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Why Facebook is key to Sony’s movie marketing

At CES 2017, Sony Pictures, the studio behind the recent hit films 'Passengers,' 'Sausage Party' and 'Ghostbusters,' shared some of the reasons why more and more of its film-marketing budget goes to social networks such

By Matt Kapko

Jan 10, 2017

Facebook Marketing Media and Entertainment Industry

Google, AT&T and Universal discuss marketing’s future

Technology, media and entertainment leaders this week at CES examined the veracity of digital marketing metrics, the impact of machine learning on marketing and why an experimental approach is crucial.

By Matt Kapko

Jan 6, 2017

Internet Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

IT service providers increase investment in onshore locations

A number of factors are driving leading global IT and business process outsourcing providers to open more onshore than offshore locations.

By Stephanie Overby

Jan 6, 2017

BPM Systems ITSM Technology Industry

Facebook and Google dominate list of most popular apps (again)

The eight most popular mobile apps in the United States are made by two tech giants. Facebook and Google dominated the app market in 2017 and continued a duopoly that's existed for years.

By Matt Kapko

Jan 3, 2017 3 mins

Facebook Google Small and Medium Business

Outsourcing trends to watch in 2017

Here are 10 predictions for the year ahead in IT outsourcing.

By Stephanie Overby

Dec 30, 2016

IT Strategy Outsourcing Technology Industry

Apple’s App Transport Security extension should concern IT

Apple backtracked on its 'App Transport Security' mandate, which would require all iOS apps to use secure network connections by 2017. The decision could affect CIOs and mobile administrators.

By Matt Kapko

Dec 23, 2016

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New accounting standards change the rules of IT leasing

New reporting rules could make IT equipment leasing less attractive, but lessors may be more amenable to meet client demands or offer new value-added services to win over customers.

By Stephanie Overby

Dec 23, 2016

Outsourcing Technology Industry

Dell EMC joins The Linux Foundation’s OpenSDS Project

The company is also making its first code contribution to the project.rn

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Dec 19, 2016

Cloud Computing Open Source

Grading our 2016 IT outsourcing predictions

We predicted this was the year that security and integration challenges would become key considerations, companies would embrace robotic process automation and offshore captive models, and the IT outsourcing contracting process would become more agil

By Stephanie Overby

Dec 16, 2016

Outsourcing Technology Industry

Feds frustrated by constantly crashing apps

New report from Riverbed Technology identifies pervasive headaches stemming from unreliable applications in the federal government.

By Kenneth Corbin

Dec 15, 2016

Government IT Internet Productivity Software

MariaDB adds support for big data analytics

MariaDB announces general availability of MariaDB ColumnStore 1.0, which is designed to provide a single SQL interface for analytic and transactional workloads.

By Thor Olavsrud

Dec 14, 2016

Analytics Big Data Open Source

Trump says mergers like AT&T/Time Warner ‘destroy democracy’

Trump has vowed to block the $85 billion mega-merger of AT&T/Time Warner, but the heads of the telecom and media giants argue that the antitrust review will show the deal to be pro-competitive and pro-consumer.

By Kenneth Corbin

Dec 9, 2016

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Microsoft and LinkedIn aim for ‘logical’ integrations

Microsoft and LinkedIn are now officially one company with a common vision for the future of work and social collaboration. Analysts say early integration plans reveal priorities across both platforms.

By Matt Kapko

Dec 9, 2016

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Building a business case for offshore robotic process automation

Dwindling labor cost savings offshore are leading many captive centers to implement new robotic process automation.

By Stephanie Overby

Dec 9, 2016

Artificial Intelligence IT Leadership Outsourcing

Facebook Workplace third-party integration is key to business success

This week Facebook announced new functionality in its Workplace enterprise communication product that integrates popular third-party tools, and the move could help make Workplace a much more viable enterprise tool.

By Matt Kapko

Dec 7, 2016 3 mins

Collaboration Software Facebook Small and Medium Business

IBM building blockchain ecosystem

To help build an ecosystem around IBM Blockchain and the Linux Foundation Hyperledger Fabric, Big Blue is offering a program that includes tools and expert support.

By Thor Olavsrud

Dec 6, 2016 4 mins

IBM Payment Systems Technology Industry

SUSE ups its IaaS, PaaS game

SUSE acquires OpenStack and Cloud Foundry assets of HPE and joins Cloud Foundry as a Platinum member.

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Dec 5, 2016 6 mins

Cloud Computing Linux Open Source

Major IT outsourcing acquisition will have mixed impact

Information Service Groupu2019s purchase of competitor Alsbridge creates a larger, more well-rounded outsourcing advisory, but will also reduce competitive pricing leverage for clients.

