Contrary to what case studies tell you, most IT departments aren't quite ready to support cloud infrastructure. The more you think about it, the easier it is to understand why.
The characteristics of happy CIOs, versus unhappy ones, goes beyond money, CIO research proves. But it has plenty to do with it.
In contrast to all the hoopla around the need for data analysts, some Indian CIOs aren't ready to hire business analysts. Here's why.
China's rush to the Internet is slowing, with the country adding only 14.4 million new Internet users in the first half of 2014, the lowest half-year growth in eight years.
China's Baidu is stepping into another major market with a search engine geared for Brazil, and is preparing to set up a research and development center in the country.
Despite lapses in data security, a significant 85 percent of corporate executives still believe their own IT security systems are trustworthy.
At least 7 million names were stolen from the database of education firm Benesse.
Obtaining C-Level support for security awareness programs can be tough, so Ira Winkler and Samantha Manke share a handful of tips for appealing to the executives in your organisation.
Devops can give application development a power boost, but rolling it out carefully is key.
Consider easy access to IaaS capabilities as a means to enable increased innovation, experimentation, and even the ability to "fail fast" and move on with minimal pain, reduced disruption, or risk to either business processes or IT operations.
Security vendor claims that while they maybe small, SMBs are the 'low hanging fruit' when it comes to data theft.
Tim Cook recently said that he performs 80% of his work on an iPad--and he thinks everyone should do the same. But is that really realistic?
Security vendor also finds the majority of users rely on security already bundled with mobile devices.
Several different IoT standards are currently competing with each other, and more may be joining the contest soon.
BlackBerry has recruited a new chief operating officer, Marty Beard, recently CEO of cloud customer service company LiveOps and before that an executive at Sybase.
Google may be among the hopefuls vying to turn the New York City phone booths of the past into "communication points" of the future with free Wi-Fi and cellphone charging.
As technology and business become more interdependent, being a jack of all trades is inevitable. Srinivasan Iyengar, COO, Reliance Life Insurance, is leveraging his past experience as CIO to enhance the company’s operations and aligning business with IT.
Salesforce.com recently launched a new product called Social Studio in spite of the fact that an existing, competing product had already used that name for years, marketing software vendor StrongView Systems alleges in a new trademark-infringement lawsuit.
Republican lawmaker takes issue with U.S. corporate belief that there's a STEM shortage.
Projects often suffer from bloated, convoluted solutions that impede delivery, says Corinne Forrest
Apple recently unveiled Swift, a new language to replace Objective-C for OS X and iOS application development. Apple won't accept submissions built using Swift to the iOS or Mac App Store until the fall, when iOS 8 and the next version of OS X (Yosemite) ship, so there's still some time to learn the ins and outs of this new programming language.
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The camera itself takes good enough images, but the apps are disappointing.
How a GIS-based routing solution helped Blue Dart deliver more shipments in reduced time and cost.
INTERNETBuzzCity's Asia Pacific survey, commissioned by the Mobile Marketing Association, also finds that Malaysia has the highest number of mobile shoppers.
MOBILE AND WIRELESSAssisting law enforcement, Trend Micro says 34 banks targeted in Operation Emmental.
NETWORKINGThe network security firm has extended its partner education programme at Fortinet's Learning Centre, said Fortinet's Michelle Ong.
The original Windows 8 was a user interface disaster but the updates have helped improved it.
SECURITYAssisting law enforcement, Trend Micro says 34 banks targeted in Operation Emmental.
Western Digital is shipping two new 6TB hard drives as it tries to make its highest-capacity storage products affordable.
Sourced from a new Forrester report
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NetApp sets its sights on cloud data management: A Q&A with CEO Tom Georgens
New BlackBerry COO is ex-Sybase exec Marty Beard
Lockheed Martin Australia advertises for CISO
Is the need for data analysts in India exaggerated?
Getting the best of both Worlds: COO, Reliance Life Insurance
Capillary Technologies raised US$14 million in Series B funding
Singapore very mobile-friendly country
4 in 10 Singaporeans don’t trust their banks
SCS partners A*STAR to promote STEM learning through Singapore Science Festival
Singapore third most desirable country in APAC for business expansion
Segmented online courses for network administrators: Fortinet Malaysia
Accenture appoints new Malaysia head
Malaysian professionals lead in valuing friendships in the workplace: LinkedIn Asia
Helping build a safer mobile gaming industry in Malaysia: Trend Micro
Malaysians score high in Southeast Asia online shopping, Google finds
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