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• Commercial drones gaining altitude with top IT vendors

  Enterprise IT vendors didn't have much to say about commercial drones just 18 months ago, but now Cisco, AT&T, Verizon and others are making their moves.

• Top drone startups find venture capital flying their way

  With unmanned aerial vehicles (i.e., drones) here to stay, entrepreneurs are pouncing on the opportunity to safeguard people from having these flying machines drop in unexpectedly and venture capitalists are buying in.

• 10 Internet of Things companies to watch

  It's good to be an Internet of Things startup these days, as investments from Cisco, Nokia, Verizon and others show. Here's a look at 10 IoT companies that could make an impact on the consumer and/or enterprise market.

• How Verizon finds IoT innovation outside its four walls

  Verizon Ventures says that while consumer Internet of Things startups were all the rage in 2014 and continue to be popular among investors, enterprise IoT newcomers have become even hotter properties among venture capitalists over the past two years, with enterprise IoT investment expected to double or triple that of consumer IoT in 2016.

• IoT tech goes from planning stage to execution

  Internet of Things technologies can be complex and fragmented, but increasing numbers of pilot projects are emerging within smart cities, farms and at a wide range of businesses and industries.

• 5 things you need to know about 5G

  While it may still be years away, understanding how 5G will impact the enterprise now will help you plan accordingly.

• Verizon charts a different cloud services path

  The telecom giant is unloading its data centers to focus on its services business.

• LTE-U: A quick explainer

  LTE-U is a wireless network technology that’s promising a lot, as well as ruffling a few feathers (especially in the Wi-Fi world). Here’s a brief rundown for the perplexed.

• How the CIOs of 4 Fortune 500 companies got their jobs

  CIOs of Microsoft, Verizon, AT&T and United Technologies share how they reached the CIO office. Your mission: Study their experience and learn how to follow in their footsteps.

• How to choose the right mobile hotspot

  Mobile hotspots can save you when you're in a pinch and need Wi-Fi, but there isn't a one-size-fits-all solution to data. Here are four tips to determine what the right mobile hotspot is for your needs.

• Verizon Says Passwords Suck, QR Codes Offer Better Way

  Are you sick of usernames and passwords as a method of user authentication? Verizon says it has a better way. It's beefing up its Universal Identity Services portfolio with a QR code login that enterprises can deploy to streamline logins for both internal and external users.

• Cloud security: how to protect your data

  To use Cloud computing securely requires companies to know where their data is stored and who has access to
  it. Ironically, the reason Cloud is so popular is because organisations don't want to worry about these details.

  So can the issue be solved by adhering to standards? Increasing legislation? Maybe we need a global technical
  disaster to ‘sober up’ an industry drunk on the power of Moore's Law.

• Motorola Xoom: To buy or not to buy?

  To buy or not to buy? That's the question right now as the Motorola Xoom, Google's first Android Honeycomb tablet, gets ready to make its grand debut.

• Vendor View: Clarifying the Case for Cloud Computing

  Despite its great promise, CIOs' concerns about cloud computing perist. . .

• Verizon's public cloud aimed at enterprise

  Verizon has rolled out its first cloud-computing service aimed at giving enterprise customers a secure way to host applications not only on virtual resources but also on physical, dedicated network servers.