplace

A new report suggests corporate workers see clear value in enterprise wearable technology, but they're also worried about security and privacy implications, as well as their ever-increasing tech dependence.

10 Tools That Will Make You a Social Media Guru

These 10 tools will help you manage your individual or business social media accounts without breaking the bank.

Does BYOD Produce Workaholics?

Perhaps, but the real question is whether employees are happier

Random Thoughts on Job Search: Women, Cash and Karma

A fresh take on some aspects of job search that you may not have considered.

CMOs Paralyzed by Paradigm Shift (and CIOs Aren’t Helping)

While CMOs drown in a sea of new digital marketing technology products and services, CIOs are noticeably not coming to the rescue.

AmEx Corporate Card Users: No Apple Pay for You

American Express supports Apple Pay for personal and small business customers. Unfortunately, AmEx Corporate Card holders are out of luck, for now.

My First Day With Apple Pay (Mostly) a Success

CIO.com mobile apps reviewer James A. Martin went shopping with his iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Pay at three well-known retailers. The experiment worked well u2014 with one exception.

Microsoft Outlines Vision for Azure With New Services

Microsoft puts the pressure on cloud competitors Amazon and Google with a slate of new Azure offerings, including a 'cloud-in-a-box' hardware appliance geared for on-premises hybrid deployments.

IT Resumes: Lies, Half-truths and Embellishments

HR pros and hiring managers encounter candidates of all kinds and any lie on a resume is a definitive red flag. However, all lies are not created equal.

The Digital Worker’s Guide to Doing Business on the Go

Today's workers must do an increasing amount of work outside the office and home. If you're one of them, these six tips will keep you productive, secure, comfortable and secure — all without scrambling to find a power outlet.

Booz Allen Takes Data Science Training Online

Aiming to make data science training more accessible, Booz Allen Hamilton introduces a hands-on online training course complete with gamification elements.

Why You Really Shouldn’t Worry About In-Store Beacons

In-store beacons push advertisements and other content to your phone using Bluetooth u2014 but only if you let them. Beacons don't automatically track your location or movement, but they do communicate with apps that could collect sensitive data

15 Must-Have Android, iOS Apps for Business Travelers

Seasoned business travelers share their favorite Android and iOS apps for booking flights and hotels, navigating airports and unfamiliar cities, staying in touch while on the move, and much more.

5 Ways Digital Health Startups Can Break From the Pack

It's a good time to be a healthcare startup, as investors are pouring billions into the market. However, itu2019s a crowded field and to attract funding you have to stand out. Here are five tips to help digital health startups land venture capit

Building the Next Generation of Female IT Professionals

It's no secret that women are under-represented in technology jobs. To help turn that tide, while at the same time building a pipeline of talent, some companies are putting money where their good intentions are.

FBI Chief Urges Tech Firms to Rethink Encryption

FBI Director James Comey warns that default encryption settings on Apple and Google devices could impede law enforcement investigations, calling for an update of 20-year-old wiretapping law.