Software
-
Microsoft offers IoT solution as answer to hardware security shortcomings
To take “cybersecurity from an art to a science,” Microsoft is engineering a more secure edge with Azure Sphere, according to President Brad Smith.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • April 17, 2018
-
Gmail is going 'confidential' to prevent unintended data sharing
The redesign of the platform will address companies' concerns over employee email habits.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • April 16, 2018
-
How AppNexus is upgrading storage infrastructure to get ready for Kubernetes
A reduction in the number of servers being used translates to a reduction in spending, boosting the bottom line for the online advertising company.
By Alex Hickey • April 13, 2018
-
Goldman Sachs hiring 60 software engineers to 'scale' its custom API store
The bank is looking for engineers "across the stack who enjoy working in a client-driven and agile environment," according to a LinkedIn job listing.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • April 13, 2018
-
Following legal disputes, SAP updates pricing for indirect software use
The new pricing model will distinguish indirect/digital access, which includes access by third parties, bots or the IoT.
By Alex Hickey • April 11, 2018
-
Life after Windows: Microsoft reorg pushes intelligent, cloud-ready everything
Part of the reshuffle includes the departure of long-time Microsoft executive Terry Myerson, who leads the current Windows and Devices group.
By Naomi Eide • March 29, 2018
-
'All hands on deck': Boeing hit by WannaCry
Boeing confirmed the cyberattack on its commercial airplane division following reports from The Seattle Times.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • March 29, 2018
-
Microsoft trails Cisco in the collaboration market even after a cloud boost
Despite so much of enterprise collaboration turning to the cloud, traditional, on-site solutions remain the ones to beat.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • March 28, 2018
-
Dropbox pops 35% in public debut on the road to profitability
The company must continue to flip freemium customers into paid seats and level the playing field with other offerings in the market.
By Naomi Eide • March 26, 2018
-
Slack could struggle to survive with more outages, so it's building a team to prevent them
Competitors of the company, including HipChat and Stride, face far less outages.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • March 23, 2018
-
Slack partners with Workday to provide workers real-time access to HR
The partnership will allow employees to request time-off via Slack, allow real-time peer feedback and make looking up coworker info simpler.
By Kathryn Moody • March 22, 2018
-
Deep DiveSalesforce gets more horse than donkey in enterprise integration software deal
As Salesforce reaches into the market and pulls new capabilities "back into the mothership" with the MuleSoft deal, other companies will watch and play catch-up.
By Alex Hickey • March 22, 2018
-
Salesforce acquires MuleSoft to the tune of $6.5B
MuleSoft will bring API management capabilities, a key investment for the CRM company integrating AI throughout its portfolio.
By Alex Hickey • March 21, 2018
-
Deep DiveDropbox targets vertical sectors, back office integrations on the road to IPO
While the company is taking a vertical industry approach to new integrations, there is room for growth across SaaS suites, including HR and ERP.
By Naomi Eide • March 21, 2018
-
Apple, IBM venture allows companies like Coca-Cola to rethink custom apps
Relationships Apple has forged with companies like IBM are a positive signal in its journey to becoming a more powerful vendor in the enterprise market.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • March 20, 2018
-
GitHub takes aim at EU proposal to filter uploaded code
The technology sector is taking a second look at a proposal calling for the automatic filtering of user-uploaded content on digital platforms.
By Alex Hickey • March 19, 2018
-
Intel CEO: We're addressing Meltdown, Spectre flaws with hardware 'partitions'
As for software updates, 100% of impacted Intel products from the last five years have been issued microcode updates.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • March 16, 2018
-
Software is king and developers are in high demand
Most developers have been coding professionally for five years or less, but that number is sure to grow alongside the expanding software market.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • March 16, 2018
-
McDonald's mobile app triggers worker discontent
Employees say the new ordering technology is causing more trouble than it's worth, with chaos ensuing alongside self-service kiosks, mobile app ordering and traditional checkouts.
By Robert Williams • March 15, 2018
-
Seeing double: Digital twins increasing across enterprise IoT deployments
A "virtual counterpart to a real object," digital twins are finding homes in manufacturing and other industrial environments, according to Gartner.
By Naomi Eide • March 14, 2018
-
Coty turned to the cloud to integrate 12K employees after a major acquisition
The move to Microsoft 365 decreased Coty's dependence on local hardware and increased users' ability to "be productive anywhere," said George Katsouris, global IT VP, operations and services at Coty.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • March 14, 2018
-
How Coca-Cola migrated from a single data warehouse to global application deployment
After choosing the microservices architecture best suited for the company, Coca-Cola turned to a DevOps-based model.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • March 14, 2018
-
Deep DiveNCAA's IT team transitions from back office order-taker to leader and innovator
With the backdrop of March Madness, partnering with Google was a free throw.
By Alex Hickey • March 13, 2018
-
After 1 year, Microsoft Teams racks up 200K customers including Macy's, General Motors
The communication platform is used by organizations worldwide and is available in 39 languages.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • March 13, 2018
-
Dropbox is becoming a serious enterprise option with Salesforce partnership, increased infrastructure
Ahead of its IPO, Dropbox is well suited to storm the enterprise market. Along the way, the company is showing Wall Street it can become an enterprise mainstay.
By Naomi Eide • March 09, 2018