CIO Insight Staff

Organizations that use a software as a service (SaaS) platform for data are more likely to use it for sensitive data than for mission-critical data, according to a new report from IT research firm Gartner. The study, based on a survey of 425 respondents from IT risk management disciplines in the United States, United Kingdom, […]

The worldwide PC market is expected to grow only by a fraction of a percentage in 2012, IDC reported Aug. 23, due to economic conditions and wait-and-see attitudes. This will mark the PC market’s second consecutive year of growth below 2 percent. By year’s end, IDC expects PC sakes totals to creep to 367.2 million, […]

REDWOOD CITY, CALIF.–A survey of the IT labor market shows high demand and short supply for IT professionals, but that the shortage is exacerbated by the fact that relatively few women are in the profession. The survey of 2,400 IT managers globally by Harvey Nash, a global staffing services firm, revealed that 35 percent of […]

Businesses of all sizes continue to struggle to find a solution for dealing with the growing volume of information flowing into their databases–a mountain of files and figures known as big data. Although that load of information can make businesses smarter, open data will be far more consequential for increasing revenue and business value, analysts […]

McAfee is expanding its mobile security solution with privacy features to protect Android tablet and smartphone users from apps that may look to access personal information on their devices. At a time when the number of cyber-attacks on Android-based devices is skyrocketing, McAfee’s Mobile Security software also reports to the user apps that may be […]

Beleaguered BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion disputed a report on tech blog Boy Genius Report, which stated the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) would be incompatible with the company’s latest line of smartphones and operating system software, BlackBerry 10. This would force businesses to require two servers to operate the latest BlackBerry devices as well as […]

On Oct. 26, your IT department will have its hands full. In many ways, when Windows 8 arrives, the technological transformation will be far greater than it was when smartphones became popular or when people started showing up at the office with iPads. The reason is that for most companies, Windows is the only operating […]

A computer virus that aims to infect Windows machines and steal data can also opportunistically infect Apple’s Mac OS X and VMware virtual machines, security firms said this week. The malware, called Crisis, can spread through the autorun functionality of removable disk drives, install components on Windows Mobile devices and copy itself to virtual machine […]

PALO ALTO, Calif. — If speech-recognition technology were a human, it would be like a 5- or 6-year-old child. At the age of 1, you can speak to a child, but you have to speak slowly and simply using small words. By 5 or 6, it starts to better understand your words and, more importantly, […]

With its eagerly awaited iPhone 5 slated for release in September and its ongoing patent legal fight with Samsung nearing the home stretch, Apple already has a lot on its plate. So it needs a new patent lawsuit from Google’s Motorola Mobility unit like a hole in the head, according to IT analysts. But a […]

Dell, which is undergoing a massive transformation as it evolves from a PC and server box maker to a full enterprise IT solutions provider, will have a new person overseeing the effort. Dell executives, at the same time they unveiled disappointing second-quarter financial numbers, announced that Marius Haas, a former Hewlett-Packard executive, is the new […]

Healthcare organizations are moving full speed ahead with EHR initiatives, government agencies are embracing the cloud and remote support services, and businesses are pursuing workforce optimization solutions in this roundup of Hot IT projects. ADP, Aetna, Brocade Communications, the DoD, NASA and Henry Ford Health Systems are among the 17 Fortune-ranked and mid-market companies highlighted […]