Enterprise Applications

New LibreOffice release sparks record donations to Document Foundation

Free Microsoft Office rival gets an upgrade

HoloLens Spectator View makes it easier to show off AR creations

However, it requires a special rig with a camera, a HoloLens, and 3D printed brackets

Many still want their software packaged

DARPA: We’re on cusp of merging human and machine

Cyborgs? Not yet. But researchers are working on mind-controlled prosthetics and amped-up soldiers

IBM’s Watson powers Invoca’s call analysis suite

A real-world use case for one of the more well-known cognitive computing platforms

The 5 things I hate about CRM systems

Asking me my favorite CRM system struck such a nerve, prompting me to rant like Lewis Black about why CRM systems are terrible

How DevOps, agile spurred Slack enterprise adoption

Capital One’s IT staff began using Slack to share code, communicate and collaborate on the bank’s crucial software development. Now it’s spreading across department boundaries.

Nokia makes bid for Comptel to boost its software business

Nokia is looking for new markets as network equipment becomes increasingly commoditized

Cisco grows cloud menu, brings Microsoft Azure Stack into UCS

Cisco integrates Microsoft Azure Stack into its Unified Computing System.

Gartner: Algorithm-based technology patents are raging

Gartner says by 2020 there could be nearly half a million patent applications mentioning "algorithm"