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GRIMM Launches Michigan Cybersecurity Research Lab (HITS)

GRIMM announced the opening of its new Grand Rapids, MI-based cybersecurity research lab. GRIMM’s new facility will enable the company to work more closely on cybersecurity initi... More

Dilkin to Lead Kroll’s Cybersecurity Business in Brazil (HITS)

Kroll today announced the appointment of Dani Dilkin as an Associate Managing Director in its Cyber Security and Investigations practice. Based in the firm's office in São Paulo, ... More

Blockchain Could Be the Answer to Cybersecurity – Maybe (WSJ)

One of the most promising cybersecurity tools that exists today is something many people have heard about but few fully understand: blockchain technology.... More

8 Biggest IT Management Mistakes (CIO)

When you're in charge of enterprise technology, the risks are much higher and the fallout from mistakes can be much worse. ... More

Should Companies Let Employees Use Social Media at Work? (WSJ)

Social-media use has become the norm in the U.S., with around 7-in-10 Americans now using platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to connect with others, share news and info... More

Cloud Security: The Reason Hackers Have it So Easy Will Infuriate You (Fast Company)

You would think that the safeguarding of customer passwords and other credentials would be a top priority for IT professionals, but as we all know from repeated reports of data bre... More

Wipro Infra Sets Up Industrial Automation Unit in India (Economic Times)

Wipro Infrastructure Engineering, a part of Wipro, has set up an industrial automation unit to gain a large pie of the near $400 million manufacturing automation market for IT serv... More

Talking to Machines: The UX of Virtual Conversation (Adobe Blog)

Some of the common problems with today’s AI-powered voice assistants are recognizing different accents and unfamiliar or complex words with many syllables.... More

OpenText, Opel Automobile GmbH Partner on Pay Management (HITS)

OpenText announced that Opel Automobile GmbH (Opel) has selected OpenText to digitize the organization's payment management processes, streamlining the information flow and payment... More

The Search for Women Who Want Cybersecurity Careers (WSJ)

There is a shortage of workers in cybersecurity and a shortage of women in tech jobs. New efforts to get girls interested in cybersecurity are aimed at tackling both of those probl... More

The Next Privacy Battle in Europe is Over This New Law (NY Times)

These industry alarms are not over the General Data Protection Regulation. Instead, the cause is an even stricter privacy law that’s pending — the tech industry’s next regula... More

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IBM Pledges $30 Million for Techies to Fight Natural Disasters (Fortune)

IBM is committing $30 million over five years to a global initiative aimed at addressing social challenges, like natural disaster relief, the company said. The donation will, in pa... More

IBM Releases Cloud Private for Data (ZDNet)

In the latest twist to the "data warehouse in a box" saga, IBM is taking the wraps off its Cloud Private for Data (a.k.a., ICP for Data) offering that it first announced back in Ma... More

How Adobe’s CIO is Turning Her Team Into Customer and Employee Experience Orchestrators (CMO)

Adobe’s CIO, Cynthia Stoddard, is so committed to ensuring employee experiences are as personalised and strong as customer experiences, she’s dedicated one of her team leaders ... More

Wipro Localizing More in U.S. (Financial Express)

Wipro is “localising more” in the US and more than half of its workforce in the country now consists of locals, the company’s Chief Strategy Officer Rishad Premji said, asser... More

Expert System Advances Artificial Intelligence for the Insurance Sector (HITS)

Expert System continues its growth strategy. By consolidating the position of its Cogito® technology in high-potential vertical markets, the company today released new products fo... More

Microsoft Azure VP Details Cloud Forecast (Forbes)

Corporate vice president of Microsoft Windows Azure Jason Zander spoke at a private press briefing in London recently to explain that the focus from Microsoft when it considers how... More

LiveTiles Acquires AI Company (ARNnet)

Australian cloud-based digital workplace software vendor LiveTiles has announced the acquisition of next generation employee profile and directory management software company Hyper... More

Why Cloud Customer Success is New Top Priority for Salesforce, Microsoft, Workday, SAP, Oracle (Forbes)

Cloud computing is changing the expectations of customers and the requirements for cloud vendors—and as the cloud continues to move rapidly into the mainstream of global business... More

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