Why Apple, SAP are bringing iOS to the enterprise

SAP’s partnership with Apple is part of a broader recognition that by collaborating, large tech companies can do a lot more to serve their enterprise customers.

By Justine Brown • March 30, 2017

Report: Cisco planning to sell networking software separate from hardware

For the first time, Cisco customers may soon be able to use its operating system software in networking devices made by other companies.

By Justine Brown • March 29, 2017

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CIO Priorities

Companies task their CIOs with balancing the company’s economic and operational needs as they enable technology throughout the business.

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Amazon is getting into the call center business

Traditional contact center solutions can prove complicated and expensive, so Amazon is offering a self-service, cloud-based approach. 

By Justine Brown • March 29, 2017

Why Reps. Hurd, Hoyer are focused on government technology transformation

The federal IT budget is $80 billion, yet the government has to spend 75% of the funds on operations and maintenance of legacy systems.

By Naomi Eide • March 29, 2017

What CIOs need to know about containers

Given the mad dash toward digital transformation, container technology could play an increasingly important role in the enterprise by allowing companies to rapidly transform.

By Justine Brown • March 28, 2017

Microsoft polishes up Skype as business communications, conferencing space heats up

Google revamped Hangouts and Hangouts Meet. And talk of Amazon's enterprise productivity suite continue to circulate.

By Justine Brown • March 28, 2017

Who pulls the strings when it comes to IT purchasing decisions?

A Spiceworks survey found business decision makers are more likely than IT decision makers to provide final technology purchase approvals.

By Justine Brown • March 27, 2017

Why Siemens is investing $1B per year on digital transformation

Siemens is putting faith in MindSphere to fuel future growth. It will compete with GE, another 100-plus-year-old company transforming through technology. 

By Justine Brown • March 27, 2017

US workers face greater risk of losing jobs to automation than Germany, UK

It all comes down to the nature of the job. If a job involves routine tasks that are easy to automate, workers have a higher chance of job displacement. 

By Justine Brown • March 27, 2017

IDC: Individual department tech spending will nearly equal IT investment by 2020

IT will continue to purchase some types of technology, such as servers, storage, and network equipment, but business units will spend more on PCs, monitors, mobile phones, printers and tablets than IT in 2017.

By Justine Brown • March 24, 2017

What Coca-Cola's internal reshuffling says about corporate IT priorities

The company's CIO will now report directly to the CEO as the company works to digitize all aspects of its business.

By Justine Brown • March 24, 2017

Why Intel is bringing AI efforts under one group

Aligning both focus and resources, the company will also create an applied AI research lab to serve as the home for AI innovation.

By Justine Brown • March 24, 2017

Cisco's acquisition of AppDynamics is official. What next?

For Cisco, AppDynamics offers an opportunity to move further into the subscription-based software space.

By Justine Brown • March 23, 2017

Apple TV finding a home in the enterprise through new software

Software from Jamf will allow businesses to mass deploy, configure and manage app distribution on multiple Apple TVs.

By Justine Brown • March 23, 2017

Intel, NCAA team up so fans can watch March Madness in VR

Starting with the 2017 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, viewers can watch live games in VR. 

By Justine Brown • March 22, 2017

Salesforce CEO: It's up to businesses to retrain workers for the AI-based economy

CEO Marc Benioff says we need five million apprenticeships in the next five years to help prepare a new workforce. 

By Justine Brown • March 22, 2017

For REI, two clouds are better than one

The outdoor retail giant is working with both Amazon Web Services and Microsoft for its website, e-commerce apps and some data and analytics software.

By Justine Brown • March 22, 2017

Open source: The new normal in enterprise software

The attitude toward proprietary software is changing, as providers like Microsoft and IBM have shifted to providing software services in response to customer demands. 

By Mary Catherine O'Connor • March 22, 2017

Why hasn't the number of women in cybersecurity increased?

Women are vastly underrepresented in cybersecurity, and not only do they report facing discrimination in the workplace, women in security also earn less than men at every level. 

By Justine Brown • March 21, 2017

How to use predictive analytics to optimize software delivery

Predictive analytics is revolutionizing the software testing industry by helping businesses take advantage of DevOps continuous deployment pipelines to reduce the cost, time and risk of software delivery.

By Sanjay Zalavadia • March 21, 2017

Personal data of thousands of Saks Fifth Avenue customers exposed

Owner Hudson’s Bay Co. took the affected pages offline after an inquiry from Buzzfeed News, but email, phone numbers and IP addresses were visible in the meantime.

By Daphne Howland • March 20, 2017

IBM to hire 2K US veterans for 'new collar' IT jobs

Big Blue's program is part of the company's broader efforts to hire 25,000 "new collar" U.S. workers through 2020.

By Justine Brown • March 20, 2017

Few companies are early adopters, taking a 'measured' approach to new tech

Most companies tend to be conservative and wait to see who is investing in and succeeding with new technologies before they follow suit. 

By Justine Brown • March 17, 2017

Enterprise, consumer appetite for VR exploding

Sales of VR headsets for both enterprise and consumers is expected to grow 58% by 2021, according to new data from the International Data Corp. 

By Justine Brown • March 17, 2017

Businesses know digital transformation is coming, but most doubt ability to execute

Expectation, meet reality. Moving technology into the digital era is a daunting task for all, but when IT leaders are faced with outdated systems, the transition may seem nearly impossible.

By Justine Brown • March 17, 2017