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Why an aging population may be good for innovation

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The conventional wisdom is that an aging population is a net drag on a nation’s economic competitiveness. America, these naysayers point out, is almost ready to fall off a demographic cliff once the aging Baby Boomers start retiring. But in a paper published by the journal PLOS ONE, a group of international researchers at the […]

GAO Records 1% Cloud Spending Increase at 7 Agencies

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The Government Accountability Office has completed the review of the progress seven federal agencies have made to implement cloud computing and found a 1 percent overall increase in investments since 2012 at those agencies combined. Cloud computing services at those agencies grew by 80 services and cloud spending has gone up by $222 million since GAO conducted [...]

Google gets privacy policy lesson from EU data protection authorities

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European Union privacy regulators want Google to make its privacy policies easier to find and understand, with exhaustive lists of what data it holds and processes, in order to comply with EU law, they told the company this week.Google received the package of recommendations from the Article 29 Working Party (WP29), an umbrella group for European data protection authorities.

Report: Home Depot hacker used previously unseen ‘Mozart’ malware

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A report issued by the Department of Homeland Security says a previously unseen malicious software program they are calling Mozart was used in the security breach at Atlanta-based The Home Depot Inc.

The report draws on information gathered by the Secret Service, which is investigating the breach, The Wall Street Journal reported early Thursday. Officials say it appears the software was customized to attack Home Depot’s systems, the WSJ said. The phrase ‘Mozart’ was in the malware’s code…

Post recession, tech workers prefer working at midsize companies, survey finds

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Working for a startup may have lost its appeal to IT professionals who, after weathering the recent recession, are more interested in positions at medium-sized companies that offer a startup’s innovative environment and a large company’s stability.According to a survey from IT staffing firm Robert Half Technology, 16 percent of respondents would work at a startup. The ideal work environment is a midsize company, where 60 percent of the 2,300 IT professionals polled would like to work.

Windows PCs lose back-to-school sales to Chromebooks, Macs

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Kids aren't the only ones who approach back-to-school season with a looming sense of dread. Computer makers count on returning students to goose PC sales, but the past few back-to-school seasons have been a bloodbath, offering no relief amid a protracted period of free-fall in the market.But not this year! The NPD Research Group reports that consumer PC sales in the U.S. actually grew 3 percent over last year's showing.Some interesting devils lie in the details, though: That growth was driven purely by Macs and Chromebooks.

Getting More Entrenched In Your Supply Chain Is A Few Clicks Away

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Being stuck in the middle is often a bad thing. But what if you’re not stuck? What if, instead, you’re entrenched? An entrenched distributor, for example, would likely be in the driver’s seat, capable of straddling manufacturers and customers and calling the shots to their strategic benefit.Read more about Getting More Entrenched In Your Supply Chain Is A Few Clicks AwayComments

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