Two US cities lead world colocation market

More than one-quarter of the global market is held between Washington, D.C., New York, Tokyo, London and Shanghai.

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 16, 2018

Wait! Intel asks customers to delay security patches for Meltdown, Spectre

The company is issuing a new patch for its initial firmware updates, which caused customers complaints about "higher system reboots."

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 12, 2018

The good, the bad and the not-so-work-related: CES 2018 in review

In many ways, CES embodies the spirit of innovation and triumphs in technology. But in other cases, it is a platform for technological excess.

By Naomi Eide , Samantha Schwartz , Alex Hickey • Jan. 12, 2018

Upgrades to enterprise software could free up workers in 2018

Personalization, machine learning and push notifications promise to make routine tasks less time intensive.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Jan. 11, 2018

Microsoft's patches for Meltdown and Spectre on pause after becoming 'unbootable'

The patches only mitigate the risk and are causing a blue screen of death for some customers.

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 10, 2018

Forever young: Chip extends battery life of smart home devices to 10 years

While many smart devices are in the form of household appliances, the transition to enterprise is already underway. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 9, 2018

Alexa to make its way onto Windows PCs. But what about Cortana?

Adding Alexa to Windows devices is unrelated to Amazon and Microsoft's partnership announcement last fall. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 9, 2018

There can only be one: Microsoft and Amazon square off for top IaaS, PaaS provider

More than $100 billion in revenue for service providers came from cloud-based IaaS, PaaS, hosted private cloud services and enterprise SaaS.

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 8, 2018

Microsoft, Google among companies having a 'Meltdown' following widespread bug

The attention to this "speculative execution"-style attack is forcing major tech companies to put out patches to protect their consumers.

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 4, 2018

Cisco is still the top enterprise IT infrastructure vendor

While the emergence of the cloud has changed how companies spend on IT, enterprise IT infrastructure spending will continue to rise through 2022.

By Naomi Eide • Jan. 4, 2018

Back to the circuit board: Chip flaws leave industry scrambling with little recourse

Intel is working with competitors like AMD and ARM to develop a solution to a chip-level security flaw, which targets everything from computers to servers to cell phones.

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 4, 2018

Will HR cover AI biases? 5 AI trends for 2018

Artificial intelligence is part of the new wave of technology. Just like the cloud's emergence, those who fail to implement AI now will struggle later. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 3, 2018

AWS and Salesforce may say 'Sayonara' to Oracle database

Larry Ellison's comments reportedly prompted the moves to create internal databases apart from Oracle's more established one.

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 3, 2018

How the Salvation Army is upgrading its storage technology

The Western Territory of the charity recently upgraded its storage infrastructure to a flash-based server system, but the long haul still has the organization looking toward the cloud.

By Alex Hickey • Dec. 22, 2017

Santa's migrating his toy workshop to the cloud

At the North Pole, elves were suffering and couldn't keep up with the high volume of orders. Because Santa failed to check the list twice, they were filling orders from Christmases long past, leading to inefficiency and wasted work.

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 21, 2017

Intel's 'new normal' puts data at the center of everything

The chipmaker's 50th anniversary is in July, and CEO Brian Krzanich said the company is closer than ever to becoming a "50/50 company," where half its revenue comes from PCs and the other half from new growth markets. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Dec. 21, 2017

Lowe's builds out digital capabilities with first CDO

As Lowe's prepares for another year of "digital evolution," will its efforts in cybersecurity, augmented and virtual reality and mobile tech be enough to outpace Home Depot?

By Alex Hickey • Dec. 20, 2017

Rule with a digital fist: Tech cracks down for accountability, social responsibility

Recent scrutiny, especially in terms of national security and privacy, have upped the ante for internet companies, which are cracking down again on "fake news," malicious actors and hateful content.

By Alex Hickey • Dec. 20, 2017

May the IT continuity be with you: What Star Wars can mean for tech

AI could be the solution to major cultural events getting in the way of tech teams catching and fixing IT outages. 

By Alex Hickey • Dec. 18, 2017

Quantum is maturing as JPMorgan Chase, Honda sign up with IBM

Companies such as IBM are taking steps to figure out ways to integrate quantum technology into various business applications and setting the stage for quantum supremacy. 

By Alex Hickey • Dec. 15, 2017

2018: The year airline Wi-Fi will takeoff

Deloitte projects 25% of passenger journeys on planes — or 1 billion trips — will feature in-flight connectivity. 

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 14, 2017

At long last, the White House is pushing for federal IT modernization

This has been a big week for federal IT: Not only did the Modernizing Government Technology Act pass into law, but a White House report outlined efforts to help agencies upgrade lagging systems. 

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 14, 2017

Net neutrality vs. internet freedom: A case for change

The FCC's Restoring Internet Freedom Order took effect Monday amid continued pushback by state attorneys, state and federal legislators and interest groups. 

By Alex Hickey • Updated June 11, 2018

Net neutrality vs. internet freedom: A case for the status quo

At its heart, net neutrality is a system in which companies are not allowed to disrupt the "freewheeling" internet market, including content, applications and services.

By Alex Hickey • Dec. 13, 2017

Elon Musk: Tesla to make AI hardware

Following the hires of several AI experts and months of speculation, the tech magnate confirmed his automobile company is also working on one of his greatest fears — AI. 

By Alex Hickey • Dec. 11, 2017