Technobabble: Data centers on the edge of the world

Don't miss the case for AI's intellectual property rights and Waffle Houses in the path of solar eclipse totality. 

By Naomi Eide , Samantha Schwartz , Alex Hickey • Aug. 18, 2017

Amazon looking for talent to support Alexa-based enterprise service development

The service will fall under its SaaS offerings within AWS, including Amazon Chime, Amazon WorkSpaces, and Amazon WorkDocs, according to the company's job posting. 

By Justine Brown • Aug. 16, 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

Bill Gates reduces his stake in Microsoft to just 1.3%

Gates' recent gift of 64 million Microsoft shares is his biggest donation since he gave away $16 billion worth of shares in 1999.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 16, 2017

Microsoft says over 70% of Windows 10 users choose to send them data

The company had faced a barrage of complaints from various organizations about its privacy practices ever since Windows 10 first launched.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 9, 2017

Avaya could soon emerge from bankruptcy

The plan must still be approved by the company's creditors and a U.S. bankruptcy judge.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 8, 2017

Email holds off chat rivals as top enterprise communication tool

Chat platforms are still taking off but employees find a communication sanctuary in email, according to new data from Robert Half Technology. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 2, 2017

FDA pilot program to help digital health startups quickly innovate

The program would let medical software startups fast-track the approval process for new products.

By Justine Brown • July 31, 2017

The end of the road: Adobe to phase out Flash Player by 2020

Content creators are being advised by Adobe to begin moving existing Flash content to open formats.  

By Justine Brown • July 26, 2017

Microsoft abandons Paint after 32 years

Windows 10 will remove or no longer offer nearly two dozen features, but all anyone is talking about is Paint.

By Justine Brown • July 25, 2017

Why Amazon quietly snapped up this data visualization company

The low-profile move is about growing data resources for Echo.

By Justine Brown • July 24, 2017

VMware and Amazon extend partnership to develop data center software

Previously forming just a cloud-based partnership, the software could give Amazon more enterprise customers while VMware maintains existing ones. 

By Samantha Schwartz • July 20, 2017

3 reasons adoption of robotic process automation is on the rise

RPA software robots help to perform time-consuming tasks by mimicking the way humans interact with applications through a user interface. And that's good for the enterprise. 

By Anand Veeramani • July 18, 2017

SAP's Leonardo aims to help companies manage collected IoT data

The tool could be an asset for companies attempting to track information in real time. For example, manufacturing companies could use it to help predict machine break-downs. 

By Justine Brown • July 12, 2017

Microsoft 365 packages Office, Windows 10 amidst subscription-based push

Looking to be customers’ one-stop solution for their digital infrastructure, Microsoft 365 bundled the company’s core products or offer simplicity. 

By Samantha Schwartz • July 11, 2017

4 enterprise IT trends for the second half of 2017

From SD-WAN to multi-cloud rollouts, what technologies will enterprises hear the most about in the next six months?

By Justine Brown • July 10, 2017

Microsoft cuts 3K jobs as focus turns to cloud

The job cuts focus mostly on sales staff as part of a bid to restructure around selling cloud services and products. 

By Naomi Eide • July 6, 2017

Amazon Alexa now has 15K skills, outpacing competitors

By comparison, Google Home had 378 voice apps available as of June 30. Microsoft’s Cortana has 65.

By Justine Brown • July 6, 2017

There's less ransomware in Windows than suspected, but total malware impact significant

In all, almost seven out of 10 new malware programs targeted the Microsoft platform last year. 

By Justine Brown • July 6, 2017

Alexa, how are we performing? Adobe brings analytics to virtual assistants

As part of the Adobe Analytics Cloud, companies can analyze voice data across all major digital assistant platforms.

By Naomi Eide • July 5, 2017

With Windows OS the center of global malware attacks, Microsoft works to defend users

Enterprise adoption of Windows 10 is likely to accelerate in the wake of global malware attacks and more security features coming available. 

By Naomi Eide • July 5, 2017

Technobabble: American-made tech and the dumbing down of the smartphone generation

Smartphones are as American as Apple Pie (thanks iPhone), but did you know they're making you dumber? 

By Naomi Eide , Samantha Schwartz • June 30, 2017

It takes two: Box, Microsoft expand partnership to the cloud

The two companies already work together to provide interoperability with many Microsoft products.  

By Justine Brown • June 28, 2017

Unilever is taking the human out of human resources

To source potential hires, Unilever places ads for entry-level positions on Facebook, WayUp and Muse to target online users, with an algorithm in place to sift through qualifications.

By Samantha Schwartz • June 28, 2017

Microsoft: There's a difference between asset management and audits

In fact, the two are completely different processes, where one is voluntary and the other mandatory, a Microsoft general manager explains. 

By Justine Brown , Naomi Eide • June 26, 2017

Bloomberg: CA, BMC exploring potential merger

BMC and CA are two of the largest U.S. providers of IT management software.  

By Justine Brown , Naomi Eide • June 22, 2017