Profile of Fritz Nelson

Vice President, Editorial Director InformationWeek Business Technology Network

News & Commentary Posts: 492

Fritz Nelson is a former senior VP and editorial director of the InformationWeek Business Technology Network.

Articles by Fritz Nelson

Appthority Portal Helps Assess Mobile Risk

5/31/2013
Appthority Portal gives customers greater granularity in determining and responding to mobile risk factors.
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Google, Workday, Evernote Preach Future Of Enterprise Software At E2

5/31/2013
Enterprise software landscape is changing dramatically, driven by rapidly evolving customer needs and a growing list of technology providers ready to answer them.
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Giants, Red Sox, Celtics To Talk Customer Experience At E2

5/30/2013
IT leaders from some of history's most successful sports franchises join the E2 keynote lineup to discuss how they're transforming fan experience through technology innovation.
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Google's Amit Singh To Talk Enterprise Focus At E2

5/22/2013
Amit Singh, president of Google Enterprise, will give the opening keynote at the upcoming E2 conference. We'll drill down with him on enterprise users' desire for forward-looking information.
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Google I/O: 3 Misses

5/16/2013
At Google I/O, Google arrived late to the music party and did not have enough to say about vertical industries and mobile commerce.
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Google I/O: 3 Hits, Up Close

5/16/2013
Google Maps, Search and Google+ changes stand out among news announced at Google I/O thus far. Take a closer look.
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Social Business Not Dead, Just Business As Usual

5/14/2013
Social is becoming embedded into applications and business processes. Soon it will cease to be a category.
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Attend E2, Conquer Your Enterprise Challenges

4/25/2013
Social, mobile, cloud and big data all can help you move more quickly and reach new customers. For the latest wisdom on how, join us at the E2 Conference in Boston.
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Samsung Galaxy S 4: 11 Clever Tricks

4/24/2013
Samsung's Galaxy S 4 smartphone features solid hardware and a variety of innovative software capabilities, making it one of the best choices now. Take a closer look.
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Samsung Galaxy S4 Oozes Innovation

4/24/2013
Samsung Galaxy S4 may be today's best smartphone, with solid hardware and software tricks such as eye tracking and a gesture UI.
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94Fifty's Sensor-Laden Basketball Shoots, Scores

4/15/2013
"Freakishly smart" sensors embedded in a basketball send shooting and dribbling data to a smartphone app and provide new level of coaching.
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How Oracle Must Reclaim Its Cool

4/4/2013
Oracle President Safra Catz says the company's sales team will soon answer its critics. But Oracle must do much more than rev up the growth numbers.
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BlackBerry Z10: My First Week

3/25/2013
I love the keyboard and UI. But the BlackBerry Z10 is missing too many key apps -- and betting big on enterprise IT's approval.
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No Google, No Microsoft, No Problem: MWC 2013

3/6/2013
Mobile World Congress 2013 was notable for its workmanlike flavor. What didn't happen there was also conspicuous.
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EBay, PayPal Fuel Future Of Mobile Commerce

3/1/2013
Hungry, time-pressed Mobile World Congress reporters prove mobile payments may, in fact, be as exciting as advertised.
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Samsung Bets Big On Knox BYOD Technology

2/25/2013
Dominant Android player Samsung promises IT-centric and end-user friendly ways to make devices safe and manageable.
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PR Gone Wild, 2012: 12 Hall Of Shamers

12/18/2012
We get a lot of bad public relations pitches during a year, but these 12 speak for themselves. Enjoy, but please think carefully before paying for a FaceTime facelift.
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SugarSync Adds Search, Collaboration To Cloud Storage

12/12/2012
SugarSync CEO describes new features, takes questions on cloud security in the latest episode of InformationWeek Valley View.
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ClearStory Puts Big Data Into Business Users' Hands

12/12/2012
ClearStory CEO discusses how "converged analysis" lets users analyze data from internal and external sources, in latest episode of InformationWeek Valley View.
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Kaggle Crowdsources The Data Scientist Problem

12/12/2012
Why poll just one data scientist when you can tap the expertise of 65,000? See how Kaggle aims to make that easier in the latest episode of Valley View.
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9 Inspiring Innings With SF Giants CIO Bill Schlough

12/10/2012
After getting to know Bill Schlough, InformationWeek's L.A. baseball diehard Fritz Nelson has just one question: Why isn't this guy with the Dodgers?
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San Francisco Giants' Bill Schlough: InformationWeek IT Chief Of The Year

12/7/2012
The Giants' CIO and his team are innovating in areas such as analytics-based scouting and in-stadium wireless, keeping the World Series champions ahead of the game.
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Mark Hurd Interview: Oracle Leading Or Following?

