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	Most initial Oracle Fusion Applications customers going with cloud deployment Convenience is apparently winning out over the complexity of deploying the next-generation software on-premises Read More WHITE PAPER: Adobe Government at Carahsoft A Strategic Choice for Enterprise-Wide Productivity This case study will show how Adobe Acrobat X can increase knowledge worker productivity, based on live lab testing of common business workflows. Read Now In this Issue Infor partners with Amazon to deliver ERP in the cloud Microsoft to support ODF 1.2 open document standard in Office 15 SAP sees strong momentum for HANA and SuccessFactors business The Enterprise App Store: 10 Must-Have Features Users: Oracle Exadata's speed comes with a cost SugarCRM to unveil upgrade to its open-source app Desperately Seeking the Right Social Enterprise Tool? 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Learn how Infor partners with Amazon to deliver ERP in the cloud Infor, a provider of industry specific enterprise applications, has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in order to deliver its Infor10 Business Cloud as a service to companies worldwide. Read 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 SAP sees strong momentum for HANA and SuccessFactors business Business software vendor SAP expects software and software-related service revenue to increase in the range of 10 to 12 percent at constant currencies during the year, largely in line with preliminary estimates that the company released earlier this month. Read More The Enterprise App Store: 10 Must-Have Features Is 2012 the year app stores will break out in the enterprise? Read More Users: Oracle Exadata's speed comes with a cost Few Oracle products in recent years have received as much hype as the Exadata database machine, with the vendor attempting to use it as a standard-bearer for a series of appliances that combine its software with storage, networking equipment and Sun servers. Read More SugarCRM to unveil upgrade to its open-source app SugarCRM is expected to discuss a significant upgrade to its open-source CRM software during the SugarCon event in San Francisco. Read More WHITE PAPER: Box Empowering Your Mobile Workers Today's most productive employees are mobile, and your company's IT strategy must be ready to support them with 24/7 access to the business information they need across a range of mobile devices. See how corporations are meeting the many needs of their mobile workers with the help of Box. Learn More Now! Desperately Seeking the Right Social Enterprise Tool? Why Parsons CIO Scott Carl abandoned Yammer -- and why he is now considering Jive 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 TechHive: Hands on with Dropbox's new sharing features Despite many competitors, Dropbox is the de facto standard for syncing files across one's own computers and sharing them with others. New features rolled out Monday extend Dropbox's reach substantially by making it possible to create a public, revokable link to any file or folder in a Dropbox sync folder. Previously, only items in a special Public folder could be shared, and the links couldn't be canceled; the item had to be moved out of the folder. Read More 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 Adobe Creative Suite 6 and Creative Cloud: What you need to know There's been a whole lot of buzz around Adobe Creative Suite 6 lately, and even if you're familiar with the basic concept of Adobe's huge application bundle catering to artists, graphic designers, photographers, Web designers and developers, videographers, and a host of related professions, CS6 can be a swiftly shifting landscape, especially if you factor in the new Creative Cloud offering. Read More How to Build Your First Database With Microsoft Access Your copy of Office Professional 2010 holds a powerful tool that you're probably not even using. Allow us to introduce you. Read More
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