Disruptive technology: Dead companies do tell tales

	Product needs, not profit, led to Microsoft layoffs | Intel and Europol team up to fight cybercrime
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	Disruptive technology: Dead companies do tell tales Companies nearly always have plenty of time to properly address disruptive technology. So why do so many fail to do so? Read More   WHITE PAPER: Workday, Inc.   Forrester Report: The ROI of Software as a Service Read Forrester's review of 11 vendors in SaaS enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and supply chain management (SCM). The report confirms that, motivated by heavy competition for new customers, these resource management software vendors remain vigilant in mitigating such end-user concerns. Learn more >> In this Issue Product needs, not profit, led to Microsoft layoffs Intel and Europol team up to fight cybercrime Does being first in supercomputing still matter? Obama H-1B immigration FAIL Mozilla reports flat revenue from Google-Firefox search deal FCC chairman offers no timeline for net neutrality decision EU eyes a break-up of Google WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems   Mobile Workspaces Deliver the Optimum User Experience Learn how mobile workspaces powered by Citrix Workspace Suite put a wrapper around multiple, diverse products, bringing them into a common fold, sharing their benefits, and appealing to organizations with high demands for mobility. Mobile Workspaces Deliver the Optimum User Experience Product needs, not profit, led to Microsoft layoffs The biggest headcount reduction in Microsoft's history was driven by a need to invest in new technologies, not to boost the company's bottom line, said Jeff Teper, Microsoft's head of corporate strategy. Read More   Intel and Europol team up to fight cybercrime An agreement between Intel's McAfee security branch and European law enforcement will allow the two to work on joint operations to fight cybercrime. Intel, which acquired McAfee in 2010, said on Wednesday the memorandum of understanding with Europol's European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) will allow for an exchange of technical information and non-operational data related to cybercrime. The EC3 was launched last year to tackle organized gangs specializing in online fraud, child sexual exploitation and attacks on critical infrastructure and IT systems in the European Union. Intel Security has already been working with EC3, said the organization's head, Troels Oerting, in a news release.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   Does being first in supercomputing still matter? The European forecast of Hurricane Sandy in 2012 was so far ahead of U.S. models in predicting the storm's path that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was called before Congress to explain how it happened. Read More   WHITE PAPER: BMC Software   10 Steps to Reduce Mainframe MLC Costs Monthly license charges (MLC) are rising by 7% or more each year, and account for 30% of total mainframe costs. Yet managing MLC costs is an inexact science. Learn More Obama H-1B immigration FAIL How is this going to fix the tech-worker shortage? Obama is going it alone on immigration policy. But what about the H-1B issue? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers greet gridlock in DC. Read More   Mozilla reports flat revenue from Google-Firefox search deal Mozilla today said that revenue last year from its deal with Google was flat compared to 2012, as was its income overall. But expenses jumped by 42%. Read More   FCC chairman offers no timeline for net neutrality decision The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has no public timeline for voting on proposed net neutrality rules, despite pressure from President Barack Obama and some net neutrality advocates. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler declined to give a target date for a net neutrality vote when asked Friday by reporters, saying instead that the agency is working to make sure that any rules would hold up to an almost inevitable court challenge. "The big dogs are going to sue, regardless of what comes out," Wheeler said. "We need to make sure that we have sustainable rules. That starts with making sure that we have addressed the multiplicity of issues that have come along."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   EU eyes a break-up of Google Members of the European Parliament are readying a motion calling for the break-up of Google, by separating its search engine functionality from other commercial services, according to news reports. A draft resolution calling for the break-up should be finalized early next week, with a vote potentially on Thursday, according to a report from The Financial Times. While the European Parliament has no formal power to break up the company, a vote to split Google could put pressure on the European Commission, the EU's executive body. The motion is backed by several German politicians and by the Parliament's two largest political blocs, the European People's Party and the Socialists, according to the newspaper. The Reuters news agency also reported on the plan.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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