As email hinders productivity, automation helps enterprise workers

Email has potentially hit the ceiling of its productivity as a work management tool and now gets in the way of primary job functions.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 31, 2017

A new imperative in disaster recovery

There is only one thing worse than not having a disaster recovery plan and that's having an ineffective and outdated plan that leads to a false sense of security.

By Cindy LaChapelle • Oct. 31, 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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Merck still reeling from Nyetya cyberattack, also expects Q4 impacts

Were it not for the June cyberattack, Merck & Co. would have had quarterly growth.

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 31, 2017

NVIDIA and HPE hop on board the AI accessibility train

New tools that ease development and deployment are key to spreading advanced technology solutions among companies without the resources for a comprehensive in-house AI team.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 30, 2017

Prepare for 'Y2Q' as quantum computing looms, Rep. Hurd says

"Y2Q," or "years to quantum," is the next frontier federal cyber specialists should explore to avoid complete security disruption. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 30, 2017

Domestic outsourcing on the rise

Questions and qualms about outsourcing today come amid a period of introspection, largely driven by politics, about American companies' relation to domestic and international workers.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 27, 2017

The quantum revolution: Who, what, when, where, why and how?

Quantum computing will annihilate modern encryption schemes, and the race to reach the technology first is heating up worldwide — a race the enterprise is staking a claim in.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 26, 2017

Crawl, walk, run: How global companies can shift to the cloud

By using a crawl, walk, run approach, companies can ease the digital transformation process and make sure all participants are on board with changes and challenges.

By Akhilesh Tiwari • Oct. 24, 2017

Security, breaches and threats, oh my! 5 takeaways from CyberTalks 2017

Data security sounds like an easy end, but tech leaders acknowledge front and backend factors at play in today's dangerous cybersecurity environment.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 24, 2017

Reuters: Silicon Valley takes on Congress to protect Dreamers

The Coalition for the American Dream, a collection of companies including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Intel and IBM, is reportedly asking for bipartisan legislation to provide Dreamers a path to permanent residency.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 23, 2017

One year after the Dyn DDoS attack broke the internet, what's changed?

In response to the attack, security experts were quick to extol the virtues of redundancy measures — a best practice that experts have recommended for nearly two decades. But a year later, not much has changed.

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 20, 2017

Google to offer AI 'crash courses'

Recognizing the limited pool of talent capable of AI development, the tech giant will begin offering access to free, online learning materials to help coders take up machine learning.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 20, 2017

White House gears up for next stage of government IT modernization efforts

Both industry and agencies need to employ a risk-based focus on cyber, connecting every dollar allocated by the budget to reducing risk, said Margie Graves, acting federal CIO. 

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 20, 2017

Inside Starbuck's push to brew technology reinvention

Surely it takes a unified tech stack for a worldwide enterprise with more than 26,000 stores? Think again. 

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 19, 2017

Amazon, Microsoft and Google get low grades on recycling policy from Greenpeace

As part of a larger "Guide to Greener Electronics" report card, Greenpeace rated electronics companies on their efforts to reduce raw material use and extend device lifespans.

By Cody Boteler • Oct. 18, 2017

Cisco enlists AI and ML to fight growing skills gap

Technology is outpacing the knowledge of those in the field and companies like Cisco are looking for ways to close the growing gap. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 18, 2017

What's next for the C-suite? A Chief AI Officer

Hype about AI is extending into the C-suite. The advanced technology has a long ways to go before it reaches maturity, but IT decision makers are already getting ready.

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 13, 2017

3 technologies Microsoft's CEO says are the future

Mixed reality, artificial intelligence and quantum computing are expected to pave the company's path into the future.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 12, 2017

Dell Technologies investing $1B in IoT R&D

The company is bringing AI and ML capabilities to its IoT platform under a distributed computing model, responding to customer frustrations about a lack of centralized IoT infrastructure. 

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 11, 2017

Expectation, meet reality: The 4 biggest takeaways from Gartner Symposium 2017

While no predictions are resolute, the research firm has made one thing clear to IT decisions makers: Modernize technology approaches or face irrelevance.

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 11, 2017

IT budget optimism bodes well for cloud investment and tech jobs

An overall increase in company revenue is expected to translate to a 19% increase in IT budgets, opening up opportunities for investment and expansion.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 11, 2017

Oracle to offer blockchain-based cloud service

As blockchain sweeps the service-provider industry, Oracle is yet another top SaaS/ERP software company to pick up the tech. 

By Jennifer McKevitt , Kate Patrick Macri , Alex Hickey • Oct. 10, 2017

Tension in the C-suite: Barriers still exist between CIOs and CFOs

IT is intrinsically woven into the cost-efficiency of a company's entire budget, but IT cannot be seen solely as a cost center.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 10, 2017

Estée Lauder and L'Oréal get aesthe-tech with AI, AR

Estée Lauder and L'Oréal are among the beauty companies looking to capitalize on modern tech capabilities like artificial intelligence and augmented reality.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 6, 2017

Why are companies turning to robotics? Speed and eliminating repetitive work

Automation is ultimately a tool for efficiency, and IT departments are keen on implementing its services to modernize the IT landscape. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 6, 2017