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	Salesforce.com launches new CRM product in the cloud Salesforce.com is hoping customers will tap more pieces of its growing cloud software portfolio with a new product, Sales Performance Accelerator, that combines its CRM software with its Work.com performance management application as well as customer lead information from Data.com. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux - A Platform without Boundaries Businesses that depend on innovation have one thing in common: They have built their technology foundations to be open, not closed. These businesses run on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®. It's time to experience what IT can do with no proprietary limits, vendor-imposed constraints, or boundaries to innovation. Learn more now In this Issue SAP posts growth but lowers outlook in main software business Bill Gates vows the return of Microsoft Bob TechTip: Disabling Gmail's inbox sorting Microsoft takes Outlook Web App native on iPhone, iPad SAP's Q2: The hot topics Infor hit with lawsuit over alleged software project failure WEBCAST: Workday, Inc. Innovation in the Cloud – Knowledge Vault Managing HR and financial information in the modern business requires efficient business practices and technology. Learn how leveraging the cloud allows you to unify financial and HR data; visualize data with cloud analytics and improve productivity with flexible configuration. View Now SAP posts growth but lowers outlook in main software business SAP reported revenue growth in the second quarter driven by growth in cloud subscriptions and revenue from support and its HANA in-memory database. Read More Bill Gates vows the return of Microsoft Bob Though roundly ridiculed when it debuted in 1995, Microsoft Bob, or something resembling the short-lived on-screen assistant, will ultimately return, vowed Bill Gates, co-founder and chairman of Microsoft. Read More TechTip: Disabling Gmail's inbox sorting Don't like how Gmail is putting your emails into categories like social, promotions or updates? It's an easy feature to disable and IDG News Service's Nick Barber will show you how. Follow Nick on Twitter @nickjb Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation EMC Service Assurance Suite Discover how you can get visibility into virtualized environments, the cloud and software-defined date centers, analyze availability and performance, optimize the environment and control costs with end-to-end performance, capacity management and reporting. Learn more. Microsoft takes Outlook Web App native on iPhone, iPad Microsoft today launched Outlook Web App (OWA) for iOS, a "native" app that reprises -- and amplifies -- the in-browser OWA corporate workers have long used on devices that don't support the full-fledged Outlook client. Read More SAP's Q2: The hot topics SAP is set to release its second-quarter results on Thursday, and as usual market watchers will be paying close attention given the vendor's bellwether status within the enterprise software market. Read More Infor hit with lawsuit over alleged software project failure Infor has been sued by a customer who claims an ERP (enterprise resource planning) project that was supposed to take six months instead allegedly dragged on for well over a year without any useful results. Read More
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