12/6/2012
Oracle President Mark Hurd talks strategy with InformationWeek's Fritz Nelson and some CIO customers. Watch the interview and read our analysis.
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Windows Phone 8: Challenger Keeps Fighting

12/5/2012
Microsoft exec Greg Sullivan takes a deep dive into Windows Phone 8 on the most recent episode of InformationWeek Valley View.
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Evernote For Business: End Of Butt-Ugly Software?

12/3/2012
Evernote Business lets an organization deploy and manage the Evernote application on behalf of employees, extending information discoverability and sharing company-wide.
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Dwolla Shakes Up Online Payments

11/30/2012
Online payment darling Dwolla adds three new services as it tries to speed up merchant and consumer acceptance of its electronic transactions.
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Valley View: Windows Phone 8 Up Close

11/29/2012
Our most recent episode of Valley View took a deeper look at Windows Phone 8 with Microsoft's Greg Sullivan and checked out some intriguing startups. See all the highlights.
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Next Valley View: Tech's Feisty Upstarts

11/26/2012
Watch November 28 at 11 PT as our live Web TV show brings you up to speed on how Dwolla, Exec, SugarSync and others are upsetting the status quo.
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Stimulus Funds First, Layoffs Second?

10/31/2012
CRN's investigation into how tech companies used Recovery Act funds yielded some unsettling results. Watch this Valley View video for the details.
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Taptera: 'Beautiful' Apps For Mobile Users

10/29/2012
Startup offers suite of mobile apps for employees, including productivity tools and more. Watch our Valley View elevator pitch session with Taptera CEO.
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Hearsay Guards Against Social Media Trouble

10/29/2012
Hearsay Social helps businesses plug into social media while still controlling compliance and governance. Learn more in our Valley View video.
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Alteryx: Data Analysis For 'Mere Mortals'

10/29/2012
Company lets business users analyze big data with no need for data scientists, says CEO. Watch our Valley View video.
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Valley View: Cisco, Oracle And Drama

10/26/2012
The sparks fly in October's episode of Valley View, our monthly live Web TV program. Watch the full show here.
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Next Valley View: Dial C For Controversy

10/22/2012
Tune into the next episode of our live Web TV program, Valley View, October 24 at 11 am PT. We'll go one on one with Cisco's Chambers and Oracle's Hurd, plus explore where the Obama administration's stimulus money ended up.
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Kontiki: A New Approach To Enterprise Content Delivery

10/18/2012
Startup offers video-based solutions for employee training, communication, and more. Watch our Valley View elevator pitch session with Kontiki's CEO.
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Just Joking: An Irreverent Look At Tech News

10/18/2012
Don't let anyone tell you IT isn't funny. Check out these videos from Valley View and InformationWeek 500.
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Google's CIO Dilemma

10/16/2012
CIOs are torn between wanting to back a company that represents the future and needing predictability. Google execs must now ask CIOs the right questions--and be prepared for stubborn answers.
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SAP CEO Tackles Tough Cloud Questions

10/11/2012
Jim Hagemann Snabe discusses SAP's ongoing transformation and takes on Oracle's version of the truth in this video interview from the InformationWeek 500 conference.
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Hearsay Social: Not Just Facebook For The Enterprise

10/11/2012
Startup helps companies use public social media tools to connect with customers, but with an added level of control. Check out our video coverage from InformationWeek 500 and learn more on our upcoming episode of Valley View.
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Memo To Oracle, SAP: Listen To P&G's Language

