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5 Cloud App Trends To Expect In 2013
We'll see more mobile options and embedded analytics, of course, but surprises will include growth in financial apps and big-data insights.
Oracle Q2 Results: Ellison Spins On Sun
CEO Larry Ellison talks up Oracle's Sun acquisition even as hardware sales slide 23%. Software sales rise.
Cloud Computing: Best And Worst News Of 2012
What were the key developments for enterprise cloud computing this year? Let's look at four big wins -- and three setbacks.
7 Ways Outsourcing Has Changed
The old role of outsourcers -- doing repetitive stuff overseas because it is a lot cheaper -- is history. See what's coming to take its place.
Why Amazon's Cloud Business Is Like Kindle Sales
Amazon Web Services is cheap upfront, and Amazon only gets paid if people keep using it, CEO Bezos says.
Mark Hurd Interview: Oracle Leading Or Following?
Oracle President Mark Hurd talks strategy with InformationWeek's Fritz Nelson and some CIO customers. Watch the interview and read our analysis.
Social Networks Continue Push For Control
The Internet was supposed to facilitate direct connections between individuals and disempower gatekeepers. Instead, it has become a massive...
Cloud Collaboration Tools: Big Hopes, Big Needs
Cloud-based collaboration tools give enterprises valuable advantages, but vendors must step up now to answer some key questions on security and...
Celtics, Nets Score With Unified Communications
NBA teams' IT executives explain how and why they decided among on-premises, hybrid and hosted technology services.
SAP Clings To A Dated Cloud Apps Strategy
As cloud vendors Salesforce.com, NetSuite and Workday look toward larger companies, SAP courts small and midsize firms.
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Zynga Regroups In Quest For Profit
January 03, 2013Online game maker confirms it eliminated 11 underperforming titles, aims to shore up stock price in 2013.
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Google Pushes Paperless Pledge
January 03, 2013Give up paper, Google suggests, and live in the cloud.
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5 Cloud App Trends To Expect In 2013
January 02, 2013We'll see more mobile options and embedded analytics, of course, but surprises will include growth in financial apps and big-data insights.
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Amazon Outage Scrooges Netflix, Heroku
December 27, 2012Amazon Web Services suffers a second holiday services disruption and the fourth outage of 2012.
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Cloud Jobs: 7 Million In 3 Years, IDC Says
December 21, 2012Microsoft-sponsored IDC report says there are currently 1.7 million open cloud positions just waiting to be filled.
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Oracle Q2 Results: Ellison Spins On Sun
December 19, 2012CEO Larry Ellison talks up Oracle's Sun acquisition even as hardware sales slide 23%. Software sales rise.
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Teambox Bundles Box Storage With Social Collaboration
December 18, 2012Project-oriented social collaboration tool Teambox offers Box integration along with 15 gigabytes per user of free storage.
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7 Ways Outsourcing Has Changed
December 18, 2012The old role of outsourcers -- doing repetitive stuff overseas because it is a lot cheaper -- is history. See what's coming to take its place.
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Google Shuts Down 11 Services
December 17, 2012Google continues to weed out less popular products in order to "put more wood behind fewer arrows."
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CA's New CEO Faces Big Balancing Act
December 14, 2012Michael Gregoire expected to set a more entrepreneurial style as CA continues transition from mainframe products to cloud and virtual systems.
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