Unforeseen consequences of cloud computing; Office 365 turns one

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	Report highlights unforeseen consequences of cloud computing While the cloud has delivered many good consequences (such as greater infrastructure flexibility, lower costs, and so on) it has also been found to have a dark side (for example, security problems and management issues). Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Open Business Conference Attend the Open Business Conference May 5-6 and discover... How tools for leveraging data have opened up almost completely. From Hadoop to Open Stack to NoSQL and technologies like MongoDB, never have so many powerful technologies been available to so many. As Big Data matures, these tools are becoming increasingly accessible. Register and attend May 5-6, 2014, The Palace Hotel, San Francisco. Click to continue In this Issue Office 365 turns one, but success is tough to tally 25 Valentine's Day gifts for geeks at heart How to sync your Windows desktop to the cloud Dell finally ships Android-based PC on a stick Startup Altiscale offers Hadoop hosted service Facebook turns 10: A look back at the milestones Price of Amazon Prime may jump to $99 or $119 a year Pharmaceutical IT chief melds five cloud security companies to bolt down resource access NTT DoCoMo reveals smart clothing, fitness band in healthcare push WEBCAST: 8x8, Inc Using Cloud Communications for a Competitive Advantage Watch this Frost & Sullivan webcast to learn why distributed organizations are rejecting the old model of premises-based communications solutions and have turned to cloud communications. Learn more >> Office 365 turns one, but success is tough to tally A year after the launch of Microsoft's ambitious Office 365, it's almost impossible for outsiders to get a grip on how the software-by-subscription program has done, analysts admitted today. Read More 25 Valentine's Day gifts for geeks at heart Ready to shop for a Valentine's Day gift for your geek-minded sweetheart? We've found 25 gifts inspired by tech, science and math. From the chemistry of caffeine to the artistry of Pi, we've got you covered. Read More How to sync your Windows desktop to the cloud If you talk to five PC users you'll probably find six different ways to use the Windows desktop. On the one end are people like me, who prefer to have nothing cluttering up their primary workspace. On the other are people who turn their desktop into a dumping ground for webpage links, files in progress, to-do lists, and program shortcuts. Read More WHITE PAPER: BlackBerry What's Coming in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) Find out why Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solutions that are truly future-ready must be designed to enable Machine-to-Machine (M2M) capabilities and much more. Learn More Dell finally ships Android-based PC on a stick Dell has started shipping the Android-based Wyse Cloud Connect, a US$129 device that is slightly larger than a USB stick and can be used by consumers to watch movies in HD or by enterprises as a virtual desktop client. Read More Startup Altiscale offers Hadoop hosted service Organizations that want to run Apache Hadoop to analyze their big data without setting up a computer cluster can now procure the data processing framework as a service from a startup co-founded by the former CTO of Yahoo. Read More Facebook turns 10: A look back at the milestones A lot has happened since Mark Zuckerberg and his friends launched a website from their dorm room. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mitel Networks Cloud-based UC: A Foundation for Business Transformation CIOs are turning to cloud-based UC to reduce IT costs and focus resources on projects that deliver the greatest strategic advantages. Read Now Price of Amazon Prime may jump to $99 or $119 a year Perhaps investors have had enough, because when Amazon released earnings yesterday that weren't quite up to part with analysts' expectations, shares of the world's largest e-retailer sank by nearly 10%. Money-wise, Amazon raked in a profit of $239 million on revenue of $25.59 billion with EPS coming in at $0.51. Read More Pharmaceutical IT chief melds five cloud security companies to bolt down resource access Having migrated his company from on-site servers and applications to a cloud-based software-as-a-service, Nathan McBride, vice president of information technology at AMAG Pharmaceuticals, is now working to influence security by getting five cloud security service providers to build what he wants. Read More NTT DoCoMo reveals smart clothing, fitness band in healthcare push Japan's dominant mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo is pushing into wearable technology with new smart clothing and a wrist band that can monitor wearers' health while sending data to smartphones and the cloud. Read More
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