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SharePoint 2013 offers fine balance between official and "shadow" development
SharePoint is a great example of the schizophrenic approach to democratizing IT -- it's easy enough for a manager to use to create document libraries, yet every version adds new features for the IT...
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Scratch your New Year itch with some comic relief
Use the principles from the funny pages to make your interface flow and your icons pop - or to show off your ideas for user experiences
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Hedge your bets when you make your apps mobile
Tap the wisdom of the crowd. Mobile developers say cross-platform tools let them reach more platforms - and make more money. Learn from their choice of tools - and don't mistake WebKit for the mobile...
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Make any database into your very own iPad app with FileMaker
Building a simple database in FileMaker can be as easy as using Excel. Then, you can use the free FileMaker Go software to open and update your database on an iPad, iPhone, or most Web browsers.
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The BYOD focus is shifting from security to strategy
Mobile working and BYOD is changing the way IT works in business and unlocking enterprise systems for development and productivity, says IDC; IT can't say no and it isn't going to buying most of the...
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Stop saying no, or face the law of unintended consequences
It's a commonplace that most security problems are caused by employees who are just trying to get their job done. Tell someone they can't do what they need to and the way they work around you will be...
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Why Bluewolf's CEO spent the day on a road with a Sysco food salesman
To build tools that actually help employees get their jobs done, developers have to do what employees actually do. For Sysco, that meant a day visiting New York delis and discovering sales reps never...
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If you want to keep your CIO, let them change things more quickly
IT needs to get things done faster and far more efficiently. That means integrated IT tools rather than silos, but it also means CIOs need to be allowed to change things enough to start helping the...
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Inside threat: When security policy and business processes are out of whack
What do you do when you set a policy and even executives blatantly flout it to get their job done? Something has to change and you have to think through all the implications between your policies and...
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How Microsoft protects its crown jewel secrets in a BYOD world
The problem with protecting confidential information isn't the technology -- it's you. BYOD and security are going to be in conflict so you need to start thinking about what to protect. The simple...
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CloudVelocity makes it easy to dive into the cloud
Don't be a cloud wallflower. You don't have to wait to go to the cloud just because the business applications your users need are still running on your own servers. CloudVelocity promises a no-change...
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Why I'm still excited about Windows RT and Surface -- and they're not going away
Windows RT is much bigger than Surface. Selling Surface isn't just about making a good product, although that's necessary. And it's too soon to give up on either of them.
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Why the iPhone's fingerprint sensor is better than the ones on older laptops
Everyone who has used fingerprint scanners on a laptop will be dubious about the experience on the new iPhone, but the latest generation of fingerprint readers are far more usable - and they're coming...
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Microsoft promises to protect any file, anywhere, for anyone
Free rights management on Azure can protect your documents in the cloud from your competitors, or even the government, whatever file format and platform you use.
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Under the covers: The clever engineering that went into the new Surfaces
It's not just Haswell and Tegra 4: The second generation Surfaces are packed with smart engineering and clever ideas.
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How Ballmer's "One Microsoft" vision is already changing the company
Company reorgs don't happen overnight but we're hearing the same story from multiple teams at Microsoft. One Microsoft is making sense to them - which means it might just work.
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Why Google seems to be moving two directions at once with Android
Google needs to keep Android open enough to be everywhere and closed enough to benefit Google; that self-interest can make the search giant look schizophrenic.
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Microsoft financial incentives for internal collaboration become clear
The one Microsoft re-org means sharing the cost of the technology behind devices and services; that's Steve Ballmer giving different teams a financial incentive to collaborate to create the seamless...
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Actually, Microsoft needs Bing and Xbox as much as it needs Windows
You can't take Bing, or Xbox, out of Microsoft and you don't want to. The future is devices and services, not platforms, and Microsoft can't afford to only be an enterprise company
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How Microsoft is learning to make the new generation of developers happy
The One Microsoft reorganization began sooner than you think -- it began with getting the people who built key Microsoft technologies to persuade more developers to use them, along with all the other...
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