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Spotlight

Putting your faith in the cloud can be a risky endeavor. A survey from earlier this year showed that of 600 large companies, only 27% were using public cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service.

Managing Mobile Mania

As users bring their own technology to the workplace, companies look to unified communications to tie it all together.

Privacy Advocates Fear CISPA

Privacy advocates are riled up after the recent passing of the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act by the House, which occurred despite opposition from privacy advocates, lawmakers and the White House.

Survey: BYOD Sparks Enterprise Investment in Unified Communication and Collaboration

The 2012 IDG Enterprise Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C) survey was completed with the goal of gaining a better understanding of current and future UC&C investments. The survey highlights the uptick in UC&C adoption and investments in the coming three years -- specifically in enterprise organizations -- demonstrating the value organizations place on technologies that enable consistent and connected communications between employees, customers and partners.

Microsoft System Center 2012 Review: Streamlined Cloud Service Management

With System Center 2012, Microsoft delivers tools to help customers wring more efficiency, uptime and performance out of their existing hardware and software.

Inside the Google V. Oracle Courtroom Drama

The trial pitting Google vs. Oracle on the claim of intellectual property infringement by Google in Android has reached almost a tabloid like feel. Outside the courtroom feels like the red carpet as tech giant after tech giant emerge from limos and town cars to testify.

No Big Shift to the Cloud for Unified Communications and Collaboration

The 2012 IDG Enterprise Unified Communications and Collaboration Survey

Red Sky Alliance: An Experiment in Information Sharing

Chris Camacho, information security officer at The World Bank Group in Washington D.C., explains how the Red Sky alliance helps member organizations safely share information.

The Grill: Arthur Langer Turns the IT Education Model on its Head

Arthur M. Langer, chairman and founder of Workforce Opportunity Services, describes the outsourcing model his nonprofit organization uses to train and match up economically disadvantaged youth with hard-to-fill positions in IT.

Is Google Drive Ready for Prime Time?

One reporter said the belated arrival of Google Drive meant that it missed its window of opportunity to capitalize on the market. Others argue that Google Drive does not show enough to differentiate itself from competitors, especially Microsoft Skydrive and Dropbox.

Kaiser Permanente's CIO Aims to Make Healthcare More Delightful

Kaiser Permanente CIO Philip Fasano discusses how the electronic records 'bet' has paid off and how social and mobile technologies will advance the effort. He also offers advice on making big tech projects successful, how to encourage innovation, what it means for CIOs to be the 'CEO' of their organizations and why healthcare provider should be in the business of delighting customers and patients.

CIO's Digital Spotlight on BYOD

Learn how to take control of and benefit from the bring-your-own-devices (BYOD) phenomenon--without losing corporate data. This free, downloadable special edition describes what your BYOD policy should cover and outlines the risks you need to manage.

HCL CEO Vineet Nayar: Outsourcing is Dead, and There's Nothing Innovative in Cloud Technology

He wrote the book on a philosophy known as "employees first, customer second."

One CIO's Answer for Improving Healthcare IT

How Yale New Haven Health's CIO tackled integrating three IT systems into one while keeping customer care front and center.

Cargo Firm's Social Network Speeds Up Problem Resolution

By using Tibbr, this Hong Kong-based logistics company is able to share short messages to resolve exceptions, reschedule deliveries and keep customers happier.

CIOs: Will You Be Relevant in 2017?

Columnist Adam Hartung says CIOs are in danger of becoming irrelevant if they focus on old technologies and practices. He advises that you forget what worked in the past and focus on technologies that will delight employees and customers in the future.

The Secret to Kaiser Permanente's Sustainable Mobile Strategy

Healthcare CIOs know mobile is important to their customers. Phil Fasano, CIO of Kaiser Permanente, took a slow-but-steady mobile approach and is seeing big results since its new site and apps launched.

Strategic Guide to IT Talent Management

Download our ebook for advice from peers about how to recruit and nurture the types of IT professionals you'll need to gain a competitive advantage.

How Android Stacks Up

Android device activations have skyrocketed lately, and now average around 850,000 a day. That's quite a leap from the first quarter of 2010, when Android activations were averaging a mere 65,000 per day. Android is currently the most popular mobile operating system in the world, as research firm Gartner reported late last year that Android devices accounted for more than half of all smartphones sold worldwide in the third quarter of 2011.

Developers Survival Guide

Learn how to work smarter, not harder with InfoWorld's roundup of all the tips and trends programmers need to know

Fixing the Technology isn't Always Enough

Users want us to acknowledge the emotions that accompany their technology problems. Relax, though; you don't have to be Dr. Phil to do that. Insider (registration required)

Your Cloud Contract Needs to Look Beyond Renewal Time

Use your contract to keep from being surprised when it's time to renew

SAP Co-CEO Bill Mcdermott Explains Its Five-Market Focus

If you think SAP equals ERP, Bill McDermott would like a few minutes to set you straight about the 2012 version of the software giant, which he claims is in the midst of "an intellectual renewal." McDermott has been co-CEO -- along with Jim Hagemann Snabe -- of SAP since 2010 and has helped broaden the company's strategy beyond traditional applications and analytics to the cloud, mobile, Big Data and a bet-the-business focus on real-time computing with the HANA in-memory database at the forefront.

Macs Under Attack, Who is Safe?

It was always thought that as Apple products increased in popularity, so would the target on its back placed by cybercriminals. Always looking to take down the king of the hill, cybercriminals finally got to Apple's Macs last week with a botnet that attacked more than 600,000 machines.

Should the CIO Know How to Code?

Non-tech CIOs are all the rage these days. Is that good or bad for IT?

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