10/9/2012
Oracle and SAP keep fighting a war of words over whose technology is bigger and better. They could learn a lot from Procter & Gamble CIO Filippo Passerini's big data work.
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CliQr's Elevator Pitch: Any App, In Any Cloud

10/9/2012
Startup's CEO talks about CliQr's promise to put any legacy application on any public cloud, without modification. Check out video interviews from InformationWeek 500 and Valley View.
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Oracle's Great Stack Attack

10/8/2012
If Larry Ellison and his team delivered one message to customers during Oracle Open World it was this: We complete you.
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Valley View Goes Deep With NetSuite

10/1/2012
Watch the full video of the September episode of InformationWeek's Valley View, including the Elevator Pitch segment on emerging technology companies.
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NetSuite CEO: What's Next For ERP In Cloud

9/26/2012
Watch video of our full interview with NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson on his 'complicated' relationship with Oracle, and much more.
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RIM Shows New BlackBerry Hardware Design

9/25/2012
Research In Motion hints at the future of the BlackBerry as it shares a hardware reference platform device with a big screen and the latest version of BB 10 operating system.
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Next Valley View: NetSuite And More

9/24/2012
Tune in Sept. 26 for the next episode of our live Web TV series, including chats with NetSuite's CEO, a banking IT innovator, and some ambitious startups.
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5 Reasons Windows 8 Could Save Microsoft's Bacon

9/20/2012
The mobility revolution and RIM's self-immolation couldn't come at a better time for Redmond.
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Apple Shows Taller, Thinner iPhone 5

9/12/2012
Apple iPhone 5 includes faster processor, faster Wi-Fi, LTE, better camera, better audio, better battery life, and iOS, version 6.
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Amazon Revamp Puts Apple On Notice

9/7/2012
Amazon announced some excellent new Kindle Fire tablets and phenomenal pricing on Thursday. But make no mistake: Its battle with Apple centers on content services.
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Google Now Points To Future Of Mobile

7/25/2012
I've been testing Google Now for a few weeks on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone and the Google Nexus 7 tablet. Search innovation is alive and well.
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The Most Interesting IT Guy In The World

7/10/2012
Here at InformationWeek headquarters, we have . . . the most interesting IT guy in the world.
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Framehawk Mobilizes Enterprise Apps With Less Pain

7/9/2012
You can mobilize enterprise apps without sacrificing security or end user experience, Framehawk says. Check out how the technology works in this video interview.
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Zenprise MDM Balances Compliance, User Experience

7/6/2012
Mobile device management presents the means to help companies embrace mobile, says Zenprise. Learn about its approach on this video clip from InformationWeek's Valley View.
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Facebook, Oracle, Microsoft, Apple: The Joke's On You

7/6/2012
Consider these alternative viewpoints on the IT world's top news stories, straight from InformationWeek's Valley View Web show.
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Google Art Project Draws On Google Plus Hangouts

7/6/2012
Check out Google's virtual gallery of 30,000 works of art from 150+ museums--and how it integrates Google Plus' video-chat feature--in this video clip from InformationWeek Valley View.
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Google Ventures: A Hands-On Startup Fund

7/5/2012
David Krane talks about how Google's venture capital arm works and some of the trends he's seeing from startups, on InformationWeek's Valley View.
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Getting Google-y On Valley View

7/3/2012
Google I/O is the setting for this episode of Valley View. From a new public cloud offering to streaming media to Google Glass, there's plenty to talk about.
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Google I/O Live Blog: Tablet Eyed

6/27/2012
Google I/O kicks off Wednesday at 9:30 PST and InformationWeek's Fritz Nelson is live blogging right here. Join us for breaking news and expert analysis.
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Next Valley View: Google I/O Deep Dive

6/25/2012
Join us for the next episode of our live Web TV show on June 27, featuring news and analysis from the Google I/O show, special Google guests, and more.
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The Brain Behind Brave, The Movie: Press:Here Preview

6/22/2012
InformationWeek's Fritz Nelson, on this week's episode of Press:Here, talks tech with Katherine Sarafian, producer of Pixar's new animated film, Brave.
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Windows Phone 8 Preview: Visual Tour

6/21/2012
Microsoft Windows Phone 8 shares a close connection with Windows 8. Take a closer look at what that means for users, enterprises, and developers.
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Windows Phone 8: Ready For Business?

