Up-and-Coming Tech of the Year: Democratized AI

AI may have moved from fantasy to reality, but for most companies this reality is still not accessible. Democratized AI tools are beginning to hit the enterprise and change this.

By Alex Hickey • Dec. 4, 2017

Company of the Year: Microsoft

It may be the No. 3 most valuable company internationally, but right now Microsoft is No. 1 in the enterprise thanks to its turn from personal computing to enterprise and cloud services.

By Alex Hickey • Dec. 4, 2017

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Digital transformation

Digital transformation goes beyond technology — if companies want to engage in a new era of technology, they must rethink how work is done too.

By CIO Dive staff

Hottest Market of the Year: Communication platforms

Communication platforms welcome personality and voice to the workforce, and major tech companies are competing to be the megaphone employees want.

By Samantha Schwartz • Dec. 4, 2017

The CIO Dive Awards for 2017

The awards recognize the technology industry's top disruptors and innovators. These executives, companies and trends are transforming the industry and shaping the future.

By Naomi Eide , Samantha Schwartz , Alex Hickey • Dec. 4, 2017

Apple shares facial recognition data with apps, sparking privacy worries

While Apple designed Face ID to have certain privacy protections, the company still faces challenges in making sure that app developers aren't abusing the facial data.

By Robert Williams • Dec. 1, 2017

Is your business ready for Alexa?

The implication of moving Alexa to the enterprise means enlarging the scale in which it adds and stores data.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 30, 2017

Robots at the ready: Up to 375M workers in peril by 2030

Fear losing jobs to automation? The answer is setting workers up for career change before displacement occurs. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 30, 2017

UPDATE: Home in time for the holidays? American Airlines works to fix pilot scheduling glitch

The airline is facing a crew scheduling flaw that will potentially impact 15,000 flights scheduled between Dec. 17 and Dec. 31.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 29, 2017

Microsoft, Cisco, Huawei team up on blockchain data marketplace

The partnership with IOTA, an open-source blockchain company, will create a secure data marketplace for companies to share and profit from IoT data. 

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 29, 2017

6 months to GDPR: What's next?

With May 2018 looming on the horizon, the vast majority of companies still have a long journey ahead of them in becoming compliant to the new data privacy regulations. A costly, confusing and long process is ahead for many.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 28, 2017

Munich says 'auf wiedersehen' to Linux, 'willkommen' to Windows

After more than a decade of championing open-source software, the city council has decided to return to a single operating system through Windows — a move that will cost $60 million.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 27, 2017

Salesforce sets sights on $20B revenue goal

The sales giant will reach "$20 billion faster than any enterprise software company in history," Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 27, 2017

Vulnerabilities found on Intel chips dating back to 2015

The flaw is present on its newest 8th generation Core Processor series as well as older chip models released in 2015. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 22, 2017

Talking turkey: Cargill uses blockchain for farm-to-table Thanksgiving transparency

Through the house-built blockchain platform, customers can use the code on a turkey's package to access information and photos about the farm where the bird was raised.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 21, 2017

How AR, ML and IoT will reshape the future of society

The Internet of Things has the potential to make professionals more efficient and productive through the use of enhanced machine learning, augmented reality and connected devices.

By Joe Conway • Nov. 21, 2017

Virgin Atlantic flies to Workplace, another win for the social network

The social draw that Workplace by Facebook was founded on provides an appeal that other communication platforms lack.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 17, 2017

Half of Android devices run outdated software, creating security headache

The most recent Android operating system currently accounts for less than 1% of the market share.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 15, 2017

What's on the forecast? 'Technology innovation and disruption'

What technology experts have said for years is now making its way into the mainstream market narrative: Digitization and adopting advanced technology will help companies separate from competitors.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 15, 2017

Microsoft is using its sales team to win over cloud customers

Instead of traditional pitch presentations, the legacy software provider is engineering applications for potential customers during a sales call. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 14, 2017

IBM offers quantum platform to customers, breaks qubit record

Big Blue began launching publicly available quantum computing systems in May 2016, and the 20 qubit system will be the fourth generation of development. 

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 14, 2017

Being 'bullish' on AI pays off, Deloitte says

Companies jumping into AI and cognitive technologies are more likely to innovate and transform with the tech, but those that only test the waters are more likely to pursue automation.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 13, 2017

Mary Jane, meet blockchain: IBM touts tech for pot market

Blockchain will offer Canada a transparent view of the supply chain "from seed to sale," which will facilitate regulation and quality checks, reduce fraud, and support consumers' health and safety.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 10, 2017

Technology disTrumption: How 45 has impacted the tech sector

One year after Donald Trump won the election, the technology enterprise has not significantly changed under his hands-off approach. AI may change that.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 8, 2017

Why the Salesforce partnership is a big deal for Google Cloud

The companies have prior relations from a deal in 2008 that brought Salesforce into Google Apps but nothing to this extent. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 7, 2017

How to create a 2018 SaaS budget with confidence

IT may not care about every single SaaS application, but understanding the entire enterprise software spend is valuable to help justify the overarching budgets and identify cost savings.

By Eric Christopher • Nov. 7, 2017