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Hands-on: openSUSE Tumbleweed with Plasma on Dell XPS 13 (2016)

OpenSUSE and Plasma shine on this great hardware

Aug 8, 2016

Why (and how) to start planning your HoloLens apps

With Microsoft HoloLens already in the hands of the first developers, itu2019s time to start planning how your business can use augmented reality.

By Mary Branscombe

Aug 8, 2016

Emerging Technology Enterprise Applications Virtual Reality

Dropbox Paper collaboration tool shows potential, but …

An early beta of Dropbox's Paper collaboration service is now available. Paper is worth a look, but its online version is much more functional than the Android and iOS mobile apps.

By James A. Martin

Aug 8, 2016

Android Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business

5 types of toxic team members and how to handle them

You know who they are — that one team member whose behavior ruins projects and the concept of teamwork for everyone else. Here's how to handle the five worst offenders.

By Sharon Florentine

Aug 8, 2016

Careers IT Jobs Relationship Building

Healthcare tech firms: your content marketing isn’t working

The latest HIMSS study on healthcare content marketing indicates a huge gap between goals and results. However, B2B technology needs content marketing more than ever. rn

By Paddy Padmanabhan

Aug 5, 2016

Healthcare Industry IT Leadership Marketing

What kind of CIO are you? Here are my top 4 tips

The role of the CIO has evolved, and our management style and strategies must also change.

By David Chou

Aug 5, 2016

CIO IT Leadership

6 meta-leadership skills for IT and technical professionals

A meta-skill is a blend of individual skills that apply to a wide variety of circumstances and help you achieve desired results.

By Joe Czarnecki

Aug 5, 2016

IT Skills Project Management Tools Technology Industry

Lenovo joins the OLED revolution

The new ThinkPad X1 Yoga has echos of both the serious ThinkPad line and the fun Yoga systems.

By Roger Kay

Aug 5, 2016

Laptops Lenovo Small and Medium Business

IT COST commission says feds could save $5.8 billion on IT

A joint private-public commission, IT COST, recently offered 21 recommendations to improve transparency, reduce waste and increase the efficiency of IT spending within federal agencies.

By Stephanie Overby

Aug 5, 2016

Government IT Technology Industry

The Trump train wreck fueled by confirmation bias

Donald Trump doesnu2019t believe in hard facts, writes Rob Enderle. Trump is essentially the living definition of confirmation bias, which is a company killer and will likely be the downfall of Trump.

By Rob Enderle

Aug 5, 2016

Government IT Leadership

Rio 2016 Olympics on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat

Social media's brightest stars have aligned for the Rio 2016 Olympics. Here's how to follow all the teams, games and athletes, and find behind-the-scenes action and exclusive footage on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat.

By Matt Kapko

Aug 5, 2016 4 mins

Facebook Instagram Sports Software

IoT security suffers from a lack of awareness

Gaining awareness of devices residing on corporate networks is the first step to building a viable security architecture for the internet of things. The problem? Most CIOs donu2019t know whatu2019s on those networks.

By Clint Boulton

Aug 5, 2016

CIO IT Strategy Internet

CIOs must undertake digital initiatives, even the hard parts

Putting the value of digital projects in the perspective of customers.

By Peter Bendor-Samuel

Aug 5, 2016

CIO Technology Industry

No software adequately manages and monitors how organizations implement their strategies

Using a companywide project portfolio management system is indispensable to managing the change-the-business dimension.

By Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez

Aug 5, 2016

Enterprise Applications IT Leadership IT Strategy

What you need to know about Dish’s TV ‘skinny bundles’

Dish Network's 'skinny bundle' TV packages are supposed to let consumers strip out channels they don't want and pick and chose the ones they do with add-on 'packs.' However, the bundles are so skinny, they're practi

By Bill Snyder

Aug 5, 2016

Consumer Electronics Media and Entertainment Industry

Apple Watch: It’s time for the honeycomb interface to go!

The honeycomb interface on the Apple Watchu2019s screen is an annoying mess to deal with, and Apple should dump it in watchOS 4.

By Jim Lynch

Aug 5, 2016

Consumer Electronics Smartwatches Wearables

12 powerful SEO tools you’ve probably never heard of

Search and marketing pros know all about the usual suspects of SEO tools, but the web is packed with under-the-radar services that can take your search game to the next level. Here are a dozen lesser-known SEO utilities you need to test drive.

