As companies struggle to discern the scope of cyberattacks, attention shifts to better detection

Yahoo disclosed an additional two billion compromised user accounts Tuesday, highlighting just how long it took for the company to understand the full scope of the 2013 data breach. 

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 5, 2017

Yahoo admits all 3B user accounts were hit by 2013 data breach

The company, now a part of Verizon's Oath, emphasized that the additional impacted accounts did not stem from a new security incident.

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 3, 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.

By CIO Dive staff

With emerging technologies top of mind, CIOs must focus on talent

Though technology is at the center of Gartner's predicted business disruption, companies have to also upend cultures to ensure long-term relevance. Without talent, organizations will become irrelevant.

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 3, 2017

Google Glass' unexpected yet successful turnaround

After a customer-centered launch of the technology failed, Google spent several years redefining its wearable tech for the enterprise, and from the looks of it the bet paid off.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 2, 2017

BlackBerry hits its stride as a software company

Over the last four years, CEO John Chen steered the company from a mobile handset maker to a successful software company with optimistic market projections.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 2, 2017

On the chopping blockchain: Where does the ledger technology go from here?

A handful of high-profile use cases exist in the financial services, but experts maintain in coming years blockchain will hit its stride in supply chains, data management and cybersecurity.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 2, 2017

QA in the enterprise faces little automation, decreasing budgets

Agile development and DevOps are changing software testing, and automated intelligent testing is expected to streamline the process in coming years.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 29, 2017

Lack of cloud expertise costs enterprises $258M annually

Many companies face a shortage of IT professionals with sufficient cloud expertise, which could be stifling innovation, creativity and productivity.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 27, 2017

Equifax breach: What you need to know

Since the breach was first disclosed at the beginning of September, Equifax has undergone a slew of changes, highlighting how large-scale security incidents can impact an organization's bottom line. 

By Naomi Eide • Sept. 27, 2017

GE remains focused on digital transformation and cloud

The company is set to switch from AWS to Azure next month, and CEO John Flannery has reaffirmed commitments to digital technologies. 

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 25, 2017

FICO bolsters cybersecurity in wake of Equifax breach

The credit scoring company joins other large companies, like Google and Microsoft, in upping security measures since the breach.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 25, 2017

IBM analytics now over-the-counter at Walgreens

From the NHL to Walgreens, any company hoping to pull off a successful digital transformation is implementing Big Data and analytics as core principles. 

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 22, 2017

Federal IT transformation closer as Senate approves modernization amendment

An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, the Modernizing Government Technology Act, will provide a $500 million fund over two years for agencies to tap into for modernization needs. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 22, 2017

Air Force overhauling IT with $1B 'Enterprise as a Service' deal

The contract was awarded to Dell EMC and its industry partners General Dynamics and Microsoft. 

By Naomi Eide • Sept. 21, 2017

Deep learning on the brink of expansion

Experts predict the technology will drive performance in demand, fraud and failure predictions by 2019. 

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 21, 2017

FedEx takes $300M hit to operating income after Nyetya

The 3PL's operating income fell 11% compared to the same period last year, partly due to the cyberattack and Hurricane Harvey.

By Edwin Lopez • Sept. 21, 2017

With new tech, airlines up their IT game

A crop of plucky startups want nothing more than to help the industry put machine learning, blockchain and advanced cybersecurity tools to work.

By Mary Catherine O'Connor • Sept. 20, 2017

Major companies expand AI reach with outside investments

AI revenues are expected to skyrocket 487% in less than five years' time, so companies like Intel and Salesforce are looking to expand their portfolios to better suit customers' growing AI demands.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 20, 2017

IBM edges out Microsoft, Accenture in blockchain race

Big Blue was ranked first for its large R&D blockchain efforts and wide array of clients using the technology across industries and verticals, according to Juniper Research.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 19, 2017

Financial management quickly finding a home in the cloud

Around 40% of small, midsize and large enterprises plan to migrate to the cloud within the next three years, according to a Gartner survey of global senior financial executives.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 19, 2017

Microsoft, Google boost cloud security amid growing cyberthreat landscape

The companies unveiled security features guarding against third-party intrusion at a time when the industry has an increased focus on cybersecurity.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 18, 2017

How the NHL is boosting fan engagement with advanced analytics

In a partnership with SAP, the NHL has worked to improve its statistics platform, creating curated analytics to bolster the fan experience. 

By Naomi Eide • Sept. 18, 2017

How the Social Security Administration boosted secure user access

This summer, the agency launched a multi-factor authentication system with SMS and email options.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 15, 2017

Shadow IT persists as apps take over the workplace

Employees use an average of more than nine apps in the workplace, some of which require more time from IT to monitor or train users.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 15, 2017

What caused the Equifax breach? Failure to patch a bug

Attackers were able to exploit a web application vulnerability — but a patch for the bug was available two months before Equifax was targeted.

By Naomi Eide , Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 14, 2017