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Apple picks the best Touch Bar apps for the 2016 MacBook Pro

Got a new 2016 MacBook Pro? Find out which apps Apple thinks are best for the Touch Bar.

Nov 15, 2016 10 mins

MacBook Mobile Small and Medium Business

Facebook wants to sway your purchases — but not your politics

Mark Zuckerberg is under pressure to explain Facebook's role in the 2016 presidential election. The CEO downplayed the impact on its users, but if Facebook's ads can influence purchase decisions, as it claims, why wouldn't the site sim

By Matt Kapko

Nov 15, 2016 4 mins

Facebook Internet Social Networking Apps

3 ways to regain control of Windows 10 updates

Windows 10 has a mind of its own when it comes to software updates. Here are three easy ways to take back control and ensure forced updates don't interrupt your workflow.

By Bill Snyder

Nov 15, 2016

Consumer Electronics Small and Medium Business Windows

Comparing AI tools in Salesforce Einstein and Dynamics 365

Both Salesforce with Einstein and Microsoft with Dynamics 365 are offering AI capabilities that promise to improve your customer service, sales pipeline and business processes. Here's a look at the new AI features, what's available now and

By Mary Branscombe

Nov 15, 2016 13 mins

CRM Systems Emerging Technology Enterprise Applications

10 last-minute holiday strategies for e-tailers

Digital marketers and ecommerce experts discuss how to drive traffic to your online store u2013 and increase sales u2013 between late November and the end of the year.

By Jennifer Lonoff Schiff

Nov 15, 2016

E-commerce Software IT Strategy Retail Industry

Half of banking customers now using fintech

A new report finds half of banking customers around the globe are now using financial technology products or services from at least one fintech firm, but customers also put much more trust in traditional financial institutions.

By Thor Olavsrud

Nov 15, 2016

Financial Services Industry Markets Technology Industry

Trump presidency a step back for diversity in America

During the days after Donald Trump was elected the 45 U.S. president, supporters of diversity and equality in America are forced to ask … what just happened?

By Sharon Florentine

Nov 15, 2016

Careers Relationship Building

10 tech skills that will boost your salary

Looking for a pay increase in 2017? Add one or more of these hot skills to your resume and watch your earnings soar.

By Sharon Florentine

Nov 15, 2016 4 mins

Careers IT Jobs IT Skills

Back to the future: Apprenticeship in the modern era

Apprenticeships have served both employers and job seekers well for thousands of years. Why have we moved away from this model, and why should employers take back ownership of their staff's education?

By Jessica A. Mitsch

Nov 14, 2016

Careers IT Jobs Technology Industry

Why you need a digital workplace

Mobile work is not going anywhere. In fact, considering the data, chances are the upward trend will continue.

By Paige O'Neill

Nov 14, 2016

Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business Videoconferencing

A stalwart of the early web, Shutterfly rebuilds with the future in mind

The photo-to-book site founded in 1999 has quietly grown to $1 billion in annual revenue and is embracing APIs in an effort to retool for the future.

By Arik Hesseldahl

Nov 14, 2016

Enterprise Applications Internet

9 reasons why I will be buying the new MacBook

Donu2019t listen to critics, the new Macbook has a lot to offer.rn

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Nov 14, 2016 7 mins

Laptops MacBook MacOS

Is the 2016 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar worth buying?

Find out what the critics think of Appleu2019s 2016 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. Are these new MacBook Pros worth the price Apple is asking?

By Jim Lynch

Nov 14, 2016 10 mins

Computers and Peripherals MacBook Small and Medium Business

IT users review 6 software test management tools

Developers use test management tools u2014 from vendors such as HPE, Microsoft and IBM u2014 to manage their software quality-assurance programs. Weu2019ve asked QA managers to identify the best and worst features of six leading suites.

By IT Central Station

Nov 14, 2016

Enterprise Applications Software Development

ITSM evolution on display at FUSION

The reports of ITSMu2019s death have been greatly exaggerated. Its ongoing evolution was on vivid display at the industryu2019s premier service management conference.

By Charles Araujo

Nov 14, 2016

Events ITSM Technology Industry

Blockchain adoption in banks coming, but slower than expected

Banks will likely take 24 months or longer to push blockchain software systems into commercial production, says the man who championed the digital ledger technology at UBS.