By James A. Martin

Aug 5, 2016

Analytics Internet Web Search

10 reasons you should use LibreOffice and not Microsoft Word

If you've been considering moving away from Microsoft Word, here are some solid reasons why LibreOffice might be the right choice for you. rn

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Aug 4, 2016 4 mins

Linux Office Suites Open Source

A cynic’s take on Apple’s diversity numbers

Appleu2019s new diversity statistics show the companyu2019s making slow but steady progress towards full parity.

By Sharon Florentine

Aug 4, 2016

Careers IT Jobs Relationship Building

8 tips to get more bang for your big data convergence bucks

CIOs can achieve cost savings and productivity gains from the convergence of development, IT ops and BI strategy.

By Thor Olavsrud

Aug 4, 2016

Big Data CIO Technology Industry

Will Supreme Court settle network neutrality issue?

Critics of FCC's controversial open internet order file appeal for lower court to rehear the case, but see the Supreme Court as perhaps the best hope of reining in new online regulation.

By Kenneth Corbin

Aug 4, 2016

Broadband IT Governance Internet

How to keep your project in a state of happiness

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go." ~ Oscar Wilde

By Bas de Baat

Aug 4, 2016

IT Leadership Project Management Tools

How millennials are shaping the future of work

Millennials are a driving force in the future of the workplace, pushing companies to modernize in order to keep up with the competition.

By Sarah K. White

Aug 4, 2016

Careers IT Jobs Relationship Building

Closing the wage gap, one state at a time

It's harmful (and borderline unethical) to ask candidates for their salary history before offering them a job and now, in Massachusetts at least, that practice will soon be illegal.

By Sharon Florentine

Aug 4, 2016

IT Jobs IT Skills Relationship Building

Does Apple support gay gun rights?

Apple has prominently supported efforts to achieve gay equality, but the company has been strangely silent about gay gun rights.

By Jim Lynch

Aug 4, 2016

Consumer Electronics iOS

What’s next for LinkedIn?

Following Microsoft's blockbuster $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, many questions remain regarding the professional social network's future.

By Matt Kapko

Aug 4, 2016

Internet LinkedIn Microsoft

Top 6 SEO ranking factors of 2016

Google regularly makes major updates to it algorithms, and its SEO ranking factors have changed dramatically during the past years. A group of SEO experts and search pros share insights on how SEO rank has evolved and offer advice on how to keep up.

By James A. Martin

Aug 4, 2016

Google Internet Web Search

Digital success starts with digital health

'Health is wealth' for businesses looking to profit from digital innovation

By Anna Frazzetto

Aug 3, 2016

C-Suite IT Leadership Innovation

3 steps to enhance IT productivity through knowledge transfer

How take advantage of the knowledge of former employees instead of having to continually reinvent the wheel.

By Eric Bloom

Aug 3, 2016

IT Leadership IT Skills

Don’t blame it on the PR agency

Startups are always eager to hire PR agencies, because every CEO believes that the public is awaiting her invention with baited breath. But publicity campaigns don't always deliver the results you expect. Here's how to avoid disappointment.

By Billy Cina

Aug 3, 2016

Internet Marketing Startups

Think older workers struggle with technology? Think again

Don't let the millennial buzz fool you. Older workers handle and adapt to new systems better than younger people.

By Andy Patrizio

Aug 3, 2016

IT Skills IT Strategy Technology Industry

Becoming the ITDM (IT diplomat)

An international diplomat's insights about conflict resolution through cultural diplomacy can benefit IT leaders who are wary about venturing across the aisle to work with their business counterparts.

By Tim Goggin

Aug 3, 2016

C-Suite Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business

IT must think like an app developer

IT is having an identity crisis. Itu2019s time IT professionals adopt the mindset (and passion) of a modern application developer: the u201cAPI ninja.u201d

By Bryan Kirschner

Aug 3, 2016

APIs CIO Technology Industry

Why the time is right for open source to meet hardware

"Open source has proven itself to work very well in software and very successfully," says Jack Kang, VP of Product Marketing for SiFive, the newly launched open source chip startup. "We don't know why it's taken so long for i

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Aug 3, 2016 9 mins

CPUs and Processors Linux Open Source

What the designer of Samsung’s sexiest phones thinks about your ugly case

The man who designed 'the world's best-selling Android smartphone' and Samsung's new Note 7 shares what it feels like to see consumers cover up all of his hard work with ugly phone cases.

