Cloud-based Office tools: Right for you?

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	INSIDER Cloud-based Office tools: Right for you? When you're adopting cloud software, you need to think about features and functions, of course, as well as the costs involved. But process changes and user training can be even bigger factors. Insider (registration required) Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Evolve Customer Care with Collaboration Using collaboration technology to improve customer service gives your company an opportunity to evolve beyond traditional service models to create better customer relationships. While the telephone will always be an option, many customers want experiences where chat, social media, video and self-service are also part of the norm. Download a new white paper from ZK Research to learn how using collaboration technology can help your organization improve customer responsiveness and provide customers with self-service offerings, leading to greater loyalty. In this Issue Apple steals from Windows Update playbook for OS X Mountain Lion Supreme Court 'papers please' ruling hits Arizona H-1B workers INSIDER Could cloud computing change how we communicate? Google will have to champion Android at I/O, say analysts New Oracle OpenWorld details give early look at company's plans Microsoft buys Yammer for $1.2 billion California business scores settlement in thorny cybercrime case Facebook ventures into social discovery with Find Friends Nearby Japan's two main airlines to launch Wi-Fi services on international flights Operators will test Wi-Fi roaming, simplified login in Q4 Google-backed CliQr launches cloud management service FCC rules might tighten up use of cell-signal boosters ITC postpones ruling on Microsoft, Motorola dispute Eric Berridge: Going social: IT's gauntlet in the global era RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue Apple steals from Windows Update playbook for OS X Mountain Lion Apple will boost the frequency of security updates in OS X Mountain Lion and automatically install required patches for users, steps that bring it into line with Microsoft's practices. Read More Supreme Court 'papers please' ruling hits Arizona H-1B workers The U.S. Supreme Court decision that allows Arizona police to check peoples' immigration status means that H-1B workers in the state should have their visa documents available at all times, immigration attorneys say. Read More INSIDER Could cloud computing change how we communicate? At least one CIO has already done away with email and Office. Insider (registration required) Read More Google will have to champion Android at I/O, say analysts As Google ramps up for its big I/O conference in San Francisco this week, analysts say the company must continue to prove the value of its Android operating system to developers. Read More New Oracle OpenWorld details give early look at company's plans Oracle tends to keep a tight lid on the specific announcements it will make each year at the OpenWorld conference, but a newly released session catalog provides plenty of clues and fodder for speculation as to what's in store at the event, which runs from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4 in San Francisco. Read More Microsoft buys Yammer for $1.2 billion Microsoft has agreed to acquire Yammer, a maker of cloud-based enterprise social networking software, for $1.2 billion in cash. Read More California business scores settlement in thorny cybercrime case Over two days in March 2010, nearly $466,000 disappeared from the accounts of Village View Escrow, a small business in California that holds funds for real estate transactions. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue Facebook ventures into social discovery with Find Friends Nearby Facebook is testing a mobile-only feature, called Find Friends Nearby, that allows users to connect with new social contacts based on who is nearby and using a browser. Read More Japan's two main airlines to launch Wi-Fi services on international flights Japan's two main airlines will begin providing Wi-Fi on some international flights, with Japan Airlines to begin offering services next month. Read More Operators will test Wi-Fi roaming, simplified login in Q4 The Wi-Fi Alliance has begun certifying products that simplify access to hotspots and roaming between different mobile service operators. Providers and equipment vendors are expected to test these products in the fourth quarter, the Wireless Broadband Alliance said. Read More Google-backed CliQr launches cloud management service CliQr Technologies, a startup backed by Google Ventures, unveiled a service called CloudCenter designed to allow organizations to move applications across different cloud providers with a minimum amount of work. Read More FCC rules might tighten up use of cell-signal boosters Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA unveiled a high-profile spectrum deal on Monday, but the odd couple also joined together earlier this month on a lesser known proposal for FCC rules on cellular signal boosters. Read More ITC postpones ruling on Microsoft, Motorola dispute The U.S. International Trade Commission extended by a week the deadline to decide whether to review an earlier determination against Microsoft's Xbox in a patent dispute with Motorola Mobility. Read More Eric Berridge: Going social: IT's gauntlet in the global era In 2012 and beyond, one of the biggest IT challenges companies face will be an inherently social one -- creating cohesion and collaboration within organizations that are becoming increasingly global. Many CIOs may find, however, that integrating the platforms is the least of their worries as they attempt to connect teams and customers that vary culturally, linguistically, geographically and temporally. Read More
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