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SAP Swallows Sybase, CEO John Chen's Role Uncertain
Sybase will be an SAP brand, not a separate subsidiary, in an integration that eliminates the longtime Sybase CEO's current role.
Open Source: Why Are You Still Waiting?
Open source technology has pervaded government IT. The private sector must follow, because of cloud, agility, mobility, and the wild card: teenagers.
HP Layoffs Signal Punishing Fall
Unless HP can turn enterprise software, cloud services, or some other line into a high-volume, high-margin business, it's in for a world of hurt.
SAP Faces Uphill Battle On Database, Mobile, Cloud
SAPPHIRE conference spotlights a young, three-pronged strategy that remains a work in progress.
Apple Blocks Push From Sparrow Email App
Sparrow's email app beats Apple's native iOS email. The catch: Its best feature is only available if you're willing to jailbreak your iPhone.
10 Ways To Stifle Tech Competition
Competition happens, unless you can avoid it. From Microsoft Windows RT to Google Chrome, here's how today's giants safeguard their turf.
QlikTech Promises 'Gorgeous Genius'
The Business Intelligence vendor behind QlikView says next release will blend seductive interfaces with smart, comparative-analysis capabilities.
Mobile OS Madness Ahead In June
When Apple, Google, and Microsoft all hold developer events in San Francisco in June, you'll get a peek at what's next for smartphones. Here's...
Social Business in 30 Days?
With Try Jive, Jive Software is flirting with the freemium model used by competitors like Yammer. But is 30 days long enough to see results?
Spinnaker Adds SAP Support: A Bargain?
Third-party enterprise application support providers promise savings of up to 70% per year, but mind the gaps in coverage.
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Mindjet Connects Vision, Action In Social Platform
May 21, 2012Following up on last year's acquisition of Cohuman, Mindjet creates a social platform that excels at letting users visually map out plans, then...
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Charlie Miller Makes iPhones Better By Attacking Them
May 21, 2012Apple products have gotten a lot more secure over the years, and Dr. Charlie Miller is one reason why. He is the leading authority on the...
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Telemonitoring Helps Pharmacists Manage Patients' Hypertension
May 21, 2012Patients who monitor their blood pressure at home and enlist pharmacists to help manage their care see improved results.
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EMC World: Storage News Wrap-Up
May 21, 2012EMC announces upgrades to Symmetrix VMAX, VNX, Isilon, Data Domain, Isilon storage arrays and appliances, and new management software at EMC World...
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Is iPatch Tuesday In Apple's Future?
May 21, 2012iOS devices are all over the enterprise. Security threats against them might or might not exist, but they are certainly possible. The only...
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Web-Based Insurance Exchanges Attract $1 Billion+
May 21, 2012Recent federal investments in state health insurance exchanges bring total grant funding to more than $1 billion. Needed next: strong security.
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CIA's View Of Mobile, Internet Use: By The Numbers
May 21, 2012Here's what the CIA sees as the use of mobile phones completely outpaces use of the Internet.
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Cloud's Tough Enemy: Chargeback Pushback
May 21, 2012Chargeback has always been hard for IT, but cloud computing forces the issue. At the same time, pushback from business users continues.
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9 Lessons From Utah Data Breach
May 21, 2012Breach of unencrypted data affected 28% of the state's residents; one in 10 had Social Security numbers stolen. How can you avoid such an epic fail?
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Yahoo Divests Half Its Alibaba Stake For $7.1 Billion
May 21, 2012Deal gives Yahoo a cash injection while positioning Chinese Internet company for possible IPO.
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Yahoo ResuMess: The Trouble With Entitlement Culture
May 21, 2012The resume drama for Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson had a quiet player: a corporate culture that seeks fairness but produces employees who feel...
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Cable Giants Open 50,000 Wi-Fi Hotspots
May 21, 2012Five cable companies, including Comcast and Time Warner, have agreed to let subscribers roam freely on Wi-Fi networks operated by one another.
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Yammer, Chatter, Tibbr Ranked Top Social Activity Streams
May 21, 2012Forrester Research ranks the leaders in a market segment that excludes social intranet portal players like Jive Software.
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SAP Swallows Sybase, CEO John Chen's Role Uncertain
May 21, 2012Sybase will be an SAP brand, not a separate subsidiary, in an integration that eliminates the longtime Sybase CEO's current role.
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4 Ways Facebook Can Woo SMBs
May 21, 2012Facebook's ad revenue depends largely on the combined pool of smaller advertisers. Here's what the company can do to better serve SMBs.
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EMC's Gelsinger Talks Cloud Storage, Pricing Pressure
May 21, 2012Before kicking off this week's EMC World conference, EMC president and chief operating officer Pat Gelsinger spoke with InformationWeek on...
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5 IT Budget Presentation Do's And Don'ts
May 21, 2012Strong presentation skills can be an important advantage when negotiating projects with your company's senior execs. But leave the Mr. Cool act at...
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Open Source: Why Are You Still Waiting?
May 21, 2012Open source technology has pervaded government IT. The private sector must follow, because of cloud, agility, mobility, and the wild card: teenagers.
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Next Valley View: Cloud, Baseball IT, And More
May 21, 2012Tune in May 23 for the next episode of our live Web TV series, including chats with execs from Framehawk and Cloudability, plus Bill Schlough, CIO...
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Social Collaboration: A Work In Progress
May 21, 2012Improving collaboration continues to top executive priority lists, so let's revisit whether they're "teasing out" the right tools and techniques.
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Machines Make Cell Phone Calls To Each Other!
May 21, 2012The world is secretly full of embedded cellular applications. It's called M2M for mobile-to-mobile, and it leads to new efficiencies for...
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Sailing Mystery Unsolved: Court Declares Jim Gray Dead
May 19, 2012Highly respected researcher Jim Gray contributed to relational database development and early big data projects. More than five years ago, he and...
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Jumping Into Tibbr Social Collaboration With Both Feet
May 18, 2012IT services firm CGI skipped the pilot project and launched Tibco's Tibbr to 31,000 users at once.
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Oh, Facebook, Why Can't I Quit You?
May 18, 2012Facebook sells your addiction to advertisers, hoping to make a buck off your personal information. Will you wake up in time to kick the habit, or...
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New FBI Surveillance Backdoors? 6 Key Points
May 18, 2012Will Congress require social networks, VoIP, and Webmail providers build in backdoors that FBI could tap for electronic surveillance purposes?...
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