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Art Wittmann

HP Layoffs Signal Punishing Fall

May 18, 2012

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.

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Doug Henschen

SAP Faces Uphill Battle On Database, Mobile, Cloud

May 15, 2012

SAPPHIRE conference spotlights a young, three-pronged strategy that remains a work in progress.

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Eric Zeman

Apple Blocks Push From Sparrow Email App

May 14, 2012

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.

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Thomas Claburn

10 Ways To Stifle Tech Competition

May 14, 2012

Competition happens, unless you can avoid it. From Microsoft Windows RT to Google Chrome, here's how today's giants safeguard their turf.

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Cindi Howson

QlikTech Promises 'Gorgeous Genius'

May 14, 2012

The Business Intelligence vendor behind QlikView says next release will blend seductive interfaces with smart, comparative-analysis capabilities.

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Eric Zeman

Mobile OS Madness Ahead In June

May 12, 2012

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...

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David F. Carr

Social Business in 30 Days?

May 11, 2012

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?

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Doug Henschen

Spinnaker Adds SAP Support: A Bargain?

May 11, 2012

Third-party enterprise application support providers promise savings of up to 70% per year, but mind the gaps in coverage.

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Patrick Houston

Framehawk Says BYOD Is Not Rocket Science

May 08, 2012

Startup Framehawk, which counts a former NASA physicist as a co-founder, uses desktop virtualization and its own communications protocol to safely...

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Doug Henschen

HBase: Hadoop's Next Big Data Chapter

May 08, 2012

HBase still has a few 'rough edges,' but that hasn't kept this NoSQL database from becoming one of the hottest pockets within the white-hot Hadoop...

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