The cloud, once a corporate afterthought, is now the core of IT, forcing a realignment of vendors and their technology. In the midst of all this change, the customer is, at least in theory, ever more central.
A scarcity of developers steeped in the distributed ledger technology that powers Bitcoin has hiring managers stalking meet-ups and circling distressed startups for job candidates.
Rockwell Automation is gaining the cost benefits of moving to the cloud but taking extra steps to keep control of its data. The company is colocating its equipment in data centers where it connects directly into AT&T's network to create something similar to a virtual private cloud.
The U.S. needs to embed digital technologies into existing infrastructure to take advantage of new economic opportunities, but outdated regulations, security concerns, a lack of public funding and a small pool of tech-savvy workers may hinder progress, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation said Monday.
To get work done, now and in the future, IT leaders must embrace the dynamics of the gig economy, argues CIO Journal Columnist Gary Beach.
Suja Chandrasekaran joins the Kleenex tissue-maker Monday after a stint as global chief technology officer and chief data officer at the world’s largest retailer.
Employees at AT&T Inc. are experimenting with software bots or so-called robotic process automation. These software agents can do repetitive structured tasks such as automatically compiling sales leads from multiple systems so that sales people can spend more time with customers.
Fierce competitive pricing among cloud vendors notwithstanding, enterprise IT buyers say they saw little or no change in their total costs for cloud services over the past year, and they don’t expect those costs to go down anytime soon, UBS reports.
With new digital tools allowing researchers to apply scientific methods to just about any domain of knowledge, science is more important than ever, CIO Journal Columnist Irving Wladawsky-Berger writes. But recent polling data reveals a large opinion gap between the general public and scientists on a number of scientific issues. If not bridged, that gap could have negative implications for future policy development and programs that require public decision-making.
One startup had to pass on two blockchain engineers who said they had been offered $250,000 in salary from big financial firms.
Corporate IT executives are unraveling the challenges of deploying a software-managed enterprise. In some ways, corporations are emulating the infrastructures of Web companies like Amazon Web Services or Facebook Inc. but they must contend with legacy infrastructure and other issues.
An engineer who helped spearhead the self-driving Google car project has quietly launched a Silicon Valley startup that plans to retrofit tractor trailers with autonomous-driving technology.
HP is set to unveil new details on its development effort applying conventional printer technology to fabricate physical objects, as the company bets on 3-D printing to build its reputation for innovation.
Alphabet subsidiary Google is challenging the South Korean government over restrictions to Google’s mapping services in the country, in a rare public disagreement over policy.
Amazon has set its sights on an automated, voice-controlled world, with the help of Alexa, a robotic voice assistant.
Google parent Alphabet is pushing into the ride-sharing business with an app that lets commuters carpool, further fraying ties with Uber.
A group called DAO is running itself via computer code on a network. Every operating detail, from governance to day-to-day operations to payment schedules, is laid out in the code that runs the company.
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway took a new $1 billion position in Apple in the first quarter, an uncharacteristic bet for the firm that was made by the two former hedge-fund managers brought on board as potential successors.
Columnist Christopher Mims writes that questions about a Facebook bias should focus on the service’s news feed rather than its trending topics.
The federal government will begin scanning applicants’ social media posts as part of the security clearance process, a reflection of how information on Facebook, Twitter and similar sites is increasingly seen as an important part of someone’s background.
Several months ago, Uber Technologies seemed like the unstoppable king of ride-sharing. Apple’s $1 billion investment in a top rival caps a series of events showing how quickly that has changed.
Facebook exerts more editorial control than it previously disclosed over the “trending” news feature on the social network, newly posted documents show.
Google’s whimsically named Parsey McParseface program helps machines understand written English, and the Alphabet subsidiary is making the code freely available for anyone to distribute or modify.
Nvidia said profit rose 46% in the latest quarter as videogame enthusiasts continue to pay up for greater performance and the company’s moves into new markets showed signs of paying off.
Many startup founders across Asia say that venture capitalists are hitting the brakes on funding, spooked by weakness in the global economy, volatility in China’s stock market and slumping investments in Silicon Valley.
Oracle’s attorneys said previous negotiations show the Alphabet unit knew it needed a license but decided to risk building Android without one, while Google’s attorneys said Sun executives didn’t believe a license was necessary to use Java as Google did.
Facebook is largely ruled by algorithms. But ultimately people must make judgments about what to show its 1.6 billion users and how.
European plane maker Airbus Group wants to become a major player in the fast-growing global drone industry, according to its chief executive, Tom Enders.
Sunny Balwani, a top executive who helped build Theranos into a major blood-testing laboratory, is leaving the company amid regulatory probes of the embattled Silicon Valley firm.
