Why big data is a big deal

	Google adds offline access to Gmail in Chrome | Kelley Blue Book taps data analytics tools to improve car valuation
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	Why big data is a big deal Like 'the cloud,' the concept of 'big data' is the subject of a lot of hype and means different things to different people. Here's what it really means, who's really doing it, and what it could mean for the future of data mining. (Insider - free registration required.) Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco The Right Unified Communications Solution The advantages of today's unified communications are numerous, and there are many choices among solutions. A Cisco white paper is available to help you make the right decision. The paper outlines ten differentiators—from mobile device support to social software—that you should consider before deciding on a unified communications upgrade. White Paper In this Issue Google adds offline access to Gmail in Chrome Kelley Blue Book taps data analytics tools to improve car valuation IT Blogwatch: Morto worm spreading fast via RDP Preston Gralla: Windows 8 sneak peek -- do tiles and ribbons mix? Preston Gralla: Microsoft takes off the kid gloves in the battle for the cloud Salesforce.com, Dun & Bradstreet launch Data.com IBM to acquire i2 for criminal mastermind software On CIO.com: Giving users the virtual desktop they want Salesforce.com revs up mobile strategy with HTML5 Cisco buys Microsoft Office collaboration company WHITE PAPER: Rackspace Unlocking the Enterprise Cloud This whitepaper discusses the lock-in enterprises face with cloud computing and how the OpenStack open-source platform can help to eliminate that conundrum. Read More Today! Google adds offline access to Gmail in Chrome Chrome browser users can now access Gmail when they're not connected to the Internet and will gain similar offline capabilities for Docs and Calendar in the coming week, the company announced on Wednesday. Read More Kelley Blue Book taps data analytics tools to improve car valuation Kelley Blue Book is using sophisticated data analytics tools to sift through volumes of historical and current data to arrive at what company executives say are far better car valuations. Read More IT Blogwatch: Morto worm spreading fast via RDP A new and virulent worm, dubbed Morto, has raised its ugly head on the Internet. It's spreading quickly, through the Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). Thought the days of worms such as Blaster and Code Red were long gone? Think again. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers get all nostalgic. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows 8 sneak peek -- do tiles and ribbons mix? Bits and pieces of the Windows 8 user interface have been revealed over the last several months, showing two very different directions for Microsoft's next operating system. One the one hand, it will include a tiled interface, similar to the one employed by Windows Phone 7. On the other, it will include a heavier use of the Ribbon. Can these interfaces coexist or will Windows 8 resemble the classic joke about a camel being a horse designed by committee? Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft takes off the kid gloves in the battle for the cloud Microsoft showed hust how serious it is about dominating cloud services, paying companies $150 per seat to switch to its cloud-based Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, and launching a cutting, tongue-in-cheek video ad targeting VMWare's virtualization tools. (Insider - free registration required.) Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: FileMaker Resource: iOS White Paper and Deployment Kit Quickly Develop and Deploy iOS Solutions. With FileMaker Pro, iPad and iPhone solutions can be prototyped and completed in hours or days versus weeks or months. No iOS application programming or design experience is required. Read the white paper and download the kit. Salesforce.com, Dun & Bradstreet launch Data.com Salesforce.com is joining forces with Dun & Bradstreet on Data.com, a cloud-based storehouse of company and customer contact information for use in CRM (customer relationship management) systems, the companies said Wednesday. Read More IBM to acquire i2 for criminal mastermind software Expanding its portfolio of analytic software for state and local governments, IBM is in the process of acquiring security analytics software provider i2, the companies announced Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Read More On CIO.com: Giving users the virtual desktop they want Scenario: The user experience will make or break desktop virtualization. Read More Salesforce.com revs up mobile strategy with HTML5 Salesforce.com is placing HTML5 at the forefront of its mobile strategy with an upcoming product, Touch.Salesforce.com, which will automatically render its applications on touch-enabled devices like Apple's iPad. Read More Cisco buys Microsoft Office collaboration company Cisco announced that it has acquired privately held Versly, a maker of collaboration software for Microsoft Office applications. Read More
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