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The permanent web for healthcare with IPFS and blockchain

The internet of data structures (IoDS) has arrived for healthcare. IPFS combined with blockchain creates a new layer of the internet. Is your business exploring it?

Health and Fitness Software Healthcare Industry Technology Industry

Medical professionals provide improved patient care through artificial intelligence

Computer-based systems that incorporate AI techniques are projected to have a dramatic impact in health care, helping physicians better diagnose and treat their patients.

By Larry Stofko

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Healthcare Industry

10 mobile marketing trends to watch in 2017

Whereu2019s mobile marketing heading? And what do CMOs and marketers need to know to stay ahead or avoid falling behind? We answer these and other mobile marketing questions.

By James A. Martin

CMO Small and Medium Business Video

Healthcare technology experts contemplate the Trump effect

A panel of healthcare technology experts met in San Francisco to explore the new administration's impact on the industry.

By Andre Bourque

Healthcare Industry Technology Industry

Project consolidation continues at The Linux Foundation

AT&Tu2019s ECOMP network virtualization project merges with OPEN-O to create ONAP.

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Networking Open Source

RPA proving its transformational value at Deutsche Bank

Robotic process automation has improved productivity and quality at Deutsche Bank. Robots are intended to augment the banku2019s workforce, making employees happier and more efficient.

By Stephanie Overby

Emerging Technology Outsourcing Technology Industry

Apple: Transgender bathrooms instead of new Macs?

Once again Apple is busy mouthing off about political issues instead of updating its aging and outdated Mac computers.

By Jim Lynch

Computers and Peripherals Consumer Electronics MacOS

Last week’s CRM success story started back in 2002

Verizon's CRM program continues to delight customers, 15 years after it began.

By Jill Dyché

CRM Systems IT Leadership

Tip No. 3: Provide coaching and advice as needed

The third tip for successfully creating and leading agile data management development teams.

By Nancy Couture

Agile Development Data Warehousing IT Strategy

Verizon scores a decisive win in wireless shootout

RootMetrics testing shows that Verizon still offers more speed and reliability than its three major rivals.

By Bill Snyder

Carriers Small and Medium Business Sprint

How Intel’s CMO revitalized a ‘weak brand’

Intel is coming off one of the best years in its 49-year history, according to CMO Steven Fund, who explains how the brand evolved from stale to dynamic.

By Matt Kapko

CMO CPUs and Processors Technology Industry

How to institute an agile IT outsourcing process

The outsourcing process doesnu2019t have to be a marathon if you invest time and effort preparing for a more iterative transaction process.

By Stephanie Overby

Agile Development Outsourcing Technology Industry

The myth of technology analyst independence

Unlike the financial analyst community, technology analyst firms make scant distinction between buy- and sell-side analysis, a conflict of interest that leaves customers worse off

By Tony Byrne

Digital Transformation HP Telecommunications Industry

Payers of chronic care: why not spend a little to save a lot?

Insurers and employer-payers are penny wise and pound foolish when it comes to treating the chronically ill.

By Scott Nelson

Health and Fitness Software Healthcare Industry Internet of Things

Alaska Airlines lands industry veteran as new CIO

Charu Jain, whose background includes work for American Airlines while at IBM and 20 years at United Airlines, is leading the complex Alaska-Virgin America systems integration efforts.

By Clint Boulton

CIO IT Strategy Technology Industry

A look at India’s biometric ID system: digital APIs for a connected world

Indiau2019s digital infrastructure transformation is enabling new services and APIs. Explore how Indiau2019s digital citizen app works and how India is securing data and authenticating users.

APIs Healthcare Industry IT Strategy

9 proven methods for generating sales leads

Sales and marketing experts share their tips on the best channels to use to attract new business.

By Jennifer Lonoff Schiff

Email Clients Marketing Social Networking Apps

2 ways new security technology will change your life

Innovative new security products are already reaching beyond the world of IT into ordinary life in ways that will completely change how we live and work.

By Christopher C. Barron

Biometrics Email Clients Mobile Security

iOS: Disable auto-play sound in Facebook videos

Facebooku2019s auto-play sound in videos can be quite annoying, but you can quickly disable it on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

By Jim Lynch

Feb 23, 2017 3 mins

Consumer Electronics Internet Social Networking Apps

How Domo is humanizing business data and making an impact

The Utah-based startup is breaking the tyranny of the spreadsheet.

By Arik Hesseldahl

Analytics Business Intelligence Enterprise Applications

How to gauge the efficiency of your company leadership

Do you want to gauge the effectiveness of your company's leadership? Look to your workers first.

By Sharon Florentine

IT Leadership IT Skills Relationship Building

Making Munich Microsoft again

Munich politicians probably donu2019t know that the German software industry is Microsoft's biggest competitor. rn

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Feb 22, 2017 7 mins

Linux Office Suites Small and Medium Business

How to evaluate your service providers in 2017

The third-party services industry faces a dilemma over profits and its future path.

By Peter Bendor-Samuel

CIO Outsourcing Technology Industry

Radiation from outer space could sabotage your smartphone

Cosmic ray hits to digital devices have endangered airplanes and disrupted the vote count in a European election. Your smartphone could be next.

