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Oracle OpenWorld: What Enterprise IT Wants
What's coming at Oracle's big confab next week--and what does enterprise IT really want? Our editors square off on Mark Hurd's plans.
5 Questions For Companies Building Mobile Apps
Apps are the new black; practically every company wants one. But consider these questions before development starts.
Court Drops Google-Microsoft Cloud Contract Suit
Interior department may reissue cloud email and collaboration services procurement, now that it's scrapped plans to award contract to Microsoft.
Homeland Security To Move Websites To Cloud
DHS is first agency to use GSA's infrastructure-as-a-service blanket purchase agreement as it awards $5 million contract to move all public websites to the cloud.
White House Looks To Moneyball-Style Analytics
Obama administration official presses federal agencies to use data analytics as a cost-cutting tool.
8 Reasons SMBs Fail To Back Up Data
Most SMBs still fly by the seat of their pants when it comes to backup and recovery. Here are the common excuses--debunked.
Social Insecurity: 64% Of IT Pros Cite Serious Threat
Ponemon survey finds that IT professionals see serious risks associated with enterprise social network use--and only 29% say they have adequate protection.
Box Ups Ante To Challenge SharePoint
File sharing tool gets an update that includes desktop sync for both PCs and Macs, improved security, and more social features.
Microsoft Seeks Patent For Smartphone Add-Ons
Software giant proposes patent for connecting a smartphone with a keyboard, game controller, extra battery, or even a second mobile handset with another screen.
Intel, Samsung Back Linux Foundation's Tizen OS
Android and iOS dominate the mobile operating system market, but that hasn't discourage the creation of a new open source operating system for phones and consumer hardware.
PlayBook Tablet: Retailers Cut Prices, RIM Cuts Hope
Research In Motion's BlackBerry PlayBook can be had for $200 off list price. But engineers have dampened expectations for the tablet's Android capabilities.
Amazon: Kindle Fire Tablet Will Torch iPad
$199 tablet offers seamless connection to e-merchant's massive catalog of online books, videos, songs, and movies.
Samsung, Microsoft Ink Patent Deal
Samsung is paying to use Android, and it's also promising to help Microsoft develop Windows Phone devices.
Surfing Naked At Starbucks
Think public Wi-fi is private? Think again--unless you arm yourself with an encrypting proxy server, anyone can see everything you're doing.
How To Choose Between Google AdWords And Facebook Ads
SMBs with tight budgets and schedules can't afford to throw their online advertising dollars against a wall to see what sticks. Here are some guidelines for choosing the right site.
Socialtext 5.0 Boosts Content Editor, Adds Social Radar
Social software update makes it easier to post, share, and make connections within the enterprise.
Vivu Brings HD Multiparty Videoconferencing To iPhone, iPad
Startup stakes claim to being the first with such a sophisticated video app for the iPhone.
Roomba Robots Listen To Social Media
For iRobot, the maker of the Roomba vacuum and other household robots, responding to customers on social media is a daily chore just like email, chat, and phone support.
Big Data Gets A Closer Look From Riak
Database system adds fine-grained queries of relational systems to NoSQL approach.
Google Redesigns Apps Status Dashboard
Openly accessible dashboard for Google Apps now offers a clearer view of cloud service outages.
Samsung Brings Galaxy Tab 8.9 To U.S.
Samsung's slightly smaller tablet goes on sale October 2 for $469 and $569, around $30 less than an Apple iPad.
Time To Update Firefox--Again
In a bid to become a little more enterprise friendly, Mozilla has decelerated its hectic six-week upgrade cycle--but not by much.
Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Rolls Out Slowly
Mobile operating system update will be delivered to the phones of current users any time within the next four weeks.
Google Seeks To Drop Cloud Case Against Feds
Google filed suit last year claiming that the cloud computing contract was written to benefit Microsoft. Now it seems to be changing its mind.
Marines Release Social Media Handbook
Two years after the military arm banned the use of Facebook, Twitter and the like, it's now embracing social media to promote communications.
Former U.S. CIO Kundra Earns "B" Grade In Survey
Federal IT professionals said that Vivek Kundra improved the government's use of technology overall, but suggested his successor take a more realistic approach.
