China's Xiaomi to sell US$13 smart wristband, trumpets global ambitions
Xiaomi's fitness-tracker wristband can also automatically unlock your smartphone.
What makes for satisfied Indian CIOs?
The characteristics of happy CIOs, versus unhappy ones, goes beyond money, CIO research proves. But it has plenty to do with it.
Is the need for data analysts in India exaggerated?
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 Internet growth sags to levels not seen in 8 years
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.
Baidu launches search engine for Brazil
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.
40 percent of Asian companies suffer economic loss due to data breaches: EIU report
Despite lapses in data security, a significant 85 percent of corporate executives still believe their own IT security systems are trustworthy.
Systems engineer arrested in massive data leak in Japan
At least 7 million names were stolen from the database of education firm Benesse.
Adobe: Class division emerging in website design
New research from Adobe suggests that a digital divide is rapidly emerging when it comes to website design.
Global presence required for eCommerce success
New Forrester report identifies massive global eCommerce opportunity.
More mobile gadgets than people? Seven countries now qualify
Finland, Australia, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, South Korea and the U.S. had wireless broadband penetration of more than 100 percent as of December 2013, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Tuesday.
BYOD has evolved to Bring-Your-Own-Other-Device: Webroot
Security vendor also finds the majority of users rely on security already bundled with mobile devices.
How much of your job can you really do on an iPad?
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?
Embracing IaaS
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.
Two-factor authentication the cheap and easy solution for SMBs: ESET
Security vendor claims that while they maybe small, SMBs are the 'low hanging fruit' when it comes to data theft.
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How to negotiate and get what you want
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Google may bring Wi-Fi to New York City pay phones
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.
Investments on security to increase in 2014: CIO Research
An overwhelming 78.1 percent CIOs stated that they would spend more than the previous year on security management and planning in the current year.
Members of UK Parliament call for judicial review of data retention law
A hastily adopted surveillance law violates fundamental privacy rights and should be changed, a human rights organisation said.
U.S. senator blasts Microsoft's H-1B push as it lays 18,000 off workers
Republican lawmaker takes issue with U.S. corporate belief that there's a STEM shortage.
How complexity is clogging your project environments
Projects often suffer from bloated, convoluted solutions that impede delivery, says Corinne Forrest
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Microsoft brings two open source tools to Azure
Following through on promises from new CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft continues to add support for non-Microsoft technologies, allowing them to run well on the company's Azure cloud hosting platform.
Solidifying Microsoft Azure Security for SharePoint and SQL in the Cloud
More and more organizations are moving SharePoint and SQL workloads into Microsoft Azure in the cloud because of the simplicity of spinning up servers in the cloud, adding more capacity, decreasing capacity without having to BUY servers on-premise. What used to cost organizations $20,000, $50,000, or more in purchasing servers, storage, network bandwidth, replica disaster recovery sites, etc and delay SharePoint and SQL rollouts by weeks or month is now completely managed by spinning up virtual machines up in Azure and customizing and configuring systems in the Cloud.
Schneider Electric launches Asset Connect Suite for Data Centres
Set of Solutions are for management of critical infrastructure.
Want an Apple watch? Just 3D print one
An industrious design graduate from the University of Edinburgh has posted a 3D printing CAD file for a wrist ban that allows users to insert an iPod Nano, which can act as a watch, music player and more.
INDUSTRIESAre deskphones dead in the enterprise setting?
Jan Zuurbier, head of Global Sales at Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, discusses how the evolving enterprise infrastructure accommodates the mobile landscape, and why deskphones are still of relevance in the corporate world.
Investigation of missing IRS email holds lessons for your business
Congress has been pursuing an investigation into alleged misconduct at the IRS, and as a part of that investigation it requested emails from former IRS director Lois Lerner for the timeframe in question. The response Congress got was those emails--along with any archive or backups of those emails--have been erased and are no longer available. There are legal and compliance requirements organizations must abide by when it comes to retention of information, and the IRS apparently dropped the ball.
Apple responds to troubling allegations of iOS 'backdoor'
Information security has never been a more sensitive subject than it is these days, so it's little surprise that allegations from a security researcher that iOS contains a "backdoor" permitting access to users' information provoked a strong response from Apple.
Small cell device tech set to connect workplace Wi-Fi with 3G and LTE
Cisco says small cell technology is primed for explosive growth as it plans to connect 3G and LTE cellular networks to Wi-Fi access points that are already widely deployed in many enterprise facilities.
OPERATING SYSTEMSToshiba Encore 2: it's bigger than the original, but is it actually a downgrade?
Toshiba ups the size of the Encore 2 to 10.1in, but keeps the same screen resolution.
Two glimmers of hope for enterprise security
Will the endless stream of security compromises ever stop? No single security product can deliver salvation, but two new solutions, PingID and Tanium, show real promise.
Intel releases its most reliable pro SSD
Intel today unveiled its Pro 2500 series of flash drives, which include 2.5-in. drives and M.2 flash cards for mobile devices.
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Apple shores up its enterprise position in Asia with IBM partnership
The reality is that there are a lot of iPads in businesses across Asia Pacific, and companies are looking to formally support them — but Microsoft has been the standout provider here, stealing business away from Apple.
IBM’s cloud platform strategy is getting legitimate
After a slow and somewhat disjointed start, it looks like IBM is starting to build some serious momentum in the Public Cloud Platform game.
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