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Security Trends 2015: Developments in Exploits and Evasion You’d think that organizations would have learned by now. But as last week’s news of the Anthem breach shows, hackers still find it too easy to steal critical information from high-profile companies. A disturbing dimension of all of this is that too often, organizations have the proper […]

The Nine Best Tech Jobs for 2015 According to a recent study, Omaha and Oklahoma City are more attractive job-search locations for STEM professionals than anywhere in Silicon Valley. That counterintuitive conclusion was drawn by WalletHub, an online personal finance resource based in Washington, in its report, “2015’s Best & Worst Metro Areas for STEM […]

Eight Critical Factors for Business Success Open source software is no longer seen by IT pros as simply a low-cost alternative to proprietary software. In fact, a large majority of IT pros prefer open source over proprietary software, not only because of cost, but because of continuity, control, and quality considerations, as well. That’s one […]

Five Tips for Taking Control of Cloud Chaos A UK-based hybrid IT services provider last week announced its entry into the U.S. market, touting a subscription model that it says makes a hybrid cloud environment more easily supportable and manageable for SMBs. The provider, Zynstra, is positioning its service as a “lifeline” in advance of […]

Top 10 Technology Trends for 2015 If you think you have your hands full with the BYOD issue now, just wait until wearable technology pervades the enterprise. And oh, by the way: You won’t have to wait long. That was one of my key takeaways from a recent discussion about wearable technology with Jim Haviland, […]

Seven Areas to Research Before a Job Interview If you’re finding that recruiting top technology talent is your biggest headache right now, you might take some consolation in the fact that you’re hardly alone. According to the results of a recent study, a large percentage of managers are feeling your pain, and there’s no relief […]

Security Trends 2015: Developments in Exploits and Evasion Now that the dust has settled on the infamous hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment, it would be prudent to take a look back at how the attack was carried out, consider what lessons IT security professionals can learn from it, and formulate a plan to counter a […]

The New Superheroes of the Enterprise With an MBA from Harvard Business School, Ellen Rubin had a lot of options, some more challenging than others. She chose to take one of the most challenging paths of all, especially for a woman without a technology background: becoming a serial tech entrepreneur. Rubin’s current incarnation is that […]

How the Data Center Will Grow Up in Three Years As companies increasingly turn to the public cloud to house various components of their IT infrastructures, it will probably always be the case that other components will remain on-premise. So the question of how to best manage that hybrid environment becomes one that an increasing […]

Fifty Start-Ups Disrupting Their Industries You certainly don’t have to be a techie to have a great idea for a tech startup. But if you do have a great idea, and you don’t have a tech background, how can you take your idea from conception to reality? An informed voice on that topic is Jenna […]

Top 10 Technology Trends for 2015 Industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologists are all about what makes us tick in the workplace, so it’s unsurprising that the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) releases an annual “Top 10 Workplace Trends” list. Equally unsurprising, but interesting nonetheless, is that the list for 2015 is highly tech-focused. Judging from […]

The Eighteen Best Android Apps of 2014 According to the results of a recent study by Wayne State University in Detroit, teenagers and 20-somethings are considerably better at texting while they drive than older adults are. But that, no doubt, is little consolation for parents who have lost kids to the tragic consequences of texting […]