Microsoft Teams daily users surpass 13M, but don't count out Slack

At 10 million daily users, Slack is a vendor-neutral tool that makes integrations simple and vendor lock-in less of a concern.

By Samantha Schwartz • July 12, 2019

Google Cloud adds sales head for North America amid platform maturity push

With a flurry of acquisitions and leadership additions, Google Cloud is seeing its CEO's efforts to grow the platform and sales play out.

By Naomi Eide • July 12, 2019

How do regulators calculate GDPR fines? An explainer

Individual fines are determined by multiple factors, but the clearest criteria is the type of infringement: Was it intentional or negligent?

By Samantha Schwartz • July 11, 2019

British Airways, Marriott International set the stage for GDPR fines outside tech industry

"GDPR is designed to protect consumers and their data," said Tim Erlin, VP of product management and strategy at Tripwire. "The type of company holding that data is irrelevant."

By Samantha Schwartz • July 11, 2019

GDPR strikes again: Marriott International faces $124M fine

The ICO stated that Marriott's data breach was a result of a failure to "undertake sufficient due diligence when it bought Starwood and should have done more to secure its systems." 

By Samantha Schwartz • July 9, 2019

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