Incoming GitHub CEO: 'Fear' stopped Microsoft from embracing open source earlier

There's a lot riding on the GitHub acquisition "because if Microsoft screws this up, we will lose the trust of developers for a generation," Nat Friedman said.

By Naomi Eide • June 12, 2018

A win for tech leaders, Verizon's CTO becomes CEO

Incoming CEO Hans Vestberg has experience across the C-suite, with roles as the CFO then CEO of Ericcson.

By Samantha Schwartz • June 11, 2018

With GitHub buy, Microsoft accesses — and matures — software development community

Looking to scale and move further into the enterprise, GitHub had the choice to go public and scale through acquisitions or search for buyers.

By Naomi Eide • Updated Oct. 26, 2018

Microsoft to buy GitHub for $7.5B

The company is taking its "developers-first" standing to another level with its most recent acquisition, highlighting Microsoft's plan to house the largest group of developers in the world.

By Samantha Schwartz • June 4, 2018

Bezos doesn't want AWS customers to feel 'trapped'

The company was a founding name in cloud vendors, leading many organizations that adopted the cloud early to rely heavily on AWS's ecosystem. But the rise of the multi-cloud era could change that. 

By Samantha Schwartz • June 4, 2018

EEOC investigating Intel layoffs for age discrimination

The agency's Seattle office is looking into whether the 10,000 global job cuts the company made violated the ADEA, The Wall Street Journal reported.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • June 1, 2018

Disconnect persists between tech recruiters, hiring managers

At the same time, the two groups seemed to agree on one important point: skills-based hiring is here to stay.

By Riia O'Donnell • May 29, 2018

Dell EMC to pay $2.9M to settle gender, race pay discrimination charges

High-profile companies — especially those in the tech sector — continue to make headlines when it comes to pay equity.

By Lisa Burden • May 25, 2018

Microsoft pledges to make GDPR data subject rights global

Companies extending GDPR protections globally are ahead of a changing data paradigm, embracing an understanding of data privacy as a human right.

By Alex Hickey • May 23, 2018

Seattle repeals head tax amid heavy opposition

The 7-2 vote to overturn the tax came as the city council faced significant opposition from businesses and voters.

By Kristin Musulin • Updated June 13, 2018

Apple ranks fourth on Fortune 500, down a spot from last year

Though Apple's revenue fell behind Walmart, Exxon Mobil and Berkshire Hathaway, its $850 billion market cap outperformed other companies. 

By Samantha Schwartz • May 22, 2018

Microsoft boosts conversational AI with Semantic Machines acquisition

Conversational AI isn't just for customers. The enterprise is heading to a place where workers can have a conversation with a machine.

By Alex Hickey • May 21, 2018

Enterprise software sees another strong IPO with Utah unicorn PluralSight

Healthy trading multiples and a large appetite from public equity investors for technology IPOs have led a strong wave of tech activity in the market in the last few months.

By Alex Hickey • May 18, 2018

Report: Amazon wraps up visits to 20 HQ2 finalists

If a location is attractive to Amazon, it is attractive to other companies. Newark, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Austin, Texas had an increase in inquiries from other companies looking for a base. 

By Samantha Schwartz • May 17, 2018

Facing international pressure and lost business, Kaspersky moves critical infrastructure to Switzerland

The move is an attempt to distance the company from its Russian roots following backlash from the U.S. government and other customers last fall.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 15, 2018

Facebook has a new head of blockchain — wait, what?

Blockchain mania has set in at Facebook; the social network is establishing a dedicated group to experiment with the ledger technology. 

By Naomi Eide • May 9, 2018

Microsoft's 2018 priorities: Privacy, ethical AI and cybersecurity

GDPR is an important first step to privacy, and Microsoft has allocated hundreds of engineers to building a compliance infrastructure before the deadline.

By Alex Hickey • May 8, 2018

Amazon pauses work on Seattle projects over proposed homeless programs tax

The company has halted planning for a downtown tower and said it might now sublease skyscraper space until the City Council votes on the plan.

By Chris Teale • May 4, 2018

How corporate cultures stack up in cloud companies

More companies with distributed workforces are overcoming culture and employee satisfaction challenges, topping lists of best companies to work for.

By Alex Hickey • May 2, 2018

Software dominates the 10 technology IPOs of 2018

This week, Carbon Black will go public — following one of the busiest tech stock debut weeks in years, which saw four IPOs.

By Alex Hickey • May 1, 2018

Amazon adds more than 5K tech jobs across AWS, ML, Alexa

New jobs and offices mean big investments for Vancouver, Minneapolis and Boston — the only HQ2 finalist among the three cities.

By Alex Hickey • May 1, 2018

NYT appoints first female CIO as cloud migration journey closes

Cindy Taibi, a 37-year veteran of the media company, will assume responsibility for corporate infrastructure, enterprise productivity tools and critical applications and systems.

By Alex Hickey • April 26, 2018

Patch up or pay up: Equifax spent $243M on data breach recovery costs

Even with the additional costs related to the breach, the company had a 4% increase in revenue compared to Q1 2017. 

By Samantha Schwartz • April 26, 2018

IBM revenue up as companies jump on blockchain bandwagon

Growth in the quarter was bolstered by IBM's blockchain platform and other "innovative technologies" segments, including enterprise cloud, AI and security.

By Alex Hickey , Shefali Kapadia • April 19, 2018

Facebook rolls out data abuse bounty as Zuckerberg faces off with Congress

The real question right now is what is the right kind of regulation, not whether there should be regulation, Zuckerberg said.

By Alex Hickey • April 11, 2018