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Byline: David Weldon Mobile technology has been touted as one of the five top technology trends for 2015, so it comes as little surprise that 50 percent of organizations are [...]

Byline: David Weldon This year continues to see improvements in the areas of IT budgets and hiring, with a new study finding that the number of CIOs that expect budget [...]

Byline: David Weldon >>What does a CEO do on the first day? Appoint a new CTO and CDO Cisco's new CEO Chuck Robbins officially started his new job yesterday, and [...]

Byline: David Weldon Business intelligence and analytics top the list when it comes to technology investments this year. Indeed, 50 percent of firms surveyed by Seclore said they will invest [...]

Byline: David Weldon Innovation is capturing a lot more than the imagination of IT, as a new global report reveals that 'innovation centers' are rapidly replacing traditional research and development [...]

Byline: David Weldon >>Cisco pulls the plug on Invicta storage line support Cisco Systems has pulled the plug on its Invicta flash storage line, and users can no longer order [...]

Byline: David Weldon Perhaps the number one mandate being stressed for CIOs this year is that of leading digital transformation at their organizations. But some might be asking, 'is this [...]

Byline: David Weldon Amazon.com, Inc. has discovered that the cloud does indeed have a silver lining, as Amazon Web Services sales have increased by 80 percent and pushed the firm [...]

Byline: David Weldon Intel is raising the stakes in the cloud market battle with its introduction of Intel Cloud for All. Announced yesterday, the http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2015/07/23/intel-announces-cloud-for-all-initiative-to-deliver-benefits-of-the-cloud-to-more-businesses is intended to deliver the [...]

Byline: David Weldon >>Technicolor to acquire Cisco Connected Devices unit Cisco has announced the sale of its Connected Devices business unit to Technicolor, in a deal valued at $600 million. [...]

Byline: David Weldon If all the recent IT security studies are correct, your organization is far more likely to be the victim of a cyberattack this year. As if that [...]

Byline: David Weldon Cloud computing adoption continues to rise, cloud costs continue to fall, and cloud savings continue to be available for those organizations that negotiate right. Those are the [...]

Byline: David Weldon Efforts by dozens of leading firms in the technology industry and others will see full workplace discrimination protection reform finally put to the test, as Thursday afternoon [...]

Byline: David Weldon >>Yahoo cites 22 percent loss in Q2 earnings statement This week has seen a number of technology giants release second quarter earnings reports, including Yahoo, which https://investor.yahoo.net/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=923083 [...]

Byline: David Weldon The write-down of its Nokia Devices and Services business and the cost of recently announced restructuring and layoffs at the firm saw Microsoft post a loss of [...]

Byline: David Weldon >>Tech confidence index takes a step backward The http://www.comptia.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/2015/07/20/comptia-it-industry-business-confidence-index-slides-back http://www.comptia.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/2015/07/20/comptia-it-industry-business-confidence-index-slides-back prepared by industry association CompTIA took a slight step backwards in the third quarter, but remains in [...]

Byline: David Weldon Microsoft Corp. seems content to let lots of other tech firms build off its platforms these days, so it's only fair that other players follow a similar [...]

Byline: David Weldon A growing number of organizations are appointing or hiring chief information security officers to lead security initiatives, but don't expect most of those executives to be welcomed [...]

Byline: David Weldon >>Smart products are virtually everywhere, impacting everything Whether it is a wise move or not, organizations and consumers are embracing 'smart' products in a big way – [...]

Byline: David Weldon Two new security studies reveal just how vulnerable all organizations are to cyberattack today, and how once they have been victimized, some firms may be sitting ducks [...]

Byline: David Weldon Any new tech product that simplifies the desktop experience is always welcome news. And many IT professionals no doubt wish they could edit, save, comment and attach [...]

Byline: David Weldon Intel found itself in the news for two unrelated, but equally disappointing, reasons yesterday as the firm announced significant profit declines for the last quarter and also [...]

Byline: David Weldon >>Morrisons case demonstrates potential of insider threats A number of IT security studies have confirmed the growing menace of 'insider threats' – those posed by current or [...]

Byline: David Weldon With the growing competition for IT professionals in the workforce, and a lengthening time-to-hire period for most tech jobs now, CIOs are being forced to get more [...]

Byline: David Weldon The countdown to the public release of Windows 10 has officially begun, as Microsoft has suspended Windows 10 Preview Builds in anticipation of the July 29 event. [...]

