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Box Shield, mobile app upgrades on the way

Among a slew of coming upgrades, Box Inc. goes after Microsoft's government business with FedRAMP High certification.

By Don Fluckinger • Sept. 16, 2020

Faster iPads unveiled at Apple Event

At this week's Apple Event, the company unveiled an iPad Air powered by the company's fastest A14 processor. Apple also introduced the eighth-generation iPad.

By Mike Gleason • Sept. 16, 2020

Nvidia’s Arm Limited buy could shake mobile industry

Nvidia announced a $40 billion deal to buy chip designer Arm Limited. Now, it must convince regulators and smartphone makers that it will keep the company neutral.

By Mike Gleason • Sept. 15, 2020

Don’t risk your business internationally with noncompliance

Companies need to ensure they take compliance seriously when expanding internationally. They need to make sure they are compliant in countries by understanding regulations.

By Paul Sleath • Sept. 14, 2020

Android 11 release raises separation of work, personal data

The new Android 11 release keeps work and personal information separate, while limited permissions give users greater control of their data.

By Mike Gleason • Sept. 14, 2020

Air Force sets new course on digital skills training

The U.S. Air Force has agreements with multiple learning management vendors to upgrade its technical training. It wants its personnel to use the same tools as the private sector.

By Patrick Thibodeau • Sept. 14, 2020

VDI vs. RDS: What are the differences?

The difference between a VDI and an RDS desktop may be small for users, but for IT, the decision of how to host its virtual desktops is extremely important.

By John Powers • Sept. 14, 2020

How to troubleshoot common VDI issues

VDI administrators must be adept at troubleshooting various VDI issues. Sufficient planning can prevent some, but IT should be prepared to deal with a few common issues.

By Robert Sheldon • Sept. 14, 2020

Zoom launches two-factor authentication

Video conferencing company Zoom has introduced two-factor authentication, a feature already available in competing products from Cisco and Microsoft.

By Maxim Tamarov • Sept. 11, 2020

Real-life look at SAP intelligent RPA uses, benefits, limitations

SAP intelligent RPA works with the SAP ecosystem to help automate time-consuming processes. Learn what intelligent RPA is, how some companies are using it and a few of its limitations.

By George Lawton • Sept. 11, 2020

Slack leans on Connect for future growth

Slack executives tout Slack Connect as a source of additional revenue over the next four months. The collaboration company reported this week slowing revenue growth.

By Maxim Tamarov • Sept. 10, 2020

Episerver to buy Optimizely, adds to CMS, e-commerce suite

As Episerver evolves into a digital experience platform under new leadership, the company adds native A/B testing functionality by acquiring Optimizely.

By Don Fluckinger • Sept. 10, 2020

The human resources career path: From HR assistant to CHRO

HR's role has slowly gained more recognition as a strategic business partner. Learn about the typical HR career path and why technology is more important to the career than ever before.

By Rachel Meltzer • Sept. 10, 2020

AWS: Cloud migration doesn’t require a move to S/4HANA

The AWS approach for migrating SAP systems to the public cloud doesn't emphasize a move to S/4HANA but enables customers to go at their own pace.

By Jim O'Donnell • Sept. 10, 2020

Reimagining the future of conference rooms, post-COVID-19

Before employees are comfortable going back into conference rooms, companies will need technology to help them rethink the future of conference room design.

By David Maldow • Sept. 9, 2020

RPA and AI strengthen weak links in supply chain workflows

Instead of an all-or-nothing approach to supply chain automation, RPA is most effective when targeted at subprocesses to improve high-volume, repetitive, error-prone tasks.

By George Lawton • Sept. 9, 2020

Webex vs. Zoom vs. Teams: Consider future needs, innovation

As organizations evaluate unified communications products from Cisco, Zoom and Microsoft, they should consider how the vendors are investing in their respective products.

By Luke O'Neill • Sept. 9, 2020

Lower prices could bolster declining global smartphone sales

Lower prices, the buildout of 5G networks and the eventual need for device replacement could help pull global smartphone sales out of their current funk.

By Mike Gleason • Sept. 8, 2020

SAP sets alternatives to master/slave, blacklist/whitelist

SAP is making language for documentation, training materials and user interfaces and on websites more inclusive.

By Patrick Thibodeau • Sept. 8, 2020

Supply chain-customer service partnership is vital

A company's success depends on a supply chain that can meet customers' expectations. To do that well, supply chain leaders must partner with their customer service counterparts.

By Linda Rosencrance • Sept. 8, 2020

Salesforce e-commerce capabilities to expand with Mobify

Salesforce beefs up its headless e-commerce platform capabilities for enterprise retail customers with the acquisition of Mobify, a Canadian headless commerce hosting vendor.

By Don Fluckinger • Sept. 8, 2020

6 ways VDI can benefit your business

As with any technology implementation, VDI requires a careful cost-benefit analysis. Evaluate these VDI benefits to determine whether it's a good fit for the business.

By Stephen Bigelow • Sept. 8, 2020

How does Citrix work on a Chromebook?

Organizations looking for cost-effective laptops may consider Chromebooks, but IT must learn if these endpoints can coexist with existing business technologies, such as Citrix.

By Marius Sandbu • Sept. 8, 2020

TikTok data could be gold mine for ERP, HR systems

TikTok's data and AI tech may have applications beyond marketing. That could be why Microsoft and Oracle, two enterprise tech powerhouses, may be interested in the company.

By Patrick Thibodeau • Sept. 8, 2020

Emerging Genesys cloud strategy makes Amazon friend and foe

Amid a leadership change, Genesys retools cloud strategy, adds partnerships with Infosys, Adobe and others as its relationship to Amazon and AWS veers toward 'co-opetition.'

By Don Fluckinger • Sept. 3, 2020