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Microsoft wants to operate above a 99.995% Azure uptime
Three "significant incidents" — the result of "multiple failures" — has Microsoft turning attention to improving uptime, Azure's CTO said.
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As its workforce gets younger, EY tries AI to enhance employee experience
Artificial intelligence powered by SAP helps the professional services firm track employee skills, answer onboarding questions and increase feedback for staffers.
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Target brings in Facebook vet to lead tech ops
Hari Govind will oversee cloud computing, network connectivity and operations for technology throughout the retailer's business.
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Deep DiveMicron takes on smart manufacturing to fuel memory-hungry sectors
In the early 2000s, Micron's customers were PC-centric. But smartphones, internet of things devices at the edge, cloud computing and data centers are pushing the limits of memory technology.
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Data compliance lagging issue for US businesses, yet 42% vulnerable to fines
U.S. companies' resistance to compliance correlates with the federal government's slow crawl to passing a comprehensive data privacy law.
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SAP's 'Intelligent Enterprise' roadmap relies on integrations with AWS, Google Cloud
Combining experience and operational data is at the heart of SAP's Intelligent Enterprise strategy. To do that, it needs to work on its integration capabilities.
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AT&T, IBM build on 20-year history with cloud, networking agreement
The deal is a nod to Red Hat services. Now that the acquisition is finalized, industry is looking to IBM for what's next.
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US mayors: No more ransomware payments
The mayors' consensus comes just after two Florida cities paid their attackers' ransom demands.
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OpinionAddressing machine learning's dirty little secret
Despite machine learning's popularity, projects are stalled or deemed incomplete due to challenges that organizations tend to ignore — including data quality.
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Amazon, the Marines and community college partner on data training
Billed as "nontraditional" military training, the program reflects the use of Amazon's cloud platform for tech education at community colleges.
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Report: FTC approves $5B settlement in Facebook privacy probe
The settlement is the latest in a year-long probe into Facebook's involvement in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
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'Cruel changes' ahead as automation comes for employment, Forrester says
Forrester projects automation will disproportionately impact digital laggards unable to upskill employees at the rapid pace of change.
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Microsoft Teams daily users surpass 13M, but don't count out Slack
At 10 million daily users, Slack is a vendor-neutral tool that makes integrations simple and vendor lock-in less of a concern.
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Cloudera flips the open source switch in search of consistency, innovation
The move will streamline policies in the wake of a merger between Hortonworks and Cloudera. But it's also a business play.
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Google Cloud adds sales head for North America amid platform maturity push
With a flurry of acquisitions and leadership additions, Google Cloud is seeing its CEO's efforts to grow the platform and sales play out.
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Facebook's poker-winning AI finds 'hidden' info using little processing power, memory
The chatbot's skills were put to the test against professional poker players, including two winners of the World Series of Poker Main Event.
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How do regulators calculate GDPR fines? An explainer
Individual fines are determined by multiple factors, but the clearest criteria is the type of infringement: Was it intentional or negligent?
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Amazon to invest $700M to upskill 100K employees
Programs to reskill current employees will allow the company to gain technical talent without having to fight over the very small pool of qualified workers.
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British Airways, Marriott International set the stage for GDPR fines outside tech industry
"GDPR is designed to protect consumers and their data," said Tim Erlin, VP of product management and strategy at Tripwire. "The type of company holding that data is irrelevant."
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Gartner: Companies shied away from data center spending in 2019
Global data center spending fell 3.5% in 2019. The lure of the cloud is expected to continue, but on-prem use cases still abound.
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In the aftermath of tech outages, execs struggle with stress
Breaches and outages have financial and operational consequences. They're also impacting the mental well-being of tech decision makers.
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GDPR strikes again: Marriott International faces $124M fine
The ICO stated that Marriott's data breach was a result of a failure to "undertake sufficient due diligence when it bought Starwood and should have done more to secure its systems."
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Microsoft database turns to the cloud as support ends for SQL Server 2008
The company wants its customers to readily consume Azure and end of support for SQL Server 2008 is as good an instance as any.
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British Airways slammed with record, 'unexpectedly stiff' GDPR fine
Though British Airways cooperated with the ICO in the aftermath of the breach, it didn't insulate the company from penalties.
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Red Hat acquisition is hybrid, open source power play for IBM, but it must tread carefully
Is a Red Hat acquisition enough to make IBM one of the "cool kids" of open source and the "Switzerland" of cloud?
