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96% of insurers bundle cyber into commercial offerings, report finds
Cyber premiums accounted for less than 1% of the U.S. property and casualty industry in 2018, according to CB Insights.
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Leaders in digital transformation out-invest their peers to 'transcend'
The top 5% of companies invest intentionally. Some industry leaders view resources that go into digital transformation as a cost or technical debt.
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Dell Technologies sells RSA Security for $2.1B
Dell Technologies is finding its way. In a five-year period, the company went public to private and then back to public.
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How data science tools can lighten the load for cybersecurity teams
Inside security operations centers, data science can help identify attack patterns and increase the chances of detecting threats before it's too late.
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As FTC query looms, a look at big tech's largest AI acquisitions
Google, Facebook and Apple have the most AI acquisitions with undisclosed financial terms.
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General Mills expands C-suite with new tech role
Jaime Montemayor will join the company this month as chief digital and technology officer, reporting directly to the CEO.
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Most businesses lugged an IT backlog into 2020
Failure to modernize swiftly will harm revenues, IT decision makers say.
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Judge hits pause on Microsoft's Pentagon cloud contract
In a motion made public this week, Amazon Web Services said the selection of Microsoft for the contract was "arbitrary, capricious, and prejudicial."
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Deep DiveThe other clouds
The $50 billion IaaS market prioritizes the hyperscalers at the very top, neglecting the providers at the bottom, the unnamed others offering alternative cloud solutions.
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Why 67% of companies fear they can't sustain privacy compliance
True privacy depends on where and how data travels.
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Report: Amazon, Google, Microsoft competing for Deutsche Bank's tech overhaul
The project comes amid a massive restructuring. The German lender expects to invest $14.2 billion in tech through 2022.
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Tyson sees double-digit inventory accuracy improvement from computer vision
The new inventory tracking system reads SKU information and weight for chicken packed in trays, replacing what Tyson described as communication by hand gestures and manual inventory entry.
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IBM bets on blockchain to leverage cloud revenue
Blockchain application structure naturally gravitates to the cloud, said Jerry Cuomo, VP of blockchain technologies at IBM Blockchain.
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FTC targets big tech, demanding 10 years of acquisition data
The agency wants information on all non-reportable acquisitions by Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft from Jan. 1, 2010 through Dec. 31, 2019.
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Google Cloud's Looker acquisition signals sharper focus on large enterprises
In a way, Google's $2.6B acquisition of BI platform Looker takes a cue from Microsoft. Will it stifle or spur further innovation?
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Microsoft created the office suite status quo. Can Google grow?
While customers don't emphasize a single application of a suite, vendors are betting on collaboration.
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4 Chinese military members charged in Equifax hack
The attackers routed traffic through 34 servers in nearly 20 countries to mask their true location, the Justice Department said Monday.
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Slack's free version led to IBM's companywide adoption
IBM is shifting its workforce — 350,000 employees globally — to Slack.
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Security professional calls for 'kumbaya' approach to information sharing across sectors
If the leader — in this case, DHS — is alone in the ability to identify and sound the alarm about risk, companies have to wait until an employee or an audit finds it.
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OpinionHow IT can adapt and succeed at business transformation in 2020
A practical 'how-to' guide for CIOs from Info-Tech Research Group's David Glazer.
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With software, JetBlue takes personal approach to customer service
In the age of multiplatform communication, the airline is trying to improve the way it listens.
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In data lake deployments, ease of access lights the way
Still, leaders have to ensure the potential benefits of the infrastructure reach those who can act upon it.
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Hiring managers want coding bootcamp grads to fill software developer void
Global demand for software developers has increased, drawing a larger cross-section of people into coding bootcamps, HackerRank found.
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Flexible and adaptable: The soft skills employers are chasing
Half of U.S. employers say the struggle between business needs and employees' skill sets has deepened in the last two years.
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It took 2 years for federal agencies to meet a 45-day cybersecurity directive
The September 2016 directive was in response to flaws impacting firewalls, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance and Cisco ROM Monitor Integrity.
