MUST READ Facebook Phone Faces Uphill Battle By Eric Zeman Facebook plans to bring its own smartphone to market, according to reports. If it does, it will probably fail.
Flame Espionage Malware Seeks Middle East Data Flame malware, described as the most complex ever discovered, has the markings of Western intelligence agencies. Security researchers believe it's been gathering information from Iran, Lebanon, Syria, and other countries since at least 2010.
How IT Can Reclaim Social Relevance Social technologies are spreading through the business in a decentralized way, not via IT leadership. How can organizations and IT leaders make the most of this trend?
Samsung Unveils Galaxy S III, Music Hub Samsung launches its long-awaited Galaxy S III, which will compete directly with Apple's iPhone 4S and other top-tier smartphones.
4 Causes Of Cloud Bill Shock Some companies shoot for reduced costs only to find unexpected expenses drive up the cloud computing bills. Do any of these problems lurk in your company?
How Much Risk Should CIOs Take? MIT Sloan CIO Symposium debates whether CIOs should let a 1,000 innovation projects bloom and examines when to keep legacy systems operating.
5 Signs Of A Lousy IT Leader Can you tell a promising IT leader from a potential troublemaker? Consider these managerial style red flags.
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Military Transformers: 20 Innovative Defense Technologies Department of Defense technologies under development, from brainy microchips to battlefield transformer vehicles, promise to make the U.S. military more nimble. Here's a visual tour of 20 breakthrough ideas.
10 Wearable Devices To Keep Patients Healthy Wearable devices equipped with sensors, Web connections, or both, help consumers and healthcare providers track health and fitness. Take a look at what's possible now.
Why Google's Nexus Plan Makes Sense Google is preparing to revamp how "pure Android" smartphones are sold in a move that will surely appeal to diehard Android users.
Google Drive: 10 Alternatives To See Dropbox, Box, iCloud, and now, Google Drive, have the most familiar names. But many alternative services satisfy a variety of storage, backup, and file-sharing needs.
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7 Examples: Put Gamification To Work An increasing number and variety of business applications are integrating game mechanics, or gamification, to improve user engagement, engage new customers, incent employees, build loyalty, and more. View Now
The Baddest Switch At Interop Gnodal, which made its Interop debut last year with a line of edge switches, took home top honors this year with its latest 40 gigabit Ethernet aggregation switch, GS0072. They were winners of the Best of Interop award in the catagory of networking. Watch
The Business Value of Data Quality While the business value of data warehouses and data analytics is generally understood, what is often less obvious is the business value of maintaining high quality data that these solutions rely upon. Using real world examples, Philip Howard of Bloor Research will lay out in pragmatic, business terms the value of automated data quality systems. It happens Thursday, May 31, 2012. More Information & Registration
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