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• Choosing an open-source CMS, part 1: Why we use Drupal

  In the first part of a three-part series, we look at two companies that have chosen Drupal as their content management system.

• Highly regulated companies tiptoe into social media

  Some healthcare providers, financial services firms and other companies in highly regulated industries are taking full advantage of social media, even though they're awash in rules. Here's how they do it.

• Hybrid Clouds pose new security challenges

  If 2013 is the year enterprises begin implementing their hybrid Cloud strategies, as the experts are predicting, then it follows that this will also be the year when hybrid Cloud security takes center stage.

• Cloud security tips and tricks

  Users and security consultants familiar with the process of securing hybrid clouds have one steady piece of advice to offer: the only way to go is one step at a time.

• 12 hybrid security products to watch

  Securing a hybrid cloud is not the same thing as deploying hybrid security products.

• Opinion: How do you manage your social networks?

  I recently decided, somewhat randomly, to experiment a bit more with social networking. I was on LinkedIn and at some point the service asked me if it could access my Gmail contact list.

• Unseen, all-out cyber war on the US has begun

  Security pros and government officials warn of a possible cyber 9/11 involving banks, utilities, other companies, or the Internet

• Facebook's search tool could be big money maker

  If users take to Facebook's new search tool, the social network could be in line to haul in a lot of advertising dollars, say industry analysts.

• Facebook turns up the heat on Google Search

  With Facebook's new search service out in the open, the social network seems to be on a collision course with search giant Google.

• Microsoft's 13 worst missteps of all time

  DOS 4.0, Zune, and Windows 8 are but a few of the landmarks among 25 years of failures Redmond-style

• Chicago CIO's IT revival plan includes the cloud

  Chicago this month disclosed that it plans to use Microsoft's cloud services to deliver email and desktop applications to some 30,000 employees, part of a significant effort to improve the city's IT operations.

• Opinion: Looking forward to a future Internet

  Going into last month the future of the Internet, to borrow a phrase from the great film noir movie "A Touch of Evil," looked like it may have been all used up. The feeling of the traditional telephone folk and controlling governments was that the Internet had done just about enough of this changing the future stuff -- thanks very much -- now it was time for a bit of control. But the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai did not turn out quite the way that those who would control the Internet wanted. Nor, did the WCIT turn out quite the way that those of us who wanted a more hands-off future would have liked.

• SaaS in 2013: Companies and trends to watch

  As 2013 begins, the SaaS (software as a service) market is set to heat up even more, as well as potentially undergo a number of key shifts. Here's a look at a series of key SaaS vendors and trends to watch as the year unfolds.

• Chicago's CIO doesn't believe in 'good enough'

  Brett Goldstein brings a deep background and big plans for the city's IT.

• FTC gives Google slap on wrist instead of face

  After a nearly two-year antitrust investigation, Google escaped with more of a slap on the wrist than a slap in the face, say industry analysts.