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Johanna Ambrosio Going Wireless in the Data Center 2012-05-07 Bouncing information around a data center, via 60GHz Wi-Fi, can speed things up by 30% compared to using traditional cables, a group of researchers found. The technique is still being perfected, but it could yield an interesting approach for enterprises in the not-too-distant future. Read all articles from Johanna Ambrosio... |
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Mary Brandel IT Picks Up the Pace 2012-04-09 A long-awaited resurgence in the IT industry holds both promise and peril for the tech workforce. Read all articles from Mary Brandel... |
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Jay Cline Google and the privacy Richter scale 2012-03-06 Google's consolidation of its many privacy policies hasn't shaken the foundations of individuals' privacy rights enough to bring them tumbling down. Read all articles from Jay Cline... |
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Stacy Collett Wide-Open Search 2012-05-07 With the explosion of unstructured data, companies are looking for more options for enterprise search. Here's a look at the benefits and limitations of open-source search-enabled applications. Read all articles from Stacy Collett... |
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Mike Elgan Parents get new weapons in war over kids' phones 2012-05-26 Kids' phones expose them to bullying, predators, adult content and Internet addiction. Now parents are fighting back, writes columnist Mike Elgan. Read all articles from Mike Elgan... |
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Ryan Faas Lessons for IT, Apple in Flashback brouhaha 2012-04-16 Although the number of Flashback-infected Macs is on the decline, the reverberations from the outbreak will affect Apple and the businesses that have increasingly adopted Macs. Columnist Ryan Faas explains. Read all articles from Ryan Faas... |
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Scot Finnie Playing the Wrong Hand With Windows 8 2012-04-23 Microsoft is gambling its reputation with its upcoming operating system. Read all articles from Scot Finnie... |
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Ken Gagne Crowdfunding: The latest way to get your project funded 2012-05-02 Crowdfunding sites like Kickerstarter are offering both established businesses and entrepreneurs a viable alternative to venture capitalists. Read all articles from Ken Gagne... |
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Michael Gartenberg Michael Gartenberg: Today, a device's ecosystem trumps feeds and speeds 2012-04-18 Sheer performance can't compete with the ecosystem of applications and services that a particular platform exists in. Read all articles from Michael Gartenberg... |
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Sharon Gaudin NASA hits new frontier with historic SpaceX rendezvous 2012-05-25 Astronauts using a robotic arm on board the space station, grabbed hold of the unmanned Dragon cargo spacecraft while flying at speeds of 17,000 mph. It was the first time such a maneuver had taken place using a spacecraft from a commercial U.S. company. Read all articles from Sharon Gaudin... |
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Paul Glen Paul Glen: We techies can put users on edge 2012-05-21 When we hear a good idea, we often start to explore its edges until we find an exception that we then just have to blurt out. Surprise! Users hate that. Insider (registration required) Read all articles from Paul Glen... |
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Preston Gralla Windows 8 Tablets: A Disaster in the Making 2012-05-07 Microsoft has revealed that Windows 8 tablets powered by ARM chips will be no easier to manage in the enterprise than iPads are. Read all articles from Preston Gralla... |
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John D. Halamka The perfect storm for innovation 2012-04-03 In the course of our careers, there are occasionally confluences of events. Those moments should be seized. (Insider; registration required) Read all articles from John D. Halamka... |
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Matt Hamblen Google's Motorola buy seen boosting Android in workplace 2012-05-25 With the closing of Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility this week, talk of the possibilities for Android in the enterprise has spiked. Read all articles from Matt Hamblen... |
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Elisabeth Horwitt How to craft a mobile-application strategy 2011-09-28 More IT organizations are bypassing the desktop when building new applications, especially for external customers. Here's what you need to know to create a strategy for mobile-application development. Insider (registration required) Read all articles from Elisabeth Horwitt... |
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Gregg Keizer Apple CEO Tim Cook passes up $75M 2012-05-25 Apple CEO Tim Cook has passed up about $75 million in dividend payments he would be due when his massive collection of more than 1 million shares vests in the next decade, according to a filing with the SEC. Read all articles from Gregg Keizer... |
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Julia King The Upside of Shadow IT 2012-04-23 As employees bypass IT and regularly subscribe to collaboration, analytic and other cloud services with the press of a button, some of the savviest CIOs are embracing and even encouraging shadow IT. Here's why. Read all articles from Julia King... |
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Barbara Krasnoff Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight: An e-reader for night readers 2012-04-12 Barnes & Noble's new Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight offers readers the ability to read comfortably in sunlight and in the dark. But can it otherwise compete? Read all articles from Barbara Krasnoff... |
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Sharon Machlis How's broadband use in your neighborhood? Interactive map 2012-04-13 Do you live in a highly connected neighborhood? Or is broadband home use rare, either because high-speed Internet access isn't available or people choose not to subscribe? Use this interactive map to find out about your area. Read all articles from Sharon Machlis... |
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Thornton A. May IT Needs to Aspire and Really Make a Difference 2012-05-07 IT leaders deploying today's transformational technologies can do so resignedly or aspirationally. Only one approach can really make a difference for the business. Read all articles from Thornton A. May... |
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Tracy Mayor How Computerworld's 2012 Salary Survey was conducted 2012-04-09 A look at the methodology used to collect data for the 2012 Computerworld Salary Survey. Read all articles from Tracy Mayor... |
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Lucas Mearian Supercomputer to connect to 400PB of storage via Ethernet 2012-05-24 The National Center for Supercomputing Applications has chosen a massive tape library and disk array system to support of Blue Waters, one of the world's largest supercomputers. Read all articles from Lucas Mearian... |
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Ken Mingis Update: Apple CEO Steve Jobs resigns 2011-08-24 Apple's iconic CEO, Steve Jobs, is resigning and has asked the company's board of directors to tap COO Tim Cook as his replacement. Read all articles from Ken Mingis... |
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Robert L. Mitchell The Cobol Brain Drain 2012-05-21 As baby boomers retire, the business processes they used to create their Cobol programs may walk out the door with them. Here's what IT organizations are doing about it. Read all articles from Robert L. Mitchell... |
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Brian Nadel Extreme mobility: Tools and tips for smartphone-only travel 2012-03-30 Pulling off laptop-free business travel requires new hardware, a handful of apps and some extra planning. Here's how to make it work. Read all articles from Brian Nadel... |
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