Special Features

Today's security threats have expanded in their scope and seriousness. There can now be millions -- or even billions -- of dollars at risk when information security isn't handled properly. And beyond that, cybersecurity will define many of the international conflicts of the future.

The perfect home office, like Rome, wasn't built in a day. From a laptop in the bedroom to a dedicated video studio above the garage, ZDNet contributors welcome you inside their home-based workspaces and show off the tech gear that drives their productivity.

For the business of technology, it was the best of decades, it was the worst of decades. ZDNet looks back at the light and darkness. And what's ahead for the 2020s?

Big data involves mashing up company data with public data to improve real-time reporting and predictive analysis. In this special feature, ZDNet and TechRepublic explain how companies can get started and make good decisions about big data. Jason Hiner (left) explains why it’s important and what you’ll find in the report.

If analytics can measure, manage and optimize a player's contributions to a baseball or football team, what can it do for your enterprise?

Embedded sensors, IoT, and social media allow companies to collect more data than ever before, and analytics is turning that information into a competitive advantage. But, the public and political backlash to unfettered data collection and a lack of transparency about data use is also growing. We've got the information CIOs need to better meet the growing demand for data privacy, without stifling innovation.

The edge is that theoretical space where a data center resource can be accessed in the minimum amount of time. The location could be in the data center, on the desktop, or wherever there's a need.

Microservice architecture has the potential to pick up where service-oriented architecture (SOA) left off, making application development faster, more scalable, and more flexible. But as with SOA, some doubt microservices can live up to their promise. ZDNet helps CIOs sort out the fact from fiction.

Blockchain has the potential to rewrite the economy and change the balance of power across industries. It also has specific uses for the enterprise.

5G promises the higher bandwidth and ultra-reliable, low-latency communication needed for the next generation of IoT devices to drive the digital transformation of business processes, transportation, smart IT, and public safety.