Workplace by Facebook unleashes more than 50 SaaS integrations

The integrations will allow users to summon an available enterprise software in company groups or conversations on Work Chat.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 2, 2018

Google Assistant outperforms Alexa, Cortana, Siri again

Will the gains in accuracy be the key to introducing more intelligent assistants to business settings?

By Alex Hickey • April 30, 2018

Marc Jacobs: Hybrid cloud solutions — so haute right now

The hybrid cloud approach has helped make 92% of Marc Jacobs' invoices correctly route to the approver within five days instead of 90 days.

By Samantha Schwartz • April 26, 2018

Let's be blunt: Business tech rides the high of cannabis boom

There's a bit and byte more to the cannabis industry than its all-natural products, and a multi-billion dollar market is welcoming savvy enterprise tech providers with open arms.

By Alex Hickey • April 20, 2018

Oracle's patch updates include 254 security fixes

Customers who failed to update vulnerabilities with already available patches are still experiencing attacks.

By Samantha Schwartz • April 20, 2018

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 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 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 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 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 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 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

Salesforce 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

Dropbox 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 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

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 Schwartz • March 16, 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 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