Incident responders brace for end-of-year cyber scaries

While many professionals might approach the end of a year as a time for pause and reflection, setting goals for the new year or at least some respite, cybersecurity professionals can’t shake the premonition that something bad is about to occur. It’s no wonder why. Blame the SolarWinds attack discovered in December 2020 and the […]

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Remote work, quality of life lure tech workers away from traditional hubs

Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The tech workforce is shifting away from familiar hubs and toward cities that haven’t traditionally been viewed as innovation hotbeds. Houston, Detroit, and Orlando, Florida, are three cities with the fastest growing tech workforces this year, according […]

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How tech companies make IT purchasing decisions

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: When companies weigh IT purchases, improving efficiency, productivity and profitability are the top priorities, according to a recent report by Forrester that surveyed 2,000 technology buyers at high-tech companies. Keeping business running, revenue growth and […]

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Salesforce launches DevOps Center, blending low code and collaboration

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Salesforce made its DevOps Center available to the general public Thursday following months under beta testing. The product aims to accelerate development and shorten release cycles by making it easier to build, test and deploy […]

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Google, University of Texas team up on career training for students

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The University of Texas System and Google on Dec. 9 announced that the university would begin offering Google Career Certificates to students at eight of the system’s institutions. The certificates will be built into undergraduate […]

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Emerging technology needs ethical guides. Does your company have one?

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: More than 4 in 5 companies lack specific ethical principles for designing and using emerging technologies, with the exception of cognitive technologies such as AI, ML and neural nets, according to a Deloitte report published […]

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IT to enter 2023 with splintered goals

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Technology organizations will enter 2023 with conflicting priorities, in a clash that will challenge their ability to innovate, according to a report from Snow Software published Wednesday. The company surveyed 800 global IT decision-makers. A […]

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Adobe mostly unscathed by economic downturn

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Adobe has emerged as one of the enterprise software companies relatively untouched by economic slowdown. In Q4, the company recorded 14% year-over-year growth in revenue, totaling $4.5 billion, up from last year’s $4.2 billion. Executives […]

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Rackspace executives stand by ransomware response

Rackspace Technology has restored email to more than three-quarters of its Hosted Exchange customers almost two weeks after a ransomware attack knocked systems offline, executives said Thursday.  While the investigation is nearly complete, officials pushed back on reports the Dec. 2 ransomware incident was related to ProxyNotShell vulnerabilities.   “We don’t have a definitive answer of […]

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Apple CIO steps down from Rackspace board citing new job duties

Rackspace Technology said Tim Campos resigned from its board of directors, effective Dec.12, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday.  Campos, a board member at Rackspace since 2016, was named chief information officer for Apple, in early November. Campos resigned from the board to avoid any potential conflicts of interest […]

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