IT Strategy: Page 138
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Bidders few and far between as initial Yahoo deadline passes
According to reports, Verizon, private equity firm TPG and digital advertising business YP Holdings have all submitted bids.
By Justine Brown • April 20, 2016 -
Why a federal jury ordered Tata Consultancy to pay Epic Systems $940M
The case highlights challenges in controlling permissions when companies use third-party contractors.
By Justine Brown • April 20, 2016 -
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Shifts in enterprise software use, ongoing generative AI adoption plans and budget pressures ruled CIO priorities in the first half of the year.
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Federal agencies still struggle to close cybersecurity skills gap
The Office of Personnel Management said experts and chief human capital officers will collaborate to develop a government-wide strategy for improvement.
By Justine Brown • April 20, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Why Microsoft is losing the browser wars, again
Internet Explorer and Edge are losing ground as other browsers deliver a better, faster experience.
By Justine Brown • April 20, 2016 -
Despite previous comments, Homeland Security supports federal open source policy
The department previously slammed a draft White House policy that would encourage 20% sharing of custom code between agencies.
By Justine Brown • April 19, 2016 -
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Report: EmblemHealth employees organizing to stop company from outsourcing IT
The company is facing financial challenges, and Cognizant employees have reportedly recently been seen on-site meeting with EmblemHealth executives.
By Justine Brown • April 19, 2016 -
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OpenText buys bundle of HP content management products for $170M
The company expects to generate between $85 million and $95 million in revenue from the products in the first year.
By Justine Brown • April 19, 2016 -
Intel reportedly planning 'significant' layoffs
According to The Oregonian, layoffs could begin as soon as Tuesday following the release of the company's first quarter results.
By Justine Brown • April 18, 2016 -
Survey: 80% of enterprise IT budgets to be devoted to cloud computing
Though security concerns remain, cloud technology is continuing strong growth.
By Justine Brown • April 18, 2016 -
Facebook at Work behind schedule, expected sometime this year
The enterprise version of the social network was originally set to premier by the end of 2015, but now the company says it will launch sometime in 2016, though no date is set.
By Naomi Eide • April 17, 2016 -
New EU data privacy law will go into effect in 2018
Companies have two years to comply with a new set of data privacy regulations in Europe and face steep fines if they do not comply.
By Justine Brown • April 15, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Why there is a cybersecurity gender gap—and how to close it
In interviews with CIO Dive, two female cybersecurity leaders shared their thoughts on why there aren’t more women in the field and how CIOs can help change the situation.
By Justine Brown • April 14, 2016 -
Slack to roll out threaded messaging
The company has been internally prototyping the message threads and will likely roll out the feature in the next quarter.
By Justine Brown • April 14, 2016 -
Zero-day vulnerabilities more than doubled in 2015
A new report from Symantec found zero-day vulnerabilities, phishing and malware all rose dramatically in 2015.
By Justine Brown • April 13, 2016 -
Gartner: Windows revenue to drop in 2016
Despite rising Windows 10 adoption, the analyst firm says Windows revenue will drop to $13.5 billion this year.
By Justine Brown • April 12, 2016 -
Let's Encrypt leaves beta, continues push for 100% internet encryption
The organization plans to still provide free TLS certificates to improve Internet security.
By Justine Brown • April 12, 2016 -
Deep Dive
When to hire a consultant—and what to watch out for when you do
Consulting companies can help businesses in a number of ways, including quickly implementing new technologies. But, there are caveats, too.
By Justine Brown • April 12, 2016 -
IPO of Dell's SecureWorks could raise up to $180M
Though cybersecurity valuations are down in recent months, SecureWorks still expects to cash in on the market.
By Justine Brown • April 12, 2016 -
Requests for H-1B visas exceeds annual supply in first five days
U.S. immigration services will use a lottery to award the visas because of the demand for foreign skilled workers.
By Justine Brown • April 10, 2016 -
Yahoo extends deadline, Verizon and Google reportedly preparing bids
The company moved the deadline for first round bids to April 18.
By Justine Brown • April 10, 2016 -
EMC, Dell unloading businesses ahead of merger
EMC is looking to sell software firm Documentum and Dell is selling software assets Sonicwall and Quest, Bloomberg News reports.
By Justine Brown • April 7, 2016 -
Reuters: White House will not support draft encryption bill
The proposed legislation would allow federal judges to order tech companies to cooperate with govermment investigations and help them break into encrypted data.
By Naomi Eide • April 7, 2016 -
GAO says Pentagon cyberattack protocol 'lacks clarity'
The watchdog agency is concerned about the lack of clarity over who takes charge in the event of a U.S. cyberattack.
By Justine Brown • April 6, 2016 -
Salesforce buys AI startup MetaMind
Using MetaMInd's deep learning technology, Salesforce wants to further automate its customer support.
By Justine Brown • April 6, 2016 -
Encryption now the default setting for WhatsApp
The Facebook-owned mobile messaging app rolled out full encryption in the wake of the highly publicized privacy battle between Apple and the FBI.
By Justine Brown • April 6, 2016
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