Simplifying your Windows 10 adoption, and beyond

In just a few months, Windows 10 will mark its second anniversary, and although one might be hard-pressed to find a CIO over the moon about transitioning to the Windows 10 OS, the reality is Windows 7 is on its way out. 

By Jon Rolls • May 11, 2017

Microsoft ending support for original version of Windows 10

The company warned that continuing to use version 1507, which debuted in July 2015, could potentially put users at risk.  

By Justine Brown • May 9, 2017

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Top 5 stories from CIO Dive

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

By CIO Dive staff

OpenStack pushes for traction as the cloud market continues 'maturing and consolidating'

The waning support from major vendors has some wondering if this is the end of OpenStack as we know it. Despite the headline-grabbing news, OpenStack still has many believers.

By Justine Brown • May 8, 2017

AppDynamics CEO explains how its data model led to Cisco marriage

Cisco believed AppDynamics’ data model "could make their networks even smarter."

By Justine Brown • May 5, 2017

CompTIA: US tech companies exported $309B of products, services in 2016

Tech services saw particularly strong growth, more than doubling since 2015.

By Justine Brown • May 4, 2017

As enterprise collaboration market changes, Aurea acquires Jive for $462M

Becoming part of Aurea will allow Jive to maintain its market share and further scale its offerings. 

By Justine Brown • May 2, 2017

The skeptic's guide to artificial intelligence

Do you need AI? Maybe. But you definitely need technology that works. 

By Mary Catherine O'Connor • May 2, 2017

Oracle outlines plans for NetSuite

The two companies are set to integrate yet maintain their individual identities.

By Justine Brown • April 28, 2017

Cortana, Siri, Alexa or Google: Which digital assistant is the smartest?

Siri lagged behind competitors, though researchers said Apple's product does boast more humorous answers than other digital assistants. 

By Justine Brown • April 28, 2017

Technobabble: The case of the stolen identity

A colleague's stance was that he was not at risk, because he didn't matter to cybercriminals. Others could be victimized, but not him. And then just over 24 hours later ... 

By Naomi Eide • April 28, 2017

Toshiba to split into 4 to protect businesses from Westinghouse fallout

The bankruptcy of nuclear developer Westinghouse threatens to sink the entire Japanese tech giant. 

By Peter Maloney , Naomi Eide • April 27, 2017

Watson goes to work in finance searching for 'rogue traders'

The technology looks for patterns in traders’ chats and emails to identify unusual activity, something that could eventually be used in other sectors to look for insider threats. 

By Justine Brown • April 26, 2017

Gartner: Security will drive most businesses to Windows 10 migration this year

Companies say security improvements are the number one reason for migrating, followed by cloud integration capabilities.

By Justine Brown • April 26, 2017

Microsoft to leverage LinkedIn data in challenge to Salesforce

The enterprise giant will use LinkedIn data to allow salespeople to tap into their professional networks and relationships.

By Justine Brown • April 25, 2017

How enterprises can facilitate IT, line of business collaboration for app development

Instead of relying on long processes, IT departments at the forefront of the app development curve are turning to collaborative models to design and deploy business apps.

By Jonathan Kaplan • April 25, 2017

What's next for Amazon?

Amazon isn't resting on its AWS cloud laurels. Rather, the company is investing heavily in advanced computing and branching out into new areas. 

By Justine Brown • April 24, 2017

Microsoft commits to major Windows feature releases twice a year

Committing to a predictable twice-per-year feature release schedule is designed to make updates "more manageable and predictable for easier enterprise deployments."

By Justine Brown • April 21, 2017

Technobabble: Facebook taps into your brain, dolls tap into your home

This week, straight out of a science fiction novel, Facebook revealed it was skipping the touch screen all together and was working to tap into users' brains.

By Naomi Eide • April 21, 2017

Facebook brings bots, compliance to Workplace at F8

Workplace is now used by about 14,000 organizations worldwide — up from 1,000 last year.

By Justine Brown • April 19, 2017

Microsoft buys Intentional Software in bid to up its workplace productivity game

Microsoft says the acquisition will allow it to add new tools and services to its productivity offering.

By Justine Brown • April 19, 2017

Humanizing the digital workplace computing experience

Instead of boosting productivity and output, the current model of disjointed cloud services is over-complicating the digital workplace experience. Why?

By Yaacov Cohen • April 18, 2017

How is the PC market doing? Depends on who you ask

IDC and Gartner released PC market shipment trackers for the first quarter of 2017, but the firms differ on how many units were sold and which vendors lead the market. 

By Naomi Eide • April 12, 2017

The end of an era: Microsoft drops support for Vista

If you're a business still using Vista, it's time to move on. For Microsoft, all eyes are on Windows 10 and growing OS user adoption.

By Naomi Eide • April 11, 2017

How Box is changing conference room interaction using Amazon's Alexa

The user experience is going through a "paradigm shift." As companies become more digitized and efficient in back-end processes, IT leaders are looking toward new areas to streamline.

By Naomi Eide • April 10, 2017

Microsoft dishes on what data it collects with Windows 10

The company explains that for the basic level, it uses data to determine if there are problems in device hardware or software configurations. 

By Justine Brown • April 6, 2017