Depending on who you talk to, the cloud is either (A) the future of business (and personal) computing, (B) a ruse by providers to get everybody stuck paying ever-increasing rates, (C) an epidemic of security breaches waiting to happen, or (D) an overhyped development that will lead to some interesting technological advancements but won’t ultimately […]

As technology continues to blur the lines between our online and offline worlds, many workers are finding the distinction between work and home harder to enforce. Smartphones make it easier than ever to access work emails 24/7, and many offices operate an unspoken rule – or even a spoken one – that some emails will […]

Technology has changed a lot over the years. Back in the mainframe days we had very standard architectures that were driven by a few vendors and managed by a few people. Developers had few choices when it came to infrastructure and programming languages. When we moved to the client server era, infrastructure configurations became much […]

You know that your business needs IT. Do you think of the money you spend on IT as an expense or an investment? When used correctly, your IT can help your end users become more efficient, giving your business the potential to produce more profit than it does today. It takes expertise though, and the […]

EHRs must do much more than simply replace paper charts. By enhancing them with personal health record features, we can create a new tool that deepens patient engagement. Electronic health record (EHR) systems don't yet satisfy most of the people they're meant to benefit. In fact, all too often they annoy and antagonize many users, […]

Mobile app developers want government healthcare agencies to make HIPAA regulations more flexible and current to meet consumer, technology, and provider needs. In a letter sent Monday to Representative Tom Marino (R-PA), ACT, the association for application developers, in conjunction with AirStrip, Aptible, AngelMD, CareSync, and Ideomed, asked Department of Health and Human Services to […]

NEWS ANALYSIS: Newly released documents show that Yahoo fought the U.S. government's requests to provide user information as part of the NSA's PRISM program. According to court documents released on Sept. 11, Yahoo resisted the U.S. government's initial attempts to force it to comply with the National Security Agency's PRISM program back in 2008. The […]

Videos offer a peek at Microsoft's Windows Threshold in action, including Start menu features that could appease keyboard-and-mouse fans who hate Windows 8. Earlier this week, alleged screenshots of the next version of Windows, codenamed Threshold, leaked online. The images provided the first in-depth look at Microsoft's upcoming OS, including support for virtual desktops, the […]

Nearly 70 percent of companies are concerned about employees using third-party messaging and chat apps to communicate and send documents internally, according to a survey of 397 IT enterprise decision-makers by messaging and mobility specialist Infinite Convergence. The study also found that 59 percent of IT decision-makers think third-party messaging apps and chat tools are […]

As the rate of stolen mobile devices has increased, the average time for IT departments to respond to this security threat has also grown, according to a Kaspersky Lab survey of global IT security professionals. The report found that more than one-third of employees (38 percent) take up to two days to notify their employers […]