Byline: David Weldon All good things must come to an end, and so it is with support for the popular Windows Server 2003. Microsoft Corp. has officially pulled the plug [...]

Byline: David Weldon In a move that confirms the new Microsoft strategy of being at the center of key technologies but allowing other firms to build off its foundation, five [...]

Byline: David Weldon >>ERetail sales expected to reach $1.7 trillion Amazon and Walmart are battling it out today for online sales, in what some are calling the new 'Christmas in [...]

Byline: David Weldon Deriving true value from big data and data analytics are still pipe dreams for many organizations. Microsoft executives apparently recognize that fact, and designed the new Cortana [...]

Byline: David Weldon CIOs tasked with doing a major overhaul to their IT departments might want to pay attention to efforts going on at the U.S. Department of Justice. That [...]

Byline: David Weldon As a majority of technology organizations grasp for the prized brass ring of innovation and creativity, many are finding that this is really hard and painful stuff. [...]

Byline: David Weldon >>Most firms just can't shake uneasiness with public cloud Organizations continue to embrace cloud computing at a rapid pace, but many are still not willing to go [...]

Byline: David Weldon CIOs have been hearing a lot about the need for http://www.fiercecio.com/story/cio-and-ciso-summit-offers-hard-dose-transformation-reality/2015-06-17 in 2015, and a new study confirms that a majority of organizations view transformation as a [...]

Byline: David Weldon Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella continued his all-things-mobile, all-things-cloud message to the faithful this morning, at the firm's Worldwide Partner Conference in Orlando. At this year's popular annual [...]

Byline: David Weldon >>China retains top spot for fastest supercomputer Not that there was really any doubt, but China has retained its status as home of the world's fastest supercomputer [...]

Byline: David Weldon The second massive data breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (http://www.fiercecio.com/story/nearly-22-million-affected-latest-opm-data-breach/2015-07-10 ) is just the latest to grab wide-spread media and public attention. Large data [...]

Byline: David Weldon >>PC sales expected to decline 4.4 percent, says Gartner PC manufacturers continue to struggle with a downward slide, as the latest http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3088221 from Gartner show a 4.4 [...]

Byline: David Weldon UPDATE: This story has been updated to add new information in the second paragraph about Katherine Archuleta's resignation. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) revealed that [...]

Byline: David Weldon Microsoft Corp. has gone gangbusters with major announcements over the past two weeks about changes to the company, its strategy and staff. The latest is word yesterday [...]

Byline: David Weldon CIOs that want to rake in top dollar for their efforts should pack their bags and head for Los Angeles. A typical CIO paycheck in the City [...]

Byline: David Weldon With all of the recent lower-than-expected quarterly revenue reports in the technology sector, it might be easy to assume that portions of the IT industry are seeing [...]

Byline: David Weldon >>Innovative CIOs focus on customers, cost savings and automation CIOs who are considered true innovators are those that focus on improving customer experiences, reducing costs and increasing [...]

Byline: David Weldon IT hiring managers that have been feeling the pain looking for skilled IT workers this year can brace for more bad news: information technology is now at [...]

Byline: David Weldon As Microsoft Corp. puts new emphasis on cloud services, a new http://blog.bettercloud.com/google-apps-vs-office-365/ from BetterCloud looks at how the firm's Office 365 stacks up against Google Apps when [...]

Byline: David Weldon >>Amount of 'obsolete' technology in use on the rise While some CIOs are eagerly awaiting the release of Windows 10 at the end of the month, others [...]

Byline: David Weldon Microsoft Corp. continued with its efforts to reinvent itself Wednesday, with the https://news.microsoft.com/2015/07/08/microsoft-announces-restructuring-of-phone-hardware-business/ that it is restructuring its phone hardware business, and will lay off 7,800 workers [...]

Byline: David Weldon CIOs are being bombarded with advice on the need to embrace digital transformation and drive innovation in their organization. But that begs the obvious question of, 'Where [...]

Byline: David Weldon IT security is getting plenty of attention these days – from the CIO, to the CEO, to the board of directors. And while the increased attention is [...]

Byline: David Weldon Apologizing is rarely easy for anyone. Apologizing in public fashion is especially tough. So it would be a safe guess that yesterday was not a good one [...]

Byline: David Weldon >>Following breach, OPM puts out 'help wanted' sign for top IT project managers Do you have lots of cybersecurity experience, desire a $122,000 to $169,000 yearly salary, [...]