Technobabble: Tech's response to 'Game of Thrones' withdrawals? George AI Martin

If you broke your phone throwing it at your TV during that "Game of Thrones" season finale, console yourself with AI-generated chapters from the next book and the promise of a self-healing screen.  

By Naomi Eide , Samantha Schwartz , Alex Hickey • Sept. 1, 2017

Microsoft extends SaaS market lead, trailed by Salesforce and Adobe

The worldwide enterprise SaaS market grew 31% in the second quarter to reach nearly $15 billion in revenues.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 1, 2017

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Top 5 stories from CIO Dive

Shifts in compute infrastructure, ongoing AI adoption plans and talent challenges ruled CIO priorities in the first half of the year.

By CIO Dive staff

Workers prefer Windows for desktop but iOS for mobile

The report found only 25% of desktop activities took place on MacOS but over 80% of mobile activities were done on iOS.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 31, 2017

Define the business case for moving ERP to the cloud

Instant use, intelligent software and innovative capabilities are the driving forces of intelligent cloud ERP adoption.

By Sal Laher • Aug. 29, 2017

Study: Reliance on BI software holding IoT professionals back

Experts say enterprises need to focus on business optimization from real-time insights.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 28, 2017

Microsoft changes tune on forced Windows 10 updates

The company promised not to download install files for new operating systems without user consent.

By Justine Brown , Naomi Eide • Aug. 28, 2017

Technobabble: Meet VanitySec, a fashion source for the security conscious

VanitySec is more than just a repository for tips on how to turn RSA tokens from "drap to fab." It serves up commentary on the fashion industry and illustrates just how male-dominated the sector is. 

By Naomi Eide , Samantha Schwartz , Alex Hickey • Aug. 25, 2017

Microsoft achieves 'human parity' in speech recognition system

Researchers were able to make the model learn from conversation history to adapt to the topic and local context as well as predict what was likely to be said next.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 22, 2017

Oracle considering making Java open source

The company said it is looking into turning Java Enterprise Edition over to an open source foundation to make it more agile and responsive to industry needs. 

By Justine Brown • Aug. 21, 2017

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

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