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7 Things About SharePoint 2013 All IT Pros Should Know

Microsoft SharePoint 2013 builds upon previous releases in 2007 and 2010 to better support big data, mobile users and public-facing websites. However, choosing between server- or cloud-based versions of SharePoint 2013 may frustrate IT executives. He

When Will Mobile Commerce Be Ready for Primetime?

Mobile commerce offers great deal potential, but like many technology trends, it may take time to really catch on. If your business is looking to implement mcommerce, there are some important factors to consider beyond the technology. First and forem

Senior Living Communities Connect With Social Networking

IT leaders can't always measure a project's success by revenue or cost-saving metrics. Brookdale Senior Living's CIO achieved a greater objective by bringing social networking to its communities' residents: It improved their lives

LibreOffice 4 Is a Free and Powerful Alternative to Office 2013

If Microsoft Office 2013 isn't your style or within your budget, check out LibreOffice. It's free, Office-compatible and uses far fewer resources. You can even run it on your Surface Pro.

Facebook Quiz: Are You Guilty of the Top 5 Faux Pas?

From Facebook stalking to fueling political arguments, you probably have friends who have committed one of these social media crimes. Take the quiz to find out which category your Facebook habits fall into.

Apple Expert Details How to Keep iPad Enterprise Migrations in Check

There's no easy path to iPad adoption and a bogged-down iPad pilot program can spell disaster. Apple could be more helpful to businesses, but there are ways to simplify complicated iPad migrations. Here's what a tech services firm learned w

Is Stolen IP Walking in the Door With New Employees?

More than half of employees who left or lost their jobs in the past 12 months took confidential corporate data with them and most plan to use it in their new jobs, creating the potential for IP contamination. How can you protect your IP?

Why You Shouldn’t Punish Employees Who Goof Off

Employees who buy stuff online aren't slackers. Step back and look at the contributions they make outside normal business hours (whether at home or at their desk) before you watch them like a hawk, make them sign a timesheet and restrict their I

Free Adobe ‘VideoBite’ iPhone App Enables Easy Video Edits

Adobe's new, free VideoBite app lets you capture, edit and share iPhone videos. The interface is good looking and intuitive, and the software works well, according to CIO.com blogger James A. Martin.

Secret Wars—Cyber or Otherwise—Destroy Democracies

The Obama administration has given itself the right to wage pre-emptive cyberwars and order assassinations of U.S. citizens seemingly free from oversight of the other two branches of government, according to CIO.com blogger Constantine von Hoffman.

Are Google Ad Results Guilty of Racial Profiling?

Google searches on names that "sound black" result in ads suggesting that the person may be a criminal, according to a new Harvard study.

BYOD to Change the Face of IT in 2013

The influx of younger workers and BYOD programs in 2013 will continue to shake up IT departments, according to new research reports. Should CIOs shift to a device-neutral service model?

PCI Council Releases Guidelines for Cloud Compliance

A new set of guidelines from the PCI Security Standards Council is intended to help merchants and cloud services providers comply with the PCI DSS when handling payment card data on the web.

How Cloud Computing Is Driven by Mobile, Media and Marketing

Defenders of enterprise computing are in for a rude awakening. Mobile, media and marketing applications are poised to flock to the cloud, which is far better suited to handle load variability, latency and change management. As end users and executive

How to Build a LinkedIn Company Page

LinkedIn Company Pages are a free and effective way to enhance your web presence, allowing customers to find, follow and engage with you. Follow these steps to get your Company Page up and running.

How to Use an Autoresponder for Small Business Email Marketing

The best customers come back to buy from you again. Making a list of customers and using an autoresponder to send them emails about sales and other promotions is an easy way to attract repeat business. Learn how to set up an email list and use an aut

How to Run Android Apps on Windows PCs, Macs and BlackBerrys

CIO.com blogger James A. Martin spotlights a number of ways to run OS-specific applications on a variety of different gadgets, including PCs, Macs, Android devices, Windows Phones and BlackBerrys.

Do You Suffer From Facebook Fatigue?

A new report finds that more people are taking a vacation from Facebook and consciously spending less time on the site. Are you burned out?

US Navy Brings 4G LTE Out to Sea to Combat Piracy

Next month the U.S. Navy will officially launch its first mobile, 4G LTE network aboard two ships off the mid-Atlantic in an effort to assist Marines and sailors in tracking pirates.

BlackBerry Z10 Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts

CIO.com's Al Sacco shares a handful of valuable BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry 10 tips including how to capture a screen shot, how to instantly launch voice control, a variety of keyboard shortcuts and more.

20 SEO Tools to Help You Achieve, Measure Success

The basics of search engine optimization are, well, basic: Build good, easy-to-find content, and promote it via social media, and they will come. But there's nothing wrong with adding to your arsenal SEO tools that will help you create more targ

Up Close with the Microsoft Surface Pro (Video)

After using the Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Pro for work and play for two weeks, CIO.com's Shane O'Neill came to appreciate the device's versatility, despite some flaws. Just don't call it a tablet.

Who Wants a Windows Tablet? 200 Million Workers, That’s Who

Microsoft is in the smartphone and tablet doghouse in the enterprise. But a global survey by Forrester shows there is a surprisingly strong desire for Windows tablets among the worldwide workforce.

Lovers Take Note, Photos You Share May Come Back to Haunt You

Be careful what personal images and data you share with your lover — when the romance ends you might end up, ahem, exposed … and very embarrassed.

