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BrandPost: Where cloud is going: Service as a service

Posted March 19, 2013 - 8:47 pm

As big players like Xerox expand their capabilities, businesses of all sizes will have more choices of cloud services
Microsoft to let Office 365 users replace SharePoint's newsfeed with Yammer's

Posted March 19, 2013 - 3:39 pm

Microsoft offered more details on Tuesday about its plans to integrate SharePoint and Yammer, saying it'll give Office 365 customers the option of replacing SharePoint Online's activity-stream component with Yammer's.
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Galaxy S4 costs $236 for materials

Posted March 19, 2013 - 3:01 pm

The new Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone with HSPA+ costs $236 for materials, up 15% from the equivalent Galaxy S III, according to a virtual teardown by IHS iSuppli.
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Microsoft going after enterprises with Dynamics AX ERP

Posted March 19, 2013 - 2:42 pm

Microsoft hoped recent updates to its Dynamics AX 2012 ERP (enterprise-resource-planning) software would help it grab enterprise-level deals that would ordinarily be won by the likes of Oracle and SAP, and to some degree the strategy appears to be clicking.
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Ignore cloud security assessment at your own risk

Posted March 19, 2013 - 1:28 pm

Companies that deploy software-as-a-service often don't know everything about the security provisions their SaaS providers and partners have in place. Experts say it's because they don't know what to ask, they don't know what to test and they no longer know what's standard for a cloud service provider contract.
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Researcher hijacks insecure embedded devices en masse for Internet scanning project

Posted March 19, 2013 - 12:30 pm

An anonymous researcher created a massive botnet by hijacking about 420,000 Internet-accessible embedded devices with default or no login passwords and used it to map the entire Internet.
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Supreme Court reaffirms resale of copyright works

Posted March 19, 2013 - 12:26 pm

U.S. residents have the right to resell software and other products protected by copyright even when they are manufactured overseas, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
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Microsoft boosts Dynamics CRM with marketing, social media analysis

Posted March 19, 2013 - 12:13 pm

Microsoft is hoping to shove aside rivals such as Salesforce.com and Oracle in the CRM (customer relationship management) software market by linking its own Dynamics CRM application with new capabilities for marketing automation and social media analysis.
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Rackspace program looks to 'seed' cloud workforce

Posted March 19, 2013 - 12:10 pm

Rackspace's Open Cloud Academy is a training program to teach skills in various open source areas, such as OpenStack, Hadoop and Linux, with a specific focus on cloud computing.
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Blue Jeans Network looks to expand access to affordable videoconferencing

Posted March 19, 2013 - 12:04 pm

Blue Jeans Network is rolling out an iOS app, partnering with with Tely Labs on an affordable video collaboration appliance and launching dual streams in a bid to expand access to videoconferencing.
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DARPA looking for way to spot attackers on wireless networks

Posted March 19, 2013 - 11:44 am

The U.S. military relies heavily on distributed, wireless networks to communicate in combat zones. Now DARPA is looking for ideas on how to keep enemies off these networks.
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Juniper unveils smaller core router

Posted March 19, 2013 - 11:33 am

Juniper Networks this week rolled out a scaled-down version of its core packet transport router targeted at space- and power-constrained environments and metro networks.
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Piracy doesn't hurt online music sales, according to EU study

Posted March 19, 2013 - 11:07 am

Illegal music downloads have negligible impact on digital music sales according to a new study by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC).
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Citrix adds editing capabilities to ShareFile, updates Podio mobile apps

Posted March 19, 2013 - 11:05 am

Citrix Systems has upgraded its Podio applications for Android and iOS, as well as the ShareFile app for the latter, which can now be used to edit Microsoft Office documents.
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Guarding the Network with Next Gen Intrusion Protection

Posted March 19, 2013 - 11:00 am

Advanced persistent threats have the potential to quietly invade and infiltrate your network. Do you know how to stop them? This KnowledgeVault examines how to protect against APTs using a Next Generation Intrusion Protection System, as well as how to take a leadership approach to security intelligence when protecting the enterprise.
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Microsoft extends Azure Hadoop, mobile app development functionality

Posted March 19, 2013 - 8:34 am

Microsoft has released a number of enhancements to Windows Azure that will make it easier to deploy and manage Hadoop clusters and integrate more mobile apps with the cloud platform.
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Z10 sales start Friday in U.S., but Blackberry's future still far from certain

Posted March 19, 2013 - 6:09 am

BlackBerry Z10 sales kick off this Friday in the U.S., but it is still unclear how popular the smartphone and its Q10 cousin running BlackBerry 10 will be, amid a number of contradictory predictions and indicators.
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H-1B reform bill bolstered by testimony of mostly male visas

Posted March 19, 2013 - 6:09 am

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley has re-introduced an H-1B reform bill that once again takes aim at offshore outsourcers, and on Monday he got more ammunition for that battle.
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JPMorgan Chase customers see zero balances after technical glitch

Posted March 19, 2013 - 12:37 am

Customers of JPMorgan Chase reported seeing zero balances in their accounts both online and on mobile, and speculated that the bank's systems had been hacked into.
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Webcast

The Power of Enterprise Network Protection

Posted March 19, 2013 - 12:00 am

Learn how your enterprise can protect the enterprise network by understanding exactly what's going on, providing intuitive access and reporting capabilities, and reducing the costs of security and compliance.
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4 free tools to simulate a cloud connection

Posted March 18, 2013 - 3:46 pm

Linux-based WAN emulation tools can help you decide whether your planned cloud migration is the right move.
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Pinterest launches new look, more tools

Posted March 18, 2013 - 2:57 pm

Social pinboard site interest began rolling out a redesign to its users today.
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Question

What are the benefits of virtual networking?

Posted March 18, 2013 - 2:49 pm

VMWare is using technology from one of it's recent acquisitions to add virtual networking into its existing products. I don't really have any experience with virtual networks - What are the expected benefits of deploying a virtual network?
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March Madness streaming-content bans don't apply to CEOs: study

Posted March 18, 2013 - 1:42 pm

To ban or not to ban? The question comes up every year as March Madness approaches and companies fret about the potential for sluggish networks and lost productivity if employees tune in to games played during work hours.
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How social CRM customizes marketing, brings new revenue

Posted March 18, 2013 - 1:39 pm

Segmenting customers and watching their habits on Facebook and other social networks shows the music company how to customize its marketing.
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