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Remote working 101: Professional's guide to the tools of the trade

Mastering remote work is all about finding the right tools to stay productive and connected. This guide will have you and your team synchronized and working in harmony, wherever you happen to be.

3 days ago by Greg Nichols in Collaboration

Can blockchain transform healthcare IT?

How the technology-enabled mechanism of trust might affect the way medical information is handled.

September 28, 2018 by Bob Violino in Digital Health and Wellness

Microsoft Office 365 for business: Everything you need to know

Microsoft's multitude of Business and Enterprise editions -- licensed as monthly or annual subscriptions -- offer more advanced feature sets than the Home and Personal editions, with collaborative applications and management tools designed for meeting enterprise security and compliance challenges.

September 28, 2018 by Ed Bott in Enterprise Software

What is machine learning? Everything you need to know

This guide explains what machine learning is, how it is related to artificial intelligence, how it works and why it matters.

September 14, 2018 by Nick Heath in Artificial Intelligence

Online security 101: Tips for protecting your privacy from hackers and spies

Security 101: Here's how to keep your data private, step by step

This simple advice will help to protect you against hackers and government surveillance.

September 11, 2018 by Zack Whittaker in Security

What a hybrid cloud is in the 'multi-cloud era,' and why you may already have one

Now that the services used by an enterprise and provided to its customers may be hosted on servers in the public cloud or on-premises, maybe "hybrid cloud" isn't an architecture any more. While that may the case, that's not stopping some in the digital transformation business from proclaiming it a way of work unto itself.

September 10, 2018 by Scott Fulton III in Cloud

To be a microservice: How smaller parts of bigger applications could remake IT

If your organization could deploy its applications in the cloud the way Netflix does, could it reap the same kinds of benefits that Netflix does? Perhaps, but its business model and maybe even its philosophy might have to be completely reformed -- not unlike jumping the chasm from movies-by-mail to streaming content.

September 7, 2018 by Scott Fulton III in Developer

What is ransomware? Everything you need to know about one of the biggest menaces on the web

Updated: Everything you need to know about ransomware: how it started, why it's booming, how to protect against it, and what to do if your PC's infected.

August 22, 2018 by Danny Palmer in Enterprise Software

What is the IoT? Everything you need to know about the Internet of Things right now

Updated: The Internet of Things explained. What the IoT is, and where it's going next.

August 21, 2018 by Steve Ranger in Edge Computing

Samsung DeX 101: Turn a Galaxy phone into your primary computer

Samsung's Galaxy smartphones are extremely powerful, and with the DeX platform, these phones can power a desktop experience that includes productivity, creativity, and communication applications.

August 9, 2018 by Matthew Miller in Mobility

What is deep learning? Everything you need to know

The lowdown on deep learning: from how it relates to the wider field of machine learning through to how to get started with it.

August 7, 2018 by Nick Heath in Artificial Intelligence

Augmented and virtual reality mean business: Everything you need to know

An executive guide to the technology and market drivers behind the hype in AR, VR, and MR.

July 19, 2018 by Greg Nichols in Virtual Reality

Robotics in business: Everything humans need to know

An executive guide to the technology and market drivers behind the $135 billion robotics market.

July 18, 2018 by Greg Nichols in Robotics

What serverless architecture really means, and where servers enter the picture

If you think the term "cloud" obscures the technology behind interoperable network platforms, consider "serverless:" A style of programming for cloud platforms that is changing the way applications are built, deployed, and ultimately, consumed.

July 18, 2018 by Scott Fulton III in Developer

What Kubernetes really is, and how orchestration redefines the data center

In a little over four years' time, the project born from Google's internal container management efforts has upended the best-laid plans of VMware, Microsoft, Oracle, and every other would-be king of the data center. So just what is it that changed everything?

July 11, 2018 by Scott Fulton III in Data Centers

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