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• Terremark's VMware Cloud Software Story: It's Complicated

  May 21, 2013

  Terremark CTO John Considine says VMware "is a great partner of ours." But Terremark built its own cloud provisioning software to run its operation.

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• Rackspace Woos Developers, Fights Sagging Revenue

  May 21, 2013

  Rackspace 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, 2013

  Multi-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, 2013

  Case-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, 2013

  SAP'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, 2013

  Google 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, 2013

  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...

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• Should CIOs Hire Cyber Pinkertons?

  May 21, 2013

  If 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, 2013

  An 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, 2013

  Dell 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, 2013

  Skyscape 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, 2013

  Sony'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, 2013

  Apple 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, 2013

  Group 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, 2013

  Businesses 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, 2013

  Yahoo 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, 2013

  Network 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, 2013

  Ireland'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, 2013

  Color-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, 2013

  Driverless cars are closer to reality than you think. Here are some impacts they might have on the insurance industry.

• Google, DISA Launch User ID Pilot

  May 20, 2013

  Defense 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, 2013

  Tableau 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, 2013

  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...

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• Lenovo Windows 8 Ultrabook: My First 14 Days

  May 20, 2013

  In 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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