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Why an Amazon S3 outage is such a big deal
The outage perfectly illustrates how reliant large swaths of the internet are on AWS.
By Naomi Eide • Feb. 28, 2017 -
Opinion
The 3 keys to digital transformation
Digital transformation and a company's ability to leverage data is at the core of future competitiveness and is critical to being able to control costs and drive innovation.
By Jack Norris • Feb. 28, 2017 -
A bite of the Apple: SAP cloud iOS development kit due March 30
The SDK for iOS is meant for developers, designers and businesses to have access to scalable tools to quickly build enterprise-grade applications.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 28, 2017 -
HP unveils 'sexy' detachable for the enterprise market
At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, HP revealed a device that can appeal to millennials who work from multiple locations and will soon constitute the majority of the workforce.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 27, 2017 -
Why Adobe is rolling out digital signatures for any device
Instead of waiting until they return to the office to print and sign a document, users can now review, sign and send documents securely via any mobile device.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 23, 2017 -
Alphabet's internet balloons get machine learning-based navigation
With its new capabilities, Project Loon can potentially deliver internet services to rural areas from high-altitude balloons in weeks rather than months.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 21, 2017 -
Healthcare CIO turns to mobile platform to improve patient experience
St. Luke's turned to VenueNext when it wanted to improve patient services, but lacked the developers necessary to do the job.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 17, 2017 -
Poll: Majority of IT professionals support H-1B reforms
Proposed reforms to the H-1B visa program is a contentious issue that IT pros support.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 15, 2017 -
Trump advisor details H-1B 'merit-based' reform proposal
If Trump chooses to make changes via executive order, he will likely face challenges from industry supporters.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 14, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Privacy Shield: Where are we now?
What's changed? It has been a year since E.U. and U.S. officials agreed to form a new pact for data exchange, and seven months since that pact was officially adopted.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 13, 2017 -
'Net neutrality,' 'botnet' make it into the dictionary
As technology permeates all areas of life and business, tech terms naturally have become more commonplace.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 8, 2017 -
Businesses expected to use 3.1B IoT devices in 2017, Gartner says
The projections around IoT seem astronomical, but is it really ready for prime time? The rise of IoT devices continue to introduce significant security concerns.
By Justine Brown , Naomi Eide • Feb. 8, 2017 -
Opinion
Why fog computing will power IoT in 2017
Fog enables companies to pursue the goal of optimizing the geographical proximity of data and computation. If organizations can process data closer to where it is produced, they can save bandwidth and time.
By Rob MacInnis • Feb. 7, 2017 -
United using 50K iOS devices, enterprise apps to improve customer service
Going mobile is all part of United’s push to truly digitally transform by changing the entire customer experience to revolve around the actual customer rather than what’s easiest for the company.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 3, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Technobabble: The Super Bowl edition
Aside from the 325 million gallons of beer people in this country are expected to consume, viewers will focus on the spectacle of the Super Bowl, not realizing the amount of technology coordination is required to make things go off without a hitch.
By Naomi Eide • Feb. 3, 2017 -
GitLab's bad day: Company loses 6 hours of data after spam attack
The company said its enterprise customers — which run the GitLab platform on their own servers — were not affected.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 1, 2017 -
Delta suffers second major computer outage in 6 months
Few details about what caused the outage have been made available, though the airline did say it was a "systems outage."
By Justine Brown • Jan. 31, 2017 -
Bill proposes new Senate committee to oversee all digital security issues
The bill would effectively change how the Senate handles legislation relevant to cybersecurity.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 27, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Technobabble: The world's end, privacy and what the heck is ransomware?
In this edition of Technobabble, you'll find doomsday theorists, a Twitter-worthy memento and cybersecurity for beginners.
By Naomi Eide • Jan. 27, 2017 -
IT pros fear repeal of net neutrality rules will cost them
Many pros fear a repeal of net neutrality rules would give too much power to internet service providers and provide an avenue for government entities and corporations to limit free speech.
By Justine Brown , Naomi Eide • Jan. 26, 2017 -
Cisco now offers a fancy collaborative whiteboard, just like Google and Microsoft
The "all-in-one" digital whiteboard serves as a projector, whiteboard and audio-video conferencing tool.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 25, 2017 -
Is the cloud subject to sales tax? Depends on the state
Several states are grappling with how to tax cloud services and infrastructure.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 24, 2017 -
Deep Dive
IoT hits pay dirt where needs and capabilities align
Internet of Things technology is enabling companies across sectors to automate business processes, boost productivity and improve efficiencies.
By Mary Catherine O'Connor • Jan. 24, 2017 -
Update: Net neutrality opponent appointed FCC chairman
President Trump has selected Ajit Pai to head the Federal Communications Commission.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 23, 2017 -
Why the outgoing FCC chairman thinks net neutrality is crucial for ISPs
Tom Wheeler warned that businesses could "lose their choice of cloud services and applications" if net neutrality is repealed.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 19, 2017