2018 enterprise technology IPOs: Fall update

The late spring and summer months brought a new crop of IPOs with six enterprise technology companies concentrated in the fields of cybersecurity and software as a service.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 7, 2018

Big tech calls on Congress for privacy regulation, pushing back on state mandates

It's natural for big tech to get involved in regulation that has direct impacts, but regulation designed by those it's meant to regulate could prove useless.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 6, 2018

Atlassian's $295M OpsGenie acquisition grows incident response capabilities

After shaking up the communication platform market in July, the company is focusing on software tools dedicated to collaboration and management. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 5, 2018

The Information: Cloud prospects for Alibaba scaling back in US

Instead of looking to pull customers from Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform, Alibaba will focus on multinational companies in the U.S. with cloud services needs in China.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 4, 2018

As Einstein expands its reach, Salesforce focuses on 'ethical and humane' technology

The push for accountability comes on the heels of a petition for the company to drop its contract with Customs and Border Protection.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 31, 2018

At Box, fight for content collaboration market centers on partners and integration

Smaller SaaS vendors have made names for themselves partnering with larger organizations, like Google and Microsoft.

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 30, 2018

VMware pushes further into multicloud with CloudHealth Technologies buy

The company has developed tools to build cloud infrastructure and recent activity demonstrates a strong focus on hybrid cloud environments.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 28, 2018

Silicon Valley suits up for Capitol Hill, lobbies for federal privacy law

Tech companies are looking for a federal law that would overrule California's privacy bill and weaken its language.

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 28, 2018

From acquisitions to audits: What's going on with Symantec?

Though Symantec's stock has taken a notable hit since May, its products remain viable. And yet the dark cloud of an audit remains.

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 24, 2018

Amazon expands Alexa Fund, growing tech talent pipeline in higher ed

The tech company added 14 institutions to its research program for graduate students and faculty members as colleges identify additional income sources as public dollars dry up.

By Hallie Busta • Aug. 24, 2018

Demand is driving companies to push IT, software R&D overseas

While the talent wars rage in the U.S., more firms are looking overseas for talent, growing new development hubs along the way.

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 22, 2018

Cisco evolving its product portfolio and the 'strategy is working,' CEO says

The company has embraced overhauling its product portfolio, revamping offerings for a more security-conscious world.

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 16, 2018

Juggling high-profile problems, Uber hires security officer

Matt Olsen joins the ride sharing company after Uber's former chief security officer was fired in the wake of the company's breach revelations last fall.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 15, 2018

EY allocates $1B investment in tech innovation, client services

The company also announced a slate of new tech leaders, including Global CIO Steve George, Global Chief Client Technology Officer Nicola Morini Bianzino and Global CISO Barbara O'Neill.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 13, 2018

Privacy is dead, long live privacy

After GDPR, experts and companies are trying to understand how data should be treated while injecting more privacy along the way. One solution is to treat data as currency.

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 9, 2018

AWS just made an IT services power play with DXC deal

A $10 billion, 10-year contract to build the Pentagon's cloud infrastructure is up for grabs. A close relationship to a services firm like DXC would make it easier for AWS to run multiple large-scale cloud migrations at once.

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 8, 2018

Home Depot hires a new CISO after losing former exec to Equifax

Steve Adegbite will build off of his CISO experience at Cotiviti and E*TRADE and cybersecurity experience at the Department of Homeland Security.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 8, 2018

Nordstrom poaches Tesco exec to fill CTO spot

After 18 months without a CTO, Nordstrom named Edmond Mesrobian to the position to help drive its technology ambitions.

By Dan Alaimo • Aug. 7, 2018

The secret to digital transformation at Dell, VMware: 1 shared CIO

"I work for Dell and I am a person of interest at VMware," said Bask Iyer, CIO and CDO for both companies.

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 7, 2018

Can Symantec get past its legacy brand image?

The company has to battle perceptions of being a legacy brand out of place in the modern market, so fixing its brand may be more of a sales and marketing issue than a technology one.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 6, 2018

With $2.35B Duo Security purchase, Cisco stakes claim on end-to-end network access

It's a new security era for Cisco, which is traditionally rooted in networking technology.

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 3, 2018

What a sale of GE Digital assets would mean for the enterprise

There are likely avenues for how a sale would play out — sell in pieces or as a block — and who the buyers will be. 

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 1, 2018

How Slack and Atlassian landed a 'sharp jab' in Microsoft's ribs

By Microsoft's standards, the partnership is not something that will rattle its bones, but for Slack, this is an entryway to more enterprise customers, and that's Microsoft's turf.

By Samantha Schwartz • July 30, 2018

End of an era: Atlassian bows to Slack, divests chat platform IP

Atlassian is working with Slack to migrate existing customers away from Stride and HipChat and close down its HipChat servers and data center.

By Samantha Schwartz • July 27, 2018

Fewer 'consumers,' more 'innovation': Microsoft earnings calls sing the enterprise tune

In the cloud market, Azure has become the largest focus of Microsoft's calls over the last few years as mentions of Office 365 and Windows remained steady. 

By Alex Hickey • July 26, 2018