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Enterprise software has traditionally been focused on IT management and controls – not user experience. Usually they are heavy on features but light on any visual appeal. Thankfully, this is changing. Inspired by Apple and others in consumer electronics, enterprise vendors are putting more emphasis on design in their software – both via desktop/laptop and […]

Microsoft Access 2013 Cheat Sheet This Microsoft Access 2013 Cheat Sheet from CustomGuide covers the basics of working with databases and object, keystroke shortcuts, and building tables and queries. Microsoft Access 2013 is a database management system that combines a powerful database with a graphic user interface. Access is available as part of the Microsoft […]

Data is growing at an exponential rate and has been for quite some time. While most IT and business professionals would agree that accessing and managing unstructured data would provide great benefit to an organization, actually extracting useful insights can be a daunting task. Sonian, a pioneer in cloud-based archiving, recently conducted a survey of […]

A number of hot topics in IT won’t be going away anytime soon: cloud, the Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data and wearables, just to name a few. The staying power of these ideas is evident in how entire industries continue to develop and adjust to the demand they have created. However, these technologies are […]

Earlier this year, a Goldman Sachs study projected that spending on cloud computing infrastructure and platforms will grow at a 30 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2013 through 2018. With that kind of market potential, companies are eager to get in on the action — just look at Alibaba’s recent announcement about its […]

For a long time, security pros were masters of using limited resources to flag risks, abnormal behaviors and potential threats. The past couple of years changed this game, as seemingly relentless data breaches prompted management staff to funnel budgets and technology solutions toward their security teams in hopes of improving breach response times and reactionary […]

Job Description: Web Development Engineer The Web Development Engineer will be responsible for driving the development efforts of the core UI tools for the new company website redesign. You will be responsible for driving the development efforts of one of the core UI tools as part of the new business suite that integrates with the […]

NCAA March Madness has become an unofficial holiday of sorts, but for many in IT, the process of ensuring system uptime is no game. Last year, March Madness Live delivered an unprecedented 64 million live video streams, which netted out to about 13.5 million hours of live video consumption. With many of the first and second round […]

In a report released in January, Capgemini reported that, while 60 percent of executives believed Big Data will disrupt their industry within the next three years, only 13 percent of organizations in the survey have achieved full-scale production of their Big Data implementations. Moreover, the research found that only 27 percent of respondents described their Big Data […]

In the last few years, “the cloud” has become a household term, yet it’s not always as well understood as you might think. Used in this popular singular form, “the cloud” suggests that there really is a single, nebulous entity where computing resources and endless data storage magically reside. Of course, the reality is that […]

Mobility continues to have a profound impact on the enterprise. Smartphones and tablets have quickly become part of the corporate ecosystem. Improvements in wireless and cellular coverage are enabling us to be productive anywhere, anytime. Today’s workforce is demanding flexibility to choose to work their own way including choices ranging from which devices they carry […]

Big Data and Health Analytics The chapter excerpt focuses on how effective data architecture must lay out the life cycle of data, from definition to capture, storage, management, integration, distribution, and analysis. Data availability is surpassing existing paradigms for governing, managing, analyzing, and interpreting health data. Big Data and Health Analytics provides frameworks, use cases, […]