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ATK CIO Says Metrics-Driven IT Paves the Way for Innovation

How Big Data Is Helping to Save the Planet

With the help of HP's Vertica Analytics Platform, Conservation International is crunching data from images to monitor the biodiversity of tropical forests around the world.

A Tribute (and Goodbye) to Apple’s iPod Classic

CIO.com contributor Bill Snyder says the iPod and iTunes changed the music industry, but more importantly it changed Bill Snyder.

6 Tips for Replacing Your Windows Laptop With a Surface Pro 3

Planning to ditch your laptop for a Windows tablet such as the Surface Pro 3? These tips will help you set up, secure and make the most of your new device.

CIO of Defense Department Agency Cautions Against Rush to Cloud

The Defense Information Systems Agency's David Bennett calls the cloud u2018viableu2019 for certain government operations, but he warns that some applications and data must remain within the secure agency network.

The New Intel: Defining the Future Starts at the Top

Intel nailed it at its recent developer forum, showing off innovative products that honor the hard work of its employees and partners while also setting a high standard for other vendors to follow. Crucially, it all started with CEO Brian Krzanich.

C-Level Executives Seeing Big Results From Big Data

A study by Accenture finds that many organizations are putting big data initiatives into production and the vast majority of those that do are pleased with the results.

Building a ‘Mobility-Aware’ Architecture

Taking a user-first design approach to integrate mobility into your business

Digital transformation needs an industrialized software-defined data center

How CIOs Can Learn to Be Better Presenters

Great presenters don't memorize speeches verbatim. Instead, they memorize a speech by visualizing it, blowing up emotionally moving images and telling compelling stories. Most CIOs donu2019t do it that way.

9 Tips for Building an Effective Email Marketing List

Are Your Co-Workers Killing Your Productivity?

No tech worker is an island. A recent productivity impact study reveals work efficiency is impacted negatively by co-workers.

Researchers Devise a Better Way to CAPTCHA

Complicated CAPTCHAs can keep you from logging in to websites protected by those annoying squiggly letters. Thankfully, researchers have found a new way to let you in while keeping the spam bots out.

Savor Food iOS App Is a Social Network for Foodies

The new, free Savor Food iOS app helps you discover new restaurants, dish by dish. Anyone who enjoys a quality meal will appreciate the app's photos and user reviews, though it does leave a few things to be desired, according to CIO.com reviewe

13 Things to Do on a Conference Call

Chances are good you've become adept at working remotely and taking part in conferences from your home or mobile offices. Chances are even better you've discovered creative ways to multitask. However, if you need some inspiration, check out

13 Things to Do on a Conference Call

Chances are good you've become adept at working remotely and taking part in conferences from your home or mobile offices. Chances are even better you've discovered creative ways to multitask. However, if you need some inspiration, check out

What’s Hot, Not in Healthcare IT Startups

Healthcare startups pop up just about everywhere these days. Experts from Health 2.0, Rock Health and StartUp Health weigh in on what types of tech get the most (and least) attention from health entrepreneurs.

9 Rules for the Developer-ization of IT

CIOs who want to drive innovation and change in their organizations should focus on making the lives of developers easier so they can innovate, produce great apps and deliver valuable IP.

Big Companies, Big CIOs

From IBM to HP to Deutsche Bank to AON, large companies are hiring new CIOs

Systems, Strategies and Tools for Time, Tasks and Information Management

Matthew Moran shares thoughts on adopting and building an effective time and information management system for IT executives.

IT Crucial as Feds Respond to ‘Perfect Storm’ Labor Squeeze

Government agency leaders urged to embrace digital services and mobile work strategies to improve citizen services amid hiring freeze.

Is Your IT Shop Successful?

Determining if an IT shop is successful goes far beyond the achievement of operational and delivery goals. It includes creating an organization that is easy to work with, spends money prudently, exploits technology and provides work/life balance for

iPhone 6 Plus, Apple Watch May Make These 5 Things Irrelevant

Are the iPad mini's days numbered? CIO.com reviewer James A. Martin thinks so, and he put the small tablet on a list of five endangered things, based on Apple's Tuesday announcements.

How to Ensure a Smooth IT Reorganization

If you spend enough time in the upper tiers of technology leadership, you will eventually reach a point where you need an IT department reorganization. Here are the key things to consider before you set the wheels of change in motion.

Twitter Erupts During Apple’s iPhone and Watch Event

When Apple's long-awaited smartwatch finally made its formal debut today, Twitter erupted. Activity spiked just two minutes after the Apple Watch was revealed, generating 32,227 tweets per minute.

Is Social Media Reviving or Killing Our Classrooms?

