Новости за 05.06.2017

Since its release 21 months ago, Windows 10 has forced companies to rethink how enterprise mobile management (EMM) is handled in their corporate environments.

Similar to the Cliffs Notes you used in college to get the synopsis of classic novels, Computerworld’s cheat sheets are easy-to-use guides to help you navigate through older versions of Microsoft’s software. Sure, they've been around for a while, but Microsoft still supports them for those users reluctant to the update to the latest and greatest.

In the last few years, we've been seeing some significant changes in the suggestions that security experts are making for password security. While previous guidance increasingly pushed complexity in terms of password length, the mix of characters used, controls over password reuse, and forced periodic changes, specialists have been questioning whether making passwords complex wasn't actually working against security concerns rather than promoting them.

Engagement. That’s a big advantage Apple has with its iPad, and that’s why enterprises should take another look at the platform, particularly in light of claims it will gain a more productive file system in iOS 11.

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Several of my futurist colleagues and I have been thinking about where, in these turbulent times, IT executives should go for career advice. 

A long-held retail IT fantasy is that complete item-level RFID will be deployed. In theory, this would allow both merchant and shopper to know precisely where every item is, making both inventory and finding that wayward box of strawberry-flavored corn flakes quite easy. But the economics of placing an RFID tag — the cost of which still tends to plateau at about five cents each — have made it nonviable for all but the most expensive products.

Similar to the Cliffs Notes you used in college to get the synopsis of classic novels, Computerworld’s cheat sheets are easy-to-use guides to help you navigate through older versions of Microsoft’s software. Sure, they've been around for a while, but Microsoft still supports them for those users reluctant to the update to the latest and greatest.

It's first thing Monday morning when this bank suddenly discovers it's not receiving some mission-critical data on its primary data feed, reports a pilot fish on the scene.