6/21/2012
Windows Phone 8 has five important new elements for enterprises. But simply compare Windows Phone 8 to iOS and Android and you'll miss Microsoft's larger goal.
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Samsung Galaxy S III Visual Tour: Android Superphone

6/19/2012
Samsung's Galaxy S III looks more elegant and thin than the company's previous smartphones, with an even larger display. It is a fantastic media consumption unit.
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Samsung Galaxy S III: Hands-On Test Wows

6/19/2012
Galaxy S III, Samsung's new flagship smartphone, seems just the right size and packs plenty of content sharing, camera, and voice capabilities.
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Microsoft Tablet Surfaces A New Strategy

6/19/2012
Surface looks to be an intriguing tablet in the short term, but harmful to Microsoft's fragile partner ecosystem. Consider these five possible motivations driving Microsoft.
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Microsoft Windows 8 Surface Tablets: Big Hardware Play

6/18/2012
Microsoft's Surface tablets, its home-grown, direct iPad rivals, will debut in versions for Windows 8 RT and Windows 8 Pro.
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Apple WWDC: 17 Cool Innovations

6/12/2012
Apple unveiled useful tweaks and new ideas at its Worldwide Developer Conference. Take a peek at our favorites, from MacBook Pro to iOS 6.
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Apple WWDC Live Blog: iOS 6 And More

6/11/2012
Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference kicks off June 11 at 10 PST and InformationWeek's Fritz Nelson live blogs the event right here. Join us for the latest on iOS 6, iPhone, and much more.
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There's Something About Larry

6/5/2012
Oracle badly needs to articulate a customer-centric vision. The cloud seems like a great place to start--and here's what Larry Ellison should say.
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Next Valley View: Cloud, Baseball IT, And More

5/18/2012
Tune 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 of the 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants.
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Proton Media's Immersive, 3-D Collaboration Software: Video Tour

5/2/2012
ProtoSphere application organizes its three-dimensional, immersive environment around the data we use every day. Take a video tour in this clip from InformationWeek's Valley View Web show.
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Ridiculous IT News: Fresh from Valley View

4/30/2012
From Mitt Romney's use of Google+ hangouts to AT&T's slogan flip-flop, InformationWeek's Fritz Nelson shares his newest roundup of the funny and the ridiculous in tech news.
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What DataSift Customer Sentiment Analysis Shows

4/30/2012
In this video chat from our latest episode of Valley View, we talk with DataSift CEO Rob Bailey about what differentiates his customer sentiment analysis tools.
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ARM: Why Virtualization Belongs In Smartphone Hardware

4/30/2012
ARM's lead mobile strategist explains why virtualization is such an important trend for smartphones, and how ARM's Cortext-A15 fits in. See our video coverage.
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Next Valley View: SuccessFactors, Zynga, And More

4/18/2012
Tune into the April 24 episode of our live Web TV show to hear about SuccessFactors' answer to Salesforce.com's Chatter, Zynga's private cloud, and much more.
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Nokia Lumia 900: Windows 7 Phone King

4/7/2012
Nokia's Lumia 900 is the new king of the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 hill. But it doesn't really stand apart from Apple, Samsung, or HTC smartphone rivals.
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Valley View Monologue: The Funny Things About IT

4/3/2012
You can't take everything in technology seriously. In the most recent episode of Valley View, host Fritz Nelson makes a punchline out of everything from Citrix VDI-in-a-box to Microsoft Azure, and then some.
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Evernote Prepares To Storm The Enterprise

4/3/2012
In this video interview, Evernote CEO Phil Libin talks about the ubiquitous productivity application and platform and where his company is heading next.
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Piston Cloud Founder Demos Enterprise OpenStack Distribution

4/3/2012
Piston Cloud takes the OpenStack framework and turns it into a private cloud delivery product. Cofounder and CEO Joshua McKenty shows us how it works.
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Salesforce.com's Social Enterprise Emphasizes 'Customer' In CRM

