social-business: E2 SOCIAL 2012
How Server Vendors Can Compete In Storage
Imagine if every server you bought already included all the storage capacity and performance you needed. Here's how server vendors could make it...
Why Young IT Pros Should Consider Higher Ed
In the battle for tech talent, small colleges and universities have a lot to offer Gen Xers and Millennials.
Windows 8.1 Timing All Wrong
Windows 8.1 should be coming out now. Here's why Microsoft can no longer afford to target the fall for new releases.
Google's Amit Singh To Talk Enterprise Focus At E2
Amit Singh, president of Google Enterprise, will give the opening keynote at the upcoming E2 conference. We'll drill down with him on enterprise...
Art And Computer Literacy Overcome Challenges At NYC School
Many of its students are disadvantaged and living in temporary housing, but this New York City school’s computer lab is making strides.
Software-Defined Storage Vs. Traditional Storage Systems
Here's why software-defined storage won't drive established storage companies out of business.
Hadoop 2.0: New Big Data Possibilities
Hadoop 2.0 will move beyond batch processing to support interactive, online and streaming applications. But don't let warnings about YARN tie you...
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...
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NASA Crowns Space Apps Challenge Winners
May 23, 2013Interplanetary weather app that integrates weather data from Mars and Earth is among the winners of the competition.
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Apple Again Faces Mirror Worlds In Court
May 23, 2013Defunct software company expands patent infringement suit to include Best Buy, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and Samsung.
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Linux-Based Education OS Gets New Features
May 23, 2013Edubuntu update includes several new packages, including a touch-typing tutor and a mindmapping tool.
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Soros Invests $75M In London Fiber-Optic Startup
May 23, 2013Hyperoptic plans to implement "fiber-to-the-home" broadband technology in more than 500,000 British households within 5 years.
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Microsoft Cloud Gets Internet2 Expressway To Universities
May 23, 2013Microsoft's cloud data centers get direct peering with Internet2, the high-speed network for education and research. This gives schools faster...
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British Tax Authority Criticized On Data Handling
May 23, 2013Weakness in the data handling capacity of the U.K.'s equivalent to the IRS is leading to billions being lost to error or deception it can't...
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CIO Tough Love: Agility Demands Increasing
May 23, 2013IT leaders, brace yourself for pain as you push for agility. Business needs are emerging so rapidly that tools don't exist to support them, said...
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IBM Makes Case For 'Fast Government'
May 23, 2013New report says federal agencies can improve performance by implementing gaming, mobile and other technologies that speed up operations.
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DOD Seeks Commercial EHR
May 23, 2013Hagel shoots down possibility of DOD adopting VA's Vista and sinks the joint iEHR. Epic Systems might win out.
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'Third-Wave' Tech Tools Reshape Agencies: Kundra
May 23, 2013Cloud, social, and mobile technologies are poised to help governments deliver new levels of customer service to citizens, says former U.S. CIO...
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HP's New PCs: Everything But The Kitchen Sink
May 23, 2013Wide variety of new hardware means HP is either adapting to consumer preferences -- or struggling to decide what will resonate.
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Strike Back If China Steals IP, Companies Told
May 23, 2013Bipartisan report argues that businesses should be allowed to retrieve stolen intellectual property from attackers' networks.
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Mailbox For iPad Tames Gmail Inbox
May 23, 2013Popular email app Mailbox competes directly with Gmail's own Gmail app for iOS.
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CloudCheckr Monitors Amazon GovCloud
May 23, 2013Amazon cloud performance monitoring system goes a step further than competitors with specialized version that complies with federal security...
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Twitter Two-Factor Security Combats Takeovers
May 23, 2013Authentication measure comes in wake of Syrian Electronic Army account hacks, further security steps coming.
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Samsung Touts Galaxy S 4's Quick Rise
May 23, 2013Samsung's Galaxy S 4 is its fastest-shipping smartphone, the company says. HTC's One also moving briskly.
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HP CEO Whitman Keeps Calm, Carries On
May 23, 2013Hewlett-Packard's second quarter sees big sales declines, but profits exceed forecast and CEO Whitman says problems are under control.
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Amazon Will Pay Writers Of Fan Fiction
May 23, 2013Kindle Worlds publishing platform promises to let writers of fan fiction share in revenue from the sale of derivative works.
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Apple Adds Samsung's Galaxy S4 To Lawsuit
May 22, 2013Apple files new complaints against Samsung alleging that the company's Galaxy S4 smartphones violates its Siri patents.
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Google Search Gets Smarter
May 22, 2013Update to Chrome for Android and desktop computers offers faster speed and better query understanding.
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Salesforce Debuts Mobile Tools For Government
May 22, 2013Four cloud-based products connect federal, state and local governments with citizens.
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Dell Launches New Cloud Products For Citrix Users
May 22, 2013Dell's new converged infrastructure and thin client products expand the company's enterprise portfolio -- but can they distract from buyout drama...
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Wide Data Vs. Big Data
May 22, 2013Financial services organizations know that they can handle vast amounts of data, since they have been doing it for decades. To succeed with big...
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Dropbox Adopts Single Sign-On Technology
May 22, 2013Dropbox says any off-the-shelf or homegrown identity management system that's compatible with the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)...
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Google's Wireless Sensors: Big Data Or Big Brother?
May 22, 2013Google demonstrated a network of wireless environmental sensors at its I/O conference last week. These sensors, combined with projects like Google...
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