This year's CIO 100 honorees collectively spent more than $502 million on their technology projects, and many of the winning efforts focus on using advanced analytics to create new sources of revenue, improve customer experience and increase competitive advantage. …
Wildly successful IT projects make great stories. They spin out profitable new lines of business. They help business partners whomp the competition. They send customer satisfaction skyrocketing. …
Stanford University’s medical school plans to start using Google’s wearable computer, Glass, to help train students in surgery. …
Mobile carriers have pulled in hundreds of millions in profits through third-party charges tacked onto customers' bills without their consent, according to a report from a U.S. Senate committee. read more
Mobile carriers have pulled in hundreds of millions in profits through third-party charges tacked onto customers' bills without their consent, according to a report from a U.S. Senate committee. …
There's no immediate end in sight to trouble that has hit the U.S. State Department's computer system for processing visa applications and caused problems for thousands of people worldwide. read more
There's no immediate end in sight to trouble that has hit the U.S. State Department's computer system for processing visa applications and caused problems for thousands of people worldwide. …
The Internet domain name for a country doesn't belong to that country — nor to anyone, according to ICANN. read more
An agreement in Congress to allocate $17 billion to the Department of Veterans Affairs includes money for a major tech upgrade. …
Google is looking to make your work day a bit more social and is taking its Google Hangouts into the business arena. …
A security audit of 10 popular Internet-connected devices — components of the so-called "Internet of things" — identified an alarmingly high number of vulnerabilities. read more
A security audit of 10 popular Internet-connected devices — components of the so-called "Internet of things" — identified an alarmingly high number of vulnerabilities. …
Amazon made headlines this month when it sought permission from the U.S. government to test its drone-based delivery service, but it's far from the only company that's applied for such approval. read more
Amazon made headlines this month when it sought permission from the U.S. government to test its drone-based delivery service, but it's far from the only company that's applied for such approval. …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against the CEO and former CFO of a Florida-based computer equipment company for misrepresenting to external auditors and the investing public the state of its internal controls over financial reporting. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires a management’s report on internal controls …
Red Hat has developed a version of the Linux operating system that can be used to test chips and associated hardware based on the ARMv8-A 64-bit architecture for servers with the aim of standardizing that market. read more
Advanced Micro Devices is moving closer to a motherboard design that will accept both x86 and ARM chips with the shipment of its first 64-bit ARM board. read more
It's generally accepted that antivirus programs provide a necessary protection layer, but organizations should audit such products before deploying them on their systems because many of them contain serious vulnerabilities, a researcher warned. read more
As a result of the confluence of disruptors such as cloud technology, mobile, social media, and big data and analytics, organizations today are rethinking their IT infrastructure from the ground up — and it's not just IT architects and data center leaders involved. read more
It's a busy time in healthcare IT, and full-time employees seem to be feeling the ill effects of all this work more than consultants. read more
Deploying an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is an expensive proposition, not just in terms of licensing dollars (SLA) and maintenance, but in terms of dedicated resources and time. And yet all too often, organizations, dazzled by vendor promises and hype — Deploy our ERP software and your manufacturing business …
A U.S. appeals court has dismissed a long-running patent infringement lawsuit lodged against Lawson Software by ePlus. read more
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Alberto Arevalo has been named an associate director in the Office of International Affairs (OIA), where he will oversee international enforcement, supervisory cooperation, and technical assistance programs. Mr. Arevalo has been chief of OIA’s international cooperation and technical assistance programs since 2012, …
OrFoxOS combines Tor with Firefox OS on a $25 smartphone to protect your mobile privacy. Plus: LibreOffice 4.3 released, and Unreal Tournament deathmatch video. read more
The EU court ruling that gives people the "right to be forgotten" by search engines is misguided in principle and unworkable in practice, said a U.K. House of Lords subcommittee Wednesday. read more
FinalWire объявил о выходе новой версии информационно-диагностической утилиты Aida64 — 4.60. Aida64 – популярная утилита диагностики ПК, которая предоставляет подробную информацию об обеих средах ПК: аппаратной и программной. Теперь программа поддерживает множество ЖК-дисплеев, которые используются в качестве многофункциональных панелей либо являются частью диагностического оборудования, также теперь имеется поддержка API OpenGL …