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Cloud

With DataSense acquisition, Microsoft doubles down on the education market

By Maria Deutscher Feb 4, 2019

Microsoft Corp. is doubling down on the lucrative education technology market with the acquisition of DataSense, a platform that helps schools manage their digital records. The company is buying the platform from BrightBytes Inc.,…

IoT

How Liz Centoni makes sure Cisco has a seat at the IoT table

By Mark Albertson Feb 4, 2019

Any doubts about Cisco Systems Inc.’s commitment to providing products and services for the internet of things space were quickly erased in Barcelona, Spain, this past week. The networking giant rolled out a series…

Cloud

After months of rumors, team chat leader Slack files for IPO

By Maria Deutscher Feb 4, 2019

Following months of rumors about its stock market aspirations, Slack Technologies Inc. today revealed that it has confidentially put in the paperwork for an initial public offering. The team chat provider didn’t share any…

Cloud

Cloud HR giant Ultimate Software to go private in $11B acquisition

By Maria Deutscher Feb 4, 2019

Ultimate Software Group Inc., a provider of cloud-based workforce management services that competes with the likes of Oracle Corp., has agreed to be taken private by an investor consortium for approximately $11 billion. The…

Blockchain

Bitcoin is now in its longest-ever bear run

By Duncan Riley Feb 3, 2019

Bitcoin hit a new record over the weekend, the longest bear run for the cryptocurrency since its creation in October 2008. The bear run started in December 2017 as bitcoin hit highs near $20,000. As…

Security

Data stolen in hack of home improvement site Houzz

By Duncan Riley Feb 3, 2019

Home improvement site Houzz has suffered a data breach, with an unknown amount of user information stolen. The hack, discovered in late December but only revealed on Friday, involved the theft of profile information,…

Blockchain

$190M in cryptocurrency vanishes in potential QuadrigaCX exchange ‘exit scam’

By Duncan Riley Feb 3, 2019

Some $190 million in customer funds consisting of both cryptocurrency and regular money is apparently gone in what appears to be an “exit scam” involving Canadian exchange QuadrigaCX. In one of the most fanciful…

Policy

Orange is the new gold: Telemarketing firm molds inmates into sales stars

By Paul Gillin Feb 3, 2019

Like many telemarketing professionals, Teresa Peterson works a nine-hour day, supporting a team of professionals working phones, building heat maps for her client’s account-based marketing program and staying on top of sales leads until…

Women in Tech

This Facebook leader is encouraging women in tech to ‘pay it forward’

By Kylie Anderson Feb 1, 2019

The last decade has seen conversations around diversity and inclusion in the tech industry reach fever pitch. Pushback against historical imbalances in workplace demographics coincided with Hollywood’s steps to rectify its own gender disparities…

Infra

Workload automation makes microservices apps boss of infra

By R. Danes Feb 1, 2019

Application-centric information technology is putting resources like compute, network and storage in their place. New application architectures like microservices and containers (a virtualized method for running distributed apps) are saying, “Jump,” while infrastructure answers, “How…

the latest

With DataSense acquisition, Microsoft doubles down on the education market

How Liz Centoni makes sure Cisco has a seat at the IoT table

After months of rumors, team chat leader Slack files for IPO

Bitcoin is now in its longest-ever bear run

Data stolen in hack of home improvement site Houzz

$190M in cryptocurrency vanishes in potential QuadrigaCX exchange ‘exit scam’

Workload automation makes microservices apps boss of infra

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