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Privacy: A CIO's Next Competitive Weapon

|   Google says that in-context privacy tools should supplement traditional privacy policies to give users more insight and control

With Ouster of BlackBerry CEOs as Chairmen, Real Change Unlikely

|   RIM may soon boot its co-CEOs from their dual-chairman roles. But CIO.com's Al Sacco asks: Is this really the change that BlackBerry needs, or just another empty gesture to appease shaky shareholders?

4G Promises: Are Wireless Carriers Pulling a Fast One?

|   Verizon LTE wins speed tests, but the download speed of your “4G” phone, no matter what carrier, depends on wireless standards and location more than you think.

Poll: Do You Care If Your Gadget Maker is "Green"?

|   Vote in our poll to let us know what role electronics makers' environmental friendliness efforts play in your decision to purchase new gadgets, if any.

"Face Unlock" Feature Another Android Security Risk

|   The "Face Unlock" feature in Google's new Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" OS can reportedly be "tricked" into unlocking users' devices with an image of the device owner's face.

Timeline of Major BlackBerry Outages

|   In light of RIM's recent BlackBerry service outage, CIO.com's Al Sacco remembers the major BlackBerry service disruptions that took place during the past half-decade and offers a quick breakdown of each.

Verizon CEO: WP7 > BlackBerry

|   Verizon's CEO says Windows Phone 7 will overtake RIM and BlackBerry as one of the "Big Three" in the mobile space in a year or so. But CIO.com's Al Sacco is skeptical of Microsoft and WP7. Here's why.

Citrix Receiver for PlayBook: Virtualization on BlackBerry Tablet

|   BlackBerry-maker RIM has released a free, beta version of its Citrix Receiver enterprise virtualization software for the PlayBook tablet. Organizations that use Citrix to host applications can now security check Citrix-based e-mail, view documents and access various other hosted apps via RIM's...

Doing Business in the Cloud [in Real Time]

|   The rapid spread of social media is the latest expression of a trend toward massive real time connectivity that is picking up momentum week by week in spite of all the economic uncertainty. There seems to be a primal urge in the DNA of our species to be connected and communicate with each other.

Hands On Video: The Samsung 900x Ultra-Thin Laptop

|   It's always fun to walk into work and have a brand new high-end laptop sitting on on your desk.

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Cloud computing has emerged as one of the most significant game changers to hit the technology landscape in the past 20 years. With this massive expansion of the cloud, the perception of the IT organization is shifting from a utility player to a change agent. This eBook breaks down five ways progressive organizations are using cloud-based IT Management solutions to help drive innovation and become more strategic, including: adding visibility and analytics, speeding up time-to-value, lowering costs, improving prioritization, and providing a blueprint for future cloud deployments.
Read the white paper to see how IBM helped Citigroup deliver new services and enhancements to their 200 million customers faster.
There are 3 ways to modernize legacy applications: rewrite completely, acquire packaged solutions or migrate existing code. This paper explains why it's best to migrate and how IBM® Rational® software can help.
Accommodating specific lines of business can result in a hybrid ecosystem of applications and servers. The resulting complexity of this architecture makes for an environment that is costly to maintain and difficult to change when addressing new challenges.
This whitepaper will help you to define a mobile device passcode policy. Security managers must attempt to reconcile two opposing goals. They must: 1) create a passcode policy that is strong enough to protect the device if it is lost or stolen, while: 2) not annoying users with needless length or complexity.
This whitepaper, authored by The Radicati Group, looks at the key reasons organizations should consider moving to a cloud-based archiving solution. Email archiving solutions enable organizations to store, monitor, and collect electronic data exchanged by their users to comply with internal policies and regulations.
ATERNITY will showcase a 30-minute demo on how Fortune 500 companies are leveraging its award-winning FPI Platform to deliver a user-centric approach to Proactive IT Management.
For businesses to move forward and tap into the ever-expanding universe of Internet users and network-enabled devices, it's critical to learn how to make the transition to IPv6. Learn the critical steps your organization must take to make a seamless transition-and keep your business world connected.
Learn how IT teams can protect against spear phishing tactics. Harry Sverdlove, chief technology officer of Bit9 offers a frank discussion about spear phishing - the most common technique used in today's advanced attacks.
Learn how to build a solid business case for your migration to Red Hat Enterprise Linux so you can run leaner, innovate faster, be more flexible and own the New Now.
Social media isn't about you; it's about everything around you. As you consider how your customers want to communicate with you, social media is something that can't be ignored. But what should your strategy be? Is social media "just another channel?" What kind of a plan makes sense for your contact center and for your customers? Join our experts as they share their insight and research results.
Hardware tokens were a popular method of strong authentication in past years but the cumbersome provisioning and distribution tasks, high support requirements and replacement costs have limited their growth. The additional log-in steps that hardware tokens require and the resulting user frustrations have limited adoption and make them impractical for larger scale partner and customer applications.

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