Thor Olavsrud

Thor Olavsrud is a journalist covering data analytics, security, infrastructure, and networking for CIO.com. He's especially interested in companies that use data to transform their business to tackle problems in innovative ways. As a senior writer, his articles focus on practical insights, analysis, and business use cases that can help CIOs and other IT leaders navigate the shifting IT landscape.

50 Android Apps to Inform, Monitor and Manage

With the right apps, your Android phone can become an incredibly versatile tool. It can call up useful information in moments at the touch of...

35 Great Free Android Apps

Okay, we get it: you want more free android apps. Sure, we've already given you a list of 50 of the best free apps for...

SAP Unveils Business Analytics Apps Aimed at Industry Verticals

Enterprise software giant SAP on Tuesday took the wraps off 10 new business analytics applications geared toward a host of industry verticals. SAP (NYSE: SAP) characterized the releases...

VMware Rounds Out Cloud Offerings With Security, Analytics Acquisitions

Seeking to round out its offerings in preparation for what it describes as the "third phase" of virtualization -- IT as a service -- VMware on Tuesday...

Study: Firms Lack Business Analytics Benefits

The data analysis enabled by business analytics and business intelligence software provides a critical competitive edge to firms. Yet a study indicates that enterprises don't fully understand...

Intel Introduces Dual-Core Atom Processor for Netbooks

Seeking to keep its dominant position in the netbook market, Intel announced Monday that its new mobile dual-core Atom processors have hit the streets in a...

Chip Sales Rise Significantly

As economists debate the future of the global economy, microprocessor sales and revenue are seeing a significant upturn. Are they are harbinger of overall economic growth? The...

75 Awesome Android Apps

The Android is one of the most powerful smartphones around, and it gains new functionality every day as more apps are added to the Android...

IT Outsourcing Trends: Slow Growth, Cloud Computing

Despite predictions to the contrary, IT outsourcing has contracted rather than expanded in the years since we entered the Great Recession, according to industry watchers....

Cloud Computing Guide

ALSO SEE: Ten Cloud Computing Leaders • Cloud Computing: News and Additional Resources Cloud computingis a method of provisioning computing resources, including both hardware and software, that relies on...

Top 10 Business Intelligence Software Solutions

The Business Intelligence software market is shaping up as a David vs. Goliath struggle. Behemoths like Microsoft, Oracle and IBM offer feature-rich BI suites along with their many other enterprise software products....

Business Intelligence Software

ALSO SEE: Business Intelligence Software and Predictive Analytics • Ten Leading Business Intelligence Software Solutions Business Intelligence software, or BI software, is used to find and analyze business data...

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