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Adobe takes aim at customer experience, partners with Microsoft

With its new Experience Cloud offering, Adobe seeks to help enterprises optimize customer experiences. And working with Microsoft and other partners, it will create a standard semantic data model to make it easier to customize apps, capture behaviora

By Thor Olavsrud

Mar 21, 2017

Adobe Systems Data Mining Marketing

DataStax sets sights on customer experience

With companies increasingly making customer experience projects top priorities, DataStax is marshaling its resources in a move to help its customers build the data infrastructures to support them.

By Thor Olavsrud

Mar 20, 2017

Big Data Data Mining Database Administration

Future of tech policy murky under Trump administration

Insiders praise administration's focus on infrastructure and deregulation, but worries linger over immigration policies.

By Kenneth Corbin

Mar 17, 2017

Broadband Government H-1B Visas

Google and Facebook intensify their duopoly on digital advertising

The U.S. digital ad market is still dominated by Google and Facebook, according to a new eMarketer report, while digital ad spending is on pace to reach $83 billion this year.

By Matt Kapko

Mar 15, 2017 2 mins

Social Networking Apps Technology Industry Web Search

More than a third of tech workers are underpaid

New research from Paysa reveals that many tech workers are undercompensated. Hereu2019s how you can address it.

By Sharon Florentine

Mar 15, 2017

Careers IT Jobs IT Skills

Microsoft Teams readies for battle in highly contested collaboration space

Microsoft's recent release Teams, a chat-based collaboration app, is counting on it's tight integration with Office 365 to succeed in a crowded collaboration space.

By Matt Kapko

Mar 14, 2017

Microsoft Microsoft 365 Small and Medium Business

MapR unveils platform for IoT analytics at the edge

MapR Edge is a new small footprint edition of the MapR Converged Data Platform geared for capturing, processing and analyzing data from internet of things devices at the edge.

By Thor Olavsrud

Mar 14, 2017

Analytics Big Data Internet of Things

10 cities with the happiest CIOs

Are you a happy CIO? If you hesitated before answering, you might want to consider moving to one of these 10 cities, which are home to the nation's happiest CIOs, according to recent research from Robert Half Technologies.

By Sarah K. White

Mar 14, 2017

CIO Careers IT Jobs

10 cities where IT pros aren’t paid what they’re worth

Though tech careers are lucrative, research from Paysa shows many organizations struggle to keep up with market rates for tech skills. Here are the 10 cities where tech talent is most likely to be underpaid.

By Sharon Florentine

Mar 13, 2017

Careers IT Jobs IT Skills

Google splits Hangouts in half

Google introduced a rebuilt Hangouts for the enterprise and added features to its G Suite productivity apps at Google Cloud Next.

By Matt Kapko

Mar 10, 2017

Cloud Management Google Small and Medium Business

Target names new CISO to replace Brad Maiorino

Rich Agostino, who helped shore up the retail giantu2019s cybersecurity defense following a significant data breach, takes over chief information security officer duties as Brad Maiorino departs for Booz Allen.

By Clint Boulton

Mar 9, 2017 4 mins

Cybercrime IT Jobs Technology Industry

Google gobbles up more big-name cloud customers

Google, saying the enterprise cloud is a natural extension of its mission, announced new customers and tools for the enterprise at its largest business conference to date.

By Matt Kapko

Mar 9, 2017

Cloud Management Google Technology Industry

FBI chief calls for private sector to help battle cybercrime

As the FBI has been expanding and retooling its approach to cyber investigations, Director James Comey stresses need for CISOs to engage with the bureau.

By Kenneth Corbin

Mar 9, 2017

Cyberattacks Cybercrime Government

Teradata releases data lake platform to open source

The Kylo data lake management software platform, available via the Apache 2.0 license, aims to help organizations address common challenges in data lake implementation.

By Thor Olavsrud

Mar 8, 2017

Big Data Data Mining Open Source

Tesla hires new CIO

Gary Clark is joining the electric car company from Juniper Networks, where oversaw a broad migration to cloud services provided by Amazon Web Services and several SaaS vendors.

By Clint Boulton

Mar 7, 2017

CIO Emerging Technology Technology Industry

MongoDB adds free tier and migration utility to cloud service

Seeking to reduce barriers to entry, NoSQL database specialist MongoDB has added a free tier to its MongoDB Atlas database-as-a-service (DaaS) offering. The company has also announced a new utility to make it easier to migrate data from existing depl

By Thor Olavsrud

Mar 7, 2017

Big Data Cloud Computing Database Administration

Microsoft supports creative work with tech-enabled spaces

Microsoft has partnered with commercial architecture and design specialist Steelcase to help organizations better integrate technology and workspaces to transform company culture and better support creative work.

