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Amazon, Google, or Microsoft: Which free cloud service should I use? | Box really drinks the cloud Kool-Aid Follow CITEworld BY IDG ENTERPRISE March 20, 2014 InCITE Your twice weekly digest of the most important developments in the consumerization of IT An intelligent look at the next generation of business intelligence A new breed of cloud-based data analytics products is making it easier for businesses to glean insights from their existing data. But it can be hard to navigate all the buzzwords. Here's the scoop. Resource compliments of: CITE Conference + Expo Lead the consumerization culture shift Consumer technologies are changing business in fundamental ways. Learn how to lead the culture shift in your enterprise at the third annual Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise (CITE) April 27–29 in San Francisco. Learn more Amazon, Google, or Microsoft: Which free cloud service should I use? Are Amazon's free cloud services as good a deal as they seem? And what are the options from Google and Microsoft?   Box really drinks the cloud Kool-Aid Box is not just a provider of cloud services, it's also a stellar example of how to run a user-centric, cloud-based IT department. From smartwatch skeptic to true believer -- a personal journey There's a lot of hype around smartwatches and other wearables, but for many the value proposition can be difficult to see at first. This is the story about how three companies -- and one well-designed smartwatch app -- turned a skeptic into a believer. Apple's Healthbook and iWatch will be about way more than fitness tracking Apple's forthcoming Healthbook app, which is expected to ship with iOS 8 and the long-rumored iWatch, will allow fitness tracking, but it could also manage a range of common chronic conditions like heart disease and diabetes. It looks like Apple has chosen health care as its next industry to disrupt. Google plunges into wearables with Android Wear Google took the wraps off its wearables strategy on Tuesday by announcing Android Wear, a platform for Android-based smartwatches. The Internet of Things needs standards There's a big roadblock to the Internet of Things becoming really valuable for people, and that's integration of data collected by various kinds of sensors, industry executives said at a panel in Seattle on Tuesday. What OneNote for Mac tells us about how Office for iPad will work The Windows team is no longer the center of gravity at Microsoft. Windows is just one of the operating systems Microsoft creates, and none of them are what Microsoft is really about these days. Microsoft takes aim at Evernote with OneNote Microsoft rolls out a handful of updates related to its note taking app, including a version for the Mac, a new Web page clipping tool, and APIs for third party developers. Biba: Videoconferencing should be easy enough for a 3-year-old Biba has set a tall challenge for itself -- to compete directly with Microsoft's Lync -- but it thinks that new features announced today bring it one step closer. Why Dropbox would buy a messaging startup you've never heard of Dropbox's willingness to buy companies like Zulip indicates that it may see itself as owning the entire collaboration stack, from content to collaboration. Coding is the new e-mail In an increasingly data-driven world, Piston Cloud Computing CTO Joshua McKenty argues that it may be time for every employee to learn how to code.   Follow CITEworld Share this email You are currently subscribed to citeworld_weekly_update as security.world@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy Copyright (C) 2014 CITEworld, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701 **Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@citeworld.com.**