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BY IDG ENTERPRISE
May 15, 2014
InCITE Your twice weekly digest of the most important developments in the consumerization of IT

Who changed Microsoft?

While you weren't paying attention, Microsoft became a much more agile and nimble company. How did that happen?

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Email sucks. Here's how five startups are trying to fix it

Nobody likes e-mail. Here's how companies like Dropbox, Voxer, Acompli, Slack, and Asana are trying to build better, smarter e-mail experiences for today's users.

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At BlackBerry, a battle between device sales and enterprise services

BlackBerry lets outside vendors manage BlackBerry 10 devices, aiming to spur sales of handsets in place of services revenue.

NetSuite and Birst: A glimpse at more pervasive business analytics

NetSuite and Birst are offering a glimpse at what's possible now that business intelligence is moving to the cloud.NetSuite's 20,000 financials and ERP customers are getting free, integrated access to Birst's business intelligence tools. From a tab within NetSuite, users will be able to view Birst visualizations, including 20 pre-built reports. Users will be able to view conversion rates across products and customer types, billing trends, and metrics around subscription business like deferred revenue and renewal rates.The Birst capability will draw from data already in NetSuite so users aren't required to do any back-end work, such as building a new data warehouse, to get started. There will also be a free version of the tool called Birst Express.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Microsoft continues a fast push into mobile management

Microsoft is barreling into enterprise mobility management faster than most would've predicted. The latest addition? App management.

Why this golf supplier replaced Airwatch with Microsoft Intune

Microsoft's all-in-one management pitch resonated with Callaway Golf.

New Azure services cross the cloud streams

The latest Azure features make Microsoft's cloud an unusual blend of platform and infrastructure services.

Good Technology files for IPO, but business looks tough

Good Technology, one of the last big independent vendors of enterprise mobile management (EMM) technology, has filed for a public stock offering.Good was one of the early innovators in EMM, and counts big customers like Citi. However, the market has come under pressure as established vendors like Microsoft and VMware (which acquired Airwatch earlier this year) build mobile management into new versions of existing products. Other acquisitions in the space include Zenprise (bought by Citrix in 2012) and Fiberlink (which went to IBM last November).To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Azure security update addresses fears of a post-Snowden world

Microsoft addresses the fears of the post-Snowden world with its latest Azure update, announced at TechEd 2014.

Anaplan gets $100 million to help empower "Citizen Developers"

The business planning vendor will use its newfound funding to reach out to developers, including Excel jockeys within companies.

Salesforce adds another plank to the bridge between Heroku and CRM data

The Salesforce1 Connected Customer App Package makes it easier to build mobile-friendly web apps on Heroku that tie into core enterprise data stored in Salesforce.

Parklet: A social space for HR to connect with employees

DEMO Enterprise 2014 winner Parklet details its efforts to build a smarter, better, more millenial-friendly talent management tool for both the HR department and employees.

Startup using wooden racecars and Arduino to teach coding

Academix Robotix is releasing mobile models to teach construction and, if tech curious folks are so inclined, programming.

Google Now: More useful than ever

We’re coming up fast on the two-year anniversary (July 9) of Google Now, the search giant’s highly effective virtual personal assistant that provides users with timely information based on what it “learns” about their interests, habits and locations.Google Now has only gotten better since its debut, and even better than six months ago, when I wrote about the “card” system that serves as the information delivery vehicle for the intelligent, voice-responsive assistant.That’s because Google keeps adding cards, including a couple of intriguing new ones based on location and (in one case) the user’s product search history.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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