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The year of Alexa and the coming decade of A.I.

CES was all abuzz about Alexa and Davos was talking about the impact of the advancements of artificial intelligence

By Greg Simpson

Analytics Artificial Intelligence

Consciously overcoming unconscious bias

To build high-performing teams in our businesses and organizations, we need to overcome unconscious bias.

By Beena Ammanath

IT Leadership IT Skills

HPE acquisitions bring hyperconvergence, hybrid IT into the mainstream

HPE's recent divestitures and acquisitions signal a big bet that the fundamental IT operating model is evolving

By Charles Araujo

Cloud Computing ITSM Private Cloud

Snapchat changed how users communicate by making entertainment the main objective. But with its IPO approaching, the company faces new challenges — namely generating revenue.

Internet Social Networking Apps Technology Industry

How to stay relevant as a CIO

The days of fully staffed internal IT shops are gone, and the use of external resources is fast becoming a permanent part of the IT operating model, says Christopher Barron, CIO of Zander Rose. Hereu2019s what Barron says itu2019s going to take for C

By CIO staff

CIO Foundry Events IT Leadership

Apple’s iOS 10.3 beta includes tool to find AirPods

Worried one of your AirPods will go missing? Apple feels your pain, adding a new tool to iOS 10.3 that will cause a lost AirPod to play a sound and reveal its location on a map.

By James A. Martin

Consumer Electronics Mobile Apps iOS

Adopt a customer-first strategy during the ‘A.I. Spring’

Businesses should employ artificial intelligence as part of a holistic, customer-first strategy.

By Tarun Gangwani

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Why IT innovation follows failure

What kind of leaders actively encourages failure? The good ones.

IT Governance Frameworks IT Skills Technology Industry

IT service providers prepare for potential H-1B visa changes

Indian providers prepare for possible H-1B visa reforms that could increase onshore costs by 20 percent for IT outsourcing companies who depend on the temporary worker visa program.

By Stephanie Overby

Careers H-1B Visas Outsourcing

Why you are NOT the CIO (and what to do about it)

Many IT leaders aspire to the top position, yet the rapid pace of technological change has left most confused about how to compete.

By Christopher C. Barron

CIO Careers IT Leadership

Win the war for talent by improving employee experience

Employee experience u2014 itu2019s similar to employee engagement. It includes perks and casual Fridays, and also how performance reviews are run, and the quality of the working relationship with the boss. How do you do employee experience?

By Mary C. Schaefer

Encryption Linux Open Source

Careers IT Leadership

How to protect your online privacy in the Trump era

You may not have anything to hide, but do you really want some government agency peeking into your private digital life? I didn't think so.

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Jan 27, 2017 6 mins

Does your digital program suffer from an aspiration gap?

Contrary to aspirations of many, the digital revolution hasnu2019t turned out to be a gold rush; rather, it feels like a game of survival.

By Hakan Altintepe

Careers Linux Open Source

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Meet Karen Sandler, a force in open source

Sandler is the executive director of the Software Freedom Conservancy. She is an attorney by profession, previously led the GNOME Foundation as executive director, and served as general counsel of the Software Freedom Law Center.

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Jan 27, 2017 8 mins

Top 3 practical innovations from Yale healthcare hackathon

Redesigning the patient experience requires creative thinking. Remove your constraints and open your mind as we explore the best commercially viable innovations presented at #YaleHackHealth.

By Peter B. Nichol

Hacking Health and Fitness Software Healthcare Industry

New iOS app Don’t Leave It! does one thing well

Whenever you walk out of a designated range without your earbuds, keys, or other item, Don't Leave It! reminds you. The iOS-only app works well, but it's not your only location-based reminder option.

By James A. Martin

Mobile Apps Small and Medium Business iOS

Worst idea ever: Buying wireless service from Comcast

Comcast makes its cable and broadband customers miserable, so why does it think it can score by selling wireless phone service?

By Bill Snyder

Small and Medium Business Smartphones Tablets

Bimodal IT: A steppingstone to agility

Don't compromise agility for stability. Set the standard for speed, safety and quality.

By Peter Purcell

Agile Development IT Leadership Project Management Tools

Why Google finally stopped ignoring Google Voice

Googleu2019s voice and text communications app is finally getting the features that could make it a fit for the enterprise.

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Make 2017 your year of saying no

In a world full of "yes" people, sometimes you need to just say "no."

By Andrew Stanten

IT Leadership IT Skills Marketing

Hacking the future of health at Yale

The 2017 Yale Healthcare Hackathon had over 200 innovators accept the challenge to redesign health, believing that ideas change lives.

By Peter B. Nichol

Electronic Health Records Foundry Events Health and Fitness Software

Trump’s trade TPP move a setback for cloud computing

With President Trump's move to walk away from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, administration is 'starting from zero' on digital trade policy.

By Kenneth Corbin

Government Government IT Regulation

IT management: two parts art, one part science

Itu2019s relatively easy to get the u2018scienceu2019 of IT down. The real trick to becoming a successful IT leader is to master the u2018artu2019 of the job.

By Mark Settle

IT Governance IT Leadership IT Skills

5 of the most anticipated smartphones for 2017

A new year means new smartphones, and it looks like 2017 will be the year of bezel-free and waterproof designs.

