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3D printing: Good for retail? Tesco CIO says so

Posted October 1, 2013 - 4:35 pm

Mike McNamara, CIO of the British grocery retailer Tesco, says 3D printing will help his company and the retail sector at large.
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How to use Word 2013 to translate a document that is in another language?

Posted October 1, 2013 - 4:34 pm

How can you use Word to translate a document that was written in a different language?
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Splunk dives deeper into business analytics

Posted October 1, 2013 - 4:30 pm

Splunk continues to enhance its flagship machine data search engine so it can be used by business analysts and managers, in addition to its typical audience of system and network administrators.
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ERP systems provide visibility into food safety

Posted October 1, 2013 - 4:22 pm

As food production gets increasingly complicated, food manufacturers often struggle to track products from raw materials to packaged goods -- and, in the event of a recall, from packaged goods to raw materials. Even those with automated quality systems often find it hard to integrate supply chain data. That's why some food makers are turning to specialized ERP systems.
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Government CIOs see big data as Internet-like innovation platform

Posted October 1, 2013 - 3:51 pm

Government IT leaders envision open, machine-readable data sets from across departments and agencies offering a testbed for innovative new applications and services the feds would never create on their own.
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Choosing the best license for your open source software project

Posted October 1, 2013 - 3:44 pm

Getting the right license for your open source project can mean the difference between success and failure for your software.
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How Stripe, a company you've never heard of, powers the sharing economy

Posted October 1, 2013 - 2:38 pm

Processing payments may not be sexy, but Stripe lets you seamlessly hitch rides and order takeout.
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New in iOS 7: What developers need to know

Posted October 1, 2013 - 2:35 pm

The revamped UI, dynamic type, new multitasking modes, and 64-bit support point to new classes of apps -- and devices
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How to solve CRM data deduplication dilemmas

Posted October 1, 2013 - 12:51 pm

Unlike other enterprise software systems, the biggest data quality issue that CRM systems face is duplicates. Dedupe incorrectly, though, and bad data poltergeists and doppelgangers will come back to haunt you.
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Review: Xcode 5 makes better, faster, stronger iOS and OS X apps

Posted October 1, 2013 - 12:43 pm

Major upgrade to Apple's IDE scores high with faster compiling, 64-bit support, easier debugging, source control integration, and automated testing
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SAP seeks an edge from NSA surveillance worries

Posted October 1, 2013 - 11:49 am

SAP may build a second data center in Australia in order to meet customer demand for locally delivered cloud services in the wake of revelations over the U.S. National Security Agency's Prism surveillance program.
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5 ways to disaster-proof your data backups

Posted October 1, 2013 - 11:46 am

Protect the lifeblood of your business with at least one--and ideally, two--of these proven techniques.
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Gartner Magic Quadrant for Mobile Device Management Software

Posted October 1, 2013 - 11:31 am

Interest in MDM continues to grow at a fast rate, with companies looking for enterprise security and mobile optimization and enablement.
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Life after users: The Detroits of the Internet

Posted October 1, 2013 - 6:00 am

They were once busy, bustling sites with lots of traffic and personal interaction. Then the users went away. What happened?
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See - and hear - what it was like to surf the web 20 years ago

Posted October 1, 2013 - 6:00 am

CERN launches a line mode browser emulator to recreate the experience of the first cross-platform browser
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After getting star billing, Oracle's Fusion Applications take a supporting role

Posted September 30, 2013 - 4:44 pm

Last week's OpenWorld conference made on thing clear: Oracle remains committed to its next-generation Fusion Applications but massive growth in the product line is probably not around the corner.
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BMC puts Hadoop on the company timesheet

Posted September 30, 2013 - 4:01 pm

Now that many organizations see the utility in big data, BMC Software has provided a way to incorporate jobs from the Hadoop data processing platform into larger enterprise workflows.
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Through a glass darkly: Microsoft's new financial reporting format

Posted September 30, 2013 - 3:16 pm

CIOs will have a harder time evaluating how well key Microsoft products are selling now that the company has restructured the way it breaks down its revenue streams, according to analysts.
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Software Lifecycle Management: Managing Essential tools for greater productivity and cost savings

Posted September 30, 2013 - 10:46 am

People are interacting with software from the moment they wake up (hearing an alarm on a smartphone) to the time they relax in the evening (reading or shopping online).
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Google (GooglePlus_Feed) on Twitter

Posted September 28, 2013 - 1:29 pm

Like who can help me reinstate my google account which has been suspended??? asap I need help, please!!!
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Software Asset Management: Practices for Success

Posted September 27, 2013 - 6:45 pm

This white paper discusses best practices that can dramatically increase your success rate of a SAM deployment.
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Software Asset Management: Getting Started

Posted September 27, 2013 - 5:30 pm

Find out what steps to take that can lead your organization down the smooth path to SAM deployment.
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'Free Unix!': The world-changing proclamation made 30 years ago today

Posted September 27, 2013 - 4:44 pm

It was 30 years ago today -- which is to say Sept. 27, 1983 -- that the seeds were planted for both Linux and the open source software movement, though neither is called that name by the man who help set both of them into motion, the irascible Richard Stallman.
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Bill Gates admits CTRL-ALT-DEL was mistake, as was dropping out of Harvard

Posted September 27, 2013 - 2:54 pm

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates acknowledged that the "CTRL-ALT-DEL" means of logging into your Windows PC was a mistake, although done with the best of intentions.
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After a week, iOS 7 runs more than half of Apple's mobile devices

Posted September 27, 2013 - 2:45 pm

Analytics and advertising firms tracking Apple's new mobile operating system iOS 7 said today that its uptake has been 14% faster than last year's iOS 6.
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