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With its decision to introduce powerful new data protection tools for iMessage and to enable users to encrypt more of their information in iCloud, Apple has set the scene for security to be the big trend in tech in the year ahead. rupixen Given Apple’s big moves this week to roll out new data protection tools for iMessage and allow users to encrypt more of their data in iCloud, it seems obvious that security is going to be a major Apple […]

For most people, most of the time, a mainstream Windows PC delivers all the performance you need. But for high-end users (and gamers) the devil is in the details. Robby Green / Flickr I was at a meeting in New York this week with a major PC vendor, and one of the things the company’s sales data shows is that people who should be buying workstations — or even gaming machines — are buying mainstream Windows PCs instead. (The focus […]

In an email sent to employees, the low-code platform’s CEO said the cuts were a result of “taking a hard look at our efforts in the current market environment.” By Charlotte Trueman Staff Writer, Computerworld | Low-code platform Airtable has announced it would be laying off 254 employees across business development, engineering and other teams, around 20% of its workforce. In an internal email first seen by the layoff tracker Layoffs.fyi (which is built on Airtable), Airtable founder and CEO […]

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Over the next few weeks, Google will make available two new features for its popular Chrome browser — one that reduces memory use when multiple tabs are open and another uses an energy-saving mode when a laptop battery is low. By Lucas Mearian Senior Reporter, Computerworld | Google’s Chrome browser has long been plagued by memory system-sucking issues — especially when multiple tabs are open — but the world’s most popular browser today got an upgrade to optimize both device battery power […]

Kandji has enhanced its existing MDM platform, so I reached out to Weldon Dodd, the company’s senior vice president for product strategy, to learn more. The busy Apple-in-the-enterprise space continues to generate new products and services. Case in point: Kandji, which has enhanced its existing Mobile Device Management (MDM) platform with Declarative Device Management. I caught up with, Weldon Dodd, the company’s senior vice president for product strategy, for the details. What’s new in Device Harmony? Apple says there are nearly […]

At Salesforce’s World Tour NYC event, the cloud-based CRM software maker announced new tools to drive sales teams’ speed and efficiency. By Charlotte Trueman Staff Writer, Computerworld | Salesforce is offering new Slack and Sales Cloud integration capabilities, designed to help sales teams drive productivity and efficiency while providing cost savings. The new offerings, announced at the Salesforce World Tour NYC event on Thursday, comprise a productivity bundle that is on offer to customers at a discounted rate until mid-January, […]

The newest research project from OpenAI is actually interesting — and already useful. Before long, AI like this will transform business communications. By Mike Elgan Contributing Columnist, Computerworld | Thinkstock AI chatbot experts are all talking about — and talking to — a newish research project from artificial intelligence research organization OpenAI. It’s called ChatGPT. (OpenAI, a San Francisco-based non-profit AI research lab founded in December 2015, is the same organization behind the DALL-E image generation technology.) Conceptually, ChatGPT can […]

Atlassian seeks to double down on its vision for IT service management with features to help devops, IT, support and business teams work together in a more seamless way. By Charlotte Trueman Staff Writer, Computerworld | Gorodenkoff / Shutterstock Atlassian Thursday unveiled a slew of new features for Jira Service Management—its IT service management (ITSM) offering—providing support and development teams with new automation capabilities, virtual agent technology and on-the-go incident response.   Speaking ahead of the company’s annual High-Velocity ITSM […]

Apple has rolled out a number of security features that will now offer end-to-end encryption to protect data, including backups, contacts, notes, photos, and wallet passes. The company also announced hardware Security Keys for Apple ID. By Lucas Mearian Senior Reporter, Computerworld | Apple today introduced several new security features focused on fending off threats to user data in the cloud, including end-to-end encryption for backups for iCloud users. Along with end-to-end encryption for iCloud, Apple’s cloud storage and computing platform, the […]

In light of recent geopolitical unrest and COVID-19 lockdowns by the Chinese government, Apple appears to be ramping up plans to move more iPhone and MacBook production out of China to reduce risk. India, Taiwan and Vietnam are all likely alternatives. By Lucas Mearian Senior Reporter, Computerworld | Apple’s global supply chain management strategy appears to be shifting quickly to reduce its dependence on China for iPhone and MacBook product assembly. The move is part of a larger trend toward […]

But the company’s current challenges will eventually become lessons learned as leadership reimagines Apple’s business for a changing age. Apple’s iPhone production problems in China add yet another chapter to the collapse of previous supply chain models, ongoing political tension and exposure to disaster; all have underlined the need to diversify across every aspect of manufacturing to become more resilient. Crisis management is no dawdle The impact of these challenges on Apple means the company has perhaps lost millions of […]

After business groups argued that proposed legislation to curb use of Chinese-made semiconductors would hurt national security, lawmakers amended it—but a final vote and the president’s approval of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is still to come. By Charlotte Trueman Staff Writer, Computerworld | mcdustelroy / DKosig / Getty Images The US Congress is rolling back proposed legislation that would place restrictions on the use of Chinese-made chips by the government and its contractors, after  companies argued that […]

A compliance fight between Microsoft and German regulatory authorities has gotten white hot, though it looks as though any penalties might bypass the company and take aim at its customers. Andreus / Getty Images If there are two things that should never mix, it’s cybersecurity/privacy compliance and corporate politics. And yet, that’s at the heart of a compliance fight between Microsoft and German authorities that might wind up punishing the company’s customers.  The German Datenschutzkonferenz — the regulatory body entrusted to […]

