British Airways slammed with record, 'unexpectedly stiff' GDPR fine

Though British Airways cooperated with the ICO in the aftermath of the breach, it didn't insulate the company from penalties.

By Samantha Schwartz • July 9, 2019

Microsoft leads SaaS market, but others grab a slice

Salesforce, Adobe, SAP and Oracle round out the top five SaaS vendors, though Salesforce had the lowest growth rate.

By Samantha Schwartz • July 1, 2019

Slack reports 'degraded service' a week after NYSE debut

The interruption has caused issues with messaging, posts, calls, apps/integrations, connections, link previews, notifications, search and organization administration.

By Samantha Schwartz • June 28, 2019

Cloud 'lift and shift' strategies wane as more companies 'lift and optimize,' Azure CVP says

CIO Dive sat down with Julia White, Microsoft's corporate vice president of Azure, to discuss all things cloud: Where it was, where it is and where it's going. 

By Naomi Eide • June 28, 2019

It doesn't matter that Microsoft banned employees from using Slack, says analyst

Enterprises have long had issues with employees self-remedying workplace productivity woes with the use of AOL, Yahoo and MSN instant messenger. 

By Samantha Schwartz • June 24, 2019

New breed of security vendor spells trouble for pure play firms

Cloud service providers are taking security market control from third parties. The key for keeping an edge in the market is having multicloud offerings and on-prem integrations.

By Naomi Eide • June 19, 2019

Microsoft, Oracle link up in the cloud for an 'interoperability' play — and a dig at AWS

The companies want to help joint customers move enterprise applications and databases to the public cloud.

By Naomi Eide • June 5, 2019

NSA, Microsoft issue BlueKeep vulnerability warnings, call for 'all hands on deck'

Microsoft is "confident" an exploit exists for BlueKeep, a vulnerability in the Remote Desktop Protocol of older versions of Windows.

By Samantha Schwartz • June 5, 2019

Does Apple's forthcoming Austin outpost signal a Silicon Valley tech exodus?

As costs rise in traditional industry hubs, organizations may continue to push out to locales that will give them more hiring options with lower overhead. 

By Samantha Schwartz , Riia O'Donnell , Morgan Fecto • June 3, 2019

Walmart names Amazon, Microsoft veteran CTO

Suresh Kumar's former roles at Amazon include director of software and VP of worldwide retail systems and services, and led Amazon's retail supply chain and management systems. 

By Samantha Schwartz • May 28, 2019

Salesforce pledges to upskill half a million US workers, for free

Training through the company's Trailhead platform will give workers Salesforce administrator, developer and marketing manager training. 

By Riia O'Donnell • May 24, 2019

The not-yet United States of data privacy, 1 year after GDPR

Fewer than 20 states have a data privacy bill in the works, with many taking their last breaths in committee, dying before making it to the governors' desks. 

By Samantha Schwartz • May 22, 2019

Google left some G Suite passwords unhashed for almost 15 years

Chances of Google falling under the regulatory spotlight are dim since no consumers were impacted, but the gaffe could tarnish trust in the company's services.

By Naomi Eide • May 22, 2019

Pinterest teases new platform goals after disappointing earnings

The pinning platform has about 250 million monthly users, with each visit contributing to a more personalized experience crafted by data.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 17, 2019

Microsoft's security recipe: Lock down admin accounts, eliminate passwords altogether

To prevent over-provisioning, Microsoft established role-based access, tying access rules to the "systems, tools and resources" each role requires.

By Naomi Eide • May 13, 2019

FTC requests greater data privacy authority for issuing penalties

The agency served as the chief federal entity responsible for protecting consumer privacy — and then the internet happened, changing the scope of what the agency regulated.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 9, 2019

Amazon details roadmap to fill talent pipeline as Virginia HQ2 hiring begins

The company will fund and introduce AP computer science classes to 27 schools in Virginia as part of its Amazon Future Engineer program.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett , Samantha Schwartz • May 8, 2019

Designers turning clients toward ethical products, 'appropriate goals,' Accenture exec says

With the war for talent, ethics are taking center stage, Accenture's Mark Curtis said. "Where are you going to get the talent from if your company is doing bad stuff?"

By Naomi Eide • May 8, 2019

Collaboration market is Slack's to lose, but going public airs struggles

The temperament of the market is just half the battle. Slack needs paying customers to support its viability on the market and in the enterprise.

By Samantha Schwartz • April 30, 2019

San Francisco to consider 'IPO tax' to address inequality

Supervisor Gordon Mar's proposal would put a 1.12% payroll tax on stock compensation, on top of the existing 0.38% payroll tax.

By Jason Plautz • April 30, 2019

Workers accuse Google of retaliation for organizing efforts

The two employees organized the November walkout of 20,000 Google workers, according to an internal letter obtained by Fortune.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • April 24, 2019

Microsoft overcame its bad reputation, can Facebook do the same?

The reputation of Bill Gates and Microsoft today bears little resemblance to what it was in the '90s but Facebook is having a harder time. 

By Samantha Schwartz • April 24, 2019

Xerox names new CTO, pushes for digitally savvy operations

Improving IT and building its technology-focused leadership is one of Xerox's five pillars to drive revenue growth.

By Samantha Schwartz • April 24, 2019

JPMorgan Chase splits tech spend between maintenance, innovation

Much of the initial tech growth was dedicated to platform modernization and cloud, controls and security, customer experience and digital, and R&D.

By Samantha Schwartz • April 23, 2019

Big 3 cloud providers look to renewables to power in-demand data centers

Microsoft, Google and Amazon are attempting to shrink their carbon footprints at a time when cloud demand is rising.

By Samantha Schwartz • April 22, 2019