Blockchain, AI and 'digital twins': Gartner's 10 tech trends for 2017

Presented at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, FL last week, the research firm projected what technology will take off in the coming year. 

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 25, 2016

Belichick's personal foul against Surface puts Microsoft on the defense

Not everyone in the NFL loves the Surface tablet, but almost everyone is using them.  

By Justine Brown • Oct. 24, 2016

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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.

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Slack's rapid growth may finally be slowing a bit

Some big companies say the platform is difficult to scale.

By Justine Brown • Oct. 21, 2016

One big fix: Oracle's latest patch covers 253 vulnerabilities

The company's October critical patch update is its second-largest ever.

By Randy Lilleston • Oct. 21, 2016

New version of popular Javascript runtime about to launch

The new version of the open source environment should be available next week.

By Justine Brown • Oct. 19, 2016

Microsoft promises to play nice with user data

Speaking at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, CEO Satya Nadella tried to assuage concerns over the user data it gathers from its software and LinkedIn. 

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 19, 2016

As Win10 adoption grows, Microsoft plans next upgrade

The OS continues to grow steadily worldwide.

By Justine Brown • Oct. 18, 2016

Facebook bets on business with Workplace launch

After 20 months in closed beta, the social network launched its enterprise platform. But what does it have to offer that current tools on the market lack?

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 11, 2016

Slack CEO says bot potential overhyped

Stewart Butterfield does not see bots transforming the enterprise anytime soon, but the tech shows promise in the future.

By Justine Brown • Oct. 10, 2016

J&J ditching legacy systems for Salesforce platform

The company’s IT director said the change will give it better visibility into its data.

By Justine Brown • Oct. 6, 2016

IT automation can lead to 66% cost reduction, ISG says

With automation, ISG found as much as a 50% reduction in the number of resources required for some IT services.  

By Justine Brown , Naomi Eide • Oct. 3, 2016

Slack now integrates Salesforce

The companies will work together to ensure smooth operation between the two platforms.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 28, 2016

Long-anticipated Facebook At Work will reportedly launch in October

The interoffice messaging space is picking up steam, as both Facebook and Microsoft are expected to launch new tools. 

By Justine Brown • Sept. 28, 2016

BlackBerry CEO says company is closing in on turnaround goals

The once-dominant smartphone company says it's making headway pivoting to focus on software for managing mobile devices.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 27, 2016

Docker brings container tech to Windows Server

Developers can now build, run and manage Docker containers on Microsoft's Windows Server 2016. 

By Justine Brown • Sept. 27, 2016

The rapid evolution and promise of cloud-native application development

In a guest article, the CTO of Madison Logic delves into the transition toward cloud-native development. 

By Greg Franczyk • Sept. 27, 2016

Azure gets a boost from Adobe, Microsoft cloud partnership

Under the partnership, Adobe will make Microsoft Azure its preferred cloud platform for its marketing, creative and document clouds.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 27, 2016

Report: Beta version of Microsoft's Skype messaging service coming in November

The Slack competitor, Skype Teams, will reportedly integrate with Office 365 services.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 26, 2016

With focus on TBM software, Apptio IPOs

The company has already raised about $136 million in funding from venture capital firms.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 23, 2016

Containers gaining enterprise momentum, but use still not widespread

A new survey of more than 2,100 of Java Virtual Machine developers found many organizations are experimenting with containers, but not necessarily using them in production. 

By Justine Brown • Sept. 23, 2016

SAP works to attract more developers with HANA express edition

The company wants to make HANA more appealing to developers and easier for companies to adopt.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 20, 2016

Microsoft the leading open source contributor on GitHub

The company has changed its tune about open source, and the proof is in the numbers.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 16, 2016

Forrester: Robots will spark loss of 6% of US jobs by 2021

Automation supported by intelligent software agents will be on the rise in the next five years, the research firm predicts. 

By Justine Brown , Naomi Eide • Sept. 15, 2016

The cost of innovation: Microsoft Dynamics 365 is reportedly pricey

Microsoft has declined to share further details on pricing for its unified software offering.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 14, 2016

Cisco's new API for Apple unifies VoIP with cellular calling

The companies are integrating iOS 10 and Cisco Spark to improve the business phone experience, further strengthening their enterprise partnership.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 14, 2016