By Thor Olavsrud

Mar 7, 2017

Microsoft Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Is Google pushing Apple out of U.S. classrooms?

Chromebooks are quickly becoming the standard device in U.S. schools while Appleu2019s market share continues to slide.

By Matt Kapko

Mar 7, 2017

Laptops Small and Medium Business iPad

MapR and Outscale partner on big data PaaS

The cloud provider unveils a big data platform as a service (PaaS) offering built on the MapR Converged Data Platform.

By Thor Olavsrud

Mar 6, 2017

Analytics Big Data Technology Industry

Docker draws distinctions between enterprise and community editions

The company that popularized container technology has fine tuned its marketing strategy, creating enterprise and community editions of Docker.rn

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Mar 3, 2017 5 mins

Cloud Computing Linux Open Source

Walgreens names new CIO

Steve Turner's position as a Walgreens veteran focused on data analytics could advance the pharmacy retailer's digital transformation.

By Clint Boulton

Mar 2, 2017

CIO Careers IT Jobs

Snap soars on IPO, now what?

Snap began trading on the New York Stock Exchange today and shares soared. The company — now valued at $28.33 billion — has no profits to speak of, so where does it go from here?

By Matt Kapko

Mar 2, 2017

Messaging Apps Startups Technology Industry

Facebook criticizes ad industry’s reliance on ‘proxy metrics’

Facebooku2019s operations and finance chiefs praised third-party measurement tools at a Morgan Stanley conference while criticizing the ad industryu2019s myopic view of what should be measured.

By Matt Kapko

Mar 1, 2017

Facebook Social Networking Apps Technology Industry

Cisco completes live trials of Narrow Band IoT

The Cisco Jasper IoT connectivity platform now supports a standard for Low Power Wide Area Networking (LPWAN) designed to help mobile carriers pave the way for an explosion in internet of things devices in areas like smart meters, smart cities, smart

By Thor Olavsrud

Feb 28, 2017

Emerging Technology Internet of Things Technology Industry

Apple and SAP to release ‘developer-centric’ tools for iOS

As the fruits of a relationship forged last May, Apple and SAP will offer developer tools and training to build iOS apps for the enterprise.

By Matt Kapko

Feb 28, 2017

Apple Mobile Development Small and Medium Business

15 unfilled tech jobs that cost the U.S. billions

What's the overall cost of unfilled technology jobs? New research from Glassdoor shows it's in the billions. rn

By Sharon Florentine

Feb 28, 2017

Careers Developer IT Jobs

Google Cloud leader lays out ambitious plans for the enterprise

The head of Googleu2019s enterprise business says the consumer giant has unique attributes in data management, analytics and machine learning that differentiate its cloud offerings.

By Matt Kapko

Feb 15, 2017

Cloud Management Google SaaS

IBM delivers machine learning on the private cloud

IBM has unveiled IBM Machine Learning, a new cognitive platform that brings the power of machine learning to z System mainframes and eventually IBM POWER System.

By Thor Olavsrud

Feb 15, 2017

IBM Innovation Technology Industry

Top 10 U.S. cities for employee happiness

New data from employer review site Kununu reveals where you work geographically can have a huge impact on your career happiness.

By Sharon Florentine

Feb 14, 2017

Careers IT Jobs Relationship Building

Papa John’s hires Panera IT leader as CIO, CDO

After a legal battle with Panera, the pizza chain hires Mike Nettles to lead its IT and digital efforts, which include online and mobile ordering from computers, smartphones and Apple TV.

By Clint Boulton

Feb 10, 2017

CIO IT Strategy Technology Industry

Splice Machine seeks to deliver hybrid RDBMS as a service

Splice Machine, which specializes in open source SQL RDBMS for mixed operational and analytical workloads, is aiming to offer that capability as a database-as-a-service on AWS.

By Thor Olavsrud

Feb 10, 2017

Database Administration IT Strategy Open Source

Attorneys predict a demanding year for IT outsourcing customers

Global politics, data demands and rapidly advancing technology needs will make 2017 a time of critical decision-making for IT leaders.

