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Why Patient Portals Remain Healthcare’s Enigma

In an era when consumers can do just about anything online, you'd think the patient portal would be a popular way to communicate with the doctor's office. You'd be wrong, though. What's holding patient portals back?

Who’s Really Using Tinder (and How Are They Using It)?

Is Tinder an app for dating, hook-ups, making friends or a game of good old fashioned judgment? The service might be popular because it delivers on all of those fronts.

‘Dstrux’ File-Sharing App for iOS Dramatically Disappoints

The new Dstrux app for iOS aims to be the Snapchat of shared documents, but it fails miserably, according to CIO.com reviewer James A. Martin.

Shady Retailer Charges Customer for Complaining About Bad Service

Some sketchy online retailers try to charge customers for complaining about bad service, but one women who recently received a fine is fighting back in court.

Virtual Engineers Could Transform IT Outsourcing

European oil company Rompetrol fled a disastrous outsourcing deal with the help of new autonomic IT infrastructure services from IPsoft.

VMworld Promises an Amazing Future of Virtual Machines

VMware and its partners were busy at VMworld. Three specific announcements suggest that the company has big plans for the future of virtual hardware, thin clients and security in virtualized environments.

How IBM Serves Up Data to Tennis Fans at U.S. Open

IBM is using a combination of mobile, cloud and data analytics technologies to help the United States Tennis Association transform the U.S. Open fan experience.

What Does “End-to-End Mobile Enablement” Mean?

The need for solution breadth, depth, simplicity and flexibility

IT Resume Makeover: How to Avoid Buzzword Burnout

A CIO-level executive's resume was crowded, cryptic and wasn't getting his message across. In this edition of CIO.com's Resume Makeover, careers expert Donald Burns comes to rescue and takes the resume from gibberish to meaningful.

9 secrets to project management success

Project management experts share their tips on how to ensure your IT projects are completed on time and on budget.

Voice Search Smackdown: Ooloo vs. Siri vs. Google Now

Ooloo, a free voice search app, uses real people to answer your questions, and while it outperforms Google Now on Android, Apple's Siri bests Ooloo in most cases, according to CIO.com mobile app reviewer James A. Martin's tests.

Facebook Vows to Destroy Click Bait and the Results Could Be Shocking

Facebook says itu2019s growing tired of some publisheru2019s bait-for-click tactics and wants to reduce the amount of sensationalized content that appears in usersu2019 news feeds. It wonu2019t be easy, though.

Top CIOs Get Deeply Involved in Merger Deals

Leading-edge CIOs donu2019t just investigate the IT risks in mergers and acquisitions. They also uncover digital opportunities.

Department of Labor Doing IT Consolidation, Centralization Amid Tight Budget

The Department of Labor has a history of semi-autonomous agencies running their own IT shops. That's beginning to change thanks to a push toward consolidating and standardizing infrastructure and applications.

CIOs Share Their Secrets to Project Success

How to balance traditional and unconventional approaches to keep IT projects on track and deliver on their promises.

5 Things CIOs Should Know About Digital Signage

Digital signs will soon feature bandwidth-hogging video files that need to be linked to back-end systems and consumer smartphones.

IT and Marketing Mix Well for Beverage Maker

The CIO at Brown-Forman, a wine and sprits maker, says that IT and marketing find they have lots to learn from each other.u2002

The Ethics of BYOD

How to balance a companyu2019s need to protect data against employeesu2019 rights to privacy

Most Wanted ‘iPhone 6’ Features and Improvements

Used iPhone marketplace uSell.com released lists of the top most wanted iPhone 6 features and enhancements. Not surprisingly, the most rumored feature u2014 a stronger sapphire screen u2014 is also the most wanted new feature.

Mobile Phones Need Better Location Tech for Emergencies

If you place a 911 call using your mobile phone while indoors, emergency responders may not be able to find you.

How Virtualized Apps, Devices Power Franciscan Missionaries’ Wellness Program

Bringing a wellness program run largely by home-based clinicians to employers in rural Louisiana required Franciscan Missionaries to answer some questions about accessing applications and sharing data. Having a centralized and virtualized IT infrastr

Nasdaq Mobile App Makes the Investor Road Show Smoother

On-the-go investor relations professionals get a more informative mobile app so theyu2019re better prepared for meetings with investors.

Calling a Truce in CIO-CMO Budget Battles

Although tech spending power is expanding for CMOs, CIO magazineu2019s publisher, Adam Dennison, sees the major influence over IT budgets staying in the hands of CIOs.

CIOs: Expand Your Skills With M&A

Having CIOs involved the M&A process helps them gain business skills and helps the business identify a deal's risks and rewards, says CIO magazine Editor in Chief Maryfran Johnson.

