Cloud interoperability: Problems and best practices

	Oracle says ERP software woes are school's own fault | Spending on new software projects rises, Forrester says
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	Cloud interoperability: Problems and best practices Don't hold your breath for cloud standards to appear anytime soon. Until they do, here are some ways to get flexibility into your hybrid-cloud architecture. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Virtualizing with Confidence According to research by the Enterprise Strategy Group, 59% of organizations have not yet virtualized tier-1 applications and performance concerns are the top reason. Read now. In this Issue Oracle says ERP software woes are school's own fault Spending on new software projects rises, Forrester says Oracle submits OpenOffice.org codebase to Apache Google releases video chat source code Take control of Microsoft Office's Ribbon with Ribbon Helper DOWNLOAD: Citrix Free Download: Citrix® NetScaler® Now you can get the ultimate in dynamic, cost-effective Web app delivery with Citrix® NetScaler® VPX. Simply download the free Express Edition of this virtual appliance and you'll experience infinitely flexible L4-7 load balancing, Web app acceleration and security from a single, virtual appliance. Click to continue Oracle says ERP software woes are school's own fault Oracle has fired back against a New Jersey university's claim it is responsible for a problematic ERP (enterprise resource planning) software project, saying school officials have embarked on a "scorched earth" litigation campaign to cover up their own shortcomings. Read More Spending on new software projects rises, Forrester says For the first time, companies around the world are planning to spend as much on new software projects as they do maintaining existing systems, according to a new report from Forrester Research. Read More DOWNLOAD: Hitachi Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer Pinpoint root cause of network issues up to 90% faster. Automated Root Cause Analysis speeds remediation. FREE video and 30-day trial. Download free 30-day trial Oracle submits OpenOffice.org codebase to Apache Oracle is submitting the code base for OpenOffice.org to the Apache Software Foundation, where the productivity suite will live on in the group's incubator program for open-source software initiatives. Read More Google releases video chat source code Google has released the source code for a technology that it hopes developers will use to embed real-time video and voice chat functionality in their Web applications. Read More Take control of Microsoft Office's Ribbon with Ribbon Helper The Ribbon interface that Microsoft introduced with Office 2007 -- and refined in Office 2010 -- makes it easier to get at all of Office's features. But there's one small, annoying problem with it: When you want to go from one tab to another, you're forced to click that second tab, rather than merely moving your mouse over it. Office add-in Ribbon Helper for Office ($15) solves the problem. Read More
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