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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.
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?
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...
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...
20 People Who Changed Tech: An Wang
How easy-to-use, single-application systems changed the face of computing, communications and business decision-making.
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.
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?
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VMware Reveals Hybrid Cloud Details
May 21, 2013VMware says its hybrid cloud service will offer a "seamless extension" of customers' virtualized on-premises data centers. In a surprise, VMware...
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Public Transit Users Demand Digital Services
May 21, 2013Public transportation providers would be smart to heed riders' expectations for smartphone-based e-tickets and social media communications, finds...
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Apple Slips, Samsung Gains In Satisfaction Rankings
May 21, 2013Samsung has closed the gap with Apple in terms of American consumers' satisfaction level with their smartphones.
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Google Aurora Hack Was Chinese Counterespionage Operation
May 21, 2013Attackers were after U.S. government surveillance requests for undercover Chinese operatives, say former government officials.
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PatientsLikeMe Launches Open Research Exchange
May 21, 2013Social networking site PatientsLikeMe loans its 200,000-member community to academic and pharma researchers to validate online questionnaires that...
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Debate Grows Over Big Tech Taxes
May 21, 2013Lawmakers are increasingly targeting the tax practices of big companies like Apple and Google. But should the focus be on the rules of...
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Anonymous Threatens Gitmo, U.S. Locks Down Wi-Fi
May 21, 2013Guantanamo Bay Naval Base authorities turn off Wi-Fi and social media after Anonymous threatened to shut them down.
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Jive Scales Producteev App, Now Free
May 21, 2013Social task management tool Jive acquired last year becomes free as a standalone app. Integration with the Jive platform to follow.
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Windows 8 Learning Curve: Two Customers Speak
May 21, 2013Microsoft users expect Windows 8.1 to lessen the learning curve for the new OS. But it may not be as bad as you fear, two education customers report.
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Amazon Cloud Gets Federal Stamp Of Approval
May 21, 2013FedRAMP compliance means federal agencies can now access Amazon Web Services almost immediately, without spending months on their own...
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Terremark's VMware Cloud Software Story: It's Complicated
May 21, 2013Terremark 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, 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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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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