Stories by: Shane O'Neill

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    Survey: Value of the cloud, telecommuting overstated 08/09/2011 08:16:00

    Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Cisco, take notice: Despite the near-constant hype about cloud computing services, most mid-market companies are still viewing cloud as a complement, not a replacement.
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    Should Microsoft buy Nokia? The pros and cons 26/08/2011 08:14:00

    A hot-button question lately in the rapidly-growing smartphone market: Can a company succeed at selling smartphones and tablets without owning the software and the hardware?
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    Browsing and privacy: How to not get tracked 23/08/2011 07:19:00

    If you're old enough to remember the Cold War, you know what an arms race is. One side comes up with a new weapon, the other side matches it, and then the first comes back with something even bigger and so on and so on. That also describes the ongoing battle between computer users who value their privacy and the Web sites and their advertisers that don't.
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    Why Microsoft won't buy hardware to compete with Googorola 18/08/2011 08:56:00

    Chances are Microsoft will not retaliate against Google's 12.5 billion purchase of Motorola by acquiring a phone maker of its own, say industry analysts, mainly because of the company's rich history developing and licensing software and building an ecosystem of hardware partners.
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    Windows 7 migrations: Don't get distracted by XP, Windows 8 10/08/2011 09:03:00

    Enterprises planning a Windows OS migration are at a bit of a crossroads. There's a lot to consider.
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    MS Office alternatives: Many are trying, few are buying 13/05/2011 05:18:00

    When it comes to deploying Microsoft Office alternatives such as Google Apps, Zoho or Lotus Symphony, enterprise IT managers are in a state of intense curiosity but are still not ready for widespread adoption, according to a new Forrester research report entitled "Market Update: Office Productivity Alternatives."
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    Microsoft-Skype deal: Three ways it benefits enterprises 12/05/2011 00:31:00

    At first glance, Microsoft's whopping $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype may seem like a pure consumer play to bolster Windows Live, Windows Phone 7 and Xbox Kinect -- or an extremely expensive way to prevent Google from gobbling up Skype first.
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    3 ways to ensure Cloud benefits meet enterprise needs 07/05/2011 04:46:00

    For all the cost-saving appeal of cloud applications -- more commonly referred to as SaaS (software as a service) -- enterprises are still trying to get their heads around the benefits and risks of SaaS and which parts of the company need it the most.
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    Forrester: Public cloud growth to surge, especially SaaS 27/04/2011 05:51:00

    On the heels of the controversial Amazon EC2 cloud outage last week, research firm Forrester published a timely report on the growth potential of the major public cloud categories.
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    Google apps: How we locked down documents 07/04/2011 07:55:00

    Although Google Apps has made progress over the past few years as a cloud-based collaboration and productivity suite for businesses, the first big wave of adopters have been government agencies, schools and nonprofit organizations.
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    Three phases of SharePoint: What type of user are you? 05/04/2011 04:41:00

    SharePoint, Microsoft's software program offering everything from online document management to Intranets to social networking sites, has over 100 million users and a majority of them are from Fortune 500 companies, according to Microsoft.
 
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