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SAP Steps Up Visual Analytics, Mobile BI
SAP's renamed Lumira visual module, mobile upgrades and the Hana platform are uniting the customer experience.
Google Compute Engine: Too Little, Too Late?
Google must convince enterprise IT managers that its infrastructure-as-a-service offering is a good fit. I am doubtful that Google is ready.
Windows 8: 4 Things I've Learned
After spending two weeks on a touchscreen laptop, I've revisited my initial assumptions about Windows 8. But don't kid yourself: Joe and Jane user...
Should CIOs Hire Cyber Pinkertons?
If a full-on cyberwar breaks out, what will your company do? Avoid the Internet or hire a cyber Pinkerton?
VMware Hybrid Cloud Plans: Time For Amazon Answer
VMware doesn't like the degree to which customers and partners have been implementing cloud using its products, and it's taking matters into its...
So You Want To Be A CIO? 4 Tips
If you have C-suite aspirations, consider these four pieces of advice from the school of hard knocks.
Google To Apple: Catch Us If You Can
Despite a low-key Google I/O conference this year, Google has transformed itself into a company of fearsome focus.
20 People Who Changed Tech: An Wang
How easy-to-use, single-application systems changed the face of computing, communications and business decision-making.
5 BI Requests IT Groups Must Challenge
If actionable business insight, the stuff of BI legend, is the Mt. Everest summit, know this: There's little point to building or buying a better...
Problem Of Math Educational Software Needs Solution
Math instructional software has failed to teach students how to choose the best strategies to solve numbers problems. Why is that the case?
What's Next In Video Surveillance
Driven by the consumer market, video surveillance is the next big data challenge.
Do Your Due Diligence With The Cloud And PCI
Don't hand over compliance responsibilities when you sign on with a cloud provider.
Ed Tech, Privatization And Plunder
All the reasons to be suspicious of the political-industrial conspiracy against public education and public universities.
Use Social Strategy To Focus Your Leadership, Board
Get your senior team involved in broadening your base, achieving growth and winning mindshare.
Innovation Isn't Working At 4 Out Of 5 Companies
Companies are too afraid of risk, among other factors, according to Accenture.
Vested IT Outsourcing Deals Avert A Catch-22
Customers and suppliers say they value innovation, but most outsourcing relationships end up becoming a race to the bottom. In "vested"...
SAP Vows Hana Is Ready To Run ERP
SAP adapts its Business Suite to Hana in record time, but customers may want more proof of success before migrating mission-critical apps.
Is Software-Defined Storage Right For You?
Data centers have new storage options, but "new" isn't always "better."
Enterprise Data Centers: A Buyer's Market
What can you do with the money you'll save as data center needs decline, thanks to server and compute efficiency advances?
Social Business Not Dead, Just Business As Usual
Social is becoming embedded into applications and business processes. Soon it will cease to be a category.
Why Microsoft Should Make Windows Blue Free
Windows 8's gloomy narrative could be rewritten when Windows Blue arrives later this year. The first step is to give it away for free.
Big Data Alchemy: Turn Info Into Money
Data markets could become a new market category. Here, companies buy, sell or trade data for mutual benefit.
The 2 Faces Of IT In Education
Why IT is still more for classroom logistics than for instruction (no stupidity or wickedness required).
Software Hot, Hardware Not, At EMC World, Interop
The EMC World and Interop conferences showed technology forces reshaping the storage and networking ecosystems and the data center's future --...
MetLife Uses NoSQL For Customer Service Breakthrough
MetLife uses 10Gen's MongoDB database to quickly integrate disparate data and deliver a consolidated view of the customer.
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Rackspace Woos Developers, Fights Sagging Revenue
May 21, 2013Rackspace adds support for SDKs and APIs to its OpenStack Cloud, hoping to encourage developers to use its service.
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APT Attacks Trace To India, Researcher Says
May 21, 2013Multi-year hacking campaign targeted mining companies, legal firms, Pakistan, Angolan dissidents and others in Pakistan, the U.S., Iran, China and...
