Office and the iPad Pro: It's just business, stupid

Computerworld Enterprise Apps September 28, 2015 INSIDER Office and the iPad Pro: It's just business, stupid Microsoft will require owners of Apple's iPad Pro to pay for almost all functionality in its Office suite, a point neither Microsoft nor Apple bothered to highlight this month when the latter invited the former to share stage time at the tablet's introduction. (Insider - free registration required.) READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Is a lack of enterprise apps killing BYOD? 2. 16 3D Touch tips iPhone 6S users must learn 3. Get ready to meet Kudu, a new, open-source storage engine from Cloudera 4. Microsoft expands Azure Data Lake with new big data tools 5. Bring your company's 'dark data' to light with this free new tool from Tamr 6. MemSQL makes a smoother path to Spark for real-time analytics 7. Adobe Analytics adds drag-and-drop dataviz 8. Google improves voice search 9. Mobile apps: Publish first, test never 10. INSIDER Review: RethinkDB rethinks real-time Web apps 11. Say hello to IBM Watson's 'perfect data' -- and goodbye privacy 12. Aren't you glad GUIs are so intuitive? : MoreDirect eGude: Endpoint Trends In this eGuide, Computerworld, Network World, and InfoWorld look at some of the latest trends in mobile endpoint management and protection. Read on to learn how to safely and effectively enable mobile endpoints in your organization. Learn More Is a lack of enterprise apps killing BYOD? Enterprise apps can be the linchpin of BYOD success in the office. READ MORE 16 3D Touch tips iPhone 6S users must learn 3D Touch is the most important user interface innovation for mobile since iPhone 1... READ MORE Get ready to meet Kudu, a new, open-source storage engine from Cloudera An open-source storage engine called Kudu could soon be on the way from Cloudera, offering a new alternative for companies with big data stores to manage. READ MORE Microsoft expands Azure Data Lake with new big data tools Microsoft had its sights set squarely on big data when it introduced its Azure Data Lake earlier this year, and it's broadened that effort with new tools designed to make big data processing and analytics simpler and more accessible. READ MORE Bring your company's 'dark data' to light with this free new tool from Tamr Tamr's enterprise metadata catalog can help companies create an inventory of their data sources, including metadata about who owns the source. READ MORE MemSQL makes a smoother path to Spark for real-time analytics Spark Streamliner is a tool that integrates MemSQL's in-memory database and Apache Spark's in-memory data-processing framework for streaming data from real-time sources. READ MORE Webcast: IBM Is Your Mobile App Development Approach is a 'Huge Win?' If you're a CIO, or key decision maker with a significant hand in determining how your organization develops and manages mobile apps, this is the kind of thing you'd want to say about your development choice to the CEO – "it's been a huge investment win" -- and show it. Learn More Adobe Analytics adds drag-and-drop dataviz New capabilities for the software formerly known as Omniture SiteCatalyst are out of beta. READ MORE Google improves voice search Google said it has built a better neural network that is making its voice search work faster and better in noisy environments. READ MORE Mobile apps: Publish first, test never When a user-experience company recently tested mobile apps from pharmacy chain Rite Aid and restaurant chain Applebee's, both apps greatly frustrated focus-group users. The Applebee's app, foe example, didn't update pricing when quantity was changed, forced to enter name and location multiple times, and forced some users repeatedly restart the order. From the IDG Contributor Network. READ MORE INSIDER Review: RethinkDB rethinks real-time Web apps RethinkDB's NoSQL document store delivers high-speed change notifications for super-responsive apps. READ MORE Say hello to IBM Watson's 'perfect data' -- and goodbye privacy Watson's A.I. services will bring us unparalelled convenience, untold marketing opportunities and zero privacy. READ MORE Aren't you glad GUIs are so intuitive? Help-desk pilot fish gets a call from a user at a remote location who complains that his laptop keeps "erasing out." Fish's first troubleshooting question: What does that even mean? READ MORE White Paper: CenturyLink Digital Transformation: Is Your Enterprise Prepared? Enterprises today are living in the age of digital transformation. By using technologies such as mobile, cloud, and Big Data business can now interact, interoperate and collaborate across all internal and external channels. Learn More Peruse our library of free digital magazines! 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