CIO Symmetry

February 2017

CIO mission

IoT explosion a wake-up call for CIOs
Mekhala Roy - News and Features Writer 10 Feb 2017

This week, a new report from market analyst firm Gartner predicted that 2017 will be the year when the number of connected devices will surpass the world's population. In Searchlight, Associate ...

23 principles to help avoid an AI apocalypse
Mekhala Roy - News and Features Writer 03 Feb 2017

This week, tech leaders established new guidelines for AI, known as the Asilomar AI Principles. It is a set of guidelines that aims to prevent a Westworld-like AI apocalypse, writes Senior ...

SearchCompliance

GDPR compliance benefits emerge a year and a half later

While some may see GDPR as a set of restrictions, it can improve business practices. Learn more about the GDPR compliance ...

Designing secure, compliant identity access and management

Desperately seeking secure IAM? You're not alone, and it gets extra tricky when biometrics are involved. Learn to employ modes of...

IAM-driven biometrics in security requires adjustments

IAM is foundational to cybersecurity, but the latest systems use biometrics and other personal data. Learn how to cope with the ...

SearchHealthIT

Role of AI in healthcare applications is more aggressive, invasive

AI has proved successful in radiology for disease detection, but most early applications are in nonclinical areas like ...

AI usage in healthcare upgrades imaging, analytics, automation

Computer vision, deep learning and automation are making greater inroads into radiology, robot-assisted surgeries, virtual ...

How hiring ethical hackers can help healthcare organizations

They say if you can't beat them, join them. That's the approach some organizations take to hacking -- let the hackers come to ...

SearchCloudComputing

Review these Azure Service Bus best practices

When applications talk, you need to listen. Learn about Microsoft's cloud messaging service, its main features, best practices to...

Instill cloud change management best practices

Automation is essential to change management in the cloud. Discover the best practices that ensure your IT team is in sync and ...

How much cloud does an IT disaster recovery plan need?

It's not easy to get the right mix of traditional and cloud-based DR resources. Here's how to strike a balance between what's ...

SearchMobileComputing

Compare Intune alternatives to Intune for mobility management

Intune stands out in the EMM market in part due to its incumbency as a PC management platform. IT must evaluate Intune compared ...

Deploy kiosk devices with the Managed Home Screen Android app

The Managed Home Screen app allows Microsoft Intune admins to deploy multi-app kiosk devices. IT should learn the two best ...

New Outlook features appeal to users on the go

At Ignite, Microsoft announced some improvements to its Office app and Outlook for iOS and Android. Learn about how it benefits ...

SearchDataCenter

Top 4 open source automation tools for admins

Open source offerings are an easy way to bring automation into your organization. When selecting software, evaluate the user ...

U.S. facility may have best data center PUE

The data center energy efficiency metric, power usage effectiveness, or PUE, is not improving. But one supercomputer data center ...

Increase efficiency with data center temperature monitoring

Data centers must track multiple temperature components. Organizations can use ASHRAE standards and on-premises hardware for ...