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Catching Up With Mobile Security Threats

The tools for combatting mobile security threats to corporate data are evolving to address the concerns of wary CIOs.

Telecom Bill Cramming Impacts IT’s Bottom Line

Unauthorized charges on enterprise telecom bills are getting more sophisticated and harder to detect.

How to Craft a Mobile-Application Strategy

More IT organizations are bypassing the desktop when building new applications, especially for external customers. Hereu2019s what you need to know to create a strategy for mobile-application development.

Google’s 5 Biggest Hits (and Misses)

The phrase "to Google" has come to mean a great many things as Google has become a large and ubiquitous company. Here are five of its biggest failures, followed by five things Google got right.

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How Long Until You Fall for a Social-Engineering Attack?

These attacks are on the rise. They are also getting more effective by using ever more specific information about their victims.

iPhone 5: 4G, or Not 4G?

Apple sends out invites to an Oct. 4 event with the tagline, "Let's talk iPhone."

Virtualization: 4 Building-Blocks for Achieving Benefits

Advice on how to get results from virtualization and IT consolidation projects.

Remote Workers: Avoiding Double Trouble That Comes with Them

Meeting both security and productivity challenges – as firms sharply increase use of flexible employee basing – is essential.

Windows Phone 7.5 (WP7.5) “Mango”: 10 Things You Need to Know

CIO.com's Al Sacco sat down with Microsoft Windows Phone Senior Director of Product Management, Paul Bryan, to discuss the company's brand new mobile OS, WP7.5. Here are ten things current Windows Phone users and anyone else considering a W

IT Manager Resume Makeover: How to Show You Can Be CIO

In CIO.com's latest resume makeover, career coach and professional resume writer Wendy S. Enelow shows IT managers and IT directors how to use their resumes to demonstrate that they possess the experience necessary to move into a coveted CIO pos

Unified Communications Success Depends on Changing Employee Habits

CIOs offer tips for getting employees to change their most ingrained habits and adopt new unified communications tools.

The Inside Scoop on Nationwide’s Social Networking Project

Nationwide wanted to use an internal social network to improve productivity and interactivity. It ended up using Yammer, and hereu2019s why.

How to Provide People-Friendly Tech

The Oct. 1 issue of CIO magazine features three stories that deal with the people issues behind ITu2019s biggest potential game-changers: BYOT, unified communications and social media.

join.me Offers Cool, Free Alternative for Virtual Meetings

Our Love/Hate Relationship with Excel

Spreadsheet use is familiar, easier than mining ERP. But some think about when they'll drive a car, rather than ride a horse

Nature’s Business Lessons

After earthquake, hurricane, fire and flood, surely there's much to be learned about continuity.

The Inside Scoop on Foley & Lardner’s BYOT Policy

How one CIO freed up his IT team, saved money and let a bunch of lawyers decide what device they would use for work.

Bring Your Own Tech: 9 Things IT Needs To Know

Kraft, Whirlpool, Motorola Solutions and other employers are pioneering BYOT policies to drive productivity and reduce costs. Here's why your employees want this and what you need to do to make it happen.

Life After Google Labs: 5 Cool Google Experimental Apps

The death of Google Labs doesn't mean the end of Google experimentation. Here are five fun and useful Google experimental apps that are still around to play with.

Facebook Tip: How to Restore Your Email Notification Settings

If you noticed you're no longer receiving emails when people friend you or post to your wall, you're not alone. Here's what Facebook changed, and to bring back your original settings.

BoxTone Adds Automated Security, Compliance to Mobile Device Mgmt Software

BoxTone has added new automated IT policy and compliance features to its enterprise mobility management (EMM) software, and the company claims the new functionality is a first of its kind in the mobile industry.

How to Conduct a Job Search: What You Need to Know Today

Searching for a job today is different from two years ago. To learn the most effective ways to land a new job today, you need to understand how the recession changed employers' recruiting practices.

Microsoft Breathes Life into Bing Homepage with Video

Starting today with a beautiful time-lapse video of Grand Teton National Park, Microsoft will occasionally add video images to the Bing homepage. But you'll need an HTML5-enabled browser to view.

Verizon CEO: WP7 > BlackBerry

Verizon's CEO says Windows Phone 7 (WP7) will overtake RIM and BlackBerry as one of the "Big Three" in the mobile space in a year or so. But CIO.com's Al Sacco is skeptical of Microsoft and WP7. Here's why.

Six Crucial Tech Companies You’ve Never Heard Of

Behind the headlines, these firms help form the foundation of the IT industry. They aren't consumer focused; they aren't flashy or led by charismatic visionaries; they sell to people who sell to people who sell to you; and the modern world

Recap: Facebook’s Biggest F8 Announcements

After weeks of hype and speculation, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a new profile design called Timeline, a new class of Facebook apps and some pretty cool media integration. Here's a run-through of Thursday's announcements from F8.

