Dropbox is establishing critical partnerships to boost its enterprise appeal

In the past two months, Dropbox has formalized partnerships with Google, Microsoft and Adobe, just in time for the its IPO later this year.

By Naomi Eide • March 5, 2018

What CIOs need to know about enterprise licensing agreements

Despite cutting into profit margins, ELAs protect vendors that arrange steep discounts for high dollar, lump sum purchases.

By Simon Park • March 5, 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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Hershey's sweet spot for Accenture: Consulting company helps implement SAP ERP

Hershey is looking to draw better customer insight as its sales face continuing decline.

By Samantha Schwartz • March 5, 2018

Let your kids play Minecraft: Game teaches 85M users how to code

Minecraft is also being used to teach students practices beyond computer science, including algebra, history and chemistry.

By Samantha Schwartz • March 2, 2018

Dropbox's public success will come from SMB customers, not the enterprise

While many have looked toward the enterprise market as the saving grace for Dropbox's future profitability, the heavy investment by enterprise giants makes it a more difficult market to break into. 

By Naomi Eide • March 1, 2018

Salesforce's Einstein AI makes 1B+ predictions daily. But how much will it cost customers?

The company's machine learning and deep learning platform has become integral to its CRM.

By Alex Hickey • March 1, 2018

Google Chats and Microsoft Teams are ramping up intercompany collaboration

Each room in Chat allows up to 8,000 members, and users will be able to upload and collaborate on documents through Drive. 

By Samantha Schwartz • March 1, 2018

DevOps offers 'end-to-end flexibility,' but businesses slow to implement

Finding the right skills to support the software development lifecycle is just as important as encouraging a collaborative culture across departments.

By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 28, 2018

Incumbents like Unilever, Procter & Gamble are giving tech giants a run for their data

Until the last year or so, incumbents were "suffering" from declines in revenue or loss in competition.

By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 28, 2018

Microsoft CEO: Office 365 holds the most promise across product suite

Natural growth in the cloud market is due to "more pre-built models" compared to Microsoft's competitors in the public cloud space. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 27, 2018

Tyson Foods to reduce custom apps in favor of standard processes

CTO Scott Spradley hopes to reduce reliance on custom-made solutions, which comprise 55% of its application stack. 

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 26, 2018

Are developers retiring faster than the programming languages they use?

Some developers may show a resistance to a new language, particularly when younger generations are readily equipped to more or less replace their aging counterparts.

By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 23, 2018

Oracle wants to take down IaaS leaders, but its success will always be SaaS-y

While its technology stack matures, Oracle has to convince its customer base and CIOs across sectors to adopt its cloud products. For now, Oracle is looking toward the marketability of autonomous features as the answer.

By Naomi Eide • Feb. 22, 2018

AI, software, AI, data science, AI: Tech that defines the world's most innovative companies

From classics like Apple, Amazon and Tencent to surprising newcomers like the NBA and Cava, Fast Company's 2018 ranking of the most innovative companies shows how a little technology can go a long way.

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 21, 2018

Technology of love: Between the sheets of OkCupid's amorous applications

Big data, the cloud, cybersecurity and software may play a bigger role in your love life than you think.

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 13, 2018

Google bug bounty program shelled out $2.9M last year

While a prize of more than $100,000 may make a sweat break out on most CIOs' brows, in reality most bug bounty payouts come in at a few hundred dollars — and this price pales in comparison to the cost of a breach. 

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 8, 2018

Microsoft offers free OneDrive to lure Dropbox, Google Drive, Box customers

Unlike some competitors' solutions, OneDrive is not solely available on public clouds, allowing increased accessibility to more customers. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 7, 2018

Mixpanel's software is 'inadvertently' stealing user passwords

Almost 25% of Mixpanel's customer base, which remains confidential, was impacted.

By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 6, 2018

Eternally(Blue) for you: Botnet mines $3.6M in crypotcurrency

The botnet found its legs in the EternalBlue exploit — the same one that was used to spread the WannaCry malware attack.

By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 2, 2018

SaaS market dominated by Salesforce and they know it

To accommodate the changing landscape of IT through cloud-based integrations, companies like Salesforce are beefing up features and clientele. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 1, 2018

Report: Slack strengthens grip on the enterprise with Target, BBC

The new additions grow Slack's customer base using the enterprise version of the platform, Enterprise Grid, to more than 150, reports Reuters.

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 31, 2018

In 'lead-to-cash' push, SAP acquires CallidusCloud for $2.4B

By adding to its portfolio, CallidusCloud aligns SAP more closely with its competitors, including Oracle, Salesforce, Workday and IBM.

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 30, 2018

Why companies are failing at DataOps — and what to do about it

DataOps sounds great for any company that leverages large amounts of data. But in practice, implementing a DataOps model can require sweeping cultural changes and unexpected technology considerations.

By William Merchan • Jan. 30, 2018

There's an app for that, but is there a service?

Security challenges have remained largely unchanged year-over-year, but confidence in the security of expanding multi-cloud environments is waning.

By Alex Hickey • Jan. 29, 2018

Once in a 'moonshot': Alphabet's research lab graduates cybersecurity software business

Because of the weight of the Alphabet's reputation, Chronicle already has leverage and an easy entrance into the cyber market. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 25, 2018