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Target CIO focused on tech hiring, digital customer experience
Mike McNamara is on a mission to improve tech at the retail giant.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 24, 2016 -
Real estate firm pushes 'smart' tech as a way to sell homes
Coldwell Banker says a connected home is an easier sell.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 24, 2016 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlineIT Security
Executives are working to improve the security posture of their businesses, a task that requires cross-function collaboration.
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Deep Dive
Tech departments face many challenges from 'shadow IT,' strategist says
Matthew Taylor, managing director for Accenture Technology Strategy, says the departments need to offer "carrots" instead of "sticks" to the people they serve.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 24, 2016 -
Microsoft adds auto-scheduling tool to Office 365
It automatically adds meetings to your calendar. Whether that's a good thing is entirely up to you.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 23, 2016 -
Praising Arizona: Some tech companies flee Silicon Valley's high costs
Improved affordability also helps attract and retain employees, some companies say.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 23, 2016 -
Chinese cloud providers prepare to take on each other and the world
Kingsoft, Alibaba push for market share in a high-growth region.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 22, 2016 -
Deep Dive
'Innersource' projects drive change at several big enterprises
Wal-Mart, PayPal are among the companies embracing the concept of sharing firewall-protected open source code internally.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 22, 2016 -
Why Vietnam could be the next big outsourcing destination
The country’s appeal lies in its technical talent and high retention rates.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 22, 2016 -
Study: 90% of IT security managers cite malicious insiders as 'major threat'
Organizations say they are their own worst enemy when it comes to cybersecurity.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 18, 2016 -
AT&T assembling large mobile players to collaborate on 5G
The company wants to align mobile operators in the U.S., Japan and Korea to speed up development of the next-gen cellular data standard.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 18, 2016 -
Cisco slashes 5,500 jobs in restructuring
The cuts come as tech innovations squeeze the company's core business.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 18, 2016 -
Major upgrades might spur computer sales soon
Changes are coming for Macintoshes, PCs and Chromebooks.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 17, 2016 -
Home Depot execs: Big tech projects are delivering big returns
As other retailers struggle in the new world of e-commerce, Home Depot appears to be succeeding.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 17, 2016 -
How human biases can slip into machine learning
An expert warns that care is needed to make sure algorithms don't reflect stereotypes.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 17, 2016 -
Google introduces new Duo video chat service
The company plans to shift its existing video chat service, Hangouts, to the workplace.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 17, 2016 -
Opinion
Can secrets stay secret anymore?
In a guest article, the CEO of LightCyber explains how preventative security measures alone are often not enough to defend company networks.
By Gonen Fink • Aug. 16, 2016 -
Nokia taps ex- 'Angry Birds' company exec in hopes of comeback
The company, once a giant among phone hardware providers, has faded in an Android/iOS world.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 16, 2016 -
Rumors abound as Google quietly works on new OS
An operating system that can work for IoT devices as well as tablets and PCs could open up new possibilities.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 16, 2016 -
Dropbox reportedly considering an IPO
An offering would be a reversal for a company whose CEO has repeatedly said it had no plans to go public.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 15, 2016 -
Microsoft wants resellers to spur enterprise Windows 10 adoption
It is encouraging partners to join its push to make the new OS ubiquitous.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 15, 2016 -
AWS wants major role in microservices, serverless computing
The company is implementing its vision for the future of cloud computing.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 15, 2016 -
Report: Change in focus could help slow cyberattacks
A new study founds companies spend too much time focusing on areas that don’t actually help prevent the next attack.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 15, 2016 -
DOD CIO says he's happy with Pentagon's cloud adoption
The Pentagon has been criticized for the speed of change in the past.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 15, 2016 -
DARPA is looking for AI that can explain its decisions
Artificial Intelligence could be put to work at the Department of Defense in a broad number of ways, but users need to trust it first.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 12, 2016 -
Microsoft extends Windows 7, 8.1 Skylake support following customer pushback
The company had previously announced it would cease support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 in July 2018 if used on machines equipped with Intel's Skylake processor.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 12, 2016