Facebook Workplace adds app, integrations to appeal to business mobility

The new app will reportedly integrate with apps for CRM, file sharing, email, calendars and more.

By Justine Brown • Dec. 7, 2016

Microsoft's LinkedIn buy gets regulatory approval, will close in 'coming days'

After concessions were made, the European Commission officially approved the acquisition Tuesday, the last regulatory hurdle required for the $26.2 billion deal to close. 

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 6, 2016

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

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Printing with Slack? There's a bot for that

As chat platforms grow, companies like HP hope bots will help them stay connected to users.

By Justine Brown • Dec. 6, 2016

Life after 'Tay': Microsoft working on chatbot 'Zo' after failed experiment

Zo is significantly more censored than Tay. The newest chatbot has learned not to discuss politics. 

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 5, 2016

Google lets customers click-and-drag to develop apps

The company announced its "low code" experience App Maker on Wednesday. 

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 1, 2016

AWS brings Alexa's technology to the enterprise

The company unveiled three new AI services on Wednesday, deep learning algorithms and technology as a managed service. 

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 1, 2016

UPS' CIO sees the future as 'autonomous'

To remain competitive and stay ahead of shipping competition, UPS is researching and deploying up-and-coming technologies such as autonomous vehicles.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 30, 2016

Microsoft has courted LinkedIn since 2006, founder says

Konstantin Guericke told CNBC that Microsoft had a standing offer with LinkedIn's VCs.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 30, 2016

How one airline is digitizing with iOS business apps

Looking to streamline internal operations, Finnair wants to make the airplane inspection process easier. 

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 30, 2016

Report: Microsoft to earn EU regulatory approval for LinkedIn bid

After regulatory pushback, customer concerns and numerous concessions, Microsoft's largest-ever acquisition is set to clear its latest hurdle. 

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 28, 2016

Google offers Team Drives to early adopters

The goal of Team Drives is to offer companies an easier way to share files across the organization.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 22, 2016

Report: Microsoft tells EU it won't favor LinkedIn at expense of rivals

The company wants to avoid any suggestion that its products will work to stifle competition. 

By Justine Brown • Nov. 22, 2016

Dropbox boosts admin controls with focus on security

The file sharing company has also moved to expand its security partnership with Symantec. 

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 16, 2016

Google launches dedicated enterprise machine learning group

The company is increasing its focus on bringing cloud-based machine learning and APIs to businesses.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 16, 2016

No app-arent winner in the battle of enterprise chat solutions

From Slack to Workplace by Facebook and Microsoft teams, the number of enterprise collaboration apps is growing, and businesses finally appear ready to dive in.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 16, 2016

IBM wants to put Watson on every device

Cognitive computing is expanding rapidly, and IBM wants to make getting there easier.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 10, 2016

Why open source Munich may bring Windows back

In 2004, Munich was one of the largest organizations to ever shift to an open source environment. Now, city officials are considering turning back to Microsoft technology. 

By Justine Brown • Nov. 10, 2016

Dell's software, services sold for $5.4B

The official selling prices of the two divisions were announced late last week.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 8, 2016

Report: Use of self-service analytics tools down, despite wider availability

Users may have the tools, but that doesn’t mean they’re using them.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 7, 2016

Oracle's bid to acquire NetSuite moves ahead

The company said it will complete the $9.3 billion acquisition Monday after it received enough Netsuite shareholder support to move ahead. 

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 7, 2016

Your next Windows update could download much faster

Using technology that allows for faster and more targeted OS updates, Microsoft predicts download sizes will decrease by approximately 35%.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 4, 2016

Microsoft launches Teams, a fully integrated Office 365 chat platform

Move over Slack. With full integration into Office 365, Microsoft has a platform that few users will need to leave to get work done. 

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 2, 2016

Alexa, use HipChat: Amazon's AI assistant integrates with chat platform

Users can add a variety of commands through Alexa’s open API to teach the virtual assistant to perform various tasks, such as pinging websites or respond to messages. 

By Justine Brown • Nov. 2, 2016

Red Hat CEO: Open source not just for software anymore

Jim Whitehurst says the future of cloud infrastructure and many other things is "open."

By Justine Brown • Oct. 31, 2016

Brexit effect: Microsoft raises UK enterprise cloud, software prices

British prices for on-premises enterprise software will increase by 13%, Microsoft says.  

By Justine Brown • Oct. 25, 2016