Fall Brings More Hiring

Is Your Car Spying on You?

OnStar is collecting a lot of information about drivers, even after the device is turned off.

The 7 Dumbest Things Job Seekers Write on Their Resumes

CareerBuilder and Jobfox founder Rob McGovern sounds off on the idiotic details he sees job seekers put on their resumes.

Managing Mobile Devices: 10 Lessons Learned, via Forrester

Forrester Research offers up 10 lessons learned from early adopters of MDM (mobile device management) products, including advice on how to set mobile usage guidelines, managing employee-owned devices, using app virtualization and more.

H-1B, B-1 Visa Scrutiny Threatens IT Outsourcing Providers

IT outsourcing companies are starting to feel the pinch from increased U.S. government scrutiny of H-1B and other nonimmigrant visa programs. The latest investigation into misuse of the H-1B visa program comes from the Social Security Administration.

Everybody Hates Facebook, a Pictorial

If you're fed up with Facebook's changes, you're not alone. Check out some of the entertaining photos from unhappy users making the rounds on the Web.

Objectivity Traps

While you can never be perfectly objective, knowing the major barriers to objectivity will help you get closer to it. Ignoring them makes you vulnerable.

Windows XP to Windows 8: Don’t Go There

Both Microsoft and industry analysts discourage businesses using Windows XP from skipping Windows 7. The key reason: XP support is likely to expire before Windows 8 is ready for deployment. Research firm Gartner provides guidance for XP holdouts.

New on the iPad: The Story of Business Intelligence

Mobile business intelligence app developer Roambi wants to marry the excitement of a magazine narrative with the dryness of business intelligence data on the iPad. The goal is to tell the story behind the numbers.

Facebook’s Redesigned News Feed: 4 Things You Need to Know

In its third major update in a week, Facebook launched a new News Feed interface that predicts stories you'll find interesting and includes a ticker that updates in real-time. Here's what the changes mean for you.

Taking the Wireless Office to the Dogs

Zoom Room Shows How Wireless is Done

15 Best iPhone Apps for Busy CEOs

For executive road warriors and super-busy CEOs, the iPhone has become indispensable. Here are 15 must-have free and paid business apps that tap into the great mobile experience and keep executives productive all day long.

Facebook Subscriptions: 5 Warnings

Curious about Facebook's new Subscribe button? Beware these five pitfalls before jumping in.

TIBCO CEO: How Real-Time Computing Will Change the Landscape

Tibco CEO Vivek Ranadive talks with IDGE Chief Content Officer John Gallant about why your company needs to move to real-time computing and how TIBCO's 'two-second advantage' can change your business.

Software Developers Need to Prepare for Rigorous Recruiting Process

It's a software developer's job market, but IT hiring managers still act like it's an employer's market where they can put candidates through the paces.

Google Flight Search: Not Quite Ready for Prime Time

CIO.com's Bill Snyder can't recommend Google's new Flight Search service yet because its results offer limited flight options and airlines compared to competitors like Kayak. But expect Google, a Web search master, to improve on the se

Google Wallet Mobile Payments Coming Very Soon: What It Means for You

Google is expected to make its NFC-based Google Wallet mobile payments service available today, and it is sure to change the way consumers pay for goods and services in the future. Unfortunately, only one specific smartphone will be supported at laun

U.S. Will Send the Marines If There’s a Cyberattack Against Australia

Military solutions for virtual situations is a totally unworkable idea

New Smartphone Battery Development Could Extend Device Life by 50 Percent

Researchers from the University of Michigan say they've discovered a new method of extending Wi-Fi-enabled mobile-device battery life, called Energy-Minimizing Idle Listening (E-MiLi), though the development only currently applies to devices con

How Cloud Computing Is Changing Data Center Designs and Costs

Cloud computing, with its emphasis on massive scale and efficiency, is changing the entire cost and design structures of data centers.

3 Critical Elements of an Executive Job Search

Your resume, LinkedIn profile and professional bio make up the triple jump that launches an executive job search, says career coach Ross Macpherson. He explains how each of these elements complement each other and offers advice on how to make them st

NFC-Enabled BlackBerrys to Replace Physical Access Cards in 2012

BlackBerry users with NFC-enabled smartphones will soon discard physical access cards and use their handhelds for secure building access instead, if BlackBerry-maker RIM and HID Global have their ways.

‘Consumerization of IT’ Taking Its Toll on IT Managers

The use of iPads and Android smartphones for work tasks has obvious benefits to workers, but it's killing IT. Here's a breakdown of some revealing survey numbers about how IT managers feel about supporting various personal devices and opera