Alphabet is world's most valuable company

With high profits and a flourishing advertising business, Google's parent company is now the most profitable in the world, stealing the title from Apple. 

By Justine Brown • Feb. 2, 2016

IBM scoops up digital marketing agency Resource/Ammirati

IBM’s most recent acquisition is its first foray into digital marketing and is expected to boost its design team and digital experience capabilities.

By David Kirkpatrick , Naomi Eide • Jan. 29, 2016

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Top 5 stories from CIO Dive

Shifts in enterprise software use, ongoing generative AI adoption plans and budget pressures ruled CIO priorities in the first half of the year.

By CIO Dive staff

Dice president: CIOs must be strategic in increasingly tight IT talent market

In an interview with CIO Dive, Bob Melk discusses challenges CIOs face in hiring today's technology professionals. 

By Justine Brown • Jan. 28, 2016

Cybercriminals add telephonic DoS attacks to their bag of tricks

While not as well-known as DDoS attacks, telephonic DoS attacks can prevent companies from receiving legitimate phone calls from customers.

By Justine Brown • Jan. 25, 2016

UK banks warned to get serious about IT

A rash of recent IT failures has lawmakers pushing for improvements.

By Justine Brown • Jan. 25, 2016

IBM creating cloud video unit

The company is using its acquisitions of four startups to help form the new unit. 

By Naomi Eide • Jan. 22, 2016

Companies migrate to Google for Work faster than Office 365

The BetterCloud study also found increasing interest from companies in productivity suites.

By Justine Brown • Jan. 21, 2016

Cisco: Smaller companies tend to use fewer cyber defenses

The company’s annual security report found small and mid-size organizations often employ fewer cyber defense measures, potentially putting enterprise customers at risk.  

By Justine Brown • Jan. 20, 2016

Gartner: Global IT spending saw dramatic drop in 2015

The strong U.S. dollar is partially to blame, according to Gartner.

By Justine Brown • Jan. 18, 2016

AT&T to replace some proprietary systems with open-source tech

Moving to open-source technology will allow the company to both create new services and deliver traditional services faster.

By Justine Brown • Jan. 15, 2016

Progress Software latest business software company to explore sale

The enterprise software market has attracted significant interest and investment over the past six months.

By Justine Brown • Jan. 15, 2016

How CIOs can help promote gender diversity in the workplace

On average, women comprise about one-third of the workforce at major tech companies, according to a report. 

By Justine Brown • Jan. 14, 2016

CPG companies behind in tech revolution

A new report found that few Consumer Packaged Goods companies are technologically innovating. 

By Justine Brown • Jan. 14, 2016

Google chairman thinks AI could help solve world's 'hard problems'

Enterprise Artificial Intelligence is expected to see significant growth by 2024.

By Justine Brown • Jan. 13, 2016

PC shipments fall in last quarter of 2015

The decline marks the largest slowdown since research firm IDC began tracking PC shipments. 

By Justine Brown • Jan. 13, 2016

Study: Priority disparities causing enterprise security gaps

A survey from BMC and Forbes Insights shows the security consequences of misalignment across organizations.

By Justine Brown • Jan. 12, 2016

EMC gets new CIO in midst of Dell purchase

Dell made its own CIO change in November.

By Justine Brown • Jan. 12, 2016

Higher H-1B visa costs likely to get passed along to clients

The two biggest Indian outsourcers may raise prices to offset higher U.S. short-term visa costs.

By Justine Brown • Jan. 11, 2016

Industry experts urge federal government to invest more in cybersecurity

Avoiding another OPM means increasing the amount of money the government is willing to pay to protect itself, experts say.

By Justine Brown • Jan. 10, 2016

Federal officials, tech firms to meet today to address militants' social media use

Reuters reports that an announcement from the White House is expected after the meeting. 

By Justine Brown • Jan. 8, 2016

FTC cautions businesses on big data usage

By 2018, Gartner predicts companies using big data analytics improperly will cause half of all business ethics violations.

By Justine Brown • Jan. 8, 2016

In with the new: Three states confirm new CIOs

Turnover in the government CIO arena is common for a number of reasons, says an industry trade group.

By Justine Brown • Jan. 8, 2016

Mobile app growth up 58% in 2015: Flurry

Given the environment, businesses must adapt their entire structure, not just their applications, to mobility.

By Justine Brown • Jan. 7, 2016

Twitter considers allowing longer tweets

Companies using Twitter as a marketing tool may soon have the use of a 10,000 character limit. 

By Justine Brown • Jan. 7, 2016

Amazon reduces cloud prices, shifts strategy

With competitive price cuts, Amazon plans to target larger companies with its cloud offerings.

By Justine Brown • Jan. 6, 2016