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6 Things Microsoft Must Do In 2013
This could be a make or break year as Microsoft looks to establish itself in mobile, cloud and other hot new markets while fending off challenges...
What Is Software-Defined Storage?
Is it really a new product or simply a reframing of existing storage technology? Actually, it's a little bit of both.
5 Cloud App Trends To Expect In 2013
We'll see more mobile options and embedded analytics, of course, but surprises will include growth in financial apps and big-data insights.
Email Overload: Disease Or Symptom?
Email overload is a symptom of larger management dysfunctions. Why are your employees spending so much time covering themselves for every little...
Microsoft's Big Hits And Misses Of 2012
The past year saw some big wins, and big setbacks, for Microsoft. And then there's the special case of Windows 8.
Social Enterprise 2013: Opportunities And Obstacles
Big changes such as integrating social tools with business take time. Remember that in slow-moving revolutions, the persistent are as likely to be...
Which Vendors Dominate Enterprise Collaboration?
What will the social software market look like in four years? IDC's market share report offers some early clues.
Oracle Q2 Results: Ellison Spins On Sun
CEO Larry Ellison talks up Oracle's Sun acquisition even as hardware sales slide 23%. Software sales rise.
Microsoft Surface RT Best Tablet Ever, 'Reviewers' Gush
Windows 8 tablet may not be posting big sales numbers, but everyone who bought one from Best Buy claims to love it unconditionally.
In Search Of Social Business Excellence
Vala Afshar, chief customer officer of Enterasys Networks, celebrates his firm's social business success story, from Chatter to Twitter, in "The...
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Big Data Apps: The Next Big Thing?
January 02, 2013Apps, recommendations, and 'data equity' could help shape big data in 2013 and beyond.
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Oracle Q2 Results: Ellison Spins On Sun
December 19, 2012CEO Larry Ellison talks up Oracle's Sun acquisition even as hardware sales slide 23%. Software sales rise.
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Oracle Upgrades NoSQL Database, Big Data Appliance
December 18, 2012Oracle NoSQL Database 2.0 gains management features, while the Oracle Big Data Appliance gets new software, more powerful Intel chips.
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8 Modest Proposals For Reducing Email
December 17, 2012Want to trim corporate email inboxes? Consider these unorthodox ideas.
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What's Your Big Data Worth?
December 17, 2012Big data experts say accounting rules need to catch up to the fact that information has value that should be reflected on a company's books.
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Big Data's Surprising Uses: From Lady Gaga To CIA
December 17, 2012As big data analytics rapidly become mainstream, the technology shows promise in many unexpected places. Check out who's tapping into big data.
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Oracle Acquires DataRaker For Utility Analytics
December 13, 2012Big data deal gives Oracle a cloud-based platform for analyzing vast datasets generated by electric, gas and water utilities.
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Couchbase Broadens Its NoSQL Database
December 13, 2012Couchbase challenges 10Gen's MongoDB grip on document-oriented applications, adds JSON support to its key value store database.
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Michael Dell: Our Transformation Is Complete
December 13, 2012Dell CEO goes one-on-one with InformationWeek to discuss his company's future in software, services, servers, tablets and PCs -- but not smartphones.
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Big Data Revolution Will Be Led By Revolutionaries
December 12, 2012Why "old-guard" vendors didn't make our list of big data vendors to watch in 2013.
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