Solving the Cost Versus Innovation Paradox

Paul Cassell, US CIO of NYSE Euronext, on his Software Automation Group

What the New Dell Means for IT Outsourcing Customers

The speculation surrounding Dell's intention to go private is over, but questions remain concerning what the new ownership model will mean for the company's IT services business and its outsourcing customers.

Google Offers Security Tips for a Safer Internet

Search giant joins groups to promote online safety to mark Safer Internet Day, the National Cyber Security Alliance's annual day of observance.

Facebook Users to Take a Break From the Social Network

According to the Pew Research Center, 61 percent of Facebook users have taken a voluntary break from the social network. This year, 27 percent plan to spend less time on the site. Here's a look at those and other statistics from its most recent

3 Ways to Be More Agile With Software Shipping Decisions

The agile development community gave up on the idea of 'approving' specifications and designs about 10 years ago. The next thing to go may just be the when-to-ship decision. As software release schedules are increasingly compressed, here ar

How Gamification Reshapes Corporate Training

If you have a hard time getting employees to attend corporate training, maybe you need to add a little fun. To motivate workers to attend training courses, Deloitte put its course catalog online and added gamification. Badges? Turns out you do need s

Big Data Startup Attracts Fortune 100 Clients, Venture Capital

Everybody is talking about Big Data, but planning and implementing a Big Data project can be a daunting affair. Enter Think Big Analytics, a vendor-neutral services provider that aims to help large enterprises plan Big Data projects, train staff and

How to Get Started Building a Digital Media Strategy

Too many companies take a reactionary approach to social media, pouring resources into the 'next big thing' that's already happened. It's better to develop a comprehensive digital media strategy that targets the right social platf

IT Service Management Moves to the Cloud

As organizations become decreasingly skeptical about the cloud, they are increasingly willing to outsource ITSM to a SaaS provider. Doing so lowers costs, improves flexibility and easily accommodates ITIL framework principles.

Top Starting Salaries for College Technology Majors

Inside the world of IT and technology the college major you choose will directly relate to what you earn after graduation. Take a look at where the money is in 2013 for new college graduates.

3 CIO considerations from IDC’s 3rd platform

Are Your Text Messages Being Read by Your Teenage Daughter?

Watch out parents. An iOS update automatically adds different phone numbers to the same Apple ID to receive iMessages.

NYT, WSJ Forget the Facts in Stories About Their Own Hacks

After getting hacked last week, both The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times irresponsibly published allegations about the hackers without the necessary facts to support them.

15 Coolest Gadgets at Macworld |iWorld Expo

The Macworld | iWorld Expo in San Francisco is an Apple lover's Disneyland. Ashton Kutcher kicked things off by plugging his movie "iJobs," but the main attraction is the showroom floor where vendors display their wares, everything fro

What Twitter Thinks of BlackBerry’s Super Bowl Ad

CIO.com's Al Sacco reached out to his thousands of Twitter follower for their takes on BlackBerry's first Super Bowl commercial.

Malware Strikes With Valid Digital Certificate

We rely upon digital certificates and certificate authorities to validate that online entities are who they say they are, but security firm Malwarebytes recently found a banking Trojan with a valid, signed digital certificate.

Top 10 Tech Upgrades to Make Your Small Business Run Faster

If you want your employees to get things done faster in 2013, they need technology that will keep up with them. Here are 10 technology upgrades that promise to give your small business an impressive return on your IT investment.

BlackBerry Super Bowl XLVII Commercial (Video)

Check out a video of BlackBerry's first ever Super Bowl advertisement, which shows off the "re-designed, re-engineered and re-invented" BlackBerry 10 mobile platform and the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone. Sort of.

Siri Promises to Buy You Movie Tickets but Fails Miserably

The new iOS 6.1 software update lets you use Siri to buy movie tickets, according to Apple. But CIO.com blogger James A. Martin found that claim to be misleading.

Tech Earnings Show If You Live by the PC You May Die by It

These days companies that depend too much on the PC are losing out to mobile and cloud innovators, as indicated by the recent spate of tech earnings reports.

3 Must-Have BlackBerry Z10 Accessories

CIO.com's Al Sacco spotlights his three favorite new BlackBerry-made accessories for the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone.

6 Hot Offshore IT Outsourcing Markets Offer New Options

Typically, when you think offshore IT outsourcing you think, India. However, many emerging countries are getting aggressive offering a variety of perks in order to win new IT outsourcing business. Here are six IT and business process outsourcing dest

How to Use LinkedIn’s Alumni Tool to Network, Job Hunt

LinkedIn's redesigned Alumni tool helps you find contacts from college and gives you insights into the companies they work for, the fields they work in and where they live. Here's how you can use the tool to help find an MBA program or land

Blackberry 10 Launch Reaffirms That This is BlackBerry’s Year

Yes, BlackBerry's smartphone market share is small, but it's bigger that Apple's was when it launched the iPhone, and BlackBerry has commitments from carriers. Rob Enderle says BlackBerry's rebranding and its laser-like focus on j

How BYOD Saved VMware $2 Million

As more companies adopt a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) approach to mobile, many are getting caught by hidden costs. But virtualization titan VMware has bucked that trend. Former VMware CIO Mark Egan explains how his company accomplished its feat.

How to Pick a CPU When Buying Servers

As your IT team looks to upgrade your computational and enterprise storage systems, be sure you understand the choices and tradeoffs you face regarding your high-performance server CPU options. Some of our recommendations may seem, well, counterintui