TotalCIO

March 2010

Cloud computing for business

Success with cloud applications calls for a strong data-privacy policy
Rachel Lebeaux - Senior Managing Editor 19 Mar 2010

Public agency CIOs and IT executives are joining the move to cloud applications, while making sure their data privacy policy remains strong. As I've stated previously on this blog, public-sector ...

Up next: Cloud computing management
Christina Torode - Editorial Director 16 Mar 2010

With the market saturated with cloud computing platforms and services, it was inevitable that another crop of vendors would emerge to help enterprises make sense of it all. I’m talking about the ...

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SEC's iXBRL requirements met with optimism -- and trepidation

Compliance with the SEC's new Inline XBRL requirements will change financial reporting processes. The benefits are there, but not...

7 free GRC tools every compliance professional should know about

All organizations need to meet a variety of regulatory compliance requirements, but they don't all have the budget for GRC ...

Can holistic cybersecurity deliver the needed protection?

A holistic approach to cybersecurity can provide continuous monitoring -- or create holes a hacker can breach. What makes the ...

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How the CIO role in healthcare has evolved at Northwell Health

What issues keep Northwell Health CIO John Bosco up at night? Cybersecurity and finding skilled healthcare IT staff who can keep ...

PediNotes launches with neonatal data entry software

PediNotes, launched by a neonatologist who conceived the idea in the 1990s, is software that integrates with a hospital's EMR ...

Healthcare NLP mines valuable insights from unstructured data

Most of the data in an EHR is unstructured and often ignored. Natural language processing enables healthcare providers to extract...

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Microsoft Azure feature targets application latency woes

A new Microsoft Azure function can place VMs associated with a multi-tier application inside the same cloud data center to reduce...

VMware on Azure gains early adherents

Microsoft's Azure VMware Solutions service will compete with the VMware Cloud on AWS offering, and reflects a move to the cloud ...

Best practices for negotiating a SaaS SLA

SaaS apps offer convenience, but enterprises still need to do their due diligence with prospective vendors. Follow these tips to ...

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Apple and Google simplify BYOD management with new OSes

IT must weigh user privacy and endpoint security when it shapes its BYOD policies. Luckily, new features in iOS 13 and Android Q ...

Discover details on unified endpoint management

With the prevalence of mobile devices in the enterprise, companies need solid technology to manage them. UEM tools consolidate ...

Pros and cons of smartphone sensor data analysis

With the help of smartphone sensor data, IT can learn about its users' behaviors and improve operations and workflows, but ...

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3 ways to benefit from open source infrastructure

Using open source infrastructure can reduce operating costs and streamline upgrades, but it's important to weigh the pros and ...

IBM mainframes face competitive pressures inside and out

IBM's mainframe business continues to be under pressure from cloud-based competitors, and perhaps even its own Power server. ...

Linux features beyond server management

Due to its open source nature, Linux is constantly gaining new capabilities. Here's a look at some common use cases and features.