Software: Page 2

Microsoft launches Azure DevOps, striking on industry's process and buzzword obsession

The move represents Microsoft's adoption of the developer mindset, a key part of its GitHub acquisition.

By Naomi Eide • Sept. 11, 2018

What tech execs need to know about the ERP market

Selecting the right ERP for a business is a task that takes time, resources and a gut check for a company about "what makes them unique." 

By Jen A. Miller

2018 enterprise technology IPOs: Fall update

The late spring and summer months brought a new crop of IPOs with six enterprise technology companies concentrated in the fields of cybersecurity and software as a service.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 07, 2018

Poll measures developers' impact on the GDP at $3 trillion

But the downside is developer inefficiency is estimated at a $300 billion hit to global GDP and $85 billion opportunity cost to companies. 

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 07, 2018

For eBay's 3-year modernization, attention turns to developing, using open source infrastructure

Combing through each layer of its technology stack, eBay replatformed its infrastructure without incurring incremental costs. 

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 06, 2018

Atlassian's $295M OpsGenie acquisition grows incident response capabilities

After shaking up the communication platform market in July, the company is focusing on software tools dedicated to collaboration and management. 

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Sept. 05, 2018

As Einstein expands its reach, Salesforce focuses on 'ethical and humane' technology

The push for accountability comes on the heels of a petition for the company to drop its contract with Customs and Border Protection.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 31, 2018

At Box, fight for content collaboration market centers on partners and integration

Smaller SaaS vendors have made names for themselves partnering with larger organizations, like Google and Microsoft.

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 30, 2018

DevOps and agile: Why this union is taking so long to consummate

Organizations are having difficulty finding candidates familiar with agile and DevOps who can collaborate across teams.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Aug. 30, 2018

VMware pushes further into multicloud with CloudHealth Technologies buy

The company has developed tools to build cloud infrastructure and recent activity demonstrates a strong focus on hybrid cloud environments.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 28, 2018

SaaS market can largely thank data analytics for its rapid growth

Businesses are entering the Golden Age of SaaS, driven by open, integrated, API-first cloud platforms and services.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Aug. 23, 2018

To modernize from monolithic applications, the College Board followed its 'North Stars'

Simplification was a motivating factor in developing seven guiding principles.

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 22, 2018

With prices doubling, Israel announced plans to ditch Microsoft licensing

After a year of negotiations with Microsoft about moving data to the cloud, the parties have not reached an agreement. 

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 22, 2018

Cisco evolving its product portfolio and the 'strategy is working,' CEO says

The company has embraced overhauling its product portfolio, revamping offerings for a more security-conscious world.

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 16, 2018

Hollywood rolls out red carpet for open source developers

Developers would like to thank the Academy … and Linux. 

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Aug. 14, 2018

Foundation that brought industry Kubernetes graduates 2nd tool: Prometheus

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation's project has more than 13,000 commits from its user base and 1,000 contributors.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 10, 2018

To make systems safer, put more bugs in them

New York University security researchers found chaff bugs can be designed as "non-exploitable" when conditions are constrained and controlled.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Aug. 08, 2018

How the MINDBODY app is changing business technology for the wellness industry

CIOs are often tasked with conveying their company's message through technology and the fitness industry is not any different.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Aug. 02, 2018

What a sale of GE Digital assets would mean for the enterprise

There are likely avenues for how a sale would play out — sell in pieces or as a block — and who buyers will be. 

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 01, 2018

Microsoft increasing Office 2019, Windows 10 Enterprise prices and 'it's all bad news for the enterprise buyer'

The biggest impact of the price changes will hit customers who have not yet transitioned to per user pricing models and still purchase licenses per device.

By Naomi Eide • July 30, 2018

Opinion

Real risks of using file transfer protocol

The newest technology for B2B data exchange is managed file transfer protocol, an industry best secure communications framework.

By Chandra Shekhar

End of an era: Atlassian bows to Slack, divests chat platform IP

Atlassian is working with Slack to migrate existing customers away from Stride and HipChat and close down its HipChat servers and data center.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • July 27, 2018