By Stephanie Overby

Dec 2, 2016

Mergers and Acquisitions Outsourcing Technology Industry

LinkedIn ‘Interest Feed’ aims for better content discovery

LinkedIn wants to help you find more relevant content with a new, restructured 'Interest Feed.'

By Matt Kapko

Dec 2, 2016

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Google App Maker aims to ease enterprise development

Google is making it simpler for business to create custom apps. Its new App Maker service lets you integrate apps with Google's services and run them on the same data center infrastructure as its G Suite of productivity software.

By Matt Kapko

Dec 1, 2016

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Accenture expands AWS Business Group

In a move designed to help customers be more agile, Accenture is expanding its Accenture AWS Business Group to enhance its cloud application migration, development and management offerings.

By Thor Olavsrud

Dec 1, 2016

Cloud Computing Cloud Management IT Strategy

Finland’s largest airline inks iOS deal with Apple and IBM

Finnair will work with Apple and IBM to develop a set of enterprise iOS apps for airplane mechanics and their supervisions. The software is expected to be available in early 2017.

By Matt Kapko

Nov 30, 2016

Apple IBM Small and Medium Business

Trump presidency could sound death knell for offshore outsourcing

U.S.-based offshore outsourcing customers should prepare for the effects of a Trump presidency on their IT services deals.

By Stephanie Overby

Nov 30, 2016

Government H-1B Visas Technology Industry

Hulu exec talks mobile video and offline viewing

Hulu's experience chief this week compared mobile video users and traditional TV viewers. He also addressed one of the company's biggest shortcomings: the inability to download Hulu content for offline use.

By Al Sacco

Nov 30, 2016

Media and Entertainment Industry Small and Medium Business Video

Splice Machine boosts hybrid relational data platform

The startup adds support for columnar storage, in-memory caching and cost-optimized AWS storage to its hybrid transactional and analytical processing platform.

By Thor Olavsrud

Nov 29, 2016

Hadoop Startups Technology Industry

Nokia uses analytics, machine learning to help mobile providers

As mobile competition heats up, Nokia is betting that advanced data analytics and machine learning will help wireless carriers optimize their customer service.

By Thor Olavsrud

Nov 23, 2016

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What Facebook’s miscalculated metrics mean for marketers

Facebook again admitted that it provided inaccurate metrics to its advertising and publishing partners, but the company also promised a number of fixes to the problem.rn

By Matt Kapko

Nov 22, 2016 3 mins

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Microsoft embraces open source in the cloud and on-premises

Microsoft is positioning itself as the software vendor of choice for enterprises that maintain hybrid cloud environments, and it's opening its arms to Linux and open source software to do it.

By Thor Olavsrud

Nov 21, 2016

Linux Microsoft Small and Medium Business

DataStax buys DataScale, plans to launch managed cloud service

The NoSQL database software specialist, which powers companies like Netflix and eBay, has acquired DataScale, a provider of cloud-based management services for data infrastructure. The company plans to launch DataStax Managed Cloud service in early 2

By Thor Olavsrud

Nov 16, 2016

Cloud Computing Mergers and Acquisitions Open Source

Hortonworks Data Cloud optimized to spin up (and down) for AWS

The new cloud service is optimized for enterprise ephemeral workloads on AWS and designed to integrate with Amazon S3, RDS and EC2.

By Thor Olavsrud

Nov 15, 2016

Analytics Big Data Cloud Management

Apple picks the best Touch Bar apps for the 2016 MacBook Pro

Got a new 2016 MacBook Pro? Find out which apps Apple thinks are best for the Touch Bar.

By Jim Lynch

Nov 15, 2016 10 mins

MacBook Mobile Small and Medium Business

Facebook hires new CIO from media giant NBCUniversal

Atish Banerjea has been the social media companyu2019s CIO since October, according to his LinkedIn profile. His goal? To help Facebook scale globally and, of course, make the world u2019more open and connected.u2019

By Clint Boulton

Nov 11, 2016

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How federal CIOs will navigate the presidential transition

As the federal IT community braces for new administration, experts see new IT initiatives on hold, but have hopes for acquisition reform and modernization efforts.

By Kenneth Corbin

Nov 7, 2016

CIO Government Government IT

CIO 100 Awards 2017: You still have time to enter

Do you have an innovative IT project that saved time, increased revenue or delivered some other measurable result? If so, we want to hear about them.

By Dan Muse

Nov 6, 2016

CIO CIO 100 Technology Industry

Microsoft Teams targets Slack in crowded collaboration market

Microsoft took its time developing the Teams collaboration app for enterprise, but the service's success will likely have less to do with timing and everything to do with its 85 million Office 365 customers.

