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Bank IT spending to be 'rocky' through 2013

Tech spending by banks will grow this year at a slower pace than in 2011, a trend expected to continue until global economic conditions improve and banks begin to see the benefits of new IT, according to Celent.
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How 26 hospitals deployed e-order systems in 28 months

All 26 of Adventist Health System's hospitals rolled out computerized physician order entry systems -- the biggest barrier to attaining the U.S. government's meaningful-use certification -- in just 28 months.

Q&A: Nimsoft CEO Chris O'Malley touts new 'supply chain of IT'

Systems monitoring and management may be headed to the cloud as management-as-a-service. Nimsoft CEO Chris O'Malley explains what that means and how it will affect IT in this Q&A -- part of the ongoing IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series. Insider (registration required)

4 lessons from the Springfield, Ill. SCADA cyberattack

The recent cyberattack on a public water utility in Springfield, Ill. has stoked concerns about the vulnerability of critical infrastructure equipment across the U.S.

Thomson Reuters regrets speed of billion dollar Eikon desktop switchover

Thomson Reuters has said it made a mistake with the fast launch speed of a billion dollar desktop product for financial traders, called Eikon.

JetBlue supports iPhone -- as long as it's the employee's device

Over the past several years, JetBlue has migrated from a traditional IT infrastructure with multiple data centers run by on-site employees to an almost completely outsourced model with virtual everything, from desktops to servers.

Oracle's Big Data Appliance taps growing enterprise need, analysts say

Oracle's new Big Data Appliance should appeal to enterprises looking for more efficient ways to capture, organize and analyze vast amounts of unstructured data, analysts said.

HP updates dependency mapping software

Hewlett-Packard has updated its dependency mapping software to help customers figure out which departments are using which systems and applications, to enable chargeback programs and other management tasks.

Cloud CIO: What 'Consumerization of IT' Really Means to CIOs

The latest trend (or over-hyped term, if you like) is "consumerization of IT." As with cloud computing, the term is somewhat ambiguous and is applied to a number of things that are recognizably related, but which differ in details.

Software error complicates Amazon's data center recovery

Amazon Web Services' efforts to restore service following a power outage at its Dublin data center were complicated further on Monday by an error in the EBS (Elastic Block Storage) software, the company said.

Legacy Application Fixer-Uppers

Justifying the cost of legacy software replacement isn't easy. Here's how three shops approached the issue. One common theme: identifying business challenges and opportunities.

Rethinking the ESB: Building a simple, secure, scalable Service Bus with an SOA Gateway

For years the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) has been seen as a corporate integration and messaging backbone upon which application architectures are built. However, this concept must evolve to meet the requirements of today's corporate landscape, where IT boundaries are blurring, driven by the need to integrate with partners, cloud and mobile applications.

Are Google's best days behind it?

Slowing product development, legal woes, and rising bureaucracy may signal trying times ahead for Silicon Valley's favorite company

10 essential MySQL tools for admins

The MySQL community is a hotbed of free, open source tools to enhance the performance and health of your MySQL systems

NoSQL standouts: New databases for new applications

Cassandra, CouchDB, MongoDB, Redis, Riak, Neo4J, and FlockDB reinvent the data store

IT jobs: Winners and losers in the cloud era

We survey the cloud's effects on nine classes of IT jobs: Architects and sys admins win, middle managers and tech specialists lose -- what about you?

After OpenOffice and Hudson, will Oracle stick with open source?

NetBeans, MySQL, and GlassFish are all likely to remain in Oracle's software portfolio as they have profit potential

The Good, Bad & Ugly of Dropbox Authentication Error

Online storage service Dropbox made an embarrassing error Monday, turning off password authentication for millions of users.

Best Buy Laptop Warranty: What Does It Cover?

In 2009, I bought my teenage son a MacBook from Best Buy, and I added a two-year extended warranty with "Accidental Damage From Handling" coverage based on the sales associate's recommendation. Lo and behold, my son accidentally ran over his MacBook with his car after leaving it on his trunk. I filed a claim with Best Buy, and an associate advised me to purchase another computer, saying the company would issue a credit if the original MacBook couldn't be fixed. But Best Buy eventually denied the warranty claim on the grounds that this type of incident isn't covered in the accidental-damage plan. I thought that my extended warranty covered all accidents. Can you help?

Extreme automation: FedEx Ground hubs speed deliveries

FedEx Ground's highly automated hubs, which sort 3.5 million packages a day without human intervention, are speeding up deliveries and helping the company win market share.