Google’s recently announced $25 million acquisition of DocVerse represented one saga of an ongoing war between Google and Microsoft over dominance in the productivity suite place. Today, Israeli enterprise software company Mainsoft is launching a Docverse-like plug-in that may up the ante in the battle. Harmony is launching free plug-ins that bring Google Docs documents […]
Posted on March 9th, 2010 by admin
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This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Leon Strous, Senior IT Auditor DNB (Netherlands Central Bank); President 2010-2013 International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). Enjoy, Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS, ISP, ITCP/IP3P, DFNPA, CNP, MVP Leon Strous was born in 1960 in the […]
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e-Mentoring Opportunities Today is International Women’s Day and so a very appropriate day for the CATA WIT announcement of the e-Mentoring program “to help women aspiring to be CIOs move into IT leadership positions”. Why is this important? Here is an excerpt from the press release (emphasis mine): CIOCAN and CATA WIT research echoes the […]
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An interesting firefight broke out over the weekend as Google engineer DeWitt Clinton defended Google data policies in Buzz and related “open” standards. Those who remember the politics of RSS and the games companies played around its buildout would recognize a number of the names and tactics of the current positioning. Closed comment threads, insinuations, […]
Posted on March 8th, 2010 by admin
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Sybase Software (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Sybase India), the Indian subsidiary of Sybase, Inc., an industry leader in enterprise and mobile software and Wipro Infotech, the India and Middle East IT Business of Wipro Ltd and a leading provider of IT and business transformation services, today announced a partnership to extend SAP applications to a variety […]
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Ionic cooling technology expected to be commercialized next year Before Sharper Image went defunct, the company pushed its Ionic Breeze air purifier relentlessly through commercials. The big selling point of the product was that it used charged particles to move air without the need for a fan or other moving parts. MIT Review reports that […]
Posted on March 6th, 2010 by admin
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Earlier today Windows 7 Build 7137 made its appearance on various P2P websites where it is distributed as both a 32-bit and 64-bit release. The build string 7137.0.090521-1745 gives us the information that the build was compiled less than a week ago on May 21. Users who got their hands on the latest leak should […]
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A security vendor has identified an online service offering to help anyone to hack into any Facebook account for $100. However, those who sign up for the service could find themselves becoming the victims instead. Users of the service are required to first register with the site and then provide an ID of the Facebook […]
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A Google representative advises using unique passwords for every Web site. They suggest selecting a phrase and using the first letter of every word in the phrase or some variation of that as a password, ideally with special characters added in to make it more secure. In addition: Passwords should be a mixture of letters, […]
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There are a plethora of enterprise friendly collaboration platforms to choose from these days, with Yammer, Salesforce, Jive, Bantam Live, Socialcast, and others all vying for marketshare. All of the offerings are compelling but now more than ever, the startups and companies that develop these platforms are facing pressure to make their offerings the most […]
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