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	Google Drive review: Adding cloud storage to the mix The new Google Drive cloud storage service offers 5GB of storage and some nice features, but it's not yet an undisputed winner. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap 2012 Free Registration to IT Roadmap Dallas One day. 25+ conference sessions. Private expo. Peer-to-peer presentations. Keynotes. Analysts. Leading technology providers. IT Roadmap Dallas has everything you need to chart the best IT decisions for your business. Learn more at http://www.itroadmap.net/2012Dallas/nlp In this Issue Update: Apple's WWDC sells out in 2 hours Big acquisitions, distractions may delay Facebook IPO Google Drive could be a boon -- and a headache -- for IT Sprint to stick with unlimited data, likely even for an iPhone on LTE From CIO.com: Tablets and Mobile App Resuscitate UK Hospital's Workflow Macs contribute record-low 13% to Apple's revenue Sprint posts loss, plans WiMax for Boost and Virgin Financial IT Spotlight: Overcoming the big performance challenge of Big Data in finance Microsoft to support ODF 1.2 open document standard in Office 15 Box upgrades API to make it simpler, more powerful Service unveiled for building Windows Phone apps in the cloud The Byte - Google Drive, robo spider, Apple sales, rowboat IBM pushes new integrated, lower-cost Linux servers Wipro's IT revenue growth slows in an uncertain market LAN attack can put some Samsung TVs in endless restart loop Preston Gralla: Three ways SugarSync beats Google Drive Jonny Evans: Opinion: Apple's Tim Cook to Google 'Switch off your photocopiers' WHITE PAPER: Amazon Web Services Microsoft SharePoint on the AWS Cloud Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides services & tools for deploying Microsoft® SharePoint® workloads on its cloud infrastructure platform. This white paper discusses general concepts regarding how to use these services and provides detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, and run a SharePoint Server farm on AWS. Deploy SharePoint quickly at lower total cost on AWS Cloud. Learn how Update: Apple's WWDC sells out in 2 hours Apple today announced that its annual developers conference would run June 11-15 in San Francisco -- and inside of two hours, the event had sold out. Read More Big acquisitions, distractions may delay Facebook IPO Less than a week ago, the Internet was abuzz with reports that Facebook's IPO would come in mid-May. Today, news reports are adding several more weeks to that timeline. Read More Google Drive could be a boon -- and a headache -- for IT With the launch of Google Drive this week, IT managers can look forward to a potential new productivity tool -- and some significant headaches, analysts say Read More Sprint to stick with unlimited data, likely even for an iPhone on LTE Sprint plans to stick with unlimited data plans for its smartphones, and that policy apparently will apply even if the next iPhone runs over 4G LTE, which is much faster than 3G service. Read More From CIO.com: Tablets and Mobile App Resuscitate UK Hospital's Workflow Nottingham University Hospital's night staff was handicapped with archaic technology for assigning physician tasks and organizing patient information until an investment in Cisco Cius tablets and a third-party workflow app provided the remedy. Read More Macs contribute record-low 13% to Apple's revenue The Mac's contribution to Apple's bottom line fell to an all-time low last quarter, according to data from the company. Read More Sprint posts loss, plans WiMax for Boost and Virgin Sprint Nextel will start offering 4G WiMax service to its Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile prepaid customers later this quarter, CEO Dan Hesse said after the company reported a net loss for the first quarter. Read More Financial IT Spotlight: Overcoming the big performance challenge of Big Data in finance In the world of enterprise computing, Big Data isn't a choice anymore -- it's the new reality. Digital content is expected to grow to 2.7 zetabytes this year, according to a recent IDC projection. Ninety percent of that information will be unstructured web-based content such as videos, text files and social media. Read More WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Unlocking Hidden Business Value with Data An intelligent system enables data to flow across an enterprise infrastructure, spanning the devices where valuable data is gathered from employees and customers, to the back-end systems where that data can be translated into insights and action. Learn More Microsoft to support ODF 1.2 open document standard in Office 15 Microsoft has demonstrated support for the Open Document Format (ODF) 1.2 standard in a technical preview of the forthcoming Office 15 productivity suite, and plans to release a beta version with the feature late this summer. Read More Box upgrades API to make it simpler, more powerful Box has given its API a makeover so that developers will have an easier time building and integrating applications with its software, and have those applications do more than is currently possible. Read More Service unveiled for building Windows Phone apps in the cloud Windows Phone can now be targeted by PhoneGap Build, a cloud-based service for creating cross-platform mobile phone apps, according to a Tuesday blog post from Nitobi, the service's creators. Read More The Byte - Google Drive, robo spider, Apple sales, rowboat Google introduces Google Drive, a robotic spider weaves its web at MIT, Apple sales jump and rowers plot an Atlantic crossing with some help from technology. Read More IBM pushes new integrated, lower-cost Linux servers IBM announced new "affordable" Linux servers on Wednesday as the company tries to push its new category of preconfigured servers for virtualization and big data to midmarket and enterprise customers. Read More Wipro's IT revenue growth slows in an uncertain market Wipro, one of India's top outsourcers, reported slow revenue growth in U.S. dollar terms for the quarter ended March 31, and issued muted guidance for the next quarter, reflecting an uncertain outsourcing market. Read More LAN attack can put some Samsung TVs in endless restart loop A vulnerability in the firmware of several network-enabled Samsung TV models and possibly Blu-ray players allows potential attackers to put the vulnerable devices into an endless restart loop that requires the intervention of a technician to terminate, according to independent security researcher Luigi Auriemma. Read More Preston Gralla: Three ways SugarSync beats Google Drive I've put Google Drive through its paces, and while it's a solid piece of work, I prefer the cloud-based storage-and-syncing service SugarSync. Here are three ways SugarSync beats Google Drive. Read More Jonny Evans: Opinion: Apple's Tim Cook to Google 'Switch off your photocopiers' "I would highly prefer to settle than to battle," Cook told analysts after last night's Apple financial call. But that's not an admission the company knows it can't fight on, it's the sad shrug of a reluctant warrior, prepared to fight, but ready to make peace. Read More
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