Stories by Katherine Noyes

NetSfere promises enterprise messaging with end-to-end security

If all the well-publicized hacks over the past year or so have had any effect on the corporate world, it's been to make enterprises more worried than ever about security. Throw in the bring-your-own-device trend, and that concern gets compounded considerably.

Written by Katherine Noyes25 Feb. 15 09:34

Salesforce brings more analytics power to mobile business users

Analytics is not a domain everyone's brain can adapt to easily. Combining statistics, data visualization, operations research, programming savvy and more, the field has relied largely on specialists to make its data-focused interpretations useful in the practical sphere.

Written by Katherine Noyes20 Feb. 15 00:03

New SAP Cloud app targets finance professionals

Hard on the heels of the recent announcement of its next-generation S/4Hana enterprise software platform, SAP has unveiled a new sSoftware-as-a-Service application aimed at finance professionals but delivering a consumer-like experience.

Written by Katherine Noyes19 Feb. 15 07:03

Vint Cerf worries about a 'digital dark age,' and your data could be at risk

In this era of the all-pervasive cloud, it's easy to assume that the data we store will somehow be preserved forever. The only thing to fret about from a posterity perspective, we might think, is the analog information from days gone by -- all the stuff on papers, tapes and other pre-digital formats that haven't been explicitly converted.

Written by Katherine Noyes14 Feb. 15 11:50

How DARPA's Memex search engine could help your business

A "Dark Web" search engine developed by U.S. defense researchers is in the spotlight this week for its use in combating human-trafficking activities, but it could play a role in business, too.

Written by Katherine Noyes13 Feb. 15 12:19

Skytree aims to put machine learning in every data scientist's hands

If you use Siri, Netflix or even Google AdWords, you've already sampled machine learning, whether you realize it or not. Such technology can help companies figure out what you want, what you like, and what you might like in the future.

Written by Katherine Noyes13 Feb. 15 01:01

Corporate IT: Beware the dating apps on your users' phones

Security-conscious IT leaders already have a rocky romance with the BYOD trend, and as Valentine's day approaches it's emerged that lonely-heart employees could be putting company data up for grabs by using dating apps.

Written by Katherine Noyes12 Feb. 15 05:10

Samepage updates its collaboration service with Box, Dropbox support

If there's any trend evident in the collaboration world today, it's the movement away from complexity and toward simplicity. With so many products out there, many of them running simultaneously in a single organization, it's only natural to yearn for something that pares down the options.

Written by Katherine Noyes11 Feb. 15 11:07

Box launches new service for security-conscious enterprises

Few would deny the appeal of the cloud for enterprise file storage and sharing, but for some organizations -- particularly those in heavily regulated industries -- security concerns can outweigh those potential benefits.

Written by Katherine Noyes11 Feb. 15 04:02

Incentive opens its social-collaboration doors to SharePoint

Targeting the legions of SharePoint users in organizations around the globe, Incentive on Monday updated its namesake enterprise collaboration product to provide tight integration with Microsoft's platform.

Written by Katherine Noyes10 Feb. 15 09:46