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NewsGator's SharePoint add-on tries to filter and reduce enterprise social noise

admin — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:12:41 +0000

NewsGator has upgraded its Social Sites ESN (enterprise social networking) add-on for SharePoint to make the software better able to tailor the content, notifications and capabilities it displays for each user.

The overall goal is to make it easier for Social Sites users to stay engaged with work tasks, information and colleagues.

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Google Glass privacy concerns raised by international data protection authorities

admin — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:29:31 +0000

The Canadian privacy commissioner and 36 other data protection authorities on Tuesday raised privacy concerns about Google Glass in an open letter to CEO Larry Page.

Jennifer Stoddart, Canada's privacy commissioner, signed the letter. Co-signers include Europe's privacy watchdog the Article 29 Working Party and as well as the privacy commissioners of New Zealand and Australia and their counterparts in Mexico, Israel, and Switzerland, among others.

HP shakes up management team of PC division

admin — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:00:28 +0000

Hewlett-Packard has shuffled the management of its PC division as it tries to sharpen its focus on growth markets.

HP said that top executive Todd Bradley will step down from his role as executive vice president of the Printing and Personal Systems (PPS) group to become executive vice president of Strategic Growth Initiatives, where his first order of business will be "enhancing HP's business in China."

Deep discounts on Nook tablets may have Windows tie-in

InfoWorld Tech Watch — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:52:02 +0000

In a move reminiscent of Microsoft's ongoing Surface fire sale, Barnes & Noble has chopped from 35 percent to almost 45 percent off th

How to become an IT Innovator

admin — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:16:30 +0000

Innovation has become a top concern for companies seeking a competitive edge in today's business world, especially as more organizations face new competitors that are using technology as a business disruptor.

In The Conference Board's "CEO Challenge 2013" report, innovation was third on the list of top CEO challenges, after "human capital" and "operational excellence."

How to evaluate the risk of outsourcing locations

admin — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:12:42 +0000

There are more viable offshore outsourcing destinations than ever before -- a great boon for IT leaders seeking new sources of talent, language capabilities, nearshore support, and risk diversification. But IT organizations can no longer afford to take traditional view of outsourcing location assessment.

Microsoft kills linked accounts in Outlook.com

admin — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:08:27 +0000

Microsoft said Monday that it is eliminating the ability to link accounts within Outlook.com, replacing them with aliases instead.

Currently, Outlook users can link their account with others from within Outlook.com. Outlook allows users to not only read email from within the Outlook.com context, but also send emails as if they were in those other domains.

AMD reboots server strategy with first ARM chips

admin — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:55:18 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices is building its future server strategy around chips used in smartphones and tablets. The company said its first ARM server processors -- which will be released in the second half of next year -- will be faster and more powerful than its existing low-power x86 server processors.

Jive boosts mobile capabilities of its enterprise social suite

admin — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:47:13 +0000

Jive Software is making a mobile push with new and enhanced mobile applications that have an emphasis on helping users of the enterprise social networking (ESN) suite create, not just view, content from their tablets and smartphones.

Responding to a significant increase in mobile usage of its product, Jive has developed its first native iPad application, enhanced its existing iPhone application and upgraded its iOS software development kit.

Sprint sues Dish, Clearwire over takeover plan

admin — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:32:29 +0000

Sprint Nextel sued Clearwire and Dish Network on Monday in a bid to block Dish from taking over Clearwire, Sprint's majority-owned network partner.

Dish and Sprint have been in a bidding war over Clearwire, which Sprint also plans to buy, and last week Clearwire's board recommended shareholders accept Dish's offer. But in a complaint filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery on Monday, Sprint said Dish's proposal violates its rights and those of other strategic investors. In its suit, Sprint wants to prevent the deal from being consummated and seeks unspecified damages.

NSA can access data without court approval, leaker says

admin — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:59:46 +0000

Analysts at the U.S. National Security Agency can gain access to the content of U.S. targets' phone calls and email messages without court orders, NSA leaker Edward Snowden said, contradicting denials from U.S. government sources.

Microsoft hopes to win over students with cheap Surface RTs

InfoWorld Tech Watch — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:29:00 +0000

Microsoft has found a face-saving way to put a dent in its stacks of unshipped Surface RTs: The company has confirmed it w

Don't hold your breath for office apps in the cloud

David Linthicum — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:00:00 +0000

Claims that most organizations have moved, or are moving, to cloud email or cloud office systems don't square with research by Gartner: "Gartner estimates that there are currently about 50 million enterprise users of cloud office systems, which represent only 8 percent of overall office system users (excluding China and India).

Bromium vSentry 2.0 protects users, companies with latest microvisor

David Marshall — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:00:00 +0000

At Citrix Synergy this year, I had the opportunity to speak with Simon Crosby, co-founder and CTO at Bromium. Though Bromium didn't have a booth at this year's event, I've discovered on more than one occasion that Crosby and I have a knack for finding one another in a crowd of a few thousand people. That's great news for me because I was able to get a sneak peek at what Bromium has been up to since our last conversation months earlier.

Guess what? IT doesn't care what's on your iPhone

Galen M. Gruman — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:00:00 +0000

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Developers catch on to Cassandra's database dexterity

InfoWorld Tech Watch — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:00:00 +0000

Apache Cassandra is attracting developer attention as a highly scalable database, with user sites eyeing the open source project as a mechani

It's over: All private data is public

Roger A. Grimes — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:00:00 +0000

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8 struggling technologies: Which ones will survive?

admin — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:00:00 +0000

From BlackBerry to Ultrabooks to Google TV, these technologies might be on their last legs

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From BlackBerry to Ultrabooks to Google TV, these technologies might be on their last legs

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5 possible endings for Sprint-Clearwire drama

admin — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:42:50 +0000

The battle of takeovers among Sprint Nextel, Dish Network, Clearwire, and SoftBank has heated up as Clearwire's board recommended shareholders accept Dish's bid instead of Sprint's.

Bloomberg disses Silicon Valley in bid to lure techies to New York

InfoWorld Tech Watch — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:03:16 +0000

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg smattered his commencement address to Stanford's graduating class this past weekend with a little trash talk about Silicon Valley, part of his and other influential New Yorkers' ongoing effort to foster the Big Apple's evolution into a major tech mecca.