Broadcom's 'best and final' $121B Qualcomm offer would be tech's biggest deal

Qualcomm's board unanimously rejected another "unsolicited" proposal in November and sent a letter to stockholders in late January advising them against "Broadcom's hostile takeover proposal."

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 5, 2018

Dell is considering its future strategy. What could it mean for CIOs?

Evaluating the risk profile associated with all vendors is part of the CIO's job, and ultimately Dell's business decisions cause IT leaders to ask, "what does this mean for my relationship with Dell?"

By Naomi Eide , Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 5, 2018

Dell officially considering IPO or VMware merger

The company will not sell itself or its stake in VMware, reports Reuters. Dell already owns 80% of VMware.

By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 2, 2018

Google, AWS, Microsoft earnings are in, and cloud is up up and away

Last year saw the biggest cloud players continuing to grow their shares of the cloud market at the expense of smaller players.

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 2, 2018

GDPR: Lose money if you comply, lose money if you don't

The GDPR narrative tends to focus on costs associated with noncompliance, but companies could face losses by complying as users gain control over their data. 

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 1, 2018

Report: Dell weighing 'reverse-merger' with VMware as strategic option

Details of the potential merger come just after reports surfaced that Dell was considering an IPO or an acquisition of the 20% of WMware it doesn't already own.

By Naomi Eide • Jan. 30, 2018

Intel will release Meltdown-resistant patches later this year

The company remains cautious about the financial impact the vulnerabilities could have on 2018 earnings. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 29, 2018

Report: Dell considering IPO, VMware acquisition

The company, in the midst of accumulated debt, went private in 2013 under the direction of founder and CEO Michael Dell.

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 26, 2018

Amazon names 20 HQ2 contenders, but here's why some are more likely than others

Last week, Amazon unveiled its finalists, forcing 218 companies into a lonely hearts club and ensuring multiple municipal identity crises.

By Naomi Eide , Samantha Schwartz , Alex Hickey • Jan. 26, 2018

IBM (finally) raises revenue after almost 6 years

The company's shift from legacy software and hardware systems to analytics, cloud, IoT, security and blockchain has started turning profits.

By Alex Hickey • Jan. 18, 2018

Amazon unveils top 20 contenders for HQ2

A few of the cities on Amazon's final list don't appear to adhere to the e-commerce giant's specs.

By Daphne Howland • Jan. 18, 2018

How does Apple's new campus stack up to HQ2?

While the move may sound similar to Amazon's announcement of a second headquarters (HQ2), cities may not be so quick to offer proposals or incentives.

By Katie Pyzyk • Jan. 18, 2018

The good, the bad and the not-so-work-related: CES 2018 in review

In many ways, CES embodies the spirit of innovation and triumphs in technology. But in other cases, it is a platform for technological excess.

By Naomi Eide , Samantha Schwartz , Alex Hickey • Jan. 12, 2018

Amazon reportedly eying 1M square feet of office space in Boston

A report by the Boston Globe has sparked speculation that the city may become the home of the company's second headquarters.  

By Daphne Howland • Jan. 12, 2018

Report: IBM may 'redeploy' almost 11K US workers

Reports surfaced Thursday of coming changes to Big Blue's service delivery and technology workforce, potentially impacting as many as 30,900 workers.

By Alex Hickey • Jan. 12, 2018

Intel CEO: 90% of vulnerabilities will have a fix in coming days

Following the fallout from Meltdown and Spectre, Brian Krzanich said the company is still looking into potential impacts on processor performance.   

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 11, 2018

As VC investment booms, AI and cybersecurity startups rake in the big bucks

VC firms shelled out $84 billion across more than 8,000 companies in 2017. Cybersecurity startups brought in around $4.2 billion in funding — breaking a 2015 high.

By Alex Hickey • Jan. 10, 2018

Silicon Valley, New York among those ready to lobby against net neutrality repeal

California and New York are both prepared to introduce state legislation designed to work around the FCC's repeal of net neutrality. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 8, 2018

Microsoft, Google among companies having a 'Meltdown' following widespread bug

The attention to this "speculative execution"-style attack is forcing major tech companies to put out patches to protect their consumers.

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 4, 2018

Back to the circuit board: Chip flaws leave industry scrambling with little recourse

Intel is working with competitors like AMD and ARM to develop a solution to a chip-level security flaw, which targets everything from computers to servers to cell phones.

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 4, 2018

Cisco is still the top enterprise IT infrastructure vendor

While the emergence of the cloud has changed how companies spend on IT, enterprise IT infrastructure spending will continue to rise through 2022.

By Naomi Eide • Jan. 4, 2018

AWS and Salesforce may say 'Sayonara' to Oracle database

Larry Ellison's comments reportedly prompted the moves to create internal databases apart from Oracle's more established one.

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 3, 2018

Microsoft calls for tech companies to serve as 'medics in cyberspace'

Tension between technology and public policy is erupting in cybersecurity and AI spaces.

By Alex Hickey • Jan. 2, 2018

Schmidt stepping down as Alphabet chairman marks new era for tech giant

Through Eric Schmidt's leadership, the company built a structure that supported rapid growth and morphed into a tech giant among the likes of Apple and Microsoft.

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 22, 2017

Intel's 'new normal' puts data at the center of everything

The chipmaker's 50th anniversary is in July, and CEO Brian Krzanich said the company is closer than ever to becoming a "50/50 company," where half its revenue comes from PCs and the other half from new growth markets. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Dec. 21, 2017