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Tech And Tasers: IT Support In Washington's Prison System

The 185 IT professionals at the Washington Department of Corrections support the needs of approximately 8,000 corrections officers and staffers and track some 33,000 assets - including everything from iPhones to Tasers. Here's the story of how the organization revamped its IT support and service management tools and processes - and the surprising culture changes that came about as a result.

BlackBerry Quits Making Smartphones

BlackBerry, which dominated the mobile market during the dawn of the smartphone era, is no longer making hardware. Instead, it will focus on software, management, and security, which moves the company deeper into the enterprise.

Beer Giant Taps Salesforce Data For Better Customer Relations

Anheuser-Busch InBev, owner of more than 200 beer brands, needed a single platform for different customers and brewed up one on Salesforce.

Top 125 Vendors To Watch

InformationWeek and its sister publications Dark Reading and Network Computing have teamed up to bring you a roundup of the hottest vendors in cloud, data management, DevOps, networking, and security. The 100 vendors you'll find here range from established players making strides in their markets to newcomers setting the stage for the future.

Beachbody Is Shaping Up For Public Cloud

Beachbody is a fitness product specialist with custom financials and ERP needs. However, these systems are a hindrance when it comes to migrating to Oracle Cloud.

InformationWeek 2016 Salary Survey: 10 Best-Paying IT Jobs

Median base annual salary for IT workers was flat this year, according to the results of the InformationWeek 2016 US IT Salary Survey. Still, certain roles -- including architect, project leader, and security specialist -- are commanding much higher median salaries than other roles. See if you're in one of the 10 best-paying IT staff positions -- and how your total compensation stacks up.

ClubCorp CIO Sees Cloud As Hole In One For Golf

ClubCorp CIO Patrick Benson is finding that both infrastructure-as-a-service and software-as-a-service are important to migration. The two cloud technologies are also fundamental for future mobile applications.

8 Painful Vendor Mistakes IT Pros Make

When InformationWeek surveyed 100 IT leaders about their biggest mistakes, failures around vendor choice, contract negotiations, and SLAs emerged as major sources of pain. Here, we highlight 8 mistakes IT professionals make in working with vendors -- and what you can learn from their experiences.