Slack's surge tempered by circumstance

"It's hard to say an otherwise normal CEO thing like 'the macroenvironment is creating significant tailwinds for the business,'" said CEO Stewart Butterfield.

By Samantha Schwartz • March 27, 2020

Google v. Oracle: What the companies will argue before the Supreme Court

The decade-long legal battle questions the role of copyright and fair use in foundational coding language. The ruling could change software forever.

By Samantha Schwartz • March 23, 2020

Amid coronavirus outbreak, business technology's corporate responsibility and opportunity blend

Cisco said traffic connecting China-based Webex users has increased 22 times over. The sign-up rates for the free version in impacted countries is seven times higher than pre-outbreak signups. 

By Naomi Eide • March 4, 2020

Businesses lean on remote work, digital collaboration as coronavirus impact felt worldwide

Google Cloud, Adobe and Salesforce are among companies rethinking in-person gatherings, favoring digital collaboration. 

By Naomi Eide • March 3, 2020

Coronavirus: Tech industry impact just beginning

Beyond technology, the outbreak promises a direct impact on business operations. CIO Dive and its sister publications put together COVID-19 coverage on topics that impact daily business decisions.

By Naomi Eide • Feb. 28, 2020

Dell Technologies sells RSA Security for $2.1B

Dell Technologies is finding its way. In a five-year period, the company went public to private and then back to public.​

By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 18, 2020

Verizon, IBM, AT&T Cybersecurity pull out of RSA Conference amid coronavirus concern

The companies are among 14 organizations withdrawing from the conference.

By Naomi Eide • Updated Feb. 24, 2020

As FTC query looms, a look at big tech's largest AI acquisitions

Google, Facebook and Apple have the most AI acquisitions with undisclosed financial terms.

By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 18, 2020

FTC targets big tech, demanding 10 years of acquisition data

The agency wants information on all non-reportable acquisitions by Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft from Jan. 1, 2010 through Dec. 31, 2019.

By Samantha Schwartz • Updated Feb. 12, 2020

Microsoft created the office suite status quo. Can Google grow?

While customers don't emphasize a single application of a suite, vendors are betting on collaboration.

By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 11, 2020

An expired Microsoft security certificate took down Teams

To restore service after a certificate expires, companies have to find where the credentials are stored, update all of them and reset applications if necessary. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 4, 2020

Women are missing out on business technology's entrepreneurship potential

Reaching gender parity in enterprise entrepreneurship is a $5 trillion market opportunity. 

By Naomi Eide • Feb. 4, 2020

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty steps down, paving way for cloud-focused future

Rometty ushered the company into the modern era of cloud computing and set sights on the future of technology.

By Naomi Eide • Jan. 30, 2020

Misconfigured Microsoft database exposes 250M customers' information

While personally identifiable information was largely redacted, tech support scams could befall impacted customers. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 23, 2020

What the global IT spending forecast says about corporate technology preferences

The Gartner spending forecast boils down to an increase in "soft" and a decrease in "hard" technology spending, with companies opting for service-based delivery models. 

By Naomi Eide • Jan. 16, 2020

The CIO Dive Awards for 2019

From cloud contenders to technology stalwarts, these are the companies and executives shaping business transformation as digital disruption circles industry. 

Dec. 9, 2019

Company of the Year: Google Cloud

Google Cloud's newly appointed leadership pushed it to become a general purpose platform accessible to enterprise customers, not merely an innovative, "Googly" technology stack.

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 9, 2019

Target bets on homegrown inventory system, distribution automation

With shelves stocked and replenished more efficiently, employees are free to take on more important tasks. Reducing manual hours is a Target specialty.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 21, 2019

Microsoft to extend California data privacy law across state lines

Before the EU's GDPR went into effect in May 2018, Microsoft also pledged its commitment to apply the regulations to customers beyond the EU.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 12, 2019

BMW hires new CIO amid mobility tech push

Long-time BMW executive Alexander Buresch will take over the role on Jan. 1, succeeding Klaus Straub.

By Roberto Torres • Nov. 1, 2019

How CIOs can alleviate CEO tech concerns, one investment at a time

While CEOs are watching for an impending recession, it's the CIO's responsibility to protect tech investments to endure economic rough patches. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 28, 2019

Senators press AWS on cloud security, call for FTC investigation

The Senators want to know whether Amazon Web Services' "failure to secure" servers used by Capital One "violated federal law."

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 25, 2019

Perplexing IT questions, answered: Why does the office printer break so much?

IT teams can fix just about anything, but don't ask them to fix the printer.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 18, 2019

Amazon kisses last Oracle database goodbye, completes years-long migration

With the exception of some third-party applications "tightly-bound" to the vendor, Amazon is free from Oracle.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 15, 2019

Slack hits 12M daily active users, on the heels of Microsoft Teams

The collaboration platform also announced its users rack up an average of 5 billion actions weekly, including messaging, searching, uploading and commenting on files.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 11, 2019