Social media can wreak havoc when students become distracted in the middle of class. Some educators have gone so far as to ban social media in the classroom, but others says that learning to control social media is part of the learning process and th

VMworld 2014, the Cloud and the Future of Enterprise IT

The VMworld 2014 expo hall floor brimmed with vendors hawking network, storage and VMware extensions. But that's legacy tech, and anyone going back to work thinking that the public cloud remains two refresh cycles away is missing the bigger pict

The Case for a Successful BYOD Strategy

Itu2019s not about just enabling personal smartphones to check corporate email

Amazon Sells Fire Phone for $1, but It’s Still Not Worth It

A mediocre product and AT&T exclusivity are a couple of reasons why Fire phone sales have been weak, according to Bill Snyder. In response to sorry sales, Amazon cut the price of its first phone to a single dollar.

6 Strategies for Cancelling a Major IT Project

Sometimes it's better to walk away from an IT project, even a big one, than to fall further down the rabbit hole. These tips will help you cancel a project and keep your dignity (and reputation) intact.

Pricey Gold iPhone 6 Available for Preorder (Images)

A U.K. designer is distributing images of a $4,000, 24ct-gold iPhone 6 one day before Apple is expected to announce its less gaudy version of the new device.

Mayo Clinic Turns to IBM’s Watson to Fill Clinical Trials

Mayo clinicians will leverage Watson's natural language processing and data analytics capabilities to quickly sift through millions of pages of clinical trial and patient data to match patients with appropriate clinical trials.

10 Useful Devices for Your Small Business Office

The market is filled with tech gadgets and gizmos a-plenty. These 10 products stand out among the whozits and whatzits galore for their capability to improve productivity and efficiency in your small business.

10 Useful Devices for Your Small Business Office

The market is filled with tech gadgets and gizmos a-plenty. These 10 products stand out among the whozits and whatzits galore for their capability to improve productivity and efficiency in your small business.

6 Hot New IT Roles for 2015

The breakneck pace of change in the IT industry is forcing you to change the way you think about attracting and hiring skilled workers. Here are six new IT roles for 2015 and advice on how to find talent to fill them.

How to Make Sure Your Social Marketing Isn’t ‘Junk’

Your customers are growing tired of all the marketing being thrown their way on social media, says Forrester analyst Kim Celestre, who offers a list of five different ways brands can offer utility marketing.

10 Hot Internet of Things Startups

As Internet connectivity gets embedded into every aspect of our lives, investors, entrepreneurs and engineers are rushing to cash in. Here are 10 hot startups that are poised to shape the future of the Internet of Things (IoT).

7 Security Must-haves for a Successful Enterprise Mobility Management Solution

How to Provide the Services Users Demand While Protecting the Organization from Threats

How C-Level Execs Can Learn to Speak Digital

A one-day class promises to teach digital literacy and break down the 'language barrier' between IT and business executives.

How (and Where) to Get the Most Money for Your Old iPhone

CIO.com contributor Bill Snyder lists a handful of ways to get some new money for your old iPhone.

5 Ways to Improve Your Social Media Campaigns

Nowadays, successful social media campaigns can be just as effective as multi-million-dollar ad campaigns. Failures can fall just as flat, too. The difference between winning and losing often comes down to a few key strategies that operate in tandem.

Six Things You Need to Know About Samsung’s Gear VR Headset

Samsung's Gear VR headset provides a truly unique virtual reality experience that's designed to take advantage of the Galaxy Note 4's impressive display resolution. But the headset has a notable Achilles heel: It only works with one de

What Kind of CIOs Will Millennials Make?

Remember the adage, u2018No one ever got fired for buying IBMu2019? You can bet millennials don't. In fact, they like the energy of startups run by young people like themselves, according to a recent survey. Expect the CIO of the future to take

11 Common Ecommerce Mistakes — and How to Fix Them

Ecommerce experts reveal the top ecommerce blunders businesses make and what you can do to prevent or fix them.

Step Into the Digital Leadership Void

Bask Iyer, CIO of Juniper Networks, says IT leaders need to break out of their support roles and drive digital change.

How to Make Accounting and CRM Systems Play Nice

It's a natural request: Integrate CRM with expense claim, accounts receivable and other accounting systems. It's also a bad idea, because accountants are from Mars and salespeople are from Venus.

Stars React on Social Media to iCloud Photo Leaks, Apple Denies Breach

Apple may not be at fault for a massive leak of personal and nude photographs hacked from celebritiesu2019 iCloud accounts, but the damage is already done and it could get worse. The stars are taking to Twitter to vent their outrage.

NBCUniversal’s CIO Partners With Ad Sales to Expand Revenue Opportunities

Atish Banerjea, CIO of NBCUniversal, talks about the media giant's sales consolidation platform and also advises future CIOs to spend as much time understanding the business as they spend staying up-to-date on the latest technologies.

Context is King

A context-aware BYOD strategy can balance the needs of users against the burden on IT

Are You Prepared for Gen Z Tech Workers?

Think millennials are complicated? It doesnu2019t get any easier with Gen Zers, who will enter the workforce en masse shortly. The two generations share some similarities but also some stark differences.