Tag: software

March 13, 2023

86% of businesses say it’s important for their company to develop and produce new software fast to win market share and beat the competition, Harvard Business Review reveals. Yet, just 10% of businesses they’re successful at doing so. In particular, […]

November 22, 2022

Using feature flags and other runtime configuration types is a fast-evolving technology segment. Adjusting your software behavior with a minor configuration update instead of deploying code lets teams move faster and more safely. Furthermore, releasing a feature using a feature […]

October 17, 2022

In tech, we like to pretend that every problem can be solved by throwing hardware or software at it. We assume insights will magically appear from data if we apply the brute force of algorithms and servers. We believe applications […]

July 1, 2022

Cloud computing is the delivery of services like software and databases using the internet. These services are available at affordable rates and help businesses lower operating costs. Cloud computing is an old concept globally, but not in HR. This technology’s […]

June 16, 2022

Against a backdrop of disruptive global events and fast-moving technology change, a cloud-first approach to enterprise applications is increasingly critical. That’s the consensus from members of CIO.com’s community of IT experts who weighed in on how a cloud-first approach to […]

May 23, 2022

Broadcom Inc. is in talks to acquire VMware Inc., the cloud-computing company backed by billionaire Michael Dell, setting up a blockbuster tech deal that would vault the chipmaker into a highly specialized area of software. The takeover discussions are ongoing […]

May 23, 2022

Multicloud simply won’t go away. AWS spent years trying to avoid it, with persistent messaging that multicloud was more exception than rule. Former CEO Andy Jassy was fond of saying, “The vast majority don’t end up choosing to be multicloud. […]

May 10, 2022

What is the true value of cloud computing for your business? We thought it was easy to define, once upon a time, but we were very wrong. In those days we thought cloud computing would lower IT operational costs and […]

February 15, 2022

SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) is a set of security tools that an organization’s security team can use to gain visibility and manage security for their Software as a Service (SaaS) applications. SaaS is an increasingly popular model for consuming […]

February 14, 2022

Rarely in the history of software has a pile of code been as reviled as “Clippy,” the animated, googly-eyed paperclip Microsoft introduced in 1997, ostensibly to help users of Office. Time magazine dubbed it one of the world’s 50 worst […]

January 31, 2022

Scalability and agility, the ability to avoid long-term capitalizations of hardware and software, and efficiency have all been reasons why companies have moved more IT to the cloud. This has prompted industry analysts like Forrester’s Tracy Woo to say, “It’s […]

January 6, 2022

SaaS shapes how companies operate, from back-office procurement or payroll to automated manufacturing processes. In 2022, companies will use SaaS to enable operations, with productivity tools taking up the largest share of the overall software budgets for 2022, according to […]

August 4, 2021

Businesses selecting a cloud vendor to power their infrastructure weigh a number of factors before signing on. Developer preference may not immediately come to mind — but it could influence the value businesses can get out of the platform. More […]

April 19, 2021

The modern era has created a new type of customer—one that wants accessible digital services that simplifies every aspect of their interaction with the digital world. Leading companies are aware of this constant need for convenience and are focusing on […]

April 13, 2021

Broadcom will deliver its suite of Symantec and enterprise operations software including CA on Google Cloud. Under a strategic partnership, Broadcom said the partnership with Google Cloud will strengthen its “cloud services integration” throughout its portfolio of security, operations and […]

April 9, 2021

While visual ‘no code‘ tools are helping businesses get more out of computing without the need for armies of in-house techies to configure software on behalf of other staff, access to the most powerful tech tools — at the ‘deep […]

March 9, 2021

I was introduced to open source, as a concept, when working with some very talented developers years ago. They all had “free software” (that’s what open source was called at the time)—simple utilities that they gave away for free, code […]

October 26, 2020

SAP announced its Q3 earnings yesterday, with its aggregate results down across the board. And after missing earnings expectations, the company also revised its 2021 outlook down. The combined bad news spooked investors, crashing its shares by over 20% in […]

September 23, 2020

There’s no other season quite like tax season, the period between January and the mid-April deadline in which millions of Americans file financial documents related to their income. Citizens who are due financial returns tend file early, while those owing […]

August 25, 2020

Your software is an asset. Software vendors such as Oracle and SAP are pressing customers to replace existing enterprise applications in order to move to the vendor’s new platform. Yet, most companies have invested millions in their current ERP systems […]