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	Microsoft teases 'Office Lite' for Windows' touch UI Microsoft today briefly previewed an Office application designed for the Windows "Modern," n̩e "Metro," user interface, and said it would launch the touch-enabled suite next year. Read More WEBCAST: Workday The Mobile Enterprise Today's mobile enterprise requires important data anywhere, anytime. And with mobile enterprise applications, IT needs to offer simple, easy-to-use apps that employees will embrace Рwithout compromising security. View Now In this Issue Oracle database 12c now available for download Phoning Firefox: Browser now makes Web calls Oracle, NetSuite team on cloud services for mid-size customers 15 free Google Reader alternatives Rivals Ellison, Benioff to jointly explain Oracle-Salesforce.com partnership Dutch big data project aims to improve flood control, save millions 8 Ways Business Intelligence Software Improves the Bottom Line Nicholas D. Evans: 4 options for getting more with more data Andrew Litt: Social analytics provides an Rx for the pharmaceutical industry WHITE PAPER: HP Mobile Application Monitoring Breeds Business Possibilities Mobile applications are radically altering the way businesses operate and how they interact with their employees and customers. Ensuring performance of these mobile apps is critical, yet performance is difficult to monitor. Read Now! Oracle database 12c now available for download Oracle's long-awaited 12c database is now available for download, according to the company's official website. Read More Phoning Firefox: Browser now makes Web calls Mozilla today shipped Firefox 22, enabling the in-browser audio-video calling standard WebRTC and switching on a new JavaScript module that promises to speed up Web apps. Read More Oracle, NetSuite team on cloud services for mid-size customers Oracle and NetSuite are to jointly offer cloud services to mid-size business customers. Read More 15 free Google Reader alternatives Don't get left in the dark when Google Reader shuts its doors on July 1. Check out this list of free alternatives that will let you continue to keep tabs on the news you need. Read More WHITE PAPER: 8x8 Business Growing Pains: 5 Ways VoIP Helps If your business is growing, you probably already know that growth also means continually expanding needs. In particular, communication systems often become a stumbling block for small businesses trying to expand. View now Rivals Ellison, Benioff to jointly explain Oracle-Salesforce.com partnership Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff have had their share of public differences, but the jibes will likely be stowed away on Thursday, when the two conduct a press conference to discuss the recently announced, nine-year technology partnership between the companies. Read More Dutch big data project aims to improve flood control, save millions A big data project called Digital Delta aims to investigate how to transform flood control and the management of the entire Dutch water system and save up to 15% of the annual Dutch water management budget. Read More 8 Ways Business Intelligence Software Improves the Bottom Line Business intelligence experts and IT executives share their tips on how BI software can improve your bottom line and make your organization more efficient. Read More Nicholas D. Evans: 4 options for getting more with more data It might be argued that access to more data gives people more ability to make the data say what they want, as in the case of data around which there are conflicting interests such as political campaigns and so on. Another argument is that collecting and storing more data, opens up even more opportunities for that information to be used inappropriately or in ways that may impact privacy and security. Read More Andrew Litt: Social analytics provides an Rx for the pharmaceutical industry The pharmaceutical industry on the whole has been cautious about its use of social media and mobile technology, but the pace is rapidly picking up. The opportunities are great and the time is right for pharmaceutical companies to establish and strengthen their social strategies as they await further guidance from the FDA. Read More
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