Why Consumer Reports is taking on device security, privacy

The company hopes to eventually get device manufactures to meet security standards when building and designing connected devices, software and mobile apps.

By Justine Brown • March 7, 2017

Report: Microsoft Dynamics 365 overtakes Oracle, SAP maintains ERP dominance in 2016

For the leading vendors, an ERP implementation can take anywhere from 15 to 25 months to fully execute.

By Justine Brown • March 6, 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

Cisco adds $1M for enterprise startup incubator

The enterprise giant wants to boost innovations underway around enterprise collaboration.

By Justine Brown • March 6, 2017

Docker eyes big business with enterprise edition to reduce container complexity

Enterprise edition could simplify container management for developers and let companies run containers across operating systems. 

By Justine Brown • March 3, 2017

Technobabble: Jumping robots, old-school phones and a Kiwi's calling

Last week, Boston Dynamics premiered its new robot while Nokia showed off its throwback phone. 

By Naomi Eide • March 3, 2017

Soon, users will actually be able to schedule their Windows 10 updates

Microsoft personnel promise new features in the Windows 10 Creators Update will put users in better control of their privacy and security.

By Justine Brown • March 2, 2017

Amazon Alexa's new home will reportedly be in customer service

AWS will soon offer businesses a suite of tools that would allow them to build their own customer service programs using bots and voice control, according to reports. 

By Justine Brown • March 1, 2017

Is the end of traditional enterprise software near?

Low-code solutions are growing in popularity, allowing companies to make software work the way they want it to.

By Justine Brown • March 1, 2017

The 3 keys to digital transformation

Digital transformation and a company's ability to leverage data is at the core of future competitiveness and is critical to being able to control costs and drive innovation. 

By Jack Norris • Feb. 28, 2017

Microsoft adds option to prevent Windows 10 installation of 'bloatware'

Windows 10 users will soon be able to restrict the installation of software from any source other than the Windows Store.

By Justine Brown • Feb. 28, 2017

A bite of the Apple: SAP cloud iOS development kit due March 30

The SDK for iOS is meant for developers, designers and businesses to have access to scalable tools to quickly build enterprise-grade applications.

By Justine Brown • Feb. 28, 2017

Report: AWS wants to release an enterprise productivity suite

Like similar products offered by Microsoft and Google, AWS’s productivity suite would include applications like email, file storage and video conferencing apps.

By Justine Brown • Feb. 27, 2017

A robot could code your next program

DeepCoder pieces together code taken from existing software to make new code, much as human coders do.

By Justine Brown • Feb. 24, 2017

Technobabble: The Oscar and the AI

The data-infused predications are in, as are CIO Dive's own winners for the 2017 Academy Awards. 

By Naomi Eide • Feb. 24, 2017

Workplace collaboration providers battle over usability, pricing and integration

Whether it's Slack, HipChat or Microsoft Teams, collaboration tools can improve productivity, but there are caveats as adoption hurdles persist.

By Justine Brown • Feb. 21, 2017

Oracle files appeal in copyright battle with Google over Android code

It's a case of the chicken and the egg for the software world. 

By Justine Brown • Feb. 14, 2017

Has Windows 10 adoption stalled?

Microsoft says Windows 10 now has 400 million users – the same number the company reported last September.

By Justine Brown • Feb. 13, 2017

Workplace by Facebook mulling a 'beach mode' to help workers check out

There’s both an upside and a downside to worker productivity apps. Facebook may be looking to save workers from distraction.

By Justine Brown • Feb. 10, 2017

Google's web search heads to the enterprise, complete with machine intelligence

Moving to the cloud often makes it more difficult for companies to locate internal information, making more powerful search tools necessary.

By Justine Brown • Feb. 8, 2017

Mozilla struggles to bring Firefox to connected devices, cuts segment staff

Some missteps in the company's connected devices area means the company will now shift its focus.

By Justine Brown • Feb. 3, 2017

United using 50K iOS devices, enterprise apps to improve customer service

Going mobile is all part of United’s push to truly digitally transform by changing the entire customer experience to revolve around the actual customer rather than what’s easiest for the company.

By Justine Brown • Feb. 3, 2017

Technobabble: The Super Bowl edition

Aside from the 325 million gallons of beer people in this country are expected to consume, viewers will focus on the spectacle of the Super Bowl, not realizing the amount of technology coordination is required to make things go off without a hitch.  

By Naomi Eide • Feb. 3, 2017

Do you want to play a game? AI trounces humans in poker for the first time

The victory demonstrates how AI can now conduct strategic reasoning in "imperfect information" games.

By Justine Brown • Feb. 2, 2017

Beyond Bitcoin: Blockchain's place in the enterprise

Blockchain technology is gaining momentum, but not everyone thinks it's headed for glory. Some analysts have said the technology is more hype than reality.

By Justine Brown • Feb. 2, 2017

Google adding enterprise appeal with more G Suite admin controls

The company wants to make sure its enterprise customers are happy, and that means making a number of enhancements to allow for better control and visibility.

By Justine Brown • Feb. 1, 2017