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SourceForge ‘hijacks’ GIMP, wraps it inside ads

GIMP is not the only project that has abandoned SourceForge, many other major projects have also distanced themselves from the site.

IBM unveils industry-specific predictive analytics services

IBM has introduced 20 new predictive analytics solutions across 12 industries, all tailored for specific use cases within those industries based on data IBM says it has collected from 50,000 client engagements.

New data alchemy: top tech leaders transform data into cash

Savvy CIOs in a variety of industries are generating additional revenue and value for their organizations by creating new data-driven products and services, a feat of IT alchemy wherein focus leads to financial reward.

Mandriva goes under as Canonical considers IPO

The same year Canonical expresses plans to go public, Mandriva is being liquidated.

Adtech and martech worlds collide

The forces putting advertising technology and marketing technology on a collision course seem inevitable. Will ad agencies be the big loser?

Microsoft’s new cloud offering targets government

Microsoft says government customers need more flexible, agile and inclusive IT solutions as they struggle to move agency operations to the cloud, and its Open Cloud platform can do just that.

Android Auto makes debut on Hyundai Sonata

Android users can now enjoy access to their smartphone features when driving in the 2015 Hyundai Sonata with Navigation.

Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu Community Council ask Kubuntu developer to step down as leader

Friction between the lead Kubuntu developer Jonathan Riddell and Ubuntu reached extreme temperatures on Monday when the Ubuntu Community Council (UCC) asked Riddell to step down from the position of Kubuntu Leader.

Fedora 22: First impressions

The latest release of one of the most reputable Linux distributions is here!

Coca-Cola finds innovation with startups

The odds of a 129-year-old mega corporation unearthing innovative ideas or technology in-house are virtually impossible. Instead, the company turns to startups u2013 and not your typical Silicon Valley startups.

Offshore captive centers are again a thriving outsourcing model

While several companies sold off their captive offshore centers during the recession, these global in-house options are back in vogue in 2015.

New IBM OpenStack services support hybrid cloud apps

Big Blue offers a new slate of IBM Cloud OpenStack Services for the open source cloud computing platform designed to help clients and developers integrate applications and data across hybrid clouds.

MapR adds self-service SQL Analytics

MapR Technologies updates its Hadoop distribution with Apache Drill 1.0 to support schema-free SQL analytics for big data.

Content marketers are overworked and under-performing

Last year, marketers spent more than $135 billion creating digital marketing content. However, much of it is wasted as 70 percent of it isn't being used and social media is littered with failed attempts.

13 best companies for female IT pros

The Anita Borg Institute has released its annual list of best companies for women technologists. At the top of the list: BNY Mellon; with tech firms like Google, Apple, GoDaddy and Salesforce.com also making a strong showing.

Traction Watch: Unmetric Grows By Helping Marketers Know What Works, What Doesn’t

Federal CIOs want better cloud vendor support

With considerable momentum within the government for moving to the cloud, federal IT leaders would like better guarantees from service providers when things go wrong.

5 ways to future-proof your cloud computing deals

It pays to future-proof cloud contracts, making sure the deal you sign today is aligned with evolving business needs. Here are five terms SaaS buyers should insist on when making new deals.

ADP delivers big data platform for workforce management insights

The payroll processing titan is leveraging data from its 600,000 clients and their 24 million employees to provide human resources professionals with benchmarking and predictive analytics .

Pentaho adds orchestration for Apache Spark jobs

Pentaho has announced native integration of Pentaho Data Integration (PDI) with Apache Spark, enabling the orchestration of Spark jobs.

How Aflac put claims processing in the fast lane

The insurer can now receive, process and pay most individual claims in just one business day, thanks to streamlined IT systems.

Amazon opens up about AWS revenues

Amazon Web Services is a big business that is growing fast. Amazon has typically remained quiet on the subject of AWS financials, but has finally opened up about how the service is doing. CIO.com columnist Bernard Golden looks at what AWS revenues re

IBM aims to help developers build analytics-driven cloud apps

Big Blue has introduced new services for its Bluemix cloud development platform to help developers create cloud applications for mobile, Internet of Things, supply-chain analytics and intelligent infrastructure solutions.

Automotive retailer drives into the cloud

Asbury Automotive replaces three data centers with 100 percent cloud-based systems — so IT can focus on business.rn

How a N.Y. college helps STEM students succeed

Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology's partnership with a digital marketing agency is helping its graduates land great jobs and also helping it recruit new students into its post-secondary STEM education program.

Pivotal rolls out Hadoop distro update, new query optimizer

Pivotal releases a new version of its Pivotal HD Hadoop distribution built on the open source ODP big data kernel, along with a new cost-based query optimizer that promises up to 100x performance upgrades for Greenplum and HAWQ.

