Cisco unveils new approach to networking, part of the push to modernize its product base

The new network is essentially software designed to make it easier for corporate customers to manage and monitor their networks.

By Justine Brown • June 21, 2017

Microsoft Stream brings videos front and center in the enteprise

Organizations can now upload, share, manage and view videos inside Office 365 applications like SharePoint, Microsoft Teams and Yammer.

By Justine Brown , Naomi Eide • June 20, 2017

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

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Apple earns top spot on list of 100 IT vendors

Gartner predicts that 20% of all activities an individual engages in will involve at least one of the top seven digital giants by 2021.

By Justine Brown • June 19, 2017

Why Amazon may be on the hunt to buy Slack

Amazon may be the enterprise cloud leader, but its penetration into the business essentially ends there — and the giant may be looking to expand its product suite.

By Justine Brown • June 16, 2017

Technobabble: Spaces beat tabs, at least where salaries are concerned

Also, AI makes a waka waka stride and Marissa Mayer wants to use Gmail again.

By Naomi Eide • June 16, 2017

ERP systems evolve in a cloud-dominated world

Legacy vendors are learning to keep up with competition from cloud-based apps, despite technological disparity.

By Barry Hochfelder • June 15, 2017

Deal or no deal? Facebook researchers train AI bots to negotiate

More advanced chatbots could help companies handle larger volumes of customer inquiries.

By Justine Brown • June 15, 2017

Microsoft issues security patches to protect against 'nation-state' actors

The updates cover older versions of Microsoft software, including XP.

By Justine Brown • June 14, 2017

Atlassian puts enterprise tools into one basket

 A new comprehensive product could help Atlassian entice the large enterprise customers it covets and possibly expand its market share.

By Justine Brown • June 14, 2017

Amazon lawsuit rekindles rumors of new workplace productivity tool

A suit from Amazon alleges a former AWS VP is violating his non-compete agreement and has "deep and detailed knowledge" of Amazon’s future product and service offerings.

By Justine Brown • June 13, 2017

Microsoft's BI tool sees strong growth as enterprises work to turn data into intel

A new version of the company’s popular business analysis tool is designed to give enterprises a more powerful and flexible way to analyze their data.

By Justine Brown • June 13, 2017

Employees instant messaging at work prefer Skype, Facebook Messenger, survey finds

Instant messaging at work is fast replacing face-to-face chats around the water cooler and the trend is due, in part, to the rise of telecommuting. 

By Ryan Golden , Valerie Bolden-Barrett • June 9, 2017

AI and LiDar and drones, oh my!: The tech shaping city growth

While many cities focus on autonomous vehicles and 5G networks, these other technologies are proving their potential.

By Jackie Snow • June 8, 2017

To suit customer nuances, Brooks Brothers rolled out a tailor-made app

Making suits is what Brooks Brothers knows how to do. Now, the storied tailors are weaving technology into the process to speed up delivery time. 

By Naomi Eide • June 8, 2017

Apple's Siri gets smarter with AI and a natural, 'expressive' voice

The Siri enhancements, which will be released as part of iOS 11 this fall, will also allow third-party programmers to use Apple AI abilities including speech recognition and image processing.

By Justine Brown • June 6, 2017

Skype gets first major update in a decade

While Skype is also used heavily in the enterprise, this refresh only affects the consumer version.

By Justine Brown • June 5, 2017

How former Apple CEO Sculley helped usher in the personal computing era

Who better to talk about the tech transformation since the 1980s than former Apple CEO John Sculley? He was there at the start and had a view from the ground floor of the empire.

By Justine Brown • June 5, 2017

Technobabble: Technology's case for a universal basic income

The solution to automation displacing members of the workforce, some believe, is establishing UBI — a set amount of funds provided by governments to every citizen, regardless of income or work status.

By Naomi Eide • June 2, 2017

Toyota turns to open source for in-vehicle technology

Ten global car automakers are collaborating to build the Automotive Grade Linux system, a vendor-agnostic platform for vehicle infotainment systems.

By Justine Brown • June 1, 2017

Vendor-customer relationships are changing and Dell EMC is at the forefront, exec says

Dell EMC wants to offer customers as many services as it can, making it easier to implement modern technologies — the opposite of what other vendors have done.

By Naomi Eide • May 30, 2017

Is Microsoft's Office 365 facing disruption? Potentially in the SMB market

WPS Office isn’t the only small product to ever take on Microsoft Office 365, but it is unique in how similar it looks and acts like Office 365.

By Justine Brown • May 30, 2017

Weekend-long computer outage could cost British Airways more than $125M

The airline's IT meltdown was caused by a power surge that also knocked out back-up systems.

By Justine Brown • May 30, 2017

Technobabble: Who's the tech industry's most likable CEO?

Also, AlphaGo defeats humanity once again and the USB as we know it is headed for extinction.

By Naomi Eide • May 26, 2017

Most WannaCry victims were running Windows 7, not XP

The rate of WannaCry infections has slowed, but hackers are trying to reignite the cyberattack by using the Mirai botnet, which emerged last year.

By Justine Brown , Naomi Eide • May 22, 2017

CenturyLink to help enterprises manage SAP applications and analytics efforts

SAP has been working to diversify beyond its on-premise enterprise software. Partnerships are a key way to accomplish that.

By Justine Brown • May 16, 2017