IT General
State-of-the-art spear phishing and defenses
The number of phishing sites was up 10.7-percent as of Q1 this year (over last year) while at the same time almost 32.7-percent of PCs globally were infected with malware, including adware and spyware, indicating that phishing is an increasing issue for the enterprise, according to a report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force.
9 common BI software mistakes and how to avoid them
According to Gartner, BI (business intelligence) and analytics will remain a top focus for CIOs through 2017, with companies spending millions on traditional BI software, cloud BI services, and now mobile apps and even social BI. However, as the type and number of BI solutions has grown, so too has the possibility of failure, of picking the wrong business intelligence software for your business problem or problems or of having end users not understand or properly use the solution.
Microsoft tweaks Windows to lure Internet of things market, maker community
Hoping to cover all its bases in the emerging IoT (Internet of things) market, Microsoft is proffering a helping hand to "makers," DIYers, hardware hackers, and other builders of things that may one day end up on the Internet.
Microsoft is shipping a pared-down version of Windows on an Intel Galileo development board in hopes of extending Windows' reach further into smart devices and Internet-connected appliances.
PaaS shoot-out: Cloud Foundry vs. OpenShift
PaaS (platform as a service) occupies an interesting niche in the cloud ecosystem. It typically sits on top of IaaS (infrastructure as a service), which provides the ability to access remote computing resources.
Microsoft's Cortana voice assistant could well come to Windows 9
As a boy, from the first time I saw "Star Trek," I thought it would be incredibly cool to say "Computer!
A do-nothing CFO gets the upgrade he deserves
Money smarts do not necessarily equal tech smarts, which can be a disaster for many companies.
State-of-the-art spear phishing and defenses
The number of phishing sites was up 10.7-percent as of Q1 this year (over last year) while at the same time almost 32.7-percent of PCs globally were infected with malware, including adware and spyware, indicating that phishing is an increasing issue for the enterprise, according to a report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force.
9 common BI software mistakes and how to avoid them
According to Gartner, BI (business intelligence) and analytics will remain a top focus for CIOs through 2017, with companies spending millions on traditional BI software, cloud BI services, and now mobile apps and even social BI. However, as the type and number of BI solutions has grown, so too has the possibility of failure, of picking the wrong business intelligence software for your business problem or problems or of having end users not understand or properly use the solution.
Microsoft tweaks Windows to lure Internet of things market, maker community
Hoping to cover all its bases in the emerging IoT (Internet of things) market, Microsoft is proffering a helping hand to "makers," DIYers, hardware hackers, and other builders of things that may one day end up on the Internet.
Microsoft is shipping a pared-down version of Windows on an Intel Galileo development board in hopes of extending Windows' reach further into smart devices and Internet-connected appliances.
Texas, Florida, North Carolina lead IT job growth in first half of 2014
U.S. technology professionals searching for jobs may want to look in states not normally considered IT hot spots.
The three states with the highest percentage of IT job growth for the first half of 2014 were Texas at 5.99 percent, Florida at 5.64 percent and North Carolina at 3.8 percent, according to a report from IT job site Dice.
Texas, Florida, North Carolina lead IT job growth in first half of 2014
U.S. technology professionals searching for jobs may want to look in states not normally considered IT hot spots.
The three states with the highest percentage of IT job growth for the first half of 2014 were Texas at 5.99 percent, Florida at 5.64 percent and North Carolina at 3.8 percent, according to a report from IT job site Dice.
10 things you need to know about Microsoft's Surface Pro 3
Apple's Swift falls back to earth after initial surge
Initial enthusiasm for Apple's newly introduced Swift language appears to have died down somewhat, based on two monthly programming
10 things you need to know about Microsoft's Surface Pro 3
Caution: Cloud brokers may not deliver what you expect
I hear about these types of solutions each and every day. Cloud brokers or cloud exchanges, typically from existing colocation or MSPs (managed services providers), make a few promises:
McAfee sideshow eclipses Defcon's real security breakthroughs
Credit: Reuters/Jorge Dan Lopez
John McAfee's decision to speak at last weekend's Defcon hacking conference on Friday was one of the worst-kept secrets in Las Vegas.
Get real: Oracle is strengthening -- not killing -- Java
Oracle has taken a lot of heat for its handling of Java, with some speculating that though Oracle hasn't killed Java yet, it still h
