news CIO 100 Awards 2017: You still have time to enter Do you have an innovative IT project that saved time, increased revenue or delivered some other measurable result? If so, we want to hear about them. By Dan Muse Nov 6, 2016 CIO CIO 100 Technology Industry news analysis Microsoft Teams targets Slack in crowded collaboration market Microsoft took its time developing the Teams collaboration app for enterprise, but the service's success will likely have less to do with timing and everything to do with its 85 million Office 365 customers. By Matt Kapko Nov 3, 2016 4 mins Android Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business news analysis Top paid CIOs of 2016 The highest paid CIOs made big bucks this year, but received only modest increases. How did the rest of tech professionals fare in 2016? By Rich Hein Oct 28, 2016 CIO IT Jobs Technology Industry news Coca-Cola headlines a fast-turning CIO carousel The beverage company removed the interim tag from Barry Simpson, who had led IT since July. Simpson is one of several recent CIO moves as companies bolster their IT strategies heading into 2017. By Clint Boulton Oct 28, 2016 CIO Careers Technology Industry news analysis What Apple’s new Touch Bar means for Mac users Apple this week introduced new MacBook Pros with 'Touch Bars' that hint at Apple's future strategy for touch tech in macOS. However, the price of the refreshed laptops might put them out of reach for many enterprises. By Matt Kapko Oct 28, 2016 Apple Computers and Peripherals MacOS news analysis Formula One puts you in the Grand Prix with VR and AR Last week, Formula One and Tata Communications provided a peek into the future of motorsport when they announced the winners of its 2016 F1 Connectivity Innovation Prize, focused on fan-created virtual reality and augmented reality apps. By Thor Olavsrud Oct 27, 2016 Innovation Markets Technology Industry news Apple predicts growth in near term despite down year Apple this week reported its first annual decline in both revenue and profit since 2001, but CEO Tim Cook is confident the upcoming holiday season will put the company back in the black. By Matt Kapko Oct 27, 2016 Apple Technology Industry iPhone news 5,000 LinkedIn Learning sessions are free this week LinkedIn says that because the number of job applications its users submit shoots up in October, it will offer thousands of free LinkedIn Learning training courses until the end of the month to help people gain skills and land new gigs.rn By Matt Kapko Oct 26, 2016 IT Jobs IT Skills and Training LinkedIn news analysis Google makes more than Samsung, Apple on flagship phone The price Google charges for its Pixel XL smartphone is closer to what it costs to make the phone than what both Samsung and Apple charge for the GS7 and iPhone 7, but Google still makes more money. Here's why. By Al Sacco Oct 25, 2016 Manufacturing Industry Small and Medium Business iPhone news analysis With Watson Element, Apple and IBM aim to transform education Apple and IBM this week released their first iOS app for academia. IBM Watson Element for Educators is designed to blend student data with curriculum and cognitive technology to improve and enhance personalized education for K-12 students. By Matt Kapko Oct 22, 2016 5 mins Apple IBM iOS news analysis Cloud services lift IT outsourcing market higher than expected The global IT and business services industry had its strongest third quarter to date, bolstered by the record-high value in the as-a-service segment of the market. By Stephanie Overby Oct 21, 2016 Cloud Computing Outsourcing Technology Industry news Facebook now lets you order dinner and buy movie tickets If Facebook has its way, the social network will soon be your go-to online destination for movie tickets, food delivery and other local reservations. By Matt Kapko Oct 20, 2016 3 mins E-commerce Software Facebook Social Networking Apps news analysis Can blockchain make food safer in China? Aiming to secure the food supply chain and improve traceability, IBM is working with Walmart and Tsinghua University to use blockchain to enhance food safety in China. By Thor Olavsrud Oct 19, 2016 Innovation Markets Technology Industry news Dell EMC aims for a converged, custom fit in an off-the-rack world Dell EMC says converged systems are too rigid in their deployment options and has come up with an on-premises offering it calls Validated System for Virtualization. By Andy Patrizio Oct 19, 2016 Virtualization news analysis How blockchain can benefit IT outsourcing providers IBM and Bank of Tokyo say theyu2019ve developed a smart contract prototype to manage their IT services engagement on a blockchain. Hereu2019s why IT outsourcing deals may be a low-risk proving ground for multiparty blockchain applications. By Stephanie Overby Oct 14, 2016 Open Source Outsourcing Technology Industry news analysis Is Twitter’s dead developer conference another nail in its coffin? Twitter will not host its annual Flight developer conference this year amid speculation and uncertainty about the company's future. Its bruised relationship with developers may be a sign of what's to come. By Matt Kapko Oct 14, 2016 3 mins Engineer Social Networking Apps Twitter news analysis Facebook at Work (finally) launches as ‘Workplace’ Facebook already owns consumer social networking, and with its new Workplace service, itu2019s clear it wants the enterprise, too. The new offering will feel familiar to Facebook users but will also remain separate from company's consumer platfo By Matt Kapko Oct 10, 2016 5 mins Collaboration Software Mobile Apps Small and Medium