By Stephanie Overby

Feb 10, 2017

Outsourcing Technology Industry

MapR delivers persistent storage for containers

With its Converged Data Platform for Docker, MapR Technologies has unlocked persistent storage for containers, offering state access to files, database tables and message streams from any location.

By Thor Olavsrud

Feb 9, 2017

Analytics Big Data Data Center

LinkedIn looks to add Premium value

LinkedIn says Premium subscribers will gain access to new features that will provide a better return for their monthly fees.

By Matt Kapko

Feb 9, 2017

LinkedIn Microsoft Technology Industry

Samsung Galaxy S8: What we know so far

The Galaxy S8 is expected to be released this spring, but leaked information suggests we will see an new design from Samsung.

By Sarah K. White

Feb 9, 2017

Android Small and Medium Business Smartphones

5 things you need to know about Snap’s IPO

Snap is preparing for one of the most anticipated IPOs in years. The company revealed some surprises and important details about its business in a new filing.

By Matt Kapko

Feb 8, 2017

Social Networking Apps Startups Technology Industry

Walgreens CIO leaving to launch retail marketing startup

Abhi Dhar, who helped lead several mobile and other digital initiatives at the pharmacy retailer, is stepping down next month to step up to a CEO role.

By Clint Boulton

Feb 7, 2017

CIO Retail Industry Technology Industry

How consumerization convinced a media giant to choose Dropbox

Once simply a box to tick off for CIOs evaluating collaboration solutions, Dropbox has become a serious competitor to Box, Microsoft, Facebook and Slack. News Corp. CIO Dominic Shine explains why.

By Clint Boulton

Feb 3, 2017

CIO Dropbox Small and Medium Business

How IBM plans to expand MobileFirst for iOS program

IBM's MobileFirst for iOS initiative is now well into its third year. The head of the program and two of its customers talk to CIO.com about progress, challenges and plans for 2017.

By Matt Kapko

Feb 2, 2017

Apple IBM Small and Medium Business

In major AI win, Libratus beats four top poker pros

Libratus, artificial intelligence developed by Carnegie Mellon University, has beaten four of the best heads-up no-limit Texas hold'em poker players in the world in a 20-day competition. Its mastery of imperfect information suggests a multitude

By Thor Olavsrud

Feb 1, 2017

Artificial Intelligence Innovation Technology Industry

Google upgrades G Suite with tools for IT pros

Google continues to strengthen G Suite with the addition of enterprise-specific tools designed to offer data loss prevention, business insights and better security key controls.

By Matt Kapko

Jan 31, 2017

Google Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

SAP adds new enterprise information management

Aiming to help organizations better manage, govern and strategically use and control their data assets, SAP has updated its EIM portfolio.

By Thor Olavsrud

Jan 31, 2017

Big Data Data Warehousing Technology Industry

Broadband, encryption and privacy top State of the Net agenda

In a chaotic time on Capitol Hill, lawmakers from both parties see room for bipartisan work to advance broadband infrastructure, strike a balance in the encryption debate and update old privacy laws.

By Kenneth Corbin

Jan 31, 2017

Encryption Government Internet

F5 Networks unveils new application security services

With organizations increasingly looking to application services to secure their applications and data, F5 Networks introduces a series of new solutions to help provide visibility, context and control.

By Thor Olavsrud

Jan 30, 2017

Cloud Security Cybercrime Technology Industry

Why Google finally stopped ignoring Google Voice

Googleu2019s voice and text communications app is finally getting the features that could make it a fit for the enterprise.

By Matt Kapko

Jan 26, 2017

Collaboration Software Google Small and Medium Business

Trump’s trade TPP move a setback for cloud computing

With President Trump's move to walk away from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, administration is 'starting from zero' on digital trade policy.

By Kenneth Corbin

Jan 26, 2017

Government Government IT Regulation

Why Google still isn’t giving up on Google+

Google+ may be on the decline, but Google isnu2019t ready to call it quits on the social network just yet.

By Matt Kapko

Jan 24, 2017

Google Social Networking Apps Technology Industry

LinkedIn releases major website redesign

LinkedIn is pushing what it calls its most important desktop redesign in 15 years to more than 467 million users during the coming weeks. You can now expect a mobile-like experience at the social network.

By Matt Kapko

Jan 19, 2017

LinkedIn Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Trump administration threatens net neutrality, cloud and IoT

Outgoing FCC chairman Tom Wheeler urges his successors not to undo controversial open internet order, which he says is key to a vibrant cloud computing marketplace.

By Kenneth Corbin

Jan 18, 2017

Government Internet Regulation