If there's consensus on anything regarding the Internet of Things, it's that the industry needs to settle on standards as quickly as possible. An emerging row between UL, the promi...
Consumers are increasingly buying products online in frequent bursts throughout the day in a trend retailers call "snacking," and mobile applications are the reason why. ...
The FBI's battle with Apple over unlocking an alleged terrorist's iPhone 5C continues to drive a high-profile public debate over the question of personal privacy. FBI director Jame...
Few if any technologies have been covered as breathlessly by the media in recent years as blockchain, the underlying platform for the Bitcoin digital currency.Blockchain's adherent...
While Amazon is known for selling a seemingly boundless universe of products at highly competitive prices, one area it has lagged is fashion, particularly higher-end brand names th...
SAP and IBM have made yet another expansion to their long-running and broad partnership, announcing plans to work together on next-generation ERP, cognitive computing and applicati...
The recent terror attacks in Brussels have issued a fearful reminder of the dangers travelers continue to face, but the war against terrorism continues both by governments and priv...
While Hadoop remains one of the most popular platforms for big data, there's no single correct way to implement it in a manner best suited to your company's business requirements. ...
If you've noticed a few more tractor trailers coming down your residential street these days, it's no accident. The e-commerce boom and resulting changes to consumer expectations a...
Funding round announcements are regular occurrences in the news cycle but some are more symbolically significant than others. Such is the case with task management startup Asana's ...
Most of the coverage of Oracle's intellectual-property lawsuit against Google over the Android OS has centered on what the outcome could mean for APIs (application programming inte...
Microsoft is making a slew of announcements at this week's Build conference, and one of the less sexy but more important ones is Desktop App Converter, which is the formal name for...
Restoration Hardware is learning the hard way that in today's retail climate, consumers are gaining ever more influence along with rising expectations for getting what they want, w...
The establishment of industry standards is frequently cited as a key challenge for the Internet of Things (IoT), and while some progress is being made, by any measure there's quite...
McDonald's efforts to reverse a downturn in business over the past several years has already met some success, but now the fast food giant is hoping for even better results with an...
I had the pleasure of being invited to Oracle's CloudWorld conference in Washington, D.C. this week, and came away with a solid understanding of where the company stands with its c...
While Apple's new iPhone SE garnered the most attention during its announcements this week, perhaps the most important one in the grand scheme was CareKit, an open-source software ...
In an ideal world, developers will spend the vast majority of their time writing code, not configuration and administration of underlying resources. Fostering the first goal is the...
IBM has acquired Optevia, a UK-based SaaS (software as a service) systems integrator that specializes in public-sector implementations of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, in a move that und...
Adobe Summit 2016 is kicking off this week and as usual, stands to be one of the industry's more important conferences for marketers and digital strategists. Here's a look at some ...
Google is reportedly looking to dramatically augment its portfolio of enterprise applications through a series of acquisitions, according to a new report from Re/Code. If this come...
Oracle's third-quarter results are in, and once again it's time to dig into the numbers a bit as well as extract key takeways from the vendor's often entertaining and eye-opening e...
Food companies and retailers have a problem these days: No longer can they offer a bare minimum of information on the origins of the food they sell. Whether due to health-conscious...
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise has brought its Haven OnDemand machine learning-as-a-service to commercial availability after a beta program that began in December 2014. Haven OnDemand ...
Microsoft has capped off a week of high-profile announcements related to SQL Server with an aggressive migration offer aimed at Oracle database customers. Here's the bottom line, f...
If IBM has its way, travelers may soon be asking cute robots for help with restaurant recommendations and directions than snappily-attired human hotel concierges. In partnership wi...
Microsoft has delivered on its promise to launch its Dynamics AX ERP suite on the Azure cloud platform, with general availability in 137 markets and in 40 languages.While expected...
Microsoft has joined the Eclipse Foundation, taking another important step in changing its identity from a company fixated on proprietary software to one that embraces open source ...
Microsoft made a splash this week ahead of its Data Driven event for the upcoming SQL Server 2016, announcing plans to port the database to Linux. It's a move that would have been ...
The ongoing disharmony within Bitcoin's core development team and other stakeholders stands in harsh contrast to the exuberance over blockchain's potential to reshape the economy w...