Business news analysis 4 ways Cognizant customers can protect themselves amid corruption probe Customer of offshore outsourcing provider Cognizant should be diligent in response to the abrupt departure of the companyu2019s president and revelations of an ongoing corruption probe. By Stephanie Overby Oct 7, 2016 IT Leadership Outsourcing Technology Industry news Apple users react to Google’s new Pixel phones Find out what some of Appleu2019s customers think of Googleu2019s new Pixel Android phones. Is the Pixel really a match for the iPhone? By Jim Lynch Oct 5, 2016 7 mins Android Small and Medium Business iPhone news analysis Why an IT services firm sponsors the New York City Marathon Typically, major marathons are sponsored by financial services companies not IT services companies. Hereu2019s a look at why TCS decided to sponsor the New York City Marathon and why itu2019s working. By Jen A. Miller Oct 4, 2016 ITSM Marketing Technology Industry news MariaDB reduce admin overhead for DevOps teams New version of MaxScale software adds support for data streaming, enterprise security and high availability to cut administration overhead for DevOps teams. By Thor Olavsrud Oct 3, 2016 Data Architecture Database Administration Technology Industry news analysis Why automation doubles IT outsourcing cost savings New research analyzes automationu2019s impact on the IT outsourcing market, revealing double-digit productivity improvements and specific cost reductions between 14 percent and 28 percent. By Stephanie Overby Sep 30, 2016 Outsourcing Technology Industry news Google rebrands cloud services ‘Google Cloud’ and ‘G Suite’ Google yesterday said a billion people now actively use its public cloud. To celebrate the milestone, the company reorganized its cloud efforts under the name 'Google Cloud' and rebranded Google Apps as 'G Suite.' By Matt Kapko Sep 30, 2016 Cloud Management Google SaaS news analysis LibreOffice celebrates its 6th anniversary with bug fixes and minor improvements What started as an OpenOffice fork has become a major open source project. By Swapnil Bhartiya Sep 29, 2016 3 mins Office Suites Open Source Productivity Software news White House to bolster STEM education, close skills gap Touting new advanced placement course, the Obama administration looks at interdisciplinary approach to improve STEM education for underrepresented students and address shortage of skilled workers. By Kenneth Corbin Sep 29, 2016 Careers Government IT Skills and Training news analysis Container management war heats up with release of Kubernetes 1.4 What Docker Engine has done for containers, Google's Kubernetes is doing for container management.rn By Swapnil Bhartiya Sep 29, 2016 4 mins Cloud Computing Open Source Operating Systems news analysis A pre-launch history of Facebook at Work Facebook is about to release its much-anticipated business collaboration service. Here's a look back at the last 20 months of Facebook at Work's growing pains, partnerships, pilot programs and delays. By Matt Kapko Sep 29, 2016 4 mins Collaboration Software Facebook Small and Medium Business news analysis BlackBerry (finally) says it’s done making smartphones This week BlackBerry announced it has produced its last smartphone, though the company plans to partner with other hardware makers and continue to sell BlackBerry-branded phones. By Al Sacco Sep 28, 2016 Mobile Device Management Mobile Security Small and Medium Business news analysis Customers have a love/hate relationship with IT outsourcing providers HPE, Oracle and IBMu2019s outsourcing customers are much more likely to recommend them, but many other IT service providers underperform in delivering a good customer experience. By Stephanie Overby Sep 28, 2016 CRM Systems Managed Cloud Services Technology Industry news Splunk puts machine learning at center of operational intelligence portfolio Splunk is making machine learning capabilities a core capability of its real-time operational intelligence platforms to help companies use predictive analytics to optimize IT, security and business operations. By Thor Olavsrud Sep 27, 2016 Analytics High-Performance Computing Technology Industry news MapR helps developers leverage analytics with microservices New capabilities in MapR Technologies Converged Data Platform help developers and administrators use microservices to integrate operations and analytics. By Thor Olavsrud Sep 27, 2016 Analytics Big Data Technology Industry news What is it like to work in an Apple Store? Find out what Apple employees and former employees think about working in an Apple store. By Jim Lynch Sep 26, 2016 5 mins Careers Retail Industry iPhone news LinkedIn Learning puts Lynda.com to work LinkedIn this week integrated Lynda.comu2019s vast training library into its main site. The new LinkedIn Learning service is available to all premium subscribers, and the company says an enterprise-focused version is also on the way. By Matt Kapko Sep 22, 2016 IT Jobs IT Skills and Training LinkedIn news Learn how to deploy OpenStack for free The Linux Foundation joins with edX to offer a free OpenStack course.rn By Swapnil Bhartiya Sep 22, 2016 3 mins IT Skills and Training Open Source Private Cloud news Google Drive gets machine-learning search features Google's Drive cloud storage service this week got a familiar search feature that has helped defined the Google experience for years. By Matt Kapko Sep 21, 2016 Cloud Computing Cloud Storage File Sharing news analysis ISF consulting services seek to strengthen cyber resilience The Information Security Forum has announced its global ISF Consultancy