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Microsoft releases open-source artificial intelligence toolkit
The technology helps power its Cortana digital assistant and Skype Translate applications.
By Naomi Eide • Jan. 26, 2016 -
Oracle releases record 248 patches
The company’s largest release of patches at one time were primarily for Java SE.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 21, 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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Companies migrate to Google for Work faster than Office 365
The BetterCloud study also found increasing interest from companies in productivity suites.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 21, 2016 -
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HP adds new Sprout capabilities aimed at enterprise users
The new version of the company’s immersive computing system targets creative professionals, with technology to combine the physical and virtual worlds.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 20, 2016 -
Gartner: Global IT spending saw dramatic drop in 2015
The strong U.S. dollar is partially to blame, according to Gartner.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 18, 2016 -
Progress Software latest business software company to explore sale
The enterprise software market has attracted significant interest and investment over the past six months.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 15, 2016 -
Microsoft ending support for older versions of Internet Explorer
On January 12, Microsoft will no longer support IE 8, 9, and 10.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 7, 2016 -
China wants Microsoft to explain 'major problems' in data related to antitrust probe
The data was requested as part of a probe into the company’s sales and marketing tactics in China.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 6, 2016 -
Adobe issues 19 more critical security patches
The company, which has issued numerous patches in the last 12 months, fixed 19 more bugs that could allow an attacker to exploit affected systems.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 5, 2016 -
200 million using Windows 10, Microsoft growing enterprise users
Enterprise adoption of Windows 10 is eclipsing that of Windows 7.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 5, 2016 -
IT jobs overall to grow in U.S., but programming jobs slow: Report
Software developers, the largest occupational group in IT, will increase by 17% over the next 10 years.
By Justine Brown • Dec. 23, 2015 -
Microsoft to buy Talko messaging app to help improve its business communication products
Talko's technology will be used to improve Microsoft's Skype and Skype for Business products.
By Justine Brown • Dec. 22, 2015 -
Juniper latest to discover hidden backdoor in software
Security experts are questioning how modifications could have been made to the company’s source code years ago without the company realizing it until now.
By Justine Brown • Dec. 21, 2015 -
Microsoft reveals plans for new China partnership
The partnership is designed to help accelerate Windows 10 adoption in that country.
By Justine Brown • Dec. 18, 2015 -
Oracle profit forecast falls as company seeks to reinvent itself
The company is experiencing tighter margins as it shifts to a cloud-based model.
By Justine Brown • Dec. 18, 2015 -
Slack raises the bar in competitive workforce collaboration market
The company raised $80m primarily to encourage people to develop apps that work with its software.
By Justine Brown • Dec. 17, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Software-as-a-service model means CIOs must shift their focus
As the cycles of technology innovation and adoption accelerate, CIOs must change their game.
By Justine Brown • Dec. 15, 2015 -
Atlassian market debut demonstrates strong demand for business software
The company is the third recent tech business to make a strong debut.
By Justine Brown • Dec. 11, 2015 -
Google aims to help companies protect data with new tool
The tool can scan inside the contents of attachments to make sure the files being sent with emails conform to company policy.
By Justine Brown • Dec. 10, 2015 -
Deep Dive
What does the trend toward open source mean for CIOs?
Open source is picking up steam, and it offers several advantages to businesses.
By Justine Brown • Dec. 8, 2015 -
Microsoft to push even more aggressive Windows 10 upgrade strategy
The new push can “leave your PC vulnerable to unwanted Windows 10 upgrade behavior.”
By Justine Brown • Dec. 7, 2015 -
Apple's Swift is now open source
In an unlikely step, Apple joins the open source movement.
By Justine Brown • Dec. 4, 2015 -
Report: US is biggest user of Windows 10
The Digital Analytics Program found that Windows 10 usage in the U.S. is approximately 24% higher than worldwide.
By Justine Brown • Dec. 1, 2015 -
Microsoft offers enterprise customers ability to bounce potentially unwanted applications
The company says system administrators can deploy PUA protection for the specific anti-malware product version in their organization through the registry as a Group Policy setting.
By Justine Brown • Nov. 30, 2015 -
IBM latest to open source AI program
The availability of SystemML could make it easier for developers to create customized machine-learning software.
By Justine Brown • Nov. 30, 2015