This telecom company rebrands just after Y2K and gets a few leadership changes — and all the new bosses are friends of the new CEO and not very technical, reports an IT pilot fish working there. “My new boss was in charge of running all of the … [Read more...]

We’ve discussed before how Apple’s devices can be good for your health, but we should see the potential of its mobile health solutions take a quantum leap in the next few years, as genetic information is used to deliver utterly personalized, precision med … [Read more...]

Flashback to the mid-1970s, when this pilot fish is a clerk at a company where IT is called Computer Services, all the software is written in mainframe PL/I — and the VP of Real Estate wants a regularly updated list of leaseholders in alphabetical … [Read more...]

Apple introduced new iMacs at WWDC 2017. I’ve taken a look at the 21.5-inch, 3.4GHz model with a 4K Retina display. This model carries a 1TB Fusion drive and uses a Radeon Pro 560 with 4GB video memory. I’ll try to avoid repeating too many of the widely av … [Read more...]

It’s the 1980s, and for half a year this IT pilot fish and his team have been working on a major project: upgrading the mainframe. “Six months have been spent checking the requirements and specifications,” fish says. “The decision … [Read more...]

Like many companies, Rent-A-Center has made a commitment to champion diversity and inclusion. The IT organization at the rent-to-own company regularly draws on the talent acquisition team to help with candidate engagement, it has revamped interview … [Read more...]

Google is working hard to make phones obsolete. The company wouldn’t admit this. And they don’t want me to say it. They still have to make nice with mobile phone carriers who support and sell Android phones. In getting rid of the phone as we … [Read more...]

Microsoft never sleeps. Even before the Windows 10 Creators Update was rolled out, the company began work on the next major update to Windows 10, code-named Redstone 3. As it did with the Creators Update, Microsoft has been releasing a series of public … [Read more...]

Collaboration is critical in today’s super-connected business environments, but not every enterprise is ready or able to deploy high-end solutions, fortunately there are a range of excellent collaboration tools that should help productivity workers of any … [Read more...]

Office 365 subscribers always have the latest version of Microsoft Office — currently Office 2016. They also get more frequent software updates than those who have purchased Office 2016 without a subscription, which means subscribers have access to the l … [Read more...]