10 IT-business collaboration mistakes to avoid
Ignoring conflict, missing out on post-mortems, failing to prioritize trust — here’s what is holding you back when co-creating and collaborating with business colleagues. gremlin / Getty Images Today’s top stories 7 steps to stealth self-promotion and… Multi-cloud strategy: Pros, cons and… Innovative CIOs strike back against… Top 16 RPA tools today CIO resumes: 6 best practices and 7… SHOW MORE These days more than ever, collaboration and co-creation with your business peers is key to digital success. Without a…
Here’s why there won’t be a quick enterprise blockchain revolution
While corporate CIOs see the distributed ledger technology as innovative, blockchain is unlikely to become technically and operationally scalable anytime soon. MF3D / Getty Images While millions of dollars are being spent on blockchain, and that spending is expected to grow exponentially over the next five years, the distributed ledger technology will never spark a technology revolution in the enterprise where preference always favors centralized control. “I don’t think we will ever see a revolution in the enterprise,” said Avivah Litan,…
Information overload? 5 tips to tame team collaboration apps
While the rise of popular collaboration tools like Slack, Microsoft Teams and Google Hangouts has been a boon to worker productivity, there’s a downside: The seemingly endless parade of distractions, morning, noon and night. Here’s how to turn down the noise and get more work done. Oleksandr Hruts / Getty Images Email, video and messaging apps such as Slack and Microsoft Teams make it possible to easily collaborate with co-workers, no matter what time zone (or country) they happen to…
9 critical questions about Microsoft’s first Android phone
Microsoft’s Surface Duo deserves your attention, but some of the things we don’t yet know about the device may prove to be the most pivotal. Microsoft Android Intelligence Analysis 9 critical questions about Microsoft’s… The secret ingredients that could make… 4 Google Assistant additions worth… 7 ways Google’s Smart Displays could… Android 10 and the end of whimsy SHOW MORE Well, gang, it’s finally happened: Hell has officially frozen over. Didja hear about this? Microsoft is making its own Android…
UAE leads Middle East 5G, ranks 4th globally, in connectivity survey
But Middle Eastern countries rank low in terms of number of internet hosts, according to a new survey. Stephen Lawson The United Arab Emirates (UAE) ranks fourth globally in the launch and usage of 5G networks and leads the Middle East, followed by, in order, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman, according to new market research. Globally, Switzerland, South Korea and the U.S. lead, in order, in deployment of 5G networks. The 5G ranking is part of the latest…
Tunga taps African IT talent to meet growing demand for developers
The impact sourcing startup, set to open a new African office in Lagos, offers lessons for managing virtual developer teams. Tunga Plunging into the outsourcing market and facing much larger competition, impact sourcing startup Tunga has grown by determining the right skills, management techniques and tools best-suited for distributed developer teams, and is set to open a second African office in mid-October. Impact sourcing is the term used for what can be considered socially-conscious outsourcing: placing people from…
20 Slack tips, tricks and hacks for power users
Slack is a powerful collaboration tool in its own right, which means it also has a lot of hidden ways of doing things. Here’s how to get the most from it from users who know it best. Slack / Mudassir Ali (CC0) Slack users tend to be passionate about the popular collaboration tool. “Slack has changed the way we communicate internally,” says Rob Shapiro, senior director of product strategy for Muck Rack, a digital PR and journalism platform. Slack’s easier access to shared…
Google launches leaked-password checker, will bake it into Chrome in December
The company plans to add a hacked-password alert system into its browser by the end of year; Firefox aims to do much the same thing this month. Google / Gerd Altmann (CC0) Google has launched a web-based hacked-password checker, part of its efforts to bake an alert system into Chrome. Called “Password Checker,” the service examines the username-password combinations stored in Chrome’s own password manager and reports back on those authentication pairings that have been exposed in publicly-known data breaches.The web…
