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No big-bang Apps news at I/O, but some announcements merit attention
Apps, Google's flagship product for enterprise IT, had a minor presence at this week's I/O developer conference, but some announcements at...
SAP builds out HANA platform and ecosystem
Anyone remotely within the orbit of SAP lately knows that its No. 1 focus is the HANA in-memory database and development platform. At this week's...
Amazon gives DynamoDB a performance boost
Amazon Web Services is improving the performance of its DynamoDB database service with Parallel Scan, which gives users faster access to their tables.
11 Tips for Deploying ERP Applications
In a global mobile environment, organizations are looking for ERP systems that do more than integrate with a legacy system. But with so many...
NetSuite to increase focus on ERP for manufacturers
Capitalizing on apparent demand from customers, NetSuite is adding new capabilities aimed at manufacturers to its cloud-based ERP (enterprise...
Box to revamp document viewing with Crocodoc acquisition
Box has acquired Crocodoc in a move to significantly improve the way documents are rendered for viewing on its enterprise storage and file sharing...
Microsoft says Yammer sales are booming
With the backing of its new parent company, Yammer more than tripled its revenue year on year in the quarter that ended in March.
Why your next big IT project is doomed
Have you had a IT project go astray? Maybe you were lucky and it was a brief hiccup with minimal financial consequences. Or maybe you had a disaster...
Google revamps admin console for Apps and other enterprise products
Google is rolling out a new IT administration console for its Apps email and collaboration cloud suite and for other enterprise products such as Maps...
Microsoft to boost Office Web Apps features
Microsoft plans to accelerate improvements in Office Web Apps, the browser-based version of the Office suite, adding features like real-time...
SAP unveils HANA Enterprise Cloud service
SAP is set to offer customers the option of running their applications on top of a cloud-based version of its HANA in-memory database technology.
Microsoft to grow Office 365's capacity to import contacts from third-party tools
Office 365 users will increasingly be able to import contacts from external applications after the suite's initial rollout of this capability for...
Jive enterprise social product gets group templates for business tasks
Jive Software has upgraded its enterprise social collaboration product to make it easier to tailor group sites for specific business tasks and flag...
Microsoft says Office 365 adoption accelerating, but questions remain
When Microsoft reported its third-quarter financial results last week, company officials trumpeted several metrics about sales and adoption of Office...
Squeezing savings from the cloud
Calculating the real ROI of cloud apps requires the analysis of a lot of factors, and cutting corners on that process means you might not save money.
Audit: Tech overhaul for police, fire three years behind schedule
A sweeping overhaul of systems used by Portland, Ore.'s fire and police departments is three years behind schedule and about US$10 million over...
Know the key legal and security risks in a cloud-computing contract
Youre no longer in control of your data once you hand it over to a cloud storage provider, but youre legally still responsible for it. Knowing whats...
Microsoft touts Office 365 wins, but customers want more
Microsoft is trumpeting Office 365 customer successes at its U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit on Tuesday, but some of those otherwise happy clients have...
Social Networking Drives Business Processes at Pandora and Rosetta Stone
Pandora and Rosetta Stone have embraced social business tools and the cloud to cut costs, increase productivity and improve collaboration. Learn how...
SharePoint-Yammer integration promising, but a long-term plan
CIOs and IT managers tracking the progress of the SharePoint-Yammer integration got more details about the road map this week, but the updates were a...