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Mobile app standoff: Web app vs. native app
Explore ITworld (11 hours, 21 min ago)
For resources-strapped companies that want to get in the mobile app game, a Web app tuned for smartphones and tablets is a wise choice. Just ask Texas insurance provider ANICO. read more
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Windows RT management could be a key to success for Windows 8 tablets
Explore ITworld (18 hours, 15 min ago) Trends in End User Experience
IT management executives from large corporations worry most about how to manage employee-owned devices safely and securely, according to clients of the Directions on Microsoft analyst firm. read more
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Comment Mentions: Google Amazon Network World
The look ahead to a software-controlled world
Explore ITworld (18 hours, 37 min ago) Cloud Computing , Green Desktop Virtualization , Green End User Experience
The Interop show in Las Vegas is always a good bellwether for enterprise technology trends, and perhaps the most striking thing about the recent show was how little the term "network fabric" came up. read more
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Comment Mentions: Enterprise Strategy Group Network World Microsoft
Chrome trumps IE as world's top browser
Explore ITworld (19 hours, 9 min ago) IT Buzz
Google's Chrome edged past Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) last week to become the world's most widely-used browser, according to data from an Irish metric firm. read more
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BYOD is driving IT 'crazy,' says Gartner
Explore ITworld (21 hours, 19 min ago) Thought Leadership , Trends in End User Experience
IT managers grappling with bring-your-own-device policies can expect to see an explosion in the number of smartphones and tablets used by employees. read more
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Comment Mentions: Data Center IBM Gartner
Stress making IT admins yearn to switch careers
Explore ITworld (Apr 30 2012) IT Buzz
New study says 2 of 3 IT admins have considered switching careers to lessen job stress. read more
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Nintendo misses annual sales target for 3DS games console
Explore ITworld (Apr 26 2012) IT Buzz
Nintendo said Thursday it missed its annual sales target for the 3DS handheld game console, despite repeated promises from the company that price cuts and an armada of new software titles had helped the device recover after a slow start last year. read more
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Comment Mentions: International Data Group
California to develop mobile privacy guidelines
The state of California will issue a set of best practices for mobile app developers this summer, responding to concerns that have emerged nationwide about smartphone use and privacy. read more
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Comment Mentions: California International Data Group
The upside of shadow IT
Explore ITworld (Apr 23 2012) Thought Leadership , Trends in End User Experience
First, a scary statistic: Gartner predicts that in less than three years, 35% of enterprise IT expenditures will happen outside of the corporate IT budget. Employees will regularly subscribe to collaboration, analytic and other cloud services they want, all with the press of a button. Others will simply build their own applications using readily available cloud-based tools and development platforms. read more
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IBM on path to cut internal apps by 85%
IBM has reduced its number of internal applications by 70%, but it's not enough for CIO Jeanette Horan. read more
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Comment Mentions: New York IBM Computerworld
IT admins ready to chuck it in
Almost three quarters of IT administrators have considered switching careers due to job stress. read more
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Comment Mentions: London Scotland Computerworld UK
Are zombies sucking the life out of your data center?
If your organization operates its own servers and switches, it's likely that a percentage of them are zombies--steadily gobbling up resources but doing no work. Cleaning up a zombie server infestation takes good management and stringent documentation. read more
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20 iconic tech sounds bound for extinction
Explore ITworld (Apr 19 2012) IT Buzz
Boy, does technology evolve fast. How many of these now-historic sounds do you remember?
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Most top CEOs say they will spend more on IT
Explore ITworld (Apr 18 2012) Thought Leadership
Twice as many top CEOs say they will spend more on IT this year than those who say they will cut it, according to research from analyst Gartner, but the role of the CIO is being underplayed. read more
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Apple loses iCloud patent battle
Explore ITworld (Apr 18 2012) IT Buzz
The latest decision backs the decision of the German court back in February, which upheld a ban imposed on push notifications used by iOS devices in Germany. Apple made a bid to restore push email services, but this bid has now failed. As a result, the Mannheim regional court will force Apple to pay damages to Motorola Mobility. Apple plans to appeal the ruling. read more
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Houston, we have an IT governance problem
"Houston, we've had a problem." With these understated words, Apollo 13 astronaut Jack Swigert announced a crisis whose resolution would become a signature example of how to manage on-the-fly. But it also demonstrated how better advance planning and coordination among the space program's contractors and NASA could have averted many of the ensuing difficulties the space crew faced. read more
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The next stop in outsourcing: Accountability
With the nation's focus on the need to create jobs, the habit of outsourcers to cite the traditional value of cheap labor will no longer be of adequate value for an increasingly sophisticated clientele. read more
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Comment Mentions: Network World
Oracle-Google trial starts Monday; outcome could affect all developers
Explore ITworld (Apr 12 2012) IT Buzz
Oracle and Google are due in court Monday for the start of an eight-week jury trial that could have significant implications for developers of Android applications, as well as potentially for developers of other software. read more
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Comment Mentions: Google Oracle International Data Group
As IT picks up the pace, can tech workers keep up?
There's good news and bad news on the salary front for IT professionals this year. With many businesses enjoying renewed growth following an extended period of economic gloom, IT workers saw another year of modest salary increases, and they reported significantly fewer pay cuts, hiring freezes and layoffs. read more
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Comment Mentions: Computerworld
Report: Two thirds of companies have no proper mobility strategy
Explore ITworld (Apr 9 2012) Thought Leadership , Trends in End User Experience
Almost two-thirds of firms have no enterprise-wide mobility strategy, despite the widespread prevalence of staff unofficially using their own devices, according to a poll. read more
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Comment Mentions: Symantec Computerworld UK
BYOD: If you think you're saving money, think again
Explore ITworld (Apr 4 2012) Trends in End User Experience
It's the battle hymn of the mobile worker: They want to use their personal iPhones, iPads and Android devices instead of company-issued BlackBerry smartphones and PlayBooks to get their jobs done. It's part of a growing trend called BYOD, or bring-your-own-device. read more
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Comment Mentions: Cisco San Francisco CIO
One-third of staff at British telco 'more productive' working from home
An experiment conducted by O2 has found that 88 percent of its staff are just as productive working remotely, whilst one-third claimed that they actually got more work done when they aren’t in the office. read more
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Comment Mentions: Computerworld UK
IT investments deliver profits, study finds
Explore ITworld (Apr 3 2012) Thought Leadership
IT departments can have a big impact on a firm's profits, more than similar spending on R&D and some marketing endeavors, according to a new study. read more
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Comment Mentions: Computerworld University of Texas Spain
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