• WhatsApp Debuts Its Business App

    Social Networking Tool Caters to Small Companies WhatsApp is expanding into the corporate world with a new business-focused app. The move will be welcome news to small and medium enterprises ...

  • Google’s Big Cloud Expansion

    Adds More Hubs and Pipes to Boost Its Cloud Business   Last week, Google announced that it will expand its cloud infrastructure by introducing five new regions and unveiled plans ...

  • Security, AI and Microsoft Are Shaping the Digital Workplace

    CCS Insight's IT Buyer Survey Points to Further Market Shifts Results from CCS Insight's latest annual survey of IT buyers in businesses once again revealed wide-ranging shifts in challenges, priorities ...

  • Alexa Dons a Suit

    Alexa for Business Gives Enterprise a Voice Last week, at its AWS re:Invent conference, Amazon introduced Alexa for Business. As the name suggests, the service repurposes the company's popular Echo ...

  • Dreamforce 2017 Shows Progress in Salesforce’s Push into AI

    Company Steps Up Investment in Einstein Platform A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending Salesforce's annual Dreamforce event in San Francisco. The event saw an astonishing 170,000 ...

  • Supercomputing-as-a-Service

    Microsoft Partners with Cray to Fast-Track Computations Cloud computing, the business of renting computer power and other technology infrastructure, has become a standard and convenient service allowing enterprises to easily ...

  • iPads and Jet Engines

    Apple and GE Ally on Industrial Apps and Employee IT Apple and General Electric (GE) announced a two-part enterprise partnership on 18 October 2017. One part of the deal makes ...

  • Employees Expect AI to Have Big Impact on Jobs

    Employee Technology Survey Highlights Workplace Trends for 2017 In July 2017, we surveyed 650 employees in the US and Western Europe about their attitudes to technology in the workplace. Topics ...

  • Microsoft Showcases Its AI Leadership

    Strategy Addresses Ethics and Human Aspects of Artificial Intelligence Last week, I attended a Microsoft event in London to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its research centre in Cambridge. The ...

  • CCS Insight’s Predictions in Review

    How Have Our Expectations Fared over the Past Year? This year, on 15 November, we will unveil our 12th set of predictions for the coming years in the mobile, media ...