By Sarah K. White

Google Small and Medium Business iPhone

Digital disrupts traditional outsourcing market in 2016

The value of traditional outsourcing engagements have fallen to levels not seen since the recession, but as-a-service arrangements continue to grow.

By Stephanie Overby

Outsourcing Technology Industry

Everything you need to know about the SLIMBOOK KDE laptop

The KDE community is working with a Spanish laptop maker to bring KDE desktop-powered laptops to market.

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Jan 26, 2017 6 mins

Computers and Peripherals Laptops Linux

9 ways company politics can thwart your projects

Politics is an unfortunate reality in many workplaces, but there are steps you can take to reduce the pervasiveness and impact to projects.

By Moira Alexander

IT Leadership IT Skills Project Management Tools

LinkedIn ranks the 10 most promising jobs of 2017

These jobs offer the highest median salaries, the most openings and the biggest growth potential.

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Tech industry shouldn’t ignore the message of the Women’s March

Millions marched for women's rights over the weekend. Silicon Valley should listen up.

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Pharmaceutical giant partners to push analytics

Merck KGaA is banking on partnerships with Silicon Valley analytics companies as it automates a supply chain challenged by spikes in demand.

By Clint Boulton

Big Data IT Strategy Technology Industry

Does a social venture await you? In the aftermath of Election 2016, we can find a great illustration of the many opportunities calling us to employ our technology, process, and human skills for the social good.

By Jeff Boles

Analytics IT Skills Mentoring

Why car companies need to become tech companies

The biggest risk any industry faces is its inability to change. In the automobile industry, if things donu2019t change, columnist Rob Enderele writes, there are likely to be fewer car companies left, especially U.S. car companies.

By Rob Enderle

Car Tech IT Leadership Technology Industry

iOS 10.3: The end of annoying app rating reminders

Apple introduces a new API in iOS 10.3 that will eventually stop developers from annoying users with reminders to rate their apps in the iOS App Store.

By Jim Lynch

Jan 25, 2017 3 mins

Mobile Apps Small and Medium Business iOS

Café owners putting the smackdown on Wi-Fi freeloaders

Whatu2019s a poor cafu00e9 owner to do when the laptop crowd sucks up free Wi-Fi all day and spends almost nothing?

By Bill Snyder

Internet Small and Medium Business Wi-Fi

Trump’s executive order on the ACA: early scenarios for healthcare tech firms

The executive order signed last week is the first step toward dismantling the ACA. The order has significant implications for technology firms operating in certain markets.rn

By Paddy Padmanabhan

Healthcare Industry Technology Industry

What is a hackathon, and why should you care?

There's a global trend of companies integrating hackathons into their overall innovation strategy.

By Andre Bourque

Jan 25, 2017 6 mins

Software Development

IoT and business model transformation: We’re not there yet

We're on the brink of a new technological breakthrough that's easy to predict in general terms but impossible to predict in specific terms: the internet of things

By Frank Wammes

Internet of Things

Top 10 technology colleges and universities

Here are the top 10 schools for technology education based on data from U.S. News and World Reportu2019s annual ranking of U.S. colleges and universities.

By Sarah K. White

Careers Certifications IT Skills

8 tips for organizing your workspace

Feeling overwhelmed and disorganized? Here's how to start the year off with a clean and organized workspace.

Careers IT Skills

Why Google still isn’t giving up on Google+

Google+ may be on the decline, but Google isnu2019t ready to call it quits on the social network just yet.

Google Social Networking Apps Technology Industry

One powerful productivity improvement you can implement today

All organizations seek ways to improve their productivity. Here is a simple, easy to implement, technique that can provide surprising results.

By Bob Ronan

IT Leadership

3 steps CIOs can take to lead more strategically in 2017

This is the year to change perceptions: IT isnu2019t a utility, and you arenu2019t a utility player. Following these strategies around cloud, application support, and security will go a long way toward elevating your role to strategic leader.

By Rebecca Wettemann

CIO IT Strategy Technology Industry

Hyperconvergence in high demand

Systems that combine compute, storage and networking capabilities in a single server are gaining traction among CIOs seeking the same efficiencies offered by cloud services.

By Clint Boulton

Jan 24, 2017 4 mins

CIO IT Strategy Technology Industry

Why did Mac sales decline 10% in 2016?

Appleu2019s Mac computers hit a significant decline in 2016, and that allowed the companyu2019s competitors to profit at Apple's expense. What went wrong for Apple and the Mac in 2016?

By Jim Lynch

Consumer Electronics MacBook MacOS

Wine, women and data science

Wonder what data scientists do when they're not working? Read on!

By Jill Dyché

Analytics Big Data Careers

Winter 2017: State of the CIO

Cover story: The new reality. The CIO role is integral to todayu2019s increasingly digital businesses, but transformational IT executives arenu2019t necessarily shedding their functional responsibilities u2014 get used to it.

By CIO staff

CIO Careers Emerging Technology

IT Career Roadmap: Chief product officer

Being a chief product officer requires many skills, but none is more important than the ability to unify disparate teams and motivate them to create an incredible product. Here is one CPO's journey and what it took for him to succeed in this C-l

C-Suite IT Jobs IT Skills

16 top HR software suites compared — an essential buyer’s guide

This comprehensive report evaluates 16 human capital management (HCM) products across 50 software capabilities, from recruitment to exit interviews, and every step in-between. Download your free copy today.

By CIO staff