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  • Sizing up open source: Not so simple

    Choosing open-source software is more complicated than picking traditional software. Is your IT department prepared to contribute code fixes to the community?

    Written by Stacy Collett • 06 May 13 10:09

  • Free (with strings attached): Keeping track of open-source code

    Just about anyone in the office can introduce open-source code into the company's IT infrastructure. Yet CIOs face real dangers if they're not properly managing their open-source assets.

    Written by Mary K. Pratt • 06 May 13 10:08

  • Open your data to the world

    Not having an API is becoming like not having a website, but the interface has got to be easy for outside developers to work with.

    Written by Neil Savage • 16 April 13 11:22

  • Sandberg's book prompts discussion on dearth of women in IT

    Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's belief that the women's revolution has 'stalled' and that 'men still run the world' may hold true in IT.

    Written by Patrick Thibodeau • 25 March 13 10:17

  • Cloud computing's big debt to NASA

    IBM's decision this week to base its cloud services on OpenStack may help establish this open source platform as the standard in enterprises.

    Written by Patrick Thibodeau • 08 March 13 11:08

  • Choosing an open-source CMS, part 3: Why we use WordPress

    In the third part of a three-part series, we look at two organizations that have chosen WordPress as their content management system.

    Written by Robert L. Mitchell • 27 Feb. 13 12:34
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    Choosing an open-source CMS, part 2: Why we use Joomla

    In the second part of a three-part series, we look at two companies that have chosen Joomla as their content management system.

    Written by Robert L. Mitchell • 19 Feb. 13 11:47

  • Opinion: Looking forward to a future Internet

    Going into last month the future of the Internet, to borrow a phrase from the great film noir movie "A Touch of Evil," looked like it may have been all used up. The feeling of the traditional telephone folk and controlling governments was that the Internet had done just about enough of this changing the future stuff -- thanks very much -- now it was time for a bit of control. But the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai did not turn out quite the way that those who would control the Internet wanted. Nor, did the WCIT turn out quite the way that those of us who wanted a more hands-off future would have liked.

    Written by Scott Bradner • 08 Jan. 13 18:14

  • Wanted: Job candidates with diverse backgrounds to fill severe big-data jobs shortage

    A career path that began with studying infectious diseases and led to analyzing terabytes of game data may seem a circuitous route. For Brendan Burke, though, the applied math skills he picked up as an undergraduate biology and political science major, the programming skills he added as a bioengineering graduate student, and his use of the two as a research scientist led to a job in the booming IT field of data science.

    Written by Fred O'Connor • 10 Oct. 12 16:19
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    What to expect at Oracle OpenWorld

    With Oracle now in a self-imposed "quiet period" prior to its next quarterly earnings release, it's not likely the company will make any major announcements until its OpenWorld conference, which kicks off at the end of September.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus • 10 Aug. 12 19:30

  • Oracle's Hurd brims with confidence about SaaS, social and Cloud

    To hear Oracle President Mark Hurd tell it, the $37.1 billion hardware and software company is well ahead of competitors on any number of fronts, from transitioning customers to SaaS and the cloud, to incorporating social technology into its products.

    Written by John Gallant • 16 July 12 22:23

  • 7 hard truths about the NoSQL revolution

    Forgoing features for speed has its trade-offs as these NoSQL data store shortcomings show

    Written by Peter Wayner • 16 July 12 10:10

  • The 7 steps in Big Data delivery

    The Big Data trend represents the evolving need to process large amounts of data with a new crop of technology solutions that aren't necessarily your father's database. So, what does a company need to consider when contemplating getting started with Big Data?

    Written by Jill Dyché, vice president of thought leadership for DataFlux • 11 July 12 15:38
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    Windows 8: who cares? Not that many people, apparently

    Users remain significantly less enthused about Windows 8 than they were three years ago about the then-unfinished Windows 7, according to data from Net Applications.

    Written by Gregg Keizer • 08 July 12 14:28

  • Windows 8 upgrade deals may be double-edged sword for Microsoft

    By offering users of Windows 7, XP and Vista discounts to upgrade to Windows 8, Microsoft is putting itself in a position to reap both benefits and criticism in the consumer operating system market.

    Written by Juan Carlos Perez • 06 July 12 22:17

  • Beyond BlackBerry: 3 steps to prepare for its demise

    It's easy to switch to iOS or even Android, no matter what type of company you are

    Written by Bob Violino • 02 July 12 10:17

  • Cloud-based Office tools: Right for you?

    When you're adopting cloud software, you need to think about features and functions, of course, as well as the costs involved. But process changes and user training can be even bigger factors. Insider (registration required)

    Written by Mary K. Pratt • 26 June 12 13:46

  • Microsoft Surface tablets may not match iPad battery life

    Microsoft's new Surface tablets may not match Apple's iPad on battery life, according to estimates made by Computerworld based on comparable devices.

    Written by Gregg Keizer • 21 June 12 19:07

  • Social software users: Focus on corporate culture or your project will fail

    Enterprise social software may end up as shelfware - software that never gets used or falls into disuse - unless customers make the right efforts to change corporate culture and employee habits, speakers said during the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus • 20 June 12 21:43

  • Microsoft, Google, IBM and SalesForce.com heat up PaaS

    What do you get when you get four of the biggest Cloud vendors in a room to talk about one of the hottest emerging trends in the industry? Not a whole lot of agreement for one thing.

    Written by Brandon Butler • 20 June 12 16:30
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