By Bill Snyder

Computers and Peripherals Gadgets Smartphones

Marketing trends shaping mobile in the next 10 years

Over the last 10 years, we were all over mobile marketingu2019s proverbial map. From being a non-existent industry (literally) to one of the most milkable cash cows in the modern era, there seems to have not been many steps between the two extremes.

By Philip Kushmaro

Marketing Mobile Small and Medium Business

Government workers fight Trump on his own turf — Twitter

When government employees decided to fight back against the Trump administrationu2019s crackdown on scientific research, they took to Trumpu2019s favorite and most effective outlet.

By Matt Kapko

Feb 22, 2017 5 mins

Government Technology Industry Twitter

3 top priorities for a Chief Data Officer

u201cThe goal is to turn data into information, and information into insight.u201d u2013 Carly Fiorina

By Bas de Baat

Artificial Intelligence C-Suite Emerging Technology

Virtual assistants move into DevOps

DevOps practices are fueling adoption of ChatOps and VoiceOps, in which IT departments are leveraging Slack, Amazon.comu2019s Alexa and other like tools to automate operations.

By Clint Boulton

Devops IT Strategy Technology Industry

Big data and the risks of using NoSQL databases

Using big data to extract value from your data is one thing. However, using NoSQL can increase your technical debt and put your enterprise at risk of data integrity and the lack of resilience.

By Mitch De Felice

Big Data Business Intelligence Database Administration

How to create IT innovation

Exclusive research from the CIO Executive Council shines a light on how IT leaders are defining and driving IT innovation. Register now to download the free report.

By CIO staff

Feb 22, 2017 2 mins

CIO IT Leadership Innovation

Relationship advice for overworked and underloved IT leaders

An IT leaderu2019s on-the-job life expectancy directly depends on relationships with business executives. Here's how to cultivate those relationships (and common pitfalls to avoid).

By Mark Settle

Careers IT Leadership Relationship Building

Hybrid ERP matures as companies develop better strategies

Developing new strategies to ensure that cloud and on-premises ERP systems play nice together is just one part of the hybrid challenge.

By Michael Nadeau

ERP Systems Hybrid Cloud IT Strategy

An IPFS addressable storage model for healthcare with blockchain

P2P file sharing is fun and easy. IPFS holds the power to create a P2P network of medical records u2014 easy to share and access. Letu2019s explore three ideas that look around the corner into the future.

IT Strategy Mobile Development Small and Medium Business

How to partner with the chief digital officer to drive digital transformation

Digital transformation programs require alignment and collaboration between CIO, Chief Digital Officers, and many other C-suite leaders

By Isaac Sacolick

Agile Development C-Suite CIO

20 awesome Apple websites

Are you an Apple fan? Want to stay up to date with Apple news, reviews and product info? Here are 20 great Apple websites that are worth bookmarking in your browser.

By Jim Lynch

Feb 22, 2017 3 mins

Internet iPad iPhone

One simple way to help employees stay healthy

Research shows that employees with more control over their jobs actually live longer.

By William Craig

Careers IT Leadership

New CIO appointments — February 2017 edition

Congratulations to these IT executives on their recent appointments or promotions to new CIO jobs

By Martha Heller

Digital Transformation Green IT Technology Industry

CIO Careers IT Jobs

Digital sustainability: Digital transformation’s next big opportunity

There's an opportunity for digital transformation to help all industries meet sustainability goals and reduce their carbon footprints.

By Nicholas D. Evans

Feb 21, 2017 6 mins

Uber’s CEO reacts, but who’s buying it?

Yet another story of blatant sexual harassment and discrimination in Silicon Valley has emerged. This time from a former engineer at the already embattled ridesharing company Uber.

By Sharon Florentine

Careers IT Leadership Technology Industry

Biometrics: why play with the next wave of emerging technologies

Access to your financial, medical and personal information might soon require only your body as the password.

Biometrics IT Strategy Innovation

Breaking through the cybersecurity bubble

At the recent RSA cybersecurity conference, interoperability and cooperation were a common theme, but not everyone is taking it seriously

By Charles Araujo

Application Security Internet Security RSA Conference

How to fix 3 common resume mistakes

Have you made any of these common resume errors? If so, itu2019s time to revisit, review and update your resume before you apply for your next job.

By Sarah K. White

IT Jobs IT Skills Resumes

Why Huntsville will be one of the most connected cities in the U.S.

When a city builds its own fiber network, prices for broadband connectivity plummet and choices for consumers multiply.

By Bill Snyder

Broadband Google Innovation

Underrated at work? Here’s why

Crazily, most people think they are above-average performers. This can create difficulties for team managers, but a closer look at research in this area can help us manage through this performance paradox.

By Iain Smith

Careers IT Skills Mentoring

Your as-a-service playbook for large enterprise has arrived

Welcome to the 'configurable enterprise' era.

By Mike Pearl

Cloud Computing SaaS

Yahoo has become a junk account

Email account user was already holding Yahoo Mail with tongs when he learned of first hack.

By Roger Kay

Email Clients Internet Mergers and Acquisitions

Top 10 recruiting software platforms

Finding a good recruiting software platform shouldn't be guesswork. Here are the 10 best based on business software review site G2 Crowd's rankings for 2017.

By Sharon Florentine