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

The fight to overcome the 'not sexy' perception of industrial internet

Companies slow to adopt the industrial internet may have missed an early mover advantage — even if they staved off burning their fingers like some initial adopters.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 27, 2018

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

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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 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 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 Schwartz • Aug. 8, 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 Schwartz • Aug. 2, 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 the buyers will be. 

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 1, 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

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 • July 30, 2018

How Slack and Atlassian landed a 'sharp jab' in Microsoft's ribs

By Microsoft's standards, the partnership is not something that will rattle its bones, but for Slack, this is an entryway to more enterprise customers, and that's Microsoft's turf.

By Samantha Schwartz • July 30, 2018

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 Schwartz • July 27, 2018

Malicious actors seeking exploits in SAP and Oracle ERP applications on the rise, US warns

Over the last three years, public exploitations of SAP and Oracle ERP apps have increased by 100%, according to new research.

By Samantha Schwartz • July 26, 2018

The evolution of the CRM market and why Salesforce heads it

It's taken about 30 years for customer relationship management to go from Rolodexes to artificial intelligence.

By Samantha Schwartz • July 23, 2018

Voice tech adoption lags in the workplace, study says

Only 55% of key decision-makers feel prepared to implement voice-powered technologies to improve their organization's internal or customer service operations.

By Robert Williams • July 19, 2018

Microsoft offers free version of Teams, hitting on Slack's selling point

Slack is often credited as a pioneer, but despite its launch about two years before Teams, Microsoft's product dominates the market.

By Samantha Schwartz • July 13, 2018

Security, SaaS, cloud lead IT investment

After 10 years of top rankings, Microsoft was again identified as the most strategic vendor, according to a Goldman Sachs survey.

By Alex Hickey • July 10, 2018

Microsoft Dynamics 365 tweaked updates allow customers to test out changes before deployment

The company is following the update routines of Windows 10 and Office 365 with biannual updates for its ERP and CRM suite. 

By Samantha Schwartz • July 10, 2018

RPA is having a moment: What you need to know about the automation technology

Robotic process automation gained steam in the past few years as vendors worked to automate rote tasks, such as data entry or financial calculations.

By Naomi Eide • July 9, 2018

What is WPA3 and why should businesses care?

The Wi-Fi protection protocol includes improved network resiliency, protective management frames for critical workloads and 192-bit cryptographic strength.

By Alex Hickey • June 26, 2018

What collaborations with Facebook and Slack say about the HR tech market

As industry competition heats up, platforms are opting to team together rather than fight it out. But what does that mean for the profession overall?

By Kathryn Moody • June 25, 2018

Dropbox after more industry verticals, this time targeting media, entertainment

Media and entertainment as a vertical has unique challenges because of the vast array of content types, file sizes and the increasingly global nature of work.

By Naomi Eide • June 20, 2018