4/2/2012
Salesforce.com cofounder Parker Harris discusses why the company has moved past its Cloud 2 mantra, with acquisitions like Heroku and Radian6 enabling even tighter customer relationships for the enterprise.
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What's On: Our Next Valley View

3/21/2012
The March 28 episode of our live Web TV show will feature hot cloud technologies, mobile chips, an update from Evernote, and much more.
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New iPad: Simply Better, But Not Must-Have

3/20/2012
If you can help it (and many of you can't), don't even look at the new one--just save $100 and get the iPad 2. You won't even know you're missing out.
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NQ Mobile Automates Android Malware Detection

3/8/2012
Check out our video coverage of how NQ Mobile simplifies privacy protection and helps protect Android devices.
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Mobile Device Input: 2 Intriguing New Technologies

3/7/2012
Check out our video coverage of mobile input technologies shown at Mobile World Congress. One uses haptics to let you "feel" the relative importance of emails and Facebook comments.
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Scalado Re-Imagines The Smartphone Camera

3/7/2012
Mobile World Congress showcased several groundbreaking camera phone capabilities, but Scalado's Random Access JPEG technology is the coolest one you've never seen before.
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ARM: PlayStation Graphics Power Coming To Smartphones

3/6/2012
ARM demos at Mobile World Congress reveal smarter, more efficient processing that will let phones tackle tasks such as photo editing, too.
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MDM Debate: MobileIron Vs. Good Technology

3/6/2012
Almost every enterprise IT organization is evaluating mobile device management options. We pit two industry leaders--MobileIron and Good Technology--against each other in a video debate.
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10 Sights To See: Mobile World Congress

3/1/2012
Explore the sights from Mobile World Conference 2012, Barcelona, where the Google booth slide is always open and the food and fashion never disappoint.
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Magnificent Men Of Mobile World Congress

3/1/2012
Booth babe pictures are so 2011. So we give you the men of Mobile World Congress, in all their geeked-out glory.
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Windows 8 Beta: Visual Tour

3/1/2012
Take a closer look at Microsoft's radically revamped Windows 8 OS, out now in a consumer preview version. Here's the lowdown on features, apps, hardware, and more.
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Sennheiser Amps Up Travel Headphones: MWC 2012

2/28/2012
At Mobile World Congress this week, we got to try out the company's new MM 450x travel headphones. Check out our video coverage.
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HTC, Nokia: I'm Too Sexy For This Smartphone

2/28/2012
At Mobile World Congress, HTC and Nokia try hard to cast smartphones as femme fatales--but leave us more bothered than hot.
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Chambers Reinventing Cisco, Or Recycling Tactics?

2/27/2012
CEO John Chambers says Cisco will transform, as upstart and established vendors attack its traditional strongholds. Take a close look at what's new and what's not in his strategy.
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TelyHD Brings Skype To Your TV

2/26/2012
Android-based TelyHD connects your TV to the Internet to enable Skype video calling, photo sharing, and other features.
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Big Data, Big Social, Big MDM

2/14/2012
InformationWeek's Valley View will air live this Thursday. It will feature Rikard Steiber, Google's global marketing director for mobile and social, and startup Chart.io, which aims to put business intelligence into the hands of the everyday user.
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Tech News: It's All A Joke

2/3/2012
IT leaders are funny--even when they don't mean to be.
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National Field: The Data Driven Social Enterprise

2/3/2012
Take a tour through the latest iteration of the enterprise social platform the Obama campaign used to track, share data on its outreach efforts.
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3 Hot Gadgets: Basis Watch, HP Ultrabook, Lytro Camera

2/2/2012
Check out three compelling devices, from a fitness gadget to a ground-breaking camera, recently featured on our Valley View web TV show.
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SAP's Bold Bet: Rule Cloud, Mobile, Big Data

2/2/2012
SAP President Sanjay Poonen makes the case for SAP's dominance beyond just the traditional software market. Check out our video interview.
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For RIM, New CEO Is Not Enough

1/24/2012
RIM needs new blood and fresh thinking, attributes it still lacks following Sunday's CEO shakeup.
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