Decade in review: Reflections on the last 10 years in the tech industry
As we enter a new decade, some thoughts on the evolution of technology leadership over the last 10 years.
Decade in Review
This TechRepublic series looks back at the tech from 2010 – 2019 and shines a light on the most note-worthy products, services, innovations, leaders, and data breaches, as well as the biggest flops. We’ll cover Microsoft, Apple, programming languages, open source, cloud, tech jobs, smart cities, and more.
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Image: OSS Software Best open source innovations of the decade
Kubernetes, LibreOffice, and Firefox Quantum are just three of the open source innovations from the 2010s that Jack Wallen highlights in this decade in review article.
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Image: Getty Images Hardware Top 5 ways Apple failed businesses in the 2010s
The 2010s weren't perfect for Apple, despite the fact the company introduced a variety of successful new products, including the iPad. Here are five ways Apple failed businesses.
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Image: Jack Wallen Software 8 of the worst open source innovations of the decade
Open source innovations aren't all successes. Jack Wallen shares his picks for the biggest open source failures of the 2010s.
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Image: Denys Prykhodov / Getty Images Hardware Apple’s 5 most important business products of the decade
Apple introduced a paradigm-shifting product in 2010--the iPad--and it didn't stop there. Here are the top five Apple business products from 2010-2019.
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Image: TechRepublic CXO Decade in review: Software developers and cloud architects in demand and well paid
Employers had to go all out to find and keep DevOps and site reliability engineers by the end of the 2010s.
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Image: uriz, Getty Images/iStockphoto Software The open source decade, fueled by cloud and GitHub
Commentary: The last decade has been open source's most productive by far. Find out why Matt Asay considers it a Cambrian explosion of choice and innovation.
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Image: Sarah Tew/CNET Mobility 10 biggest Android flops of the decade
Android hasn't always been such a shining example of a mobile platform—it's had a fair share of flops. Let's take a look at the worst Android missteps from 2010-2019.
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Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Hardware The 10 most important enterprise hardware developments of the decade
Learn more about the concepts that made a big impact in the business realm.
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Image: daoleduc, Getty Images/iStockphoto Security The 10 most important cyberattacks of the decade
After a number of devastating breaches and hacks, the sheer size of data lost is no longer the only indicator of severity.
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Image: Apple Software Apple’s 5 most important business services of the decade
Technological advancements proliferated throughout the 2010s, and Apple professionals were no strangers to business innovations; these five Apple services stand out.
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Image: Iurii Motov, Getty Images/iStockphoto Cloud The best Software as a Service (SaaS) companies of the 2010s decade
Thousands of SaaS companies provide cloud services to customers all over the world, but some stood out from the crowd during the decade that started with 2010.
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Image: Noah Berger/Salesforce CXO 15 most influential tech leaders of the decade
Here are 15 visionaries who have changed how we work and, in some cases, how we live, in the past decade.
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Image: iStockphoto/metamorworks Cloud The most important cloud advances of the decade
The technology gained momentum in the 2010s as companies started moving workloads off premises and cloud giants emerged.
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Image: iStockphoto/chombosan Digital Transformation The top technologies that enabled digital transformation this decade
These technologies enable enterprises to digitally transform the way people interact with each other and their surroundings.