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Ed Tech, Privatization And Plunder

May 17, 2013 -- By David F. Carr

All the reasons to be suspicious of the political-industrial conspiracy against public education and public universities.

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Use Social Strategy To Focus Your Leadership, Board

May 17, 2013 -- By David Nour

Get your senior team involved in broadening your base, achieving growth and winning mindshare.

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Innovation Isn't Working At 4 Out Of 5 Companies

May 16, 2013 -- By Chris Murphy

Companies are too afraid of risk, among other factors, according to Accenture.

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Vested IT Outsourcing Deals Avert A Catch-22

May 16, 2013 -- By Kate Vitasek

Customers and suppliers say they value innovation, but most outsourcing relationships end up becoming a race to the bottom. In "vested"...

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SAP Vows Hana Is Ready To Run ERP

May 16, 2013 -- By Doug Henschen

SAP adapts its Business Suite to Hana in record time, but customers may want more proof of success before migrating mission-critical apps.

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Is Software-Defined Storage Right For You?

May 16, 2013 -- By George Crump

Data centers have new storage options, but "new" isn't always "better."

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Enterprise Data Centers: A Buyer's Market

May 15, 2013 -- By Jim Ditmore

What can you do with the money you'll save as data center needs decline, thanks to server and compute efficiency advances?

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Social Business Not Dead, Just Business As Usual

May 14, 2013 -- By Fritz Nelson

Social is becoming embedded into applications and business processes. Soon it will cease to be a category.

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Why Microsoft Should Make Windows Blue Free

May 14, 2013 -- By Michael Endler

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.

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Big Data Alchemy: Turn Info Into Money

May 14, 2013 -- By John Lucker,Ajit Prabhu

Data markets could become a new market category. Here, companies buy, sell or trade data for mutual benefit.

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