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Big Data Tool Mimics Human Problem Solving Technique
May 21, 2013Case-based reasoning compares real-time information with past cases to provide companies with the best course of action, says Norwegian firm...
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SAP Steps Up Visual Analytics, Mobile BI
May 21, 2013SAP's renamed Lumira visual module, mobile upgrades and the Hana platform are uniting the customer experience.
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Google Compute Engine: Too Little, Too Late?
May 21, 2013Google must convince enterprise IT managers that its infrastructure-as-a-service offering is a good fit. I am doubtful that Google is ready.
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Windows 8: 4 Things I've Learned
May 21, 2013After spending two weeks on a touchscreen laptop, I've revisited my initial assumptions about Windows 8. But don't kid yourself: Joe and Jane user...
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Should CIOs Hire Cyber Pinkertons?
May 21, 2013If a full-on cyberwar breaks out, what will your company do? Avoid the Internet or hire a cyber Pinkerton?
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Google Hangouts To Support Voice Calls
May 21, 2013An enhanced Google Hangouts offers video chat, texting and photo sharing for free on multiple devices. More change is en route.
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Can Tiny Ophelia Cure Dell's Big PC Woes?
May 20, 2013Dell has struggled to adapt as PCs have lost ground to tablets. Is Ophelia, a pocket-sized computing device coming this summer, a step in the...
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British Cloud Firm Wins Background Check Security Contract
May 20, 2013Skyscape Cloud Services will partner with Indian consulting group Tata to provide security for U.K.'s new online criminal background check system.
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Xperia Z: Sony's Tablet Reboot?
May 20, 2013Sony's new premium Android tablet has a lot going for it. Will it be enough to get Sony back in the tablet game?
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Apple iOS 6 Wins DOD Approval
May 20, 2013Apple devices running iOS 6 join BlackBerrys and Samsung Galaxy devices as approved by DOD for use by military and government workers.
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Yahoo's Mayer Promises: We Won't Ruin Tumblr
May 20, 2013$1.1 billion deal represents Yahoo's bid to win new users and remain relevant.
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Jolla Debuts Smartphone With Sailfish OS
May 20, 2013Group of former Nokia employees have developed a new smartphone that will run Android apps.
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Facebook Ranks Top 'Enterprise' Collaboration Platform
May 20, 2013Businesses beware: Employees prefer using Facebook to SharePoint and other IT-driven collaboration platforms, finds global study by Avanade U.K.
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Yahoo Japan Data Breach: 22M Accounts Exposed
May 20, 2013Yahoo breach could have compromised 10% of all Yahoo user credentials. Meanwhile, Syrian Electronic Army targets The Financial Times.
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Ireland Launches New National Broadband Service
May 20, 2013Network promises speeds of up 70 Mbps and could be in 60% of all businesses and homes by end of 2015.
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Dublin Points Big Data Tech At Traffic Jams
May 20, 2013Ireland's capital teams up with IBM to use real-time data to streamline bus traffic.
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How Password Strength Meters Can Improve Security
May 20, 2013Color-coded password-strength meters nudge users to improve the strength of their important passwords, but have little effect on unimportant ones,...
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4 Ways Driverless Cars Will Shake Up Insurance
May 20, 2013Driverless cars are closer to reality than you think. Here are some impacts they might have on the insurance industry.
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Google, DISA Launch User ID Pilot
May 20, 2013Defense Department and Google pilot test seeks more secure ways to authenticate users on commercial cloud services.
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Tableau, Marketo Cash In With Timely IPOs
May 20, 2013Tableau Software and Marketo ride hot trends to bank millions with IPOs that post big gains in their first day of trading.
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VMware Hybrid Cloud Plans: Time For Amazon Answer
May 20, 2013VMware doesn't like the degree to which customers and partners have been implementing cloud using its products, and it's taking matters into its...
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Lenovo Windows 8 Ultrabook: My First 14 Days
May 20, 2013In two weeks, I learned plenty about the pros and cons of Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch, a high-end Windows 8 ultrabook.
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British IT Pro 'Cracks' Call Center Menus
May 20, 2013British project manager and programmer creates service that lets frustrated customers bypass call center phone menus.
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