Why Twitter, Facebook, Google and Amazon want to be each other

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	Why Twitter, Facebook, Google and Amazon want to be each other It was a loony week in Silicon Valley. Four major technology companies announced expensive and risky programs to become less like themselves and more like their competitors. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Dell Inc. Fast, Secure Apps for Remote Engineers Freescale Semiconductor, a global semiconductor manufacturer with 17,000 employees, needed to provide secure, "in the office" application performance for its globally distributed engineers. This case study details their decision to centralize IT operations and consolidate its 18 data centers down to two. View Now In this Issue Tip of the Hat: Facebook's Oculus buy a smart move Bing adds context to people, places with 'snapshot' feature Richi Jennings: Will Facebook's drones pop Google's loony bubbles? As IDC sees it, tech's 'third platform' disrupts everyone WHITE PAPER: Druva 5 Things You Didn't Know About Cloud Backup IT departments are embracing cloud backup, but there's a lot you need to know before choosing a service provider. Learn all the critical things you need to know by accessing the white paper, 5 Things You Didn't Know About Cloud Backup. Read now! Tip of the Hat: Facebook's Oculus buy a smart move Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced a lot of criticism when his company agreed to pay $2 billion for a startup still building its first product, the Rift virtual reality headset. Read More   Bing adds context to people, places with 'snapshot' feature Bing is poised to function like a souped-up Yellow Pages, with visual search results offering more information about professionals such as lawyers and doctors. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Infor Global Solutions Bridging Channels Strengthens Customer Relationships Customers use multiple channels to interact with the companies they do business with. A disjointed experience across those channels can lead to frustration, dissatisfaction, and churn, yet few companies have developed a cohesive approach to seamlessly connect customers. Learn More Richi Jennings: Will Facebook's drones pop Google's loony bubbles? Train, bus, bike or automobile? Most of us choose one from this list to get us where we need to go. If you are Facebook -- you likely include drones, satellites and lasers in your "go to" list. Read More   As IDC sees it, tech's 'third platform' disrupts everyone What IDC deems the third platform of computing -- social, mobile, cloud and big data -- is transforming IT much faster than the first (mainframe) or second (client/server) platforms ever did. This has tremendous implications for the IT industry, yes, but also for anyone doing business in today's world. Read More
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