By Clint Boulton

Nov 14, 2016

CIO Financial Services Industry Payment Systems

What Snap can learn from Twitter ahead of its IPO

Snap and its Snapchat app are the talk of the tech town today, but the company has not yet proven its worth to Wall Street. If Snap doesn't want to become the next Twitter after its upcoming IPO, it will have to avoid Twitter's mistakes.

By Matt Kapko

Nov 14, 2016 4 mins

Internet Social Networking Apps Twitter

How ‘Bring your parents day’ improves work-life balance

What started as an inside joke has become a way for some companies to put their proverbial money where their mouth is when it comes to family-friendly policies.

By Sharon Florentine

Nov 14, 2016

Careers Events Relationship Building

Platform economy: new platform ecosystems and the value of co-creation

The digital transformation is not about moving to digital; itu2019s moving your business to platform ecosystems. Generating value starts with understanding the four types of platform ecosystems.

By Peter B. Nichol

Nov 14, 2016

Foundry Events IT Strategy Technology Industry

Employees feel pressure to use personal smartphones at work

Businesses are encouraging employees to use personal devices for work purposes, but according to a recent survey, without a proper BYOD strategy and reimbursement plan in place, it might be decreasing productivity.rn

By Sarah K. White

Nov 14, 2016

CIO Careers Small and Medium Business

Facebook hires new CIO from media giant NBCUniversal

Atish Banerjea has been the social media companyu2019s CIO since October, according to his LinkedIn profile. His goal? To help Facebook scale globally and, of course, make the world u2019more open and connected.u2019

By Clint Boulton

Nov 11, 2016

CIO Facebook Technology Industry

How Trump defeated Clinton using analytics

Columnist Rob Enderle writes that by following the three rules of analytics Trump won the election.

By Rob Enderle

Nov 11, 2016

Analytics Government Predictive Analytics

Platform ecosystems: a new strategy for generating profit

Platforms shift value from products and services to interactions. Ecosystems promote scale through interactions, not volume. Platform ecosystems build better businesses.

By Peter B. Nichol

Nov 11, 2016

Foundry Events IT Strategy Technology Industry

SUSE: Slow and steady wins the race

I sat down with SUSE CEO, Nils Brauckmann at SUSECon to learn where is the company heading.

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Nov 10, 2016 10 mins

Cloud Computing Linux Open Source

Why CIOs need to take the lead on digital transformation in 2017

The time has come for CIO's to take the lead on digital transformation, combining their technical knowledge with a deep market analysis on the impact and economic mechanisms of the digital disruption.

By Marco Antonio Cavallo

Nov 10, 2016

Business IT Alignment CIO Technology Industry

What a Trump presidency could mean for healthcare IT

A Trump presidency will almost certainly result in some dramatic policy changes in healthcare. However, these will have a limited impact on IT investments and infrastructure and could boost the flow of dollars to healthcare IT. rn

By Paddy Padmanabhan

Nov 10, 2016

Healthcare Industry Outsourcing Technology Industry

How to pick the right cloud storage service

Many cloud storage options are available to businesses and consumers today, but one size does not fit all. This cloud storage guide includes tips to help you get started.

By Paul Mah

Nov 10, 2016

Cloud Computing Cloud Storage Consumer Electronics

15 hot hybrid smartwatches for the holidays

Hybrid smartwatches look like traditional watches, but they track various activities, such as steps and sleep, and perform other advanced functions. They're also suddenly everywhere, thanks to fancy options from brands like Fossil, Emporio Arman

By James A. Martin

Nov 10, 2016

Small and Medium Business Smartwatches Wearables

Here’s why your EHR doesn’t work

Design thinking and process mapping for a successful project

By Jeffrey Morgan

Nov 10, 2016

Electronic Health Records Healthcare Industry Regulation

CMOs will outspend CIOs on technology in 2017

Gartner has reinforced its prediction that CMOs will outspend CIOs on IT in 2017. Marketing tech is now directly responsible for growth in the enterprise, according to Gartner.

By Matt Kapko

Nov 9, 2016

Budgeting CMO Marketing

3 mistakes to avoid when hiring full stack developers

Full stack developers are some of the most sought-after and skilled programmers, but it's crucial to make the right recruitment decisions when trying to hire them

By Josh Althuser

Nov 9, 2016

Careers

Reviews: Razer Mechanical Keyboard Case for the iPad Pro

The iPad Pro is a great laptop replacement for some users but only if itu2019s paired with the right keyboard. The Razer Mechanical Keyboard Case might work well for some iPad Pro users, but not for others.

