

Sharon Gaudin
Sharon Gaudin is an experienced technology and science reporter.

Enterprises being won over by speed, effectiveness of network automation
It’s early days, but network automation is gaining ground as enterprises look to streamline network device management, reduce human error and speed problem resolution.

As the internet turns 50, experts weigh future advances and emerging issues
The next 50 years may bring pervasive connectivity, brain-computer interfaces and walled-off areas of the internet.

Should your next big hire be a chief A.I. officer?
As companies increasingly turn to artificial intelligence to make sense of big data, communicate with customers, and find answers to vexing questions, some say it's time to think about hiring a chief A.I. officer.

Five pitfalls to avoid when migrating to the cloud
These stumbles and losses could cause business execs to back off from a bigger cloud migration. It also could cause execs to lose faith in their IT leaders.

A.I. in the driver’s seat with the enterprise
Artificial intelligence will be a critical driver of the U.S. economy. See what IBM’s Watson is doing at GlaxoSmithKline, Staples and 1-800-Flowers.

Enterprises get to work in the cloud
Companies are using the cloud for digital transformation, research and collaboration, and more are moving critical workloads there.

Good-bye Internet pioneers. Hello, Oath?
After its acquisition of Yahoo wraps up, Verizon plans to place AOL and Yahoo under the umbrella of a new company, called Oath.

After political Twitter bot revelation, are companies at risk?
With reports of Russia using social media and bots to push fake news to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election, questions are arising over how these same tactics could be used against an enterprise.

Privacy activist wants to unveil lawmakers' browser histories
When members of Congress approved a resolution that would toss out significant online privacy protections, one Internet user decided to do something about it.

Coders and librarians team up to save scientific data
A group of students, computer programmers and other volunteers gathered on a snowy night at a former mill in Dover, N.H., to participate in a nationwide data rescue effort to archive scientific data that could be lost.
After rocky tenure, Mayer to leave Yahoo 'tarnished'
After nearly five rocky years as CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer will be leaving her post with something of a tarnished image.