Features

• IT's new concern: The personal Cloud

  As personal and professional Clouds converge, IT's mission to improve productivity while protecting corporate apps and data is getting tougher.

• Highly regulated companies tiptoe into social media

  Some healthcare providers, financial services firms and other companies in highly regulated industries are taking full advantage of social media, even though they're awash in rules. Here's how they do it.

• Review: RIM tries to get back in the game with sleek and fast Z10 BlackBerry

  Touch-screen smartphone retains most of the strengths that made the platform a corporate favorite while making a player for consumers as well.

• New year, new you: The IT manager's revitalization guide

  Before diving into what's sure to be another rollercoaster year in IT, take a moment to retool your personal and professional priorities with some of our most insightful tech management articles.

• One reliable prediction for 2013: BYOD still a bear for IT

  Next year could well be the year that many IT leaders finally start to get their mobile computing management house in order. But it will be severa more before the get a handle on it, one analyst said.

• Nearly half of IT shops ignore BYOD

  A multinational survey more than 3,000 workers revealed that they believe their IT shops turn a blind eye toward the use of mobile devices for business purposes, either because theyre unaware of it or because theyre actively ignoring it.

• Online holiday shopping at work may be huge suck on time, bandwidth

  With Black Friday just a week away and the nagging feeling that we need to get our holiday shopping done, the question is how much online buying will actually be done at work?

• Review: Samsung's Galaxy Note II gets bigger and better

  Samsung has paid close attention to usability, while also boosting the browser and VPN

• Surprise -- the iPad Mini doubles as business tablet

  The iPad Mini's small size doesn't hinder many apps, whereas the fourth-generation iPad adds little value

• Tablet deathmatch: iPad Mini vs. Nexus 7 vs. Kindle Fire HD

  A new generation of small tablets has reinvented entertainment on the go, but which is best? Find out now and gear up for holiday gift-buying