Microsoft set to own collab market by 2020. Can Slack's innovation win out?

The difference between the two companies is "safety over sex appeal," said Carrie Basham Young, Talk Social to Me CEO. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Dec. 10, 2018

Why tech companies anticipated — and rejoiced in — Amazon's Virginia HQ2

The demand for tech talent already outweighs the supply, but local tech companies are excited Amazon made Washington a national tech hub. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Dec. 7, 2018

CIO of the Year: Clay Johnson, Walmart

Johnson's tech initiatives are all about making associates more productive, putting more mobile devices at their fingertips and providing them with instruments necessary to make real time decisions.

By Samantha Schwartz • Dec. 3, 2018

Company of the Year: Slack

The communication platform market is Slack's to lose, even with the "Redmond Monster" encroaching on its territory. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Dec. 3, 2018

Deal of the Year: Microsoft's GitHub acquisition

The developer community aside, Microsoft's acquisition offers a ripe piece of business: GitHub Enterprise.

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 3, 2018

Disruptor of the Year: Dropbox

Dropbox has become sneakily disruptive by setting the standard for what enterprise file sharing and content management could look like.

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 3, 2018

The CIO Dive Awards for 2018

The awards recognize the technology industry's top disruptors, innovators, movers and shakers. These executives and companies are transforming the technology industry and shaping its future.

By CIO Dive Team • Dec. 3, 2018

Dramatic or justified? Retailers' fears push cloud customers from AWS to Microsoft, Google

Though AWS and Amazon.com operate separately, retailers feel they could unintentionally add to a competitor's profit.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 30, 2018

AWS CEO expects freedom from Oracle database by end of 2019

During his re:Invent conference keynote, Andy Jassy took some "defensive" jabs at other cloud vendors. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 29, 2018

AWS takes on shadow IT with customizable software marketplace

Most IT professionals want to ignore software as a service applications, but they can't afford to do so because eventually a enough of it will demand attention.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 28, 2018

National Landing in pictures: A walk through Amazon's new headquarters location

Photos show the untapped potential of National Landing. But can Amazon, local developers and officials stave off the negative consequences Seattle incurred?

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 28, 2018

Uber hit with $1.2M in fines for 2016 data breach

Regulators from the U.K. and the Netherlands penalized Uber, which tried to cover up the breach that compromised 57 million worldwide accounts.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 27, 2018

Google Cloud CEO stepping down; Oracle veteran to succeed

After three years as chief executive, Diane Greene will leave her role to focus on empowering women leaders in STEM.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 19, 2018

Docker, MuleSoft deal nods to legacy environment needs

MuleSoft and Docker provide options for customers to containerize legacy environments or rebuild their environment in a containerized architecture.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 16, 2018

What you need to know about Amazon HQs in New York City, Virginia

Navigating the legal agreements of $5 billion in investments — and requests for helipads. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 13, 2018

Tech talent pool lures Amazon HQ2, HQ3 to New York and Virginia

After a year of speculation, secrecy and teasing, the retail and cloud giant announced New York City and Northern Virginia will be homes to its newest headquarters. 

By Samantha Schwartz , Alex Hickey • Nov. 13, 2018

TBM software company Apptio set for $1.9B acquisition

The deal with Vista Equity Partners includes a month-long "go-shop" period during which Apptio's board can solicit and evaluate alternative acquisition proposals.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 12, 2018

SAP buys Qualtrics for $8B, giving global scale to experience management data

Qualtrics expects to exceed $400 million in revenue for FY18, with a growth rate greater than 40% year-over-year. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 12, 2018

Reports: Amazon to split HQ2 between NYC, Northern Virginia

The split reportedly comes with Amazon wanting to make it easier to recruit talent in the technology sector.

By Chris Teale • Nov. 6, 2018

3 cities in 'late-stage' talks to win Amazon HQ2

Reports suggest the winning location could end up in Dallas, New York or Arlington County, Virginia — but Amazon remains tight-lipped.

By Kristin Musulin • Nov. 5, 2018

Intel says it met 'full representation' in its diversity goals, but what does that mean?

The company's announcement points to a wider industry struggle: Most talent pipelines are not structured to encourage the growth of minorities in tech.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett , Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 2, 2018

Red Hat acquisition is hybrid, open source power play for IBM, but it must tread carefully

Is a Red Hat acquisition enough to make IBM one of the "cool kids" of open source and the "Switzerland" of cloud?

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 30, 2018

Migration lessons learned: Even Amazon can face mishaps with new tools

The biggest mistake companies make when contemplating a database migration is concluding all databases are generic.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 30, 2018

IBM's $34B Red Hat acquisition takes over hybrid cloud market

Big Blue will remain committed to Red Hat's open source model, helping scale its technology to global enterprises.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 29, 2018

Cloud infrastructure services up on the year, down on the quarter

Quarterly cloud infrastructure revenue surpassed $17 billion, including IaaS, PaaS and hosted private cloud services, according to Synergy Research Group. 

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 26, 2018