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Microsoft, HP Enterprise Revive Partnership With Cloud
HP and Microsoft were close associates in the early Windows era and the Azure cloud may bring them together again.
Ford CIO: Driving The Automaker Into The Future
Marcy Klevorn had already entered the business field when she decided to pursue a tech career. Now, the VP and CIO at Ford Motors discusses her career path, leadership tactics, and hiring the next generation of IT pros.
Apache Spark Updates, Executive Data Strategies: Big Data Roundup
In our big data roundup for the week of Nov. 27, we've got updates on Apache Spark and its ecosystem, a reality check on the practical use of artificial intelligence today and more.
Cyberwar Part 3: Marketing Data Collection Threatens All
Marketers are after every scrap of customer data they can get, in hopes of increasing their company's sales. Do you know they may be putting you at risk in the process? In the last of our three-part series on cyberwar, learn what IT needs to know about potential security threats rising from companies' marketing habits.
8 Ways You're Failing At Data Science
Data scientists and the Wizard of Oz have something in common: Few people really know what they do behind the curtain, which makes it hard to tell good from bad data science. These tips can help you discern the difference.
Cyberwar Part 2: Government Hacks Threaten Private Sector
When you hear the term cyberwar, you think about threats to government, but private sector companies are also at risk. In the second of our three-part series on cyberwarfare, we identify three vulnerabilities and offer IT leaders suggestions on what to do about them.
HP Reports Mixed Q4, Its Final Quarter Before Company Splits
HP reported mixed results in its final quarter as a single company this week with revenue declines, but promises of more focused efforts in the future as HP Enterprise and HP Inc. pursue separate paths.
Cyberwar Part 1: What IT Can Do To Survive
Are we at risk of being victims or casualties in a government cyberwar? In the first of this three-part series, we explore what the experts say about the current state of cyberwar -- and what it means to IT departments everywhere.
Microsoft Employee Diversity Numbers Fail To Impress
Microsoft's latest diversity report counts fewer women due to layoffs related to the restructuring of its phone business earlier this year.
McGraw-Hill Education Shows How Small Data Trumps Big
McGraw-Hill Education's chief digital officer has driven the company's effort to leverage small data to improve student outcomes, teacher insights, and curriculum improvements. Here's why small is better than big.
Amazon Bolsters 'Green Power' Investment With Ohio Wind Farm
Amazon has launched its fourth renewable energy initiative, a wind farm in Ohio, to increase its data centers' use of green power.
IBM SoftLayer Performance Less Impressive Than Claimed
VoltDB's latest cloud performance benchmark claims IBM SoftLayer is 3X faster than Amazon, but that's only true if you compare apples to oranges.
AccuWeather Storms Into Enterprise With Predictive Analytics
AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions' new D3 analytics business unit is predicting more than just the weather. It's capitalizing on what has become one of the company's fastest-growing businesses, predictive analytics-as-a-service, to help clients make business decisions. AccuWeather's chief commercial officer shared the details.
Machines Beat Humans At Hiring Best Employees
The use of hiring analytics leads to better outcomes for companies, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research study.
Google Turns To Diane Greene To Lead Cloud Effort
Google has picked a member of its board of directors, Diane Greene, to lead a "combined cloud" team in competing for enterprise business.
Containers March Into Mainstream With Security, Management Updates
Containers are making unrelenting advances into production systems, thanks to better security and management platforms from the likes of Docker, HP, Red Hat, and VMware.
Forrester: In The Cloud, The Big Get Bigger
Forrester says cloud challengers will have a hard time competing with incumbents in 2016. AWS, IBM, and Microsoft are "innovating like startups."
IBM Watson Trend App: Big Data Meets Holiday Shopping
The IBM Watson Trend app aims to use big data to ease your holiday shopping. Available today online and in the Apple App Store, Big Blue's goal is to eventually to develop the app's capabilities to provide trend insights for enterprises as well as consumers.
Comic: Internet Of Annoying Things
By the time the hype dies down, maybe the Internet of Things will be a reality.
Docker Tightens Security Over Container Vulnerabilities
Docker unveils three ways to make containers more secure, especially when code is changed during its update cycle.
VMware Open Sources Photon Controller For Container Users
VMware's Photon Controller became open source code Nov. 16 in a bid to attract container users who wish to deploy containers with a microvisor.
Rackspace Carina Promises Simplified Containerized Workloads
Rackspace opens Carina service, which promises to make it simpler and faster to move containerized workloads to Rackspace and manage them once they are there.
IBM Datapalooza, Oracle Updates BI Platform: Big Data Roundup
IBM continued with its Datapalooza roadshow, Oracle released a new version of its BI software with enhanced visualization capabilities, and Informatica rolled out its Big Data Management platform. All that and more in our Big Data Roundup for the week of Nov. 15.
CoreOS Service Scans Containers For Vulnerabilities
CoreOS, supplier of a slender Linux for container hosts, has launched a container scanning service capable of detecting vulnerabilities.
IBM Datapalooza Takes Aim At Data Scientist Shortage
IBM's quest to create 1 million new data scientists goes forward with a three-day training event and a test bed for taking its show on the road in 2016.
10 Skills CIOs Need To Survive, Thrive In 2016
CIOs need to shift perspectives and skill sets for the business transformation underway. So, what's the profile of the successful CIO in 2016?
Is 'Private' Enterprise WiFi Obsolete?
Private enterprise WiFi arose during the time of strong network perimeters and weak internal security. It's now time to rethink.
Red Hat Preps Containerized Cloud Workloads In OpenShift
OpenShift PaaS takes an increasingly sophisticated approach to managing containers and virtual machines on-premises and in the cloud.
Amex Travel Dumps On-Premises For Cloud Apps
American Express Global Business Travel was saddled with 16 different legacy on-premises ERP systems. Rather than update, the $1.5 billion company ripped them out and replaced them all with simple cloud apps.
Microsoft, Red Hat Alliance Shows Growing Cloud Influence
Red Hat and Microsoft, archenemies of yesteryear, bury the hatchet and vow to work together to make hybrid cloud computing easier.
Docker Adds Multi-Host Networking For Containerized Apps
Docker has issued the 1.9 release of its container platform, which includes a way for containers to discover and link to each other.
Intel Primes The Internet Of Things Pump
Intel has enhanced its Internet of Things platform, including new forms of silicon for "smart" things, partnering with other companies to put it to use.
Elite 100 2016: Call For Entries
Find out how to nominate your company to the InformationWeek Elite 100 2016, and learn all about what you can look forward to if you make the final cut.
Improving Customer Experiences: 10 Ways IT Can Help
The customer experience, also known as CX, is nothing new. But Forrester Research says 2016 will be the year that companies need to either embrace CX and make it central to all operations or get left behind. Here's what IT leaders need to do to survive.
Cisco: Public Cloud To Grow 44% Annually Through 2019
Cisco's annual Global Cloud Index measures cloud traffic and utilization now and projected for five years. Spoiler alert: They're growing.
Secrets To Digital Success Are Obvious, But Difficult To Execute
Accenture and Forrester reveal an obvious path to digital success, yet also show how businesses are failing to take care of the basics.
Comic: Are CIOs Going Down With The IT Ship?
CIOs and children first! Is this generation of CIOs just being asked to go down with the IT ship? Or are its members plotting a new course?
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The State of Cloud Computing - Fall 2020
Download this report to compare how cloud usage and spending patterns have changed in 2020, and how respondents think they'll evolve over the next two years.
2021 Top Enterprise IT TrendsWe've identified the key trends that are poised to impact the IT landscape in 2021. Find out why they're important and how they will affect you.
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