McDonald's mobile app triggers worker discontent

Employees say the new ordering technology is causing more trouble than it's worth, with chaos ensuing alongside self-service kiosks, mobile app ordering and traditional checkouts.

By Robert Williams • March 15, 2018

Talend CIO: GDPR is more about change management than data use

The regulation will make many companies "take a good, hard look at what they're doing around people, process and technology, much more so than ever before," said Eric Johnson.

By Naomi Eide • March 14, 2018

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ERP Modernization

ERP modernization can bring some disruption if not planned correctly. But the costs of aging, inefficient systems pose a bigger threat.

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GDPR puts the spotlight on compliance MVPs: Data protection officers

For companies still in the early stages of the compliance journey, looking at DPOs already hard at work on GDPR compliance can help get the process started.

By Alex Hickey • March 8, 2018

Office Depot's big bet on BizBox

The retailer is transitioning from a supplier of office supplies to a supporter of small business digital services with a brash 14-store test designed to serve new business owners.

By Laura Heller • March 7, 2018

Sprint's digital transformation: When at first you don't succeed, try data

After watching its first attempt fall flat despite sufficient funding, enthusiasm and energy, Sprint went back to the books and reevaluated its digital strategy, creating a data-first culture and mentality.

By Alex Hickey • March 7, 2018

Look out, big tech: FTC nominees eye Silicon Valley for antitrust regulation

At the committee hearing, tech was a focus of all four nominees, who will undergo a confirmation vote in the Senate later this year.

By Alex Hickey • March 5, 2018

4 answers to key questions about US v. Microsoft

Microsoft is not the first company in a domestic legal case involving data stored abroad, but it is the first to reach the Supreme Court for such an issue.

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 27, 2018

Tyson Foods to reduce custom apps in favor of standard processes

CTO Scott Spradley hopes to reduce reliance on custom-made solutions, which comprise 55% of its application stack. 

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 26, 2018

How to make sense of the changing data legal landscape, from state laws to GDPR

Watertight internal polices will be essential for companies to meet stricter data privacy and security rules.

By Mike Anderson • Feb. 26, 2018

Cloud leadership, strategy sets apart leaders from laggards

Though cloud leaders agree the technology aids in revenue growth and offers a competitive edge, fully committing is still resisted.

By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 26, 2018

Are developers retiring faster than the programming languages they use?

Some developers may show a resistance to a new language, particularly when younger generations are readily equipped to more or less replace their aging counterparts.

By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 23, 2018

Digital 'beginners' don't view technology as critical to business strategy

If CIOs don't have the freedom to explore new technologies, the company can suffer.

By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 22, 2018

Barbie is going to teach young girls to code

Mattel plans to introduce seven Barbie coding lessons to inspire young girls to look at careers as a pet vet, astronaut or robotics engineer.

By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 21, 2018

AI, software, AI, data science, AI: Tech that defines the world's most innovative companies

From classics like Apple, Amazon and Tencent to surprising newcomers like the NBA and Cava, Fast Company's 2018 ranking of the most innovative companies shows how a little technology can go a long way.

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 21, 2018

Will GDPR lead to an uptick in ransomware?

CEOs were the most spoofed and CFOs were the most targeted by business email scams in 2017, according to a Trend Micro report. 

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 20, 2018

Tired of projects failing? Get the requirements right

Problems that doom IT projects often aren't technical at all. In fact, 75% of project failures can be traced to disconnects within the organization.

By Matthew Leach • Feb. 20, 2018

Intel ups bug bounty payouts to $250K

The company is opening up its bug bounty program to all security researchers and prioritizing hardware flaws over firmware and software vulnerabilities

By Naomi Eide • Feb. 15, 2018

100 days to GDPR: How Box got ready

Companies need to begin looking at data protection as a combination of data security and data privacy, according to Crispen Maung, VP of compliance at Box.

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 14, 2018

Is multi-cloud the answer? Most companies are using up to 5

Optimizing existing cloud use is a priority for the majority of Rightscale's respondents, particularly because users waste 35% of spend. 

By Naomi Eide • Feb. 14, 2018

EBay charts tech-heavy 2018 with new AI chief and upcoming AR tools

Advanced technologies are the next stage of eBay's "multi-year journey to replatform," which includes a focus on AI, ML, AR and VR.

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 14, 2018

For competiton's sake, Walmart turned to proprietary cloud model

Not every organization is capable of building out a cloud network from scratch. The prohibitive infrastructure costs and the risk of crippling outages led many businesses to turn to cloud service providers.

By Naomi Eide • Feb. 14, 2018

Equifax taps Home Depot's CISO to retool security

What's key for Equifax is to fully understand its networks and install a security strategy that can patch and respond to threats in a timely manner.

By Naomi Eide • Feb. 13, 2018

White House allocates $80B for modernizing IT, cybersecurity

The Trump administration recognized that modernizing the government is a long-term process, and the proposed budget is just making "down payments on this work and foreshadow[ing] efforts still to come."

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 13, 2018

Better cloud enterprise content management UX is changing the way we work

ECM deployment is not yet an entirely democratic affair within many businesses, but at the very least, most companies know they can no longer ignore end users' reactions to a product. 

By Stéphane Donzé • Feb. 13, 2018

Employers need a digital culture, not just digital tools, to compete

Results from a Microsoft survey indicate that, without the right cultural mindset, new tech tools may cause conflict rather than enable innovation.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Feb. 9, 2018