Oracle to buy cloud software provider NetSuite for $9.3 billion
Oracle has entered into an agreement to buy NetSuite, which provides cloud-based accounting, enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management and other…
Apple, IBM and the digital transformation of everything
IBM and Amica, the oldest US automobile insurer, are this morning announcing a new Apple + IBM plan in which…
IDG Contributor Network: Smart Vision Labs rolls out connected telemedicine offering
Back in the deepest dark ages (about 30 years ago) when I first went for my driver’s license, I had…
First look: Google Cloud Machine Learning soars
In the 2016 Google Founder’s Letter, CEO Sundar Pichai cited Google’s long-term investment in machine learning and AI. “It’s what…
Tumblr to monetize blogs, give money back to users
If you weren’t a fan of those audio ads Tumblr introduced recently, you are going to love this. Blogging site…
Smartphone market inches back to growth with Samsung holding lead
The smartphone market is showing signs of growth again, but barely, with shipments up nearly 1 percent year-on-year in the…
Microsoft’s Iowa data center cluster to reach 3.2M square feet
From a data center perspective, Iowa has a lot going for it. Its industrial electric rates are 5.71 cents per…
Mingis on Tech: Windows 10 turns 1
As the one-year anniversary of Windows 10 rolls around, it’s a good time to take stock of how well Microsoft’s…
Priorities, realigned
It’s the late 1980s, when one of this pilot fish’s co-workers is a very Type-A IT manager — and fish…
Microsoft mandates Windows 10 hardware change for PC security
Microsoft is rolling out a change in minimum hardware requirements for Windows 10 PCs and mobile devices, and expects hardware…