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Business-ready notebooks come in all shapes, sizes, and prices. Here’s how to pick the best laptops for all your users, whether you’re leasing or buying outright. By Brian Nadel Contributing Writer, Computerworld | YanLev/Shutterstock Table of Contents What to look for in a business laptop Mainstream laptops Budget laptops Ultraslim laptops Tablet/laptop hybrids Mobile workstations Rugged laptops Business laptops compared: Key specs and more Show More They may be part and parcel of everyday business, but with hundreds of business-oriented […]

Rackspace’s hosting for Exchange servers remained offline Tuesday after an outage Friday that the company now ascribes to a ransomware attack. By Jon Gold Senior Writer, Network World | Timofeev Vladimir / Shutterstock Cloud services and hosting provider Rackspace Technology acknowledged Tuesday that a recent incident that took most of its Hosted Exchange email server business offline was the product of a ransomware attack. The company shut the service down last Friday. It was not, initially, clear what had caused […]

The UK’s amended Online Safety Bill covers services available in the country even if they are based elsewhere. But what does the bill entail, and if passed, how will it affect companies that conduct business online? By Charlotte Trueman Staff Writer, Computerworld | Getty Images Three years and four prime ministers after the UK government first published its Online Harms white paper—the basis for the current Online Safety Bill—the Conservative Party’s ambitious attempt at internet regulation has found its way […]

Apple today gave developers 700 additional price points they can use when setting prices for their apps in the company’s App Store. Apple As we head toward the end of the year, Apple has responded to one of the more frequent requests its App Store developers make in the form of more flexibility when it comes to setting prices. Developers will also gain new flexibility to manage pricing globally and can expect additional tools, which Apple will begin rolling out today […]

Less than a week after co-CEO Bret Taylor said he would be departing Salesforce, Slack’s founder has also announced his decision to leave the company. By Charlotte Trueman Staff Writer, Computerworld | Slack / Mudassir Ali Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield has announced he will be stepping down from the company in January. The news comes less than a week after Salesforce’s co-CEO, Bret Taylor, said he would be departing the company at the end of the fiscal quarter. Salesforce acquired […]

The UK government has legislation in the works that will formalize flexible working, increasing the number of remote-work requests workers are entitled to and shortening the time employers have to respond. By Charlotte Trueman Staff Writer, Computerworld | Valentin Russanov / Getty Images The UK government is backing proposed legislation that would give workers the right to request flexible working arrangements from day one of their employment. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw millions of workers start […]

If you’re thinking about what tech gifts you can hand out this year, take a step back and think about what’s really important: hardware upgrades and tech support. Technology is typically not something I give as gifts at the holiday season. In a pinch, I will ask what a person wants, or offer them cash or a check towards a purchase — but to buy someone a tech gift outright? No. Because whatever I give might not work with what […]

Apple may soon get about a third of its processors from a soon-to-open TSMC chip plant in Arizona — a sign that “Made in America” could once again the a slogan for the semiconductor industry. But Taiwan and China will still lead the world in chip production for now. By Lucas Mearian Senior Reporter, Computerworld | GlobalFoundaries Apple is expected to get about one-third of its future processors from a new semiconductor fabrication facility set to be in production in […]

Modern business environments rely on iPhones, iPads, Macs, WindowsPCs and more. The days of a pure, single-platform environment are over. Apple’s growing status in enterprise IT expands just a little more with news that cross-platform device management company JumpCloud,now offers its service via Amazon’s AWS marketplace. Identity, platform agnosticism, and the future of IT While this tidbit is probably of most interest to IT admins running multiple platforms — and certainly to enterprises that use AWS — it should also be seen […]

Biometrics are supposed to be a fundamental pillar of modern authentication. Unfortunately, for a wide range of reasons and in a variety of ways, many biometric implementations are wildly inaccurate. Thinkstock Biometrics is supposed to be one of the underpinnings of a modern authentication system. But many biometric implementations (whether that be fingerprint scanes or face recognition) can be wildly inaccurate, and the only universally positive thing to say about them is they’re better than nothing. Also — and this may […]

Layoffs are expected in multiple locations and departments including IT, and will affect all levels of employees, according to sources. By Apurva Venkat Principal Correspondent, Computerworld | Amazon plans to lay off as many as 20,000 employees across the company in the coming months, including  distribution center workers, technology staff and corporate executives—about twice as many as previously reported—as the retail and cloud computing giant retrenches after going on a hiring spree during the pandemic. Amazon employees are ranked from […]

Collaborative environments, training, and experiences such as virtual visitor and product tours will dominate the first wave of enterprise Apple xrOS development. Getty Images While we must wait and see what the tangible enterprise benefits of Apple’s next big product introduction will be, the company has given up on Reality when it comes to the name of the operating system that drives its mixed/augmented reality glasses, according to a new report.  No longer RealityOS, now it’s xrOS We had originally […]

After four years, Maersk is shuttering its blockchain experiment aimed at creating an efficient and inexpensive method for tracking global shipments. While blockchain consortiums may struggle, enhanced blockchain-as-a-service offerings still have a future. By Lucas Mearian Senior Reporter, Computerworld | The impending shutdown of one of the largest digital shipping tracking ledgers is likely a sign that costly customized enterprise blockchain projects managed by consortiums are doomed — and have been for a long time. “They only succeed when all […]

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Companies looking to modernize how they manage content in the enterprise are embracing an integrated content services approach. By Keith Shaw Contributing Writer, Computerworld | ipopba / Getty Images As digital technologies have transformed the way people create, move, and store their data over the decades, managing the multitude of physical documents and digital data produced by a company has remained an ongoing challenge for businesses. Technologies such as cloud-based apps and services, along with regulatory requirements around the storage […]