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Gartner: ERPs have dated reputation to overcome in cloud era
If businesses behave with ERP the way they did 20 years ago, they will continue to get the same value.
By Naomi Eide • June 12, 2019 -
Salesforce to acquire Tableau in a $15.7B all-stock deal
As Salesforce tries to make bold moves in the data analytics space, it must address the overlap with its existing solution.
By Roberto Torres • June 10, 2019 -
Analysts: Trump tariffs could isolate, shrink US tech market
From 2017 to 2018, tariffs paid on tech product imports from China increased fivefold. As the government prepares additional tariff tranches, analysts are wary of long-term impact.
By Roberto Torres • May 29, 2019 -
Collaboration software filling gap between frontline reality, corporate expectations
Less than one-quarter of employees said their ideas contribute to decisions made by their bosses, according to a Workplace by Facebook survey.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • May 28, 2019 -
CarMax CIO leads effort to transform the used car market
One innovation following a shift to a product-centric approach was the use of mobile devices — instead of paper on a clipboard — for appraising the value of a car for trade-in.
By Mitch Betts • May 20, 2019 -
All about 'Bertie': Overhauling CMS technology at Forbes
The publisher used historical data to weave augmented intelligence into its publishing platform. "We think of it as a bionic suit for our writers," Forbes CDO Salah Zalatimo said.
By Naomi Eide • May 16, 2019 -
Fixing the paper problem at Liberty Mutual Investments
Relying on the 2010 version of SharePoint document management system left departments siloed and unable to efficiently collaborate and share documents.
By Naomi Eide • May 15, 2019 -
PaaS market, impossible to win, will double in size
There is no clear winner of the PaaS market as most vendors are narrowing their focus on "a single fit-for-purpose" xPaaS offering, Gartner said.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • May 14, 2019 -
Stack Overflow surveyed 90K developers and learned everything
Programmers who know Clojure, F#, Go and Scala demand the highest salaries, from $100,000 per year for Clojure to $78,000 for Scala.
By Jen A. Miller • May 14, 2019 -
Companies rethink vendor relationships with shift to digital
World Fuel Services was a big Oracle, AT&T and Cisco shop. In a lot of respects, culture mirrored that. "You are the kind of company you keep," said Jeff Smith, EVP and COO.
By Naomi Eide • May 09, 2019 -
Alexa in the warehouse? How voice applications are changing and growing
As e-commerce order volume spirals upwards and delivery windows shrink, workers need innovations to meet picking, packing and shipping goals.
By Deborah Abrams Kaplan • May 02, 2019 -
Netflix relies on Python as programming language gains industry prominence
Python is the fastest growing programming language, according to Stack Overflow's 2019 Developer Survey of almost 90,000 global developers.
By Naomi Eide • May 01, 2019 -
Open source security improves as companies take on patch deployment
Bad actors depend on the popularity of open source, making it a prime target. Attackers look for organizations neglecting timely fixes.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • May 01, 2019 -
Collaboration market is Slack's to lose, but going public airs struggles
The temperament of the market is just half the battle. Slack needs paying customers to support its viability on the market and in the enterprise.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • April 30, 2019 -
Us vs. them: Vendors duel over open source project administration
In the open source market, some companies are pointing at AWS as the villain. This creates the opportunity for others to come across as open source heroes.
By Naomi Eide • April 30, 2019 -
Slack builds 'bridge' for email communication, workflow development
"We'll never try to recreate those original applications at the service level or rebuild all the functionality of those applications inside Slack," said Andy Pflaum, director of product management, interoperability at Slack.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • April 25, 2019 -
Zoom's public debut is armed with market expansions
Proving itself as a vital enterprise tool, Zoom's momentum stems from its narrow focus on a video-first user interface.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • April 18, 2019 -
Open source use grows 68% as corporations buy into the software solution
Companies want layers of solutions to amplify the cloud experience. Enter open source.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • April 17, 2019 -
Reliability at heart of Lyft and Uber's tech, IPOs reveal
Reliable technology service providers set the foundation for optimal operations, trustworthy security and a five-star customer rating after drop-off.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • April 15, 2019 -
Slack's 'highly requested' enterprise power move integrates users with Office 365
If you can't beat them, integrate with them.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • April 10, 2019 -
How Dick's Sporting Goods' CTO is revamping athletic e-commerce
The retailer is investing about $15 million in e-commerce fulfillment capabilities and $10 million in technology.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • April 02, 2019 -
Software glitch grounds Delta, Southwest, United flights
The flight delays were related to software vendor Aerodata's inability to allow airlines to make or release paperwork for flights.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • April 01, 2019 -
ERP 101: Choosing the right solution for the business
Aging ERPs can fail to meet business demands, which has some organizations seeking change.
By Jen A. Miller • March 25, 2019 -
Microsoft Teams reaches 500K paying customers, eclipses Slack
Before Microsoft showed up, Slack dominated the collaboration software market. Now, the space is Microsoft's to lose.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • March 20, 2019 -
Atlassian sticks to what it knows, acquires AgileCraft
AgileCraft's software, similar to Atlassian's tools, tracks developer processes at a "granular level" during agile developments, according to the company.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • March 19, 2019
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