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SAP Streamwork: One Customer's Story
Wed, 16 May 2012 16:22 ED
Prototype system helps Applied Materials organize approvals on complex custom product specs, but not without tradeoffs.

SuccessFactors Leading SAP Cloud Away From Business ByDesign
Wed, 16 May 2012 11:05 ED
SuccessFactors founder Dalgaard, now leading SAP cloud strategy, wants to move toward "independent but super-integrated" apps.

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Wed, 16 May 2012 11:05 ED

Globoforce Maps Top Employee Performers
Wed, 16 May 2012 11:03 ED
Talent Maps puts social media analytics behind recognizing the staffers doing the most to drive a company's economic value.

Microsoft Trumps Google In L.A. Cloud Deal
Wed, 16 May 2012 10:28 ED
250,000 students and faculty at Los Angeles community colleges will move to Microsoft Live@edu online communication and collaboration services after school system rejects Google Apps.

Mulesoft's Cure To SaaS Integration Headaches
Wed, 16 May 2012 10:26 ED
Mule iON SaaS edition provides tools, workflow to relieve the pain of trying to integrate software-as-a-service applications.

SAP Catches Data Visualization Wave
Wed, 16 May 2012 09:15 ED
SAP Visual Intelligence, debuting Wednesday, taps into two hot trends in BI and analytics.

Apple Inoculates OS X Leopard Against Flashback
Tue, 15 May 2012 11:47 ED
Apple security update for older OS 10.5 Leopard nukes Flashback variants and disables outdated Java and Flash functionality.

Windows 8 Lets Parents Track Kids' Internet Use
Tue, 15 May 2012 10:50 ED
Microsoft's Windows 8 Family Safety tool generates reports that keep parents informed about their children's online activities.

SAP Plays Social Collaboration Game By Own Rules
Tue, 15 May 2012 10:35 ED
SAP doesn't think it needs to beat the likes of Jive Software to win in social collaboration.

Half Of Computer Users Admit To Pirating Software
Tue, 15 May 2012 08:48 ED
Software pirates typically are young and male and live in emerging economies, where obtaining legal copies of software isn't always easy, finds Business Software Alliance study.

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Tue, 15 May 2012 08:48 ED

Software Engineer: 2012's Top Job
Tue, 15 May 2012 08:30 ED
Hiring demand, high salaries, and some lesser-known perks make software engineering the most enviable profession, CareerCast.com survey finds.

Cloud Management Tools: Beware 3 Pain Points
Mon, 14 May 2012 09:00 ED
Know the danger zones as you select cloud management tool platforms.

NetBase Adds Social Engagement, Starting With SAP CRM
Fri, 11 May 2012 16:00 ED
Social media monitoring and sentiment analysis can now feed into customer response through SAP CRM, with MediaFunnel and HootSuite integrations to follow.

Dell Taps Unidesk To Deliver Virtualized Desktops
Fri, 11 May 2012 09:55 ED
Dell announces second startup partnership in the desktop virtualization market in less than a week. Here's a look at Unidesk's secret sauce.

Apple To Ditch Google Maps In iOS 6?
Fri, 11 May 2012 09:46 ED
Apple looks prepared to sever its long-standing ties to Google Maps with a brand new mapping application in the next version of iOS.

Oracle Upgrades Virtual Desktop Options
Fri, 11 May 2012 09:19 ED
Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Release 3.4 increases storage options and enhances security for virtual desktops.

Microsoft Bing Friends Facebook
Fri, 11 May 2012 09:05 ED
In an effort to outdo Google's social search integration, Microsoft has tagged Facebook. Here's what the move means.

Mobile OS Proliferation Continues
Fri, 11 May 2012 08:55 ED
IT departments need to reset their attitudes about the variety of personal mobile devices showing up in the workplace, panel tells Interop 2012 audience.

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Fri, 11 May 2012 08:55 ED

Watch Out, Dropbox? Citrix ShareFile's Enterprise Twist
Thu, 10 May 2012 15:15 ED
Last year Citrix bought cloud file sharing service ShareFile, taking on YouSendIt, Box, and Dropbox. Now Citrix will turn that service into a product you can also install as enterprise software.

Oracle Accelerates Business Intelligence App Deployment
Thu, 10 May 2012 12:33 ED
Web-based tools speed setup of Oracle BI apps tied to E-Business Suite and JD Edwards ERP systems.

What's Next From VMware: CTO Steve Herrod
Thu, 10 May 2012 10:04 ED
VMware CTO goes one-on-one with InformationWeek's Charles Babcock at Interop 2012 to discuss the software-defined data center, the Citrix desktop rivalry, recent security concerns, and more.

Google Seeks New Trial In Oracle Fight
Wed, 09 May 2012 15:07 ED
Google says incomplete verdict returned on Monday violates its constitutional trial rights.

Healthcare Providers Have Big BI Plans
Wed, 09 May 2012 13:49 ED
Advent of accountable care organizations and health information exchanges driving hospitals to invest in more business intelligence tools, KLAS survey says.

Army Eyes Monitoring Tools To Stop WikiLeaks Repeat
Wed, 09 May 2012 10:15 ED
Keystroke monitoring may be just a start as Army seeks ways to sift through soldiers' website visits, search queries, and other work, watching for abnormal behavior and trying to stop inside attacks.

How To Design A Social Business
Tue, 08 May 2012 16:42 ED
In 'Social Business By Design,' the Dachis Group's Dion Hinchcliffe and Peter Kim catalog all the ways social business translates into better business.

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