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'Digital leaders' emerging, streamlining business practices in the enterprise, survey finds
A digital leader is defined by SAP as someone who engages in emerging technologies and, as a result, creates a more robust business environment.
By Naomi Eide , Geri Spieler • Sept. 6, 2016 -
Amazon, Google among those supporting Microsoft in data searches lawsuit
Companies and trade organizations across sectors filed to support Microsoft in its lawsuit against the U.S. government.
By Justine Brown • Sept. 6, 2016 -
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Shifts in enterprise software use, ongoing generative AI adoption plans and budget pressures ruled CIO priorities in the first half of the year.
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Live drills test Facebook's ability to react to data center disasters
The social network regularly conducts drills to test its data center redundancy and disaster response capabilities.
By Justine Brown • Sept. 6, 2016 -
$800B needed for EU digital infrastructure, commissioner says
A lack of standards has siloed technical innovation, European Union Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said.
By Justine Brown • Sept. 2, 2016 -
CYOD is increasingly enterprise policy of choice
With companies looking to increase their mobility, many are adopting choose your own device policies, which allows for cost savings and increased security.
By Justine Brown • Sept. 2, 2016 -
HPE reportedly considering sale of software division to Thoma Bravo
The going price is likely in the $8 billion to $10 billion range.
By Justine Brown • Sept. 2, 2016 -
Apple reportedly launching new machine learning division
It’s now clear how the company plans to use Turi, the machine learning company Apple bought last month.
By Justine Brown • Sept. 1, 2016 -
Deep Dive
The necessary evil of the tech refresh cycle — and the data it leaves behind
Whether it's a desktop computer or a hard drive in a data center, pieces of equipment will reach the end of their lifespan. But with system upgrades and new technology, unsecured data can be left behind.
By Naomi Eide • Sept. 1, 2016 -
Cisco takes first major plunge into container market with ContainerX buy
The ContainerX team will join Cisco’s Cloud Platform & Services Group.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 31, 2016 -
Dell/EMC merger set to close next week
Dell Technologies will begin operating immediately following the close of the transaction.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 31, 2016 -
PayPal reportedly considering Google for next major cloud deployment
A win could position Google as a dominate cloud provider for the financial services space.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 31, 2016 -
Deep Dive
How tying AI to cloud tech allows for wider adoption
Computing power is one of the biggest resource needs for a strong AI platform, and cloud enables that.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 31, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Why accurate privileged user management is critical to preventing data breaches
It’s been proven to be a huge weak point for the enterprise, but many still aren’t doing enough when it comes to privileged user management.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 30, 2016 -
Survey: Employee security hygiene getting worse, not better
The new report from the Ponemon Institute highlighted the difference between people in IT or security roles and end users when it comes to making security hygiene a priority.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 30, 2016 -
Salesforce's 'Einstein' to immerse product suite in AI
CEO Marc Benioff plans to formally announce the new offering at Salesforce's Dreamforce conference in October.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 30, 2016 -
Digital transformation to drive worldwide IT spending through 2020, IDC says
Together, banking, discrete manufacturing, process manufacturing and telecommunications are expected to generate almost a third of worldwide IT revenues, the IDC projects.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 30, 2016 -
A match made in cloud: VMware, IBM bolster hybrid cloud partnership
The companies are furthering efforts that enable enterprises to manage applications across multiple clouds.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 30, 2016 -
Tech IPOs making a comeback as Apptio files to go public
The technology business software provider will become the sixth business tech company to go public this year.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 29, 2016 -
Rackspace goes private in $4.3B deal
Private equity firm Apollo Global Management will acquire the cloud provider.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 29, 2016 -
2 European countries find tech jobs for Syrian refugees
Sweden and Finland have high demand but a low supply of the workers.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 26, 2016 -
NGINX looks to monetize product 14 years after creation
Making money on an open source product means finding new users and adding new features.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 25, 2016 -
Target CIO focused on tech hiring, digital customer experience
Mike McNamara is on a mission to improve tech at the retail giant.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 24, 2016 -
Real estate firm pushes 'smart' tech as a way to sell homes
Coldwell Banker says a connected home is an easier sell.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 24, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Tech departments face many challenges from 'shadow IT,' strategist says
Matthew Taylor, managing director for Accenture Technology Strategy, says the departments need to offer "carrots" instead of "sticks" to the people they serve.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 24, 2016 -
Microsoft adds auto-scheduling tool to Office 365
It automatically adds meetings to your calendar. Whether that's a good thing is entirely up to you.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 23, 2016