By Matt Kapko

Nov 3, 2016 4 mins

Android Microsoft Small and Medium Business

Top paid CIOs of 2016

The highest paid CIOs made big bucks this year, but received only modest increases. How did the rest of tech professionals fare in 2016?

By Rich Hein

Oct 28, 2016

CIO IT Jobs Technology Industry

Coca-Cola headlines a fast-turning CIO carousel

The beverage company removed the interim tag from Barry Simpson, who had led IT since July. Simpson is one of several recent CIO moves as companies bolster their IT strategies heading into 2017.

By Clint Boulton

Oct 28, 2016

CIO Careers Technology Industry

What Apple’s new Touch Bar means for Mac users

Apple this week introduced new MacBook Pros with 'Touch Bars' that hint at Apple's future strategy for touch tech in macOS. However, the price of the refreshed laptops might put them out of reach for many enterprises.

By Matt Kapko

Oct 28, 2016

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Formula One puts you in the Grand Prix with VR and AR

Last week, Formula One and Tata Communications provided a peek into the future of motorsport when they announced the winners of its 2016 F1 Connectivity Innovation Prize, focused on fan-created virtual reality and augmented reality apps.

By Thor Olavsrud

Oct 27, 2016

Innovation Markets Technology Industry

Apple predicts growth in near term despite down year

Apple this week reported its first annual decline in both revenue and profit since 2001, but CEO Tim Cook is confident the upcoming holiday season will put the company back in the black.

By Matt Kapko

Oct 27, 2016

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5,000 LinkedIn Learning sessions are free this week

LinkedIn says that because the number of job applications its users submit shoots up in October, it will offer thousands of free LinkedIn Learning training courses until the end of the month to help people gain skills and land new gigs.rn

By Matt Kapko

Oct 26, 2016

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Google makes more than Samsung, Apple on flagship phone

The price Google charges for its Pixel XL smartphone is closer to what it costs to make the phone than what both Samsung and Apple charge for the GS7 and iPhone 7, but Google still makes more money. Here's why.

By Al Sacco

Oct 25, 2016

Apple Small and Medium Business iPhone

With Watson Element, Apple and IBM aim to transform education

Apple and IBM this week released their first iOS app for academia. IBM Watson Element for Educators is designed to blend student data with curriculum and cognitive technology to improve and enhance personalized education for K-12 students.

By Matt Kapko

Oct 22, 2016 5 mins

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Cloud services lift IT outsourcing market higher than expected

The global IT and business services industry had its strongest third quarter to date, bolstered by the record-high value in the as-a-service segment of the market.

By Stephanie Overby

Oct 21, 2016

Cloud Computing Outsourcing Technology Industry

Facebook now lets you order dinner and buy movie tickets

If Facebook has its way, the social network will soon be your go-to online destination for movie tickets, food delivery and other local reservations.

By Matt Kapko

Oct 20, 2016 3 mins

E-commerce Software Facebook Social Networking Apps

Can blockchain make food safer in China?

Aiming to secure the food supply chain and improve traceability, IBM is working with Walmart and Tsinghua University to use blockchain to enhance food safety in China.

By Thor Olavsrud

Oct 19, 2016

Innovation Markets Technology Industry

Dell EMC aims for a converged, custom fit in an off-the-rack world

Dell EMC says converged systems are too rigid in their deployment options and has come up with an on-premises offering it calls Validated System for Virtualization.

By Andy Patrizio

Oct 19, 2016

Virtualization

How blockchain can benefit IT outsourcing providers

IBM and Bank of Tokyo say theyu2019ve developed a smart contract prototype to manage their IT services engagement on a blockchain. Hereu2019s why IT outsourcing deals may be a low-risk proving ground for multiparty blockchain applications.

By Stephanie Overby

Oct 14, 2016

Open Source Outsourcing Technology Industry

Is Twitter’s dead developer conference another nail in its coffin?

Twitter will not host its annual Flight developer conference this year amid speculation and uncertainty about the company's future. Its bruised relationship with developers may be a sign of what's to come.

By Matt Kapko

Oct 14, 2016 3 mins

Developer Social Networking Apps Twitter

Facebook at Work (finally) launches as ‘Workplace’

Facebook already owns consumer social networking, and with its new Workplace service, itu2019s clear it wants the enterprise, too. The new offering will feel familiar to Facebook users but will also remain separate from company's consumer platfo

By Matt Kapko

Oct 10, 2016 5 mins

Collaboration Software Mobile Apps Small and Medium Business