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More than 100,000 organizations are signed up to test the vendor's new on-demand platform, suggesting email and collaboration could overtake CRM as the top services-based app.
Apple MacBook Air Laptops Sport Samsung SSDs
Solid-state drives with faster read and write speeds have been discovered inside newer models of Apple's thin, lightweight laptop.
Bending The 80/20 Process Barrier
Think you can offload complexity only by outsourcing? Not so. Tackle process improvements, then add IT automation to get all the goodness with less risk.
Google Map Maker Enables Editing Of America
Like the territory of some 183 other countries and regions, the map of the United States is now open for anyone to embellish.
Keeping Up With Facebook Platform Changes
IFrame page tabs and "secure browsing" together are causing headaches for many Facebook business page operators.
Schwartz On Security: Talking Risk Equals Reward
Understanding your business's risk appetite will help you get the money for the security threats that matter.
Architect Your Databases Against Data Breaches
If you haven't considered data architecture to help protect your data, now is as good a time as any. Your business and even your job may depend on it.
Sizing Up The Unified Computing Stack Wars
Server vendors are now armed with formidable network and storage offerings, and software vendors have acquired hardware companies. But should you tie your data center's future to an integrated vision?
NASA To Leverage Nebula For Gulf Ecosystem Project
The agency moves ahead with work on its cloud-computing infrastructure even after its creator Chris Kemp has left the agency.
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