What Were The Top News Stories Of 2016?
Submitted by Rick Whiting on
10. IT And The 2016 Election
The biggest story of the year in the U.S. was the 2016 election and Donald Trump's unexpected victory to become the nation's 45th president. And information technology, from Hillary Clinton's controversial email server to Russia's alleged hacking of Democratic National Committee (DNC) servers, were often part of the headlines.
Clinton's use of a private email server was an issue throughout the year as critics charged her with putting national security at risk. While the FBI did not bring criminal charges, FBI Director James Comey called Clinton's actions "extremely careless, " and solution providers said the issue should serve as a warning to businesses.
With the election over, the IT industry wondered what impact Trump's economic and technology policies would have. Earlier this month Cisco Systems CEO Chuck Robbins said Trump's tax repatriation plan would spur massive growth for Cisco and its partners. On Dec. 14, Trump met with leaders of some of the industry's biggest companies as tech execs sought to get their agenda in front of the president-elect.
And in December controversy erupted when the CIA concluded that Russian hacks of DNC emails might have aided Trump's election, leading to calls for investigations of the security of the country's election systems.
