Enterprise Applications

IBM Watson wants to do your tax returns

IBM Watson teams with H&R Block tax service; watch for the Super Bowl commercial

In major AI win, Libratus beats four top poker pros

Libratus, artificial intelligence developed by Carnegie Mellon University, has beaten four of the best heads-up no-limit Texas hold'em poker players in the world in a 20-day competition. Its mastery of imperfect information suggests a multitude of r

Avi Networks shows you don’t need special hardware to load balance

Another infrastructure aspect that proves software can do much of what hardware does

Google open-sources Chrome browser for iOS

Complications involving the required tie-in to Apple’s WebKit engine had prevented the move in the past

What enterprise software developers can learn from consumer apps

With employees frustrated by complex, confusing enterprise apps, companies have been taking cues from consumer world and mobile-first development approach to eliminate paperwork and bolster ROI.

How to make PC security alerts better? Make them twirl, jiggle

Introducing small, but noticeable changes, can make the alerts more useful and harder to ignore.

Juniper battles Cisco, Huawei with new cloud infrastructure software, switches

Application monitoring becomes table stakes in the digital age

The lofty premium Cisco paid for AppDynamics underscores the importance of application performance monitoring software, which customers such as United Airlines use to support flight operations and passenger services.

Slack finally launches its enterprise edition

The company’s new tools let businesses manage several teams together

Office 365 could give Microsoft Teams an advantage over Slack

A new survey finds that Microsoft Teams is off to a strong start, but there’s a lot of confusion as well as competition in the business communications market — and team chat is only the latest trend.