Hardware and software

Information Builders, Salesforce, Sisense and Microsoft are among the top providers of analytics software, according to a new report from Nucleus Research.

Getting started with RPA may look different from business to business, but designing a proof-of-concept project is often the best way to jumpstart RPA efforts in your organization.

Organizations that do not embrace modern business automation will flounder and struggle to survive, with approximately half of organizations recently surveyed saying they see automation as key to delivering a rapid rate of change.

IBM agreed to acquire software maker Red Hat Inc. in a $33.4 billion bet on jump-starting its efforts to catch up in the cloud.

While several emerging technologies are grabbing plenty of headlines this year, there are many “digital disruptions” that may catch chief information officers off guard.

Applications architect, author and Apache Software Foundation board member Ted Dunning outlines some of the habits and modern approaches highly successful teams use and others can leverage to get their own AI and analytics systems into production.

At EY, we are engaged in research about the technological and societal “revolution” that will succeed our current Digital Age, which is being called the Neuro Society era.

Coming off its best hiring month in July, the U.S. information technology sector was unable to maintain that positive momentum in August, and overall hiring is now essentially flat.

There are more than a few IT execs leading their firms’ move to speed and innovation in customer experience. VGZ Cooperative is one such firm where this is happening in spades.

Organizations risk wasting millions of dollars in the next 12 months, as they rush into flawed digital projects, according to a new study.

IT organizations' expanding role includes both innovation initiatives and keeping core systems running effectively.

Traditional approaches are way too time consuming and they miss the big picture.

Recent IT job studies continue to paint a tight labor market for certain high-demand jobs such as IT security pros, data scientists and software developers.

Open-source products are increasingly important for data management, although not all offerings are growing at the same rate.

Agent portals are a key component of an insurer’s system toolbox.

By most accounts, the U.S. economy is strong and Wall Street continues to trade at record levels. But several recent studies claim that wages are not rising to keep pace with overall economic gains. How is that impacting software development jobs, which continue to be among the most in-demand?

The largest premiums paid out to IT pros over the past 12 months went to those involved with apps development tools and platforms, at 4 percent for the 92 skills tracked.

Many firms are their own worse enemy at landing and keeping key staff such as software developers, data scientists and cyber security pros.

Rather than stifle digital transformation, limited resources can motivate any company ready to think beyond the past, willing to find partners outside traditional vendors, and eager to be agile and creative.

Members of the Society for Information Management offer their advice on how to best plan and launch an initiative, and who in the organization needs to be involved.