By Jim Lynch

Nov 9, 2016 12 mins

Computers and Peripherals Small and Medium Business iPad

Why mobile workers should download the Workfrom app

Workfrom is a community-sourced website and mobile app designed to help you find nearby coffee shops, bars and other spaces where you can get some work done. It's like Yelp for remote workers.

By James A. Martin

Nov 9, 2016

Consumer Electronics Mobile Apps

16 difficulties to avoid when purchasing enterprise software

In spite of the time and money spent, few software deployments meet expectations. Why? This article examines common reasons why selecting software is so difficult, so these problems can be avoided.

By Chris Doig

Nov 9, 2016

Enterprise Applications IT Governance IT Strategy

Why Microsoft is going all-in on AI

Microsoft has positioned artificial intelligence as being as important as Windows, Office and Cloud. Here's why.

By Paul Rubens

Nov 9, 2016

Analytics Cloud Computing Microsoft

Why employee experience trumps company culture

Company culture is a hot topic, but studies on employee engagement suggest perks alone don't translate into happier workers. It might be time to ditch your company culture and focus on your employee experience.

By Sarah K. White

Nov 9, 2016

Careers IT Skills Relationship Building

Why Slack should worry about Facebook, Microsoft and Google

The market for enterprise messaging and collaboration apps is bigger and more crowded than ever before. Experts tell CIO.com why the market is bustling now, where itu2019s heading and why Slack now faces stiff competition.

By Matt Kapko

Nov 9, 2016 6 mins

Facebook Google Small and Medium Business

10 hardest-to-find tech skills

Burning Glass scoured more than 40,000 job postings over the last year to find out what tech skills are most difficult to find.

By Sharon Florentine

Nov 9, 2016

Careers IT Jobs IT Skills

Project manager resume: 5 secrets to standing out

Each year countless resumes are quickly reviewed and filed away. Don't let yours be one of them. Here are five tips that will help your project management resume stand out and land you that interview you want.

By Moira Alexander

Nov 9, 2016 5 mins

IT Jobs Project Management Tools Resumes

IT leaders: you don’t have to be the business

In an all-out effort to be recognized and respected, IT leaders may be spending too much of their valuable time and energy creating and repeating "business mantras" instead of doing the real work of learning influence mastery.

By Louis Gerzofsky

Nov 8, 2016

C-Suite IT Skills Relationship Building

Review: iPhone 7 Plus camera

The iPhone 7 Plus is selling like hotcakes! But how good is the camera on the iPhone 7 Plus?

By Jim Lynch

Nov 8, 2016 7 mins

Consumer Electronics Small and Medium Business iPhone

4 cheap and easy ways to speed up home Wi-Fi

Stuttering video and web pages that take forever to load are signs that your home network is over-taxed. Hereu2019s how to fix it.

By Bill Snyder

Nov 8, 2016

Consumer Electronics Smart Home Wi-Fi

Beware dodgy data analysis

Applying data analysis in absence of deep understanding of your business can have disastrous results.

By Xiaojing Dong and John Heineke

Nov 8, 2016

Big Data Business Intelligence Marketing

How to crack the coding challenge

Coding interviews are nerve-wracking, even for programmers with a computer science or engineering degree. They are e even scarier if you're a self-taught programmer. But using blind coding challenges can help boost your performance and even the

By Sharon Florentine

Nov 8, 2016

Developer IT Jobs IT Skills

The key to winning the war for tech talent: Look where others aren’t

By 2020, there will be 1 million more IT jobs than computer science students in the U.S. So, how can organizations hire the best technology talent?

By Jean Martin

Nov 8, 2016

Careers IT Leadership IT Skills

Don’t let speaking with an accent interrupt your presentation

At work in the world cafu00e9 that is tech.

By Theodore May

Nov 7, 2016

IT Leadership IT Skills

How technology and data shape digital marketing in healthcare in an on-demand era

Aiming to attract and retain increasingly well-informed patients, health systems are using sophisticated data analytics to target people at the 'moment of healthcare need.'rn

By Paddy Padmanabhan

Nov 7, 2016

Analytics Healthcare Industry Marketing

At Goldman Sachs, APIs point the way toward a platform future

Opening up its 'secret sauce' has the financial giant's peers scratching their heads. Now there's unambiguous research that its plans make a lot of financial sense.

By Arik Hesseldahl

Nov 7, 2016

APIs Financial Services Industry Technology Industry