Windows Phone Mango's Top 5 Enterprise Features
Microsoft didn't forget enterprise IT departments when it developed the new version of its mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7.5.
Mobile Security's Future: 4 Expert Predictions
Security pros weigh in on major trends that will change the way enterprises handle mobile threats, such as separate personal and work spaces on devices and faster patching.
5 Mobile Security Issues To Watch
Enterprises need to give up some control of devices and focus on what matters--securing the data. Stay on top of these 5 mobile security points.
Mobile Metaphor Rules, For Better And Worse
The visually and tactilely immersive iPad experience threatens to make the latest enterprise apps look like yesterday's green screens.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 And Galaxy Player: Visual Tour
Apple lawsuits haven't stopped Samsung from forging ahead with new additions to its lineup of Galaxy devices: the Galaxy Tab 8.9, a scaled-down version of the existing Galaxy Tab; and the Galaxy Player 4.0 and 5.0 media devices, which are essentially versions of the Galaxy S phones minus the phone components. The Player devices are powered by Android 2.35 ("Gingerbread"), and the Tab by Android 3.1 ("Honeycomb").
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Sage Practice Management Software Sold At Big Loss
Misguided development doomed the practice management/electronic health record system company, says an analyst.
Android Adoption Twice That Of iOS
Google's mobile operating system was running on 56% of phones sold in the past three months, more than all other competitors combined, says a report from Nielson.
Health Searches Scare You? Medify's Personalized Answer
Search on a health term and you often find data on the extremes, either too generic or too complex. Medify database aims to fix that.
NASA Wants Internet Access In Space
As space agency plans to send humans further into space, communications is a key challenge.
How Will Mobile Reshape Online Advertising?
Seeing the mobile wave coming and understanding how to ride it are not the same thing, attendees at the Mobilize conference say.
6 Ways BI Can Improve SMB Budget Planning
Is budget season making your team break into a cold sweat? Consider these ideas for using BI to improve budgeting and forecasting processes.
SAIC Takes On Google With Speech Translation Apps
Using a hybrid of statistical analysis and rule-based techniques, SAIC says it can produce more accurate English, Spanish, and Arabic translations, on the fly. Even on an iPhone.
AT&T Set To Release Mango Tuesday
Microsoft's premier partner for Windows Phone will be among the first to push the mobile OS update out to its customers, according to an internal memo.
Facebook Looks Beyond Like, But Not Far Enough
Facebook says it's defining a new language for how people connect. In this limited language, you are what you eat, watch, read, and buy.
The War On SSL Is Coming Your Way
Will updates of the Internet's most trustworthy security barrier get the support they need before we have another breach a la DigiNotar?
NASA Plans High-Speed Space Communications System
Agency plans to demonstrate the laser technology in 2016 to show it can transmit data from space up to 100 times faster than its current systems.
How Yammer Helps ReachLocal Reach Farther
Web marketing company adopted Yammer's enterprise social networking to hold the organization together during period of rapid growth.
Firefox Enterprise Support: Mozilla Changes Its Tune
After vexing corporate users of Firefox with its rapid release cycle, Mozilla has proposed an extended support plan.
Is Mobile Device Management Dead?
One argument: If we can build apps that are inherently manageable, then MDM can in effect be subsumed into the apps themselves.
Windows 8 Tablet: Too Little, Too Late?
Gartner warns that Microsoft may be too late to the party when it comes to competing with Apple's iPad and Android-based tablets.
OpenStack Adds Private Cloud-Building Features
Diablo upgrade of cloud open source project adds a service monitoring dashboard, like Amazon's CloudWatch, as well as Active Directory user authentication.
Take Charge Of Your Mobile App Strategy
Most IT shops are outsourcing the actual development of mobile apps. But IT leaders still must set a clear strategy for how they'll develop, deploy, and support these apps.
Verizon CEO: Third Ecosystem Battle Coming
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform has a chance to overtake RIM's BlackBerry platform and become the third major smartphone platform.
Facebook Turns Profile Into Timeline
New format for Facebook Profiles is a photo blog that's meant to be a visually rich record of your shared online activities that spans years.
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The State of Cloud Computing - Fall 2020
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2021 Top Enterprise IT TrendsWe've identified the key trends that are poised to impact the IT landscape in 2021. Find out why they're important and how they will affect you.
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