In this series, we look at the responses to our IT Priorities survey to find out just what business professionals around the world -- and in specific regions -- see to be their most important IT issues. These articles drill down into the wealth of data we've collected to bring you new insights around what your peers are thinking and doing. Stay tuned for more coverage.
Microsoft is continuing to give its business users more analytics capabilities. This time, it's via a new survey product called 'Forms Pro,' which is rolling out in preview form.
'After getting a whopping cloud provider bill, many organizations look toward taking some of their databases back on-premises.'
Microsoft hasn't yet launched its updated Home Use Program for Office in the U.S. But once it does, it will be offering qualified business customers 30 percent off on Office 365 Home/Personal subscriptions for employee home use.
Survey shows IT teams -- DevOps and developers -- want to grow their businesses, but still get consumed with fighting daily fires.
Large businesses not ready to migrate off Windows 7 as of January 2020 and which opt for paid security updates should expect Microsoft's update pricing to double each year.
Microsoft is continuing to nudge users toward saving more in the cloud with its latest move to make OneDrive and SharePoint Online the default location for Office 365 apps.
Kubernetes enables the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. This ebook explains why the ecosystem matters, ways to take advantage of it, and how it may contribute to the future...
Free and cheap personal and small business cloud storage is everywhere. Here's how to decide which one is right for you.
Recent study finds common traits among successful agile teams.
Email issues have plagued a number of Microsoft 365/Office 365 users in Europe for an entire day, and information on what's happening from Microsoft has been sparse.
Microsoft is moving to take over more Azure services billing and subscription management through its Microsoft Customer Agreement starting in March 2019.
The tech talent gap is biting most of the 1,000 technical hiring managers responding to a recent survey.
Microsoft's new program for Windows 10 Enterprise and Education customers is designed to help them resolve any application compatibility issues they find in attempting to move from Windows 7 to 10.
Microsoft will no longer provide security updates for Windows 7 as of January 14, 2020, which is one year away. There are two ways to get around this date, but they'll cost you.
Indian IT outsourcer is reporting 14 quarters of revenue growth.
Ninety-four percent of IT security pros worry about container security, and 60 percent have had container security incidents in the past year. What to do?
On International Women's Day, we list some of the women making a difference in the technology landscape in Brazil.
The most recent Summer Olympiad staked its place in history as the competition with the highest levels of digital engagement than any previous Olympic Games. We look at some of the key technology numbers behind the Rio events.
From improved connectivity to skills creation, we look into some of the technology benefits that Games host city Rio de Janeiro - as well as all of Brazil - will retain after the sporting competitions end.
America's big information security conference comes into its 18th year with standing room only talks and a big-money expo, but still can't hire hackers fast enough to match industry growth.
While the digital collaboration space has been vibrant and interesting for at least a decade now, the last year has seen a variety of shifts, new players, and fresh directions that both technology and business leaders should track.
We list the top Brazil-based technology employers sector professionals should know
Grounded in open source and energy efficient designs, the world's largest social network shared its latest updates for cost and power savings attributed to its cutting-edge datacenters.
As enterprise technology often struggles to keep up with the consumer world, here are the high impact products breaking into the mainstream with excellent chance to help companies keep up and get ahead.
The National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) has unveiled its fibre roll-out plans for the next 12 months and has released maps of the next 19 sites set to get fibre.
Since Tuesday, Gartner has been holding its annual ITXPO, or Symposium, at Sydney's Darling Harbour.
How threats will develop over the next few years.
At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, Gartner analyst David Gootzit indicates it's clear we're portaled out. The solution: Aggregation.
Recent study finds common traits among successful agile teams. Read more: https://zd.net/2B6x2b8
DevOps will be defined by three key trends in the year ahead -- cloud, DevSecOps, and AI.
Serverless architectures promise to abstract away a lot of developers' headaches. Read more: https://zd.net/2Q5vl7o
Microsoft's back-end activation issues which caused a number of Windows users to get false product-activation-error messages seems to be nearly fixed.
SlashData's latest survey of 20,000 developers identifies machine learning and data science are the skills to know for 2019.
With the Windows 7 end-of-support clock slowly winding down to January 14, 2020, Microsoft is announcing it will offer, for a fee, continuing security updates for the product through January 2023. Read more: https://zd.net/2CqPb6z
User experience design evolves through five distinct stages, from a separate team or area of the organization to becoming part of everyone's job
Many chief financial officers as well as CIOs are gasping at the unexpected expenses seen in their monthly cloud bills. survey finds.
The typical enterprise has become a nonstop software and data factory, operating 24x7. Technology has to be there at all times.
The era of "moving fast and breaking things" is over. Time to "slow down and take stock of what's broken."
Noted software design advocate and author says automation is taking away valuable human judgment.
'In many companies with legacy enterprise applications, ERP still stands for Excel Runs Production.'
Screen-free user experiences such as Amazon Echo and autonomous vehicles portend a future of computing without screens.
Containers and microservices are paving the way to DevOps. However, as with any promising technology approach, they require management care and feeding.
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The challenge is that 'the IoT platform market is immature and there are over 150 options to choose from.'
Cloud
Microsoft is revamping its Office Home Use Program to feature discounted Office 365 subscriptions
Enterprise Software
Survey reveals growing concern about container technology security
Productivity
Microsoft is readying a 'Pro' version of its Forms survey product
Storage
Windows 10
How much will staying patched on Windows 7 cost you? Here's the price list
