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'War Room' notes describe IT chaos at Healthcare.gov

On the morning of Oct. 1 in Washington, temperatures in the low 80s were expected, the Republican-engineered federal shutdown was in its first day, and a Healthcare.gov "War Room" team gathered for a meeting. They kept notes....

11.11.2013

App wrapping secures sensitive data even on malware-infected, jail-broken, unmanaged mobile consumer devices

App wrapping has emerged as a way to give IT the rare opportunity to say “yes” to user choice while simultaneously enabling a more secure, extended enterprise....

11.11.2013

Bruce Schneier wants to make surveillance costly again

The ongoing revelations of governmental electronic spying point to a problem larger than National Security Agency malfeasance, or even of security weaknesses. Rather the controversy arising from Edward Snowden's leaked documents suggest we face unresolved issues around data ownership, argued security expert Bruce Schneier....

11.11.2013

'Operation Hangover' hackers exploit latest Windows zero-day

The unpatched vulnerability in Windows that Microsoft acknowledged on Tuesday has been used by a known Indian hacker group responsible for earlier "Operation Hangover" attacks, security company Symantec said....

11.11.2013

Fire at Internet Archive reaffirms need for an Internet archive

The Internet Archive, a massive, publicly accessible online repository of everything on the World Wide Web, suffered major fire damage to one of its San Francisco facilities Wednesday night....

11.11.2013

5 ways that BYOD is shaking up tech support

Amid the clamor of "bring your own device" (BYOD), a question lurks in the background: "What happens to technical service and support?" Concerns for the tech support function encompass the extremes, from agents being overwhelmed with calls, to their becoming inhabitants of a help desk ghost town....

11.11.2013

Do-or-die time for Acer as it hunts for winning strategy

Best known for its low-cost laptops, Acer doesn't really inspire thoughts of premium products. But building high-end hardware could be the Taiwanese vendor's best shot as it looks for a way to rescue its struggling business....

11.11.2013

National Geographic's IT Team Turns the Page on Mobile Apps

If National Geographic taught us anything over its 125-year history, it's this: Survival depends largely on adapting to constantly changing conditions....

11.11.2013

Twitter rides high on IPO in stark contrast to rival Facebook

Twitter's first day of trading as a public company sits in sharp contrast to Facebook's troubled and disappointing IPO a year and a half ago....

11.11.2013

Customer-facing kiosks: Successes and pitfalls

Though not every experiment has yielded pay dirt, many organizations giving kiosks a go report minimal IT investment and improvement in customer satisfaction or employee self-service....

11.11.2013

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