IT Gets a Bigger Role in the Conventions Business

Wherever people convene, IT is essential, says James E. Rooney, Executive Director at the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority.

Why Developers Need ‘Finishing School’

How can developers bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and real-world, on-the-job experience? They can go to 'finishing school.'

What Would You Ask Your CIO Peers?

The advice you'd seek at an executive roundtable you control.

Verizon Says Passwords Suck, QR Codes Offer Better Way

Verizon adds QR code logins to its Verizon Universal Identity Services portfolio to streamline authentication while making it more secure.

Table of Contents for the Sept. 1, 2014, Issue of CIO Magazine

What California’s BYOD Reimbursement Ruling Means to CIOs

A recent California court ruling that requires companies to reimburse workers for business calls on personal phones adds fear, uncertainty and doubt to an already-complicated BYOD landscape. CIO.com's Tom Kaneshige talks to David Schofield, a pa

An Inside Look at LinkedIn’s ‘Unbundling’ Mobile Strategy

LinkedIn has embraced a multi-app strategy and now has a family of six separate apps — from job search to tailored news — but is there such a thing as too many apps?

7 New Technologies Take the Field This NFL Season

The NFL's latest tech innovations will improve the game experience for players, coaches, officials and fans. Here are seven technologies you'll see this football season.

5 Ways Federal CIOs Plan to Improve Security Monitoring

One of the leaders of Homeland Security's Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program shares his strategy for deploying real-time security and situational awareness across the government.

What Remote Workers Really Do During Conference Calls

As more workers take advantage of mobile technology to work outside the office, companies are relying on conference calls to communicate. What are workers actually doing during these calls? Spoiler alert: probably not what you expect them to be doing

SAP’s Simplicity Push Is Not So Simple

SAPu2019s challenge is to make good on its promise to reduce the complexity of its software and customer relations.

21 Weird and Wacky Wearables You’ll Actually Want

These 21 unique wearable devices are all worth a look u2014 and some could genuinely enhance your life.

How to Help Block the Comcast/Time Warner Merger

A combined Comcast/Time Warner Cable could limit and control what you can watch on TV and how you use the Internet. If you care about that sort of thing u2013 and you should, according to CIO.com contributor Bill Snyder u2013 here's how you can

Community Health Breach Highlights Healthcare Security Vulnerabilities

Healthcare's latest data breach, affecting 4.5 million patients, offers the industry a sobering reminder that is simply isn't doing enough to protect patient data from known security threats.

What a Trip to London Taught Me About GPS Apps and Navigation

On a recent trip to London, CIO.com mobile app reviewer James A. Martin used three popular GPS apps and a dedicated GPS device for navigation. Each of them led to frustration, and a lesser-known app downloaded at the last minute proved to be the best

How Sensors Can Add Zing to Your Apps

The addition of sensor data can turn boring applications into exciting ones that impress your customers, a Forrester analyst says.

8 Tips to Be a Better Career Negotiator

Whether its job hunting or asking for a raise, many of us don't like to negotiate. But as professionals it's become a required skill and you may only get one chance to make your case. Learn what it takes to be a confident negotiator.

Foursquare Reinvents Itself, But Will the Overhaul Pay Off?

Foursquare is putting it all on the line to attract more ad dollars, but the result is something less fun and, more importantly, less addicting, writes CIO.com senior writer Matt Kapko.

How to Get a Brand New iPhone 5c for Less Than $1

Apple is about to unveil a new iPhone, and retailers are clearing the shelves. As a result, last year's iPhones have never been cheaper.

Tech Industry Job Boom Fuels IT Recruiter Shortage

While companies scramble to fill vacant and newly created tech roles, a shortage of recruiters is adding to the crunch — making it a good time to become an IT recruiter.

8 Leadership Lessons From Steve Ballmer

No one will forget Steve Ballmer's tenure at Microsoft. As he steps down from the board to bring his unique energy to owning the L.A. Clippers, here's a look at eight leadership lessons you can learn from the colorful former CEO.

The C in CIO Isn’t for Celebrity

The best IT leaders have a powerful but rarely discussed trait: humility.

Digital transformation needs a modern, mission-critical infrastructure

The Importance of Unifying Mobility and Systems Management

How to simplify device and policy management and prepare for the future

The Internet of Things Brings Legal Gotchas to CIOs

CIOs must think through privacy, compliance and other legal issues before unleashing armies of sensors

9 Inexpensive Ways to Get Your Business Noticed Online

Small business, marketing and social media experts share their top tips for how new businesses can attract followers and drive traffic to their business without spending a lot of money.