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• Near field communication use growing outside smartphones

  A growing number of smartphones have near field communication (NFC) capabilities to make mobile payments, but accessories and ultrabooks also now increasingly have the same technology.

  Written by Agam Shah • 23 May 12 05:17

• In depth: Unified communications still fragmented

  Unified communications (UC) technology has garnered a fair amount of attention, much of it due to vendors touting their UC offerings as the answer to problems workers have keeping in touch with colleagues, business partners and customers in a highly frenetic, increasingly mobile business world.

  Written by Bob Violino • 16 May 12 21:07

• Five things we hate about the HTC One X

  The HTC One X is definitely one of the best Android smartphones money can buy right now, but does that mean it's perfect? Certainly not.

  Written by Ross Catanzariti • 16 May 12 11:29
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  Five things CIOs should know about big data

  Five key points CIOs should know when considering big data

  Written by Joab Jackson • 15 May 12 01:56

• What enterprise mobile apps can learn from mobile games

  Enterprise mobile apps are shifting from small, narrowly task-oriented programs to larger, more complex ones. To design them well, enterprise developers can learn a lot from a surprising source: mobile games.

  Written by John Cox • 15 May 12 01:31

• In pictures: Nokia Lumia 900 unboxing

  We go hands-on with Nokia's new flagship Windows Phone, the Lumia 900.

  Written by Ross Catanzariti • 11 May 12 10:15

• Defining 'big data' depends on who's doing the defining

  Big data is an IT buzzword nowadays, but what does it really mean? When does data become big?

  Written by Brandon Butler • 10 May 12 20:41

• Study: Facebook relies on good design to retain users

  What is Facebook's secret to keeping the world's largest user base content? Sticking to well-proven software design principles, one study has concluded.

  Written by Joab Jackson • 10 May 12 07:12

• Today, printers. Tomorrow, 'integrated peripherals'?

  Out went 42 aging black and white copiers with interface boxes that let them serve as printers. In went 42 new networked multi-function printers (MFPs) that could do color printing and copying and scan directly to e-mail, fax or files. And the owner, the Park Hill School District in Kansas City, MO, saves $19,000 yearly.

  Written by Lamont Wood • 08 May 12 20:56

• The IT paradox: A diminished role in technology, but greater clout in the business

  There is a paradox in the technology that IT employs and deploys. As it becomes easier to use and simpler to manage, it is actually increasing in complexity. And there is a paradox within this paradox concerning how IT relates to the business. More on that in a bit.

  Written by Nicholas D. Evans • 08 May 12 00:08

• True tech confessions: Sinners and winners

  We all make mistakes. But when you work in IT, those errors can quickly go public.

  Written by Dan Tynan • 07 May 12 22:55

• In pictures: Samsung Galaxy S III

  Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy S III Android phone.

  Written by Ross Catanzariti • 04 May 12 09:30

• Location-based services: Are they there yet?

  Mobile users are more connected to the Internet than ever. As of December 2011, ComScore estimated that there are 97.9 million smartphone users in the US - nearly a third of the total population.

  Written by Brian Proffitt • 03 May 12 23:28

• Smartphone screens are getting bigger

  Smartphone screens are getting larger, although vendors will likely continue to offer many sizes to woo a wide variety of users.

  Written by Matt Hamblen • 03 May 12 20:11
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  Analysis: Why Linux is a desktop flop

  It's free, easier to use than ever, IT staffers know it and love it, and it has fewer viruses and Trojans than Windows.

  Written by Maria Korolov • 30 April 12 21:28

• Guide: How to build an 'All In' corporate culture

  In recent years, consultants Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton kept hearing the same lament from corporate clients: "It we can't get our culture right, nothing works."

  Written by Nancy Weil • 28 April 12 05:21

• The future of the $200 tablet

  Spending $150 to $200 on a tablet won't get you much these days: In most cases, you're looking at an off-brand Android product with a single-core processor, barely any RAM and a low-resolution, low-quality display. Depending on the device, you might not even have access to Google's app market or other basic services -- and while that approach may work with retailer-backed, limited-use products like Amazon's Kindle Fire, when it comes to more traditional Androidtablets, it doesn't usually lead to the best user experience.

  Written by JR Raphael • 26 April 12 21:18
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  The upside of shadow IT

  First, a scary statistic: Gartner predicts that in less than three years, 35 per cent 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.

  Written by Julia King • 23 April 12 23:55

• From IT to ET: Cloud, consumerisation, and the next wave of IT transformation

  IT as we know it is over.

  Written by Johna Till Johnson • 23 April 12 21:32

• BYOD battle: A tale of two opposing IT viewpoints

  EdSouth is a bank holding company active in the student-loan arena, and Arrow Container Corp. manufactures cartons and containers. Their ideas about letting employees use their own mobile devices at work for business — what's often called "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) — couldn't be more different.

  Written by Ellen Messmer • 19 April 12 20:33