Special Features

Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are going to be useful for far more than just gaming. We explore the ways the technology will be used for training, marketing, product design, and much more.

CES is a showcase for the tech trends that will shape the year ahead. Since consumer tech now has a big influence on businesses, we put the spotlight on the most important CES trends for companies to watch.

The rise of big data and the demand for real-time information is putting more pressure than ever on enterprise storage. We look at the technologies that enterprises are using to keep up, from SSDs to storage virtualization to network and data center transformation.

Enterprise applications power the heart of business productivity, but they are traditionally difficult to implement, upgrade, and innovate. We look at how the next generation of enterprise apps could change the game.

Business executives are increasingly moving to an IT environment that is no longer focused on big, long projects but shorter, more sustainable efforts to drive change and innovation. Here are the pros and cons, and how to make it happen.

It's budget planning time for technology decision makers as they look ahead to next year and plan on where to focus their IT resources to make the biggest impact. We've got perspectives and research to help inform those decisions.

There are some things that machines are simply better at doing than humans, but humans still have plenty going for them. Here's a look at how the two are going to work in concert to deliver a more powerful future for IT, and the human race.

Storage remains the lifeline of the technology world. With the rise of big data and the digitization of everything, the demand for storage continues to grow exponentially. Here's our look at how to plan, manage, and optimize enterprise storage to keep up with the deluge.

As big data, the internet of things, and social media spread their wings, they bring new challenges to information security and user privacy. We examine the new challenges and how companies can best deal with them.

The rise of objects that connect themselves to the internet -- from cars to heart monitors to stoplights -- is unleashing a wave of new possibilities for data gathering, predictive analytics, and IT automation. We discuss how to tap these nascent solutions.