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Panasonic unveiled the Toughpad FZ-A1, a 10-inch tablet and the first in its Toughpad family of Google Android-powered tablets designed for highly mobile outdoor workers in conditions like aviation, construction, field service and public safety. Panasonic said it would add a 7-inch tablet to the Toughpad range in the second half of 2012. The FZ-A1, […]

Army Gen. Keith Alexander, head of the National Security Agency (NSA), discussed the cloud and how to defend against increasingly sophisticated cyber-threats at a recent Information Systems Security Association conference in Baltimore and in a follow-up interview with eWEEK. As commander of U.S. Cyber Command, he also discussed rules of engagement for the military in […]

A report from mobile phone manufacturer Ericsson says mobile data traffic will grow 10-fold between 2011 and 2016, driven mainly by video, noting mobile broadband subscriptions grew by 60 percent in one year and are expected to grow from 900 million in 2011 to almost 5 billion in 2016. By 2016, users living on less […]

As the holiday shopping season approaches, IT managers are concerned about employees shopping online using their personal devices while at work, according to a new survey. More than half the time spent shopping will be done using either work computers or personal devices on corporate networks, which would pose significant risks to the network and […]

IBM has made good on its promise to deliver Windows integration with the IBM mainframe via the zEnterprise System. When IBM introduced the zEnterprise in July 2010, the company also announced plans to deliver additional general-purpose blades for the IBM zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension including IBM System x-based blades running Linux in 2011. IBM also suggested […]

Consumers are increasingly willing to take action against organizations if their personal information is ever compromised by a security breach, Unisys found. More than 10,000 people in 12 countries, including 1,000 from the United States, were surveyed by Lieberman Researcher Group and Newspoll in the latest Unisys Security Index, released Nov. 2. While there were […]

Advanced Micro Devices will lay off 10 percent of its workforce as part of a larger effort to cut more than $200 million in expenses in 2012. Executives with the world’s second-largest chip maker said Nov. 3 that the cost-cutting moves–which include not only the layoffs but also other efforts aimed at streamlining the operations […]

IBM unveiled enhancements to its security services portfolio, promising customers improved data analytics and deeper real-time analysis of security threats. Customers can analyze data from multiple sources across the enterprise and determine how to tweak their security strategies and make sure security and business needs are aligned using new intelligence tools and services, IBM said […]

This feature covers CIOs changing jobs — and alerts you to job opportunities at organizations seeking IT executives — across Fortune-ranked and mid-market companies in the U.S. and Canada. Information is provided exclusively to CIO Insight by the researchers at DiscoverOrg. In this week’s installment of CIOs on the Move, we cover executive changes at […]

The recruiting environment for tech professionals is less urgent than what was experienced in the first half of the year, according to the latest report from IT jobs site Dice. The reported noted that backdrop is still positive, with the unemployment rate for tech professionals at 4.2 percent. The number of resumes viewed on Dice […]

HIMSS Analytics, the research and analytics arm of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, has released a new report showing a 16 percent increase in the likelihood to meet the criteria for Stage 1 meaningful use of electronic health records. HIMSS is a nonprofit organization focused on guiding the health care industry on how […]

Apple acknowledged a few bugs affecting the battery life of some iOS 5 devices, confirming earlier reports by users around the world. "A small number of customers have reported lower than expected battery life on iOS 5 devices," Apple wrote in a Nov. 2 statement to AllThingsD. "We have found a few bugs that are […]