Services, which offer short-term customized professional support and training to help organizations build cyber resilience and improve their security posture. By Thor Olavsrud Sep 20, 2016 Cybercrime Data and Information Security Technology Industry news analysis Twitter’s live NFL debut a good start, but … Twitter passed its first big live-football test last Thursday, but the social platform must cultivate more unique value for NFL fans if it hopes to steal them away from traditional TV broadcasts. By Matt Kapko Sep 19, 2016 4 mins Computers and Peripherals Media and Entertainment Industry Social Networking Apps news SAP makes HANA available on the PC and offline Seeking to make it simpler for developers to experiment with SAP HANA and prototype and build applications on the platform, SAP announced an express edition that you can use for free on a desktop or laptop as well as a new personal edition of SAP Web By Thor Olavsrud Sep 19, 2016 Big Data Business Intelligence Technology Industry news analysis Controversial H-1B bill pulled from House committee The U.S. House Judiciary Committee has halted its plan to take up an increasingly controversial H-1B bill. It had been set for a committee vote yesterday. By Stephanie Overby Sep 15, 2016 H-1B Visas IT Jobs Technology Industry news DataRobot aims to help create data science executives New DataRobot University course is designed to teach executives how to identify opportunities to optimize their business using machine learning.rn By Thor Olavsrud Sep 14, 2016 Analytics Big Data IT Skills and Training news analysis Digital transformation boosts captive offshore center growth As enterprise demand for digital transformation grows, expect to see more global in-house centers. By Stephanie Overby Sep 14, 2016 Emerging Technology Outsourcing Technology Industry news SAS adds cognitive computing support At Analytics Experience in Las Vegas yesterday, SAS unveiled SAS Visual Investigator and SAS Visual Data Mining and Machine Learning for the Viya analytics platform. By Thor Olavsrud Sep 13, 2016 Analytics Emerging Technology Technology Industry news Facebook Messenger now supports native payments Facebook today announced Messenger Platform v1.2, and the company's head of Messenger, David Marcus, says it is committed to making the bot experience even better than traditional app experiences. By Matt Kapko Sep 12, 2016 3 mins Consumer Electronics Internet Social Networking Apps news analysis Why iPhone 7 might be a better fit for enterprise than consumers Apple's new iPhone 7 may not have an audio port, but it does pack many improvements that are much more important to business users. By Matt Kapko Sep 9, 2016 Apple Smartphones iPhone news analysis Google’s Apigee buy validates API economy Googleu2019s $625 million acquisition of the leading API management platform provider validates CIOsu2019 plans to use APIs to build out digital businesses. By Clint Boulton Sep 8, 2016 APIs Google Technology Industry news analysis HPE deal makes SUSE an enterprise heavyweight SUSE will become the preferred Linux partner of HPE. By Swapnil Bhartiya Sep 8, 2016 Data Center Open Source Operating Systems news analysis Fed clamps down on for-profit schools After the Department of Education found ITT Tech wasn't delivering on its promises, the for-profit college chain is the latest forced to close. By Sharon Florentine Sep 8, 2016 Careers Certifications IT Skills and Training news Apple updates App Store developer guidelines ahead of iOS 10 The days are numbered for iOS apps that crash instantly upon launch or that use lengthy names to game search results, according to Apple's newly revised set of App Store developer policies. By Matt Kapko Sep 2, 2016 Enterprise Applications Mobile Apps iOS news Hybrid tablets will continue to grow in popularity After a drop in sales, IDC expects detachable tablets to revitalize the tablet market and outpace PCs and smaller slate tablets by 2020. By Sarah K. White Sep 2, 2016 Computers and Peripherals Mobile Small and Medium Business news analysis Samsung stops Note7 shipments on reports of battery fires The Galaxy Note7 has received rave reviews, but some early units reportedly have a serious battery flaw. Samsung already stopped shipping the new Note in South Korea. By Al Sacco Sep 1, 2016 Android Small and Medium Business Smartphones 1…202122232425262728…297 Show me moreLatestArticlesPodcastsVideos brandpost Sponsored by Hitachi Digital The anatomy of AI investment By Joe MullichOct 23, 20257 mins Artificial Intelligence opinion AI is the new UI By Vala Afshar and Henry KingOct 23, 20258 mins Artificial IntelligenceEnterprise ArchitectureIT Strategy opinion Giant AI models and the shift to specialized AI By Ilia BadeevOct 23, 20259 mins Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIIT Strategy podcast Hyland CTO Tim McIntire on AI-powered content intelligence Oct 15, 202520 mins CIO Leadership Live podcast Why hackers are now targeting VPNs and routers | What IT Leaders Want, Ep. 12 Oct 7, 202540 mins Cloud SecurityNetwork SecuritySecurity podcast Sponsored by Colt Technology Services Episode 2: Unlocking the Value By Kathleen HallOct 6, 202513 mins Generative AI video How Vertesia’s AI Assistant puts enterprise agents safely into every employee’s hands Oct 22, 202516 mins Artificial IntelligenceEnterpriseGenerative AI video Accelerating enterprise-grade AI development with Vellum's Workflow SDK Oct 15, 20259 mins Artificial IntelligenceChatbotsNo Code and Low Code video Hyland CTO Tim McIntire on AI-powered content intelligence Oct 15, 202520 mins CIO Leadership Live
