Software: Page 54
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Deep Dive
Microsoft's lasting appeal
The company has evolved its Office suite from a traditional software to a cloud-based solution, which has worked to draw in new customers.
By Justine Brown • July 26, 2016 -
Firefox latest browser moving to scrap support for Adobe Flash
Plagued with security problems, Firefox will phase out the multimedia player starting in August.
By Justine Brown • July 21, 2016 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlineDigital 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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SAP revenue up with help from HANA growth
SAP says its new HANA suite of financial and operational planning software now has more than 3,700 customers.
By Justine Brown • July 21, 2016 -
Slack invests in chatbot startup
Slack's fourth venture capital investment to date, Automat's communication technology mixes messaging, artificial intelligence and chatbots.
By Naomi Eide • July 19, 2016 -
Microsoft won't reach goal of 1 billion devices on Windows 10 by 2018
The company said it would miss its initial target in part because of the drop in its mobile phone business.
By Justine Brown • July 17, 2016 -
Report: VC investments in tech startups up in Q2
Uber and Snapchat led the way, raising nearly $5 billion between them.
By Justine Brown • July 15, 2016 -
Microsoft to charge enterprises for Windows 10 subscription
Windows 10 has officially joined Office 365 and Azure as a Microsoft subscription service.
By Justine Brown • July 15, 2016 -
Microsoft wins email data search appeals case
An appeals court ruled that the Stored Communications Act does not apply outside the U.S. and can only be used domestically to mandate organizations turn data over to the government.
By Naomi Eide • July 14, 2016 -
Bringing its devices into the enterprise, Microsoft offers 'Surface as a Service'
The company is rolling out subscription service offerings for both Windows 10 and Surface.
By Justine Brown • July 13, 2016 -
HPE contemplating sale of certain software assets, report says
Low-performing software assets appear next in line as HPE continues streamlining its efforts.
By Justine Brown • July 12, 2016 -
Report: Enterprises more reliant on open source and third-party software components
Sonatype’s 2016 State of the Software Supply Chain found developers had 31 billion download requests of open source and third party software components in 2015.
By Naomi Eide • July 11, 2016 -
Researchers add synthetic bugs to software to analyze vulnerability-testing tools
The tools researchers tested thus far have effectively detected software bugs only 2% of the time.
By Justine Brown • July 11, 2016 -
Beta testers get hands on iOS 10
The revamped Apple OS includes several significant changes.
By Justine Brown • July 7, 2016 -
Merging CRM, ERP cloud solutions, Microsoft to roll out Dynamics 365
Available this fall, the platform allows businesses to pay for the solutions they need in a single platform, including financials, sales, operations, marketing and customer service.
By Naomi Eide • July 7, 2016 -
SAP's CIO has vision for 'holodeck' meetings
Forget video conferencing: Thomas Saueressig wants a meeting room filled with full-body representations of participants.
By Randy Lilleston • July 5, 2016 -
HP Enterprise wins $3B judgment against Oracle in Itanium server case
The award stems from a 2012 case in which a judge ruled Oracle violated a contract to support the servers with its database software.
By Randy Lilleston • July 1, 2016 -
Microsoft: Major Windows 10 update coming in August
The new release will include a broad range of enhancements.
By Justine Brown • June 30, 2016 -
Microsoft pulls back on aggressive Windows 10 upgrade
The company says it will offer upgrade options to address complaints.
By Justine Brown • June 29, 2016 -
Red Hat Q1 results rise, but not as much as predicted
The company reported higher revenue but provided downbeat guidance for the year.
By Justine Brown • June 22, 2016 -
Slack's button tool keeps third-party business functions inside the platform
Message Buttons, released Tuesday, uses bots to allow users to more easily interact with third-party applications.
By Justine Brown • June 22, 2016 -
Microsoft's SharePoint goes mobile with new iOS app
The company plans to roll out Android and Windows Universal versions later this year.
By Justine Brown • June 21, 2016 -
Streamlining pre-merger, Dell divests software unit
Private equity firm Francisco Partners Management LLC and hedge fund Elliott Management Corp. agreed Monday to purchase Dell's software division.
By Justine Brown • June 20, 2016 -
Oracle's cloud 'overachieved', buoying Q4 revenue
The company’s on-premise software sales have slowed, but its cloud is making up for it.
By Justine Brown • June 17, 2016 -
Microsoft plants seeds to help build legal marijuana industry
The first major tech company to openly attach itself to the legal marijuana industry, Microsoft will use its government cloud platform to work on compliance.
By Justine Brown • June 17, 2016 -
Dropbox CEO focused on profitability, surviving 'post-unicorn era'
The file sharing company is now free-cash-flow positive and is working to better control spending, Dropbox CEO Drew Houston said.
By Justine Brown • June 16, 2016
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