By Al Sacco

Aug 3, 2016

Android Small and Medium Business Smartphones

How companies are training tomorrow’s IT leaders

Where will the next generation of IT leaders come from? Some large companies, including Boeing and Vanguard, are taking leadership development into their own hands.

By Bruce Harpham

Aug 3, 2016

Careers IT Leadership

The future of BPO services: Embrace automation or perish

Business process outsourcing providers have faced many hurdles. The latestu2014automationu2014may be their biggest yet. Only those able to change with the times will survive.

By Dinesh Goel

Aug 3, 2016

Careers IT Skills Outsourcing

Dell Services innovation lab for SAP-HANA creates superior solutions for customers

Dell Services allows customers to analyze the ins and outs of migrating to SAP HANA and the SAP S/4HANA business suite and then jumpstart applications for business transformation.

By Thor Olavsrud

Aug 3, 2016

Big Data Database Administration Innovation

Amazon Echo could change the way you view the ‘smart home’

Plenty of reasons exist to be skeptical of the 'smart home' in its current form, but Amazon's Echo virtual assistant shows glimpses of genuine potential. Here's why.

By James A. Martin

Aug 3, 2016 4 mins

Computers and Peripherals Internet of Things Mobile Apps

Apple jumps the shark by removing the handgun emoji

Appleu2019s far-left politics are well known, but the company has jumped the shark by replacing the handgun emoji with a squirt gun. Gun owners might want to reconsider buying Apple's products.

By Jim Lynch

Aug 3, 2016 13 mins

Mobile Apps Small and Medium Business iOS

Priorities for an ERP Selection

Sufficient implementation preparation during ERP selection increases the chances of a successful ERP rollout.

By Peter Purcell

Aug 3, 2016

ERP Systems IT Leadership Technology Industry

The ACA and the death of medical privacy

Do you read privacy policies and medical release forms? You should. Your medical privacy is disappearing rapidly.

By Jeffrey Morgan

Aug 2, 2016

Electronic Health Records Healthcare Industry Technology Industry

Top 10 cities for tech workers

A high salary can mean nothing if you're living in a city with a high cost of living, like San Francisco or Boston. But in these 10 cities that are experiencing job growth, you can find a decent salary with a low cost of living.

By Sarah K. White

Aug 2, 2016

Careers Developer IT Jobs

Instagram takes aim at Snapchat with disappearing ‘Stories’

In an effort to retain users who may have drifted toward Snapchat, Instagram copied one of its rival's defining features: short-lived multimedia. But will the new 'Instagram Stories' be a strategic success or just another flop from Ins

By Matt Kapko

Aug 2, 2016

Instagram Mobile Apps Small and Medium Business

Office 365 training courses to increase your expertise

Microsoft's Office 365 cloud suite regularly receives updates and enhancements. IT pros and enterprise users who want to get the most out of the business apps need to keep up with the changes, and online training courses are a great way to stay

By Matt Kapko

Aug 2, 2016

IT Skills Office Suites Technology Industry

CIO reflects on a career of successful turnarounds

Looking back on a number of different corporate turnaround experiences, Marty Miner, CIO of Leidos, found that organizational design is key to success.

By Martha Heller

Aug 2, 2016

CIO IT Governance IT Jobs

Five tips for leading agile data management development teams

Moving from 'command and control' to 'communication and enablement'

By Nancy Couture

Aug 2, 2016

Agile Development Data Warehousing IT Leadership

7 surprises in Samsung’s Galaxy Note7 smartphone

The new Galaxy Note7 smartphone is available via presale this week. Here's a detailed breakdown of the most notable new features in Samsung's latest phablet phone.

By Al Sacco

Aug 2, 2016

Samsung Electronics Small and Medium Business Smartphones

How to become an innovative leader in the digital age

Donu2019t get caught up in using technology for technologyu2019s sake. Achieve your goals faster by investing in the right tools at the right time.

By Eric Berridge

Aug 2, 2016

CRM Systems Innovation Technology Industry

Microsoft wins battle for Boeing in war with AWS

Boeing chose the Azure cloud platform because Microsoft agreed to collaborate on analytics software intended to help improve operational efficiency in the narrow margin aviation sector.

By Clint Boulton

Aug 2, 2016

Amazon.com CIO Microsoft