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	Microsoft buys Acompli to enhance Outlook for iOS, Android Setting the stage for advanced Office mail functionality on non-Windows platforms, Microsoft has acquired Acompli, a startup that provides software for organizing email on mobile devices. Read More   WEBCAST: IBM Corporation   Reinventing the analytics experience on the cloud IBM Watson Analytics brings advanced analytical capabilities to business analysts who can conduct the kind of analysis that has been limited to highly skilled practitioners such as statisticians, data miners, and data scientists. Learn More In this Issue Gartner's cloud showdown: Amazon Web Services vs. Microsoft Azure HP sees HP-UX sticking around for 10 years Windows tablets available for under $100 Looking back at 2014 predictions, how did we do? HP talks cloud delivery options, the importance of OpenStack, how it competes on price Adobe tries again to fix Flash vulnerability Internet of Things helps asthma patients breathe easily Office 365's spam filter gets smarter at sorting bulk mailings WebRTC close to tipping point as Cisco, Microsoft announce products WHITE PAPER: IBM IBM Value-based Archiving Solutions This solution brief highlights IBM Value-based Archiving Solutions, which help enable organizations to apply specific archiving logic—including content-based analytics and classification, records declarations, and metadata processing—to address the requirements of archiving projects. View Now>> Gartner's cloud showdown: Amazon Web Services vs. Microsoft Azure Gartner IaaS Research Director Kyle Hilgendorf says one of the most common questions he gets from enterprise customers looking to go to the cloud is: AWS or Azure? Read More   HP sees HP-UX sticking around for 10 years Hewlett-Packard isn't making bones about the fact that the Unix OS market is in decline, but the company believes its HP-UX has a long life ahead for customers using its fault-tolerant servers. The company has a road map for HP-UX into 2022, which could possibly expand into 2025, said Randy Meyer, vice president and general manager of Mission Critical Systems at HP's Enterprise Server Business. Read More   Windows tablets available for under $100 For those who want Windows on the cheap, tablets with the OS are now selling for under $100. These lightweight tablets aren't exactly laptop replacements, but can serve as complementary devices for those who use Windows PCs. Read More   WHITE PAPER: IBM Forrester 2014 Dynamic Case Management Wave Forrester has released its 2014 Dynamic Case Management Wave, and for the second consecutive time, IBM is a leader. View Now>> Looking back at 2014 predictions, how did we do?   As we approach the end of 2014, we will again make our annual predictions for the coming year. But today, we'll take a look at how we did with the predictions we made a year ago. Read More   HP talks cloud delivery options, the importance of OpenStack, how it competes on price Bill Hilf, Senior Vice President of Product and Service Management for HP Cloud, brings an interesting perspective to his job given his former role as General Manager of Product Management for Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud platform. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix and Senior Editor Brandon Butler got Hilf on the line for his big picture view of the importance of OpenStack, why HP recently acquired Eucalyptus, the impetus to compete on price, and the various cloud delivery options customers are pursuing. Read More   Adobe tries again to fix Flash vulnerability Adobe released an emergency patch on Tuesday to fix a Flash Player vulnerability that was fixed last month but was quickly exploited again. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Akamai Web Security: Protecting The Heart Of Your Business Much like your home needs electricity or water to make it habitable, companies require the Internet for most of their business-critical functions. The business risks of not being able to connect with customers over the Internet or recovering from a data breach are significant. Learn More Internet of Things helps asthma patients breathe easily With a bit of help from Microsoft and the Internet of Things (IoT), Swedish medical device company Aerocrine is helping doctors around the world diagnose and treat millions of asthma sufferers more effectively. Read More   Office 365's spam filter gets smarter at sorting bulk mailings In time for the holiday shopping season, Microsoft has refined how Office 365 handles bulk promotional emails from vendors like Amazon, eBay and Macy's. Read More   WebRTC close to tipping point as Cisco, Microsoft announce products It was all the way back in the Spring of 2011 that Google released WebRTC, its nascent real-time, browser-based, HTML5-powered, no-plugin-required video chat project to the public. In the three and a half years since, the Internet Engineering Task Force and the W3C have been working together to try to formalize the standard, prepare the stable 1.0 release, and get it ready for prime time. Read More
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