IBM Watson adds hybrid cloud developer tools

Watson Explorer helps developers build hybrid cloud cognitive applications using data sets resident in a mix of on-premises, public and private cloud environments.

What B2B tech can learn from consumer marketing

Business-to-business marketing is based on education and analytics where the best offering wins, right? Not so fast. Purchasing decisions for B2B customers can be even more emotional than consumer purchases. After all, the stakes are higher. So what

How to market to millennials (it’s not easy)

A group of young marketers offer advice about wooing technically savvy, digitally driven millennials, who — despite the fact that many are drowning in student loans u2013 are the target market du jour.

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Turn your Stainless Steel Apple Watch into a gold plated edition

How Real Madrid scores fan engagement in the cloud

Using the Microsoft Cloud platform, Real Madrid — the world's largest sports franchise — is undergoing a digital transformation to help further engagement with the soccer club's 450 million fans worldwide.

Want an Apple Watch right away? Order the 38mm Stainless Steel with Classic Buckle

One of the smaller 38mm Apple Watches is shipping fast!

Traction Watch: Bluecore Rides On The Success Of $55M In Client Revenue

Since email marketing startup Bluecore soft-launched in 2013, it has been capitalizing on the momentum of big data and has managed to generate over $55M in revenue for clients.

IT outsourcing deal values hit 10-year low

Amid increasing automation and decreasing prices, the IT outsourcing industry has just recorded its worst first quarter in terms of annual contract value of deals awarded since 2004. However, the current slowness is not necessarily a negative thing.

Can a startup democratize big data apps?

With its new Adatao Data Intelligence Platform, the Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup claims it will do for data intelligence what the iPhone did for the mobile Internet.

BMW does in-car augmented reality

BMW demoed a unique new set of AR glasses that provide a range of both in-vehicle and out-of-car functionality designed to enhance the driving experience. The MINI Augmented Vision glasses are also somewhat stylish u2014 at least compared to other si

Dell brings advanced visualization to analytics platform

A partnership with data visualization specialist Datawatch gives Dell's Statistica analytics platform new capabilities that better position it for business analysts.

Traction Watch: ZenPayroll Experiences 10x Growth In Just Over Two Years

ZenPayroll launched in California in 2012 and supported only a small number of companies in their local area. In 2013, they were processing about $100 million in payroll and had only about 100 customers. This month, they announced they now have 10,00

New Chrome extension aims to protect Google passwords, foil phishers

Hackers often gain access to accounts by stealing password through nefarious means. The new Password Alert Chrome browser extension helps deter bad guys by discouraging people from reusing their Google passwords on other sites and detecting phishing

IBM researchers make quantum computing breakthroughs

IBM's Experimental Quantum Computing group's development has enormous potential for overcoming big data simulation and optimization challenges. (Includes infographic.)

Salaries for STEM jobs in decline

PayScale's Q1 2015 Index shows wages for STEM jobs flat or in decline after almost a decade of growth.

Traction Watch: Meet The Spring 2015 DEMO Traction Champions

Why Red Hat is tackling BPM

Red Hat has embedded a business resource planner to help developers build applications to solve complex optimization and scheduling problems.

How to balance data privacy and healthcare improvements

Experts argue for clearer rules of the road to protect privacy through limited data collection and use in government, provider and health IT sectors.

Box CEO courts enterprise cloud customers

Businesses spend tens of billions of dollars a year trying to solve new problem with old technology, according Box CEO Aaron Levie, who says his company provides cutting-edge tech that addresses evolving enterprise storage needs.

Apple Watch ‘Wrist Detect’ feature key for IT

A new IT policy in Apple's Configurator tool for admins lets enterprises force wrist authentication on the Apple Watch for access to on-screen notifications, and it's one of the few Watch-specific security features available at launch.

The iPhone and the BB-8 Star Wars droid toy

BB-8 is a new Star Wars: The Force Awakens droid toy from Disney that you can control with your iPhone

Teradata unveils improved QueryGrid connectors

Teradata is updating QueryGrid, which allows business analysts to use SQL to query multiple analytics engines without having to move data or learn a new language.

Are Apple’s retail employees being treated fairly?

Do Apple's retail employees get the same treatment as its corporate employees? Some retail workers are frustrated and upset about their experiences in Apple's stores

Retina MacBook bombs in iFixit repairability score

Apple's new 2015 MacBook is thin, light and has a new keyboard. But don't expect to repair it yourself. It may be Apple's worst MacBook ever for repairability. But does that really matter to most users?