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Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 a Good, But Pricey, Business Tool

The Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 is a business-centric mobile device that offers an all-day PC experience. Battery life is impressive, as is the included stylus. But the optional accessories that make it an effective tool for power users are also the fea

1 Aug 2013 8 mins

Small and Medium Business Tablet PCs Tablets

CIOs Say Mobilizing Enterprise Apps Is Not That Easy

Employees want their go-to business apps available on their mobile devices. IT wants to deliver enterprise apps to help mobile workers become more productive. So what's keeping CIOs from bringing those critical apps to iPhones and Android phones

31 Jul 2013 3 mins

Developer Small and Medium Business iPhone

5 Ways to Track In-Store Customer Behavior

There's a fine line between tracking the behaviors of customers in your brick-and-mortar store and spying on them. The technology discussed here uses data from customers' smartphones in conjunction with opt-in apps to offer patrons deals an

31 Jul 2013 4 mins

Privacy Retail Industry Small and Medium Business

Senators Push to Curb NSA’s FISA Authorities

Members of Judiciary Committee express concern over broad-ranging, secretive authorities under Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, push for bill to strengthen oversight, trasnsparency.

31 Jul 2013 4 mins

Government Legal Regulation

Mobile Apps Require a CIO Mind Shift

Itu2019s time to get started on smartphone apps that will make employees more productive and customers more loyal, say Forrester Research analysts Josh Bernoff and Ted Schadler.

30 Jul 2013 2 mins

CIO 100 Developer Small and Medium Business

Are Businesses Rushing to BYOD Too Quickly?

A survey of IT executives and IT pros paints a disturbing picture of BYOD. That picture includes a lack of confidence in compliance with federally mandated regulations, a fear that sensitive data is at risk and uncertainty about the overall effective

30 Jul 2013 3 mins

Mobile Security Regulation Small and Medium Business

My Experience with Marriott’s New Mobile Hotel Check-In

CIO.com's Al Sacco put Marriott's mobile app and mobile check-in to the test, and though it didn't work as well as he, or the hotel, hoped, there was a clear benefit over the traditional check-in process.

29 Jul 2013 5 mins

Small and Medium Business Smartphones iPhone

Construction Company Looks to the Cloud for Workforce Scheduling

Ledcor finds that a spreadsheet can't handle the complex 'chess game' of scheduling 800 technicians in the field, so it deploys a cloud-based workforce-management system.

29 Jul 2013 2 mins

Cloud Computing Markets SaaS

Cloud EHR Lessons Learned in Haiti

Strip away preconceptions about why technology doesn't or shouldn't work and people are likely to embrace the change that tech brings. That's what electronic health record and practice management software vendor athenahealth learned wh

29 Jul 2013 5 mins

Cloud Security Developer Healthcare Industry

How Progressive Uses Telematics and Analytics to Price Car Insurance

Progressive's Snapshot device monitors customer driving habits, lets insurer fine-tune policy pricing.

26 Jul 2013 3 mins

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