Enterprise Applications

7-Eleven takes a big gulp of customer data

The ubiquitous convenience store chain updates its loyalty program from punch cards to a mobile app for super-frequent patrons


Walmart seduced by false promise of drone delivery

Like Amazon, Walmart wants to try drone deliveries. Here's why it still won't work.

NASA: “Great Pumpkin” asteroid to zip by Earth on Halloween

NASA says sky watchers would need at least a small telescope to view the 1,300-foot-wide asteroid

Microsoft unveils new betas for SQL Server 2016, Azure Data Lake services

Announcements are another step in the company's big data push

Outlook for iOS and Android gets a subtle redesign as Microsoft moves to unite email apps

Sunrise Calendar will be subsumed into the app in the future

Cybersecurity careers: Where are the women?

Ratheon studies paint pretty ugly picture of millennials in the cybersecurity realm

The rise of big data marketplaces

Pretty soon, curated data will be traded as a commodity along with goods and services

Mozilla will donate $1 million to open-source projects

5 things you need to know about Microsoft’s new Office 2016

New collaboration, help features are here to boost Microsoft's new productivity suite

Oracle lays out plans for the next Java generation

In celebrating Java's 20 years, former Sun CEO McNealy laments James Gosling's departure from Oracle