http://www.infoworld.com InfoWorld - Information Technology News, Computer Networking & Security http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/idg.us.info.rss/logo;pos=rssfeed_infologo;sz=214x54;ord=? http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/idg.us.info.rss/logo;pos=rssfeed_infologo;sz=214x54;ord=? http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/04/03/Google_deal_to_buy_Twitter_in_the_works_1.html The rumor mill is in full gear over speculation that Google may acquire Twitter. The news comes from two separate and unnamed sources that claim talks between Google and Twitter are in the late stages, according to TechCrunch's Michael Arrington. Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:05:24 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/04/03/Google_deal_to_buy_Twitter_in_the_works_1.html 2009-04-03T16:05:24Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/04/02/Central_Desktop_delivers_Outlook_plugin_1.html Central Desktop has enhanced its eponymous Web-hosted collaboration suite with a plug-in for Outlook that the company believes increases its viability as a SharePoint alternative. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:29:22 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/04/02/Central_Desktop_delivers_Outlook_plugin_1.html 2009-04-02T22:29:22Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/04/02/IBM_continues_push_for_Sun_but_will_the_deal_kill_Solaris_1.html The high-stakes, but still under-the covers battle by IBM to take over Sun Microsystems is still in play, but IBM may be rethinking what it is willing to pay for the enterprise vendor. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:08:12 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/04/02/IBM_continues_push_for_Sun_but_will_the_deal_kill_Solaris_1.html 2009-04-02T21:08:12Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/04/02/IBM_Mayo_form_opensource_health_IT_consortium_1.html Biomedical informatics researchers at IBM and the Mayo Clinic have launched a new open source consortium focused on natural language processing (NLP), in an effort to help doctors share diagnosis and treatment information. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:25:17 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/04/02/IBM_Mayo_form_opensource_health_IT_consortium_1.html 2009-04-02T19:25:17Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/04/02/Longjump_brings_saas_inside_firewalls_1.html Platform-as-a-service provider Longjump announced this week that its on-demand Business Applications Platform can now be licensed and used within a customer's four walls. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:35:06 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/04/02/Longjump_brings_saas_inside_firewalls_1.html 2009-04-02T18:35:06Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/04/02/Amazon_automates_Hadoop_use_for_developers_1.html Amazon.com has launched a hosted service designed to simplify for developers the use of the Hadoop implementation of the MapReduce programming model for processing large data sets in processor clusters. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:01:49 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/04/02/Amazon_automates_Hadoop_use_for_developers_1.html 2009-04-02T18:01:49Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/04/02/EMC_unveils_SourceOne_archiving_compliance_software_1.html EMC on Thursday unwrapped the SourceOne product family of enterprise archiving, compliance, and e-discovery software. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:58:00 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/04/02/EMC_unveils_SourceOne_archiving_compliance_software_1.html 2009-04-02T16:58:00Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/04/02/Microsoft_Office_coming_to_the_iPhone_1.html Workaholics tethered to their smartphones have another reason to switch to Apple: Rumors that Microsoft's Office Suite is coming to the iPhone are inching towards reality, and iPhone apps with document and spreadsheet editing capabilities are also on the way. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:38:16 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/04/02/Microsoft_Office_coming_to_the_iPhone_1.html 2009-04-02T16:38:16Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/04/02/Users_to_SAP_Enterprise_support_KPIs_need_more_work_1.html SAP and its customers disagree not just about the value of its Enterprise Support service, but also about how to measure that value -- and now, it seems, about how close they are to agreeing on how to measure that value. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:11:33 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/04/02/Users_to_SAP_Enterprise_support_KPIs_need_more_work_1.html 2009-04-02T15:11:33Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/04/02/NetSuite_talks_up_integration_with_Salesforcecom_1.html Hoping to score new business among a rival's customer base, SaaS ERP vendor NetSuite on Thursday pushed its ability to integrate with on-demand CRM vendor Salesforce.com. 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