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	Microsoft previews Skype for Outlook.com Microsoft is rolling out a preview version of Skype for Outlook.com, allowing users to make calls and send instant messages from within the webmail service using a browser plugin. Read More WHITE PAPER: PC Connection, Inc. Why Ultrabook™ Convertible Devices for the Enterprise User expectations place new demands on IT. Often users prefer the mobility of a tablet, but need the processing power of an actual computer. Read the white paper, "Why Ultrabook Convertible Devices for the Enterprise," to learn about the real-world benefits of Intel® Ultrabook™ convertibles. Learn more. In this Issue How to avoid legal hassles when switching cloud vendors Intel backs SoftBank's bid for Sprint Nextel Alibaba invests in Sina Weibo to build links with users of the Twitter-like service Designing your digital legacy Gartner: Worldwide CRM revenue grew 12.5 percent in 2012 Box takes electronic health records to the cloud Sizing your disk backup and deduplication system to avoid future missteps Testing cell networks across America: The outlying areas matter, too Wolfram Alpha nerd-crunches your Facebook activity, turns your social life into data RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Uptime Software Free Trial: Unified Monitoring - Servers, VMs, Apps, Network "up.time" is unified multi-platform/environment server monitoring, application monitoring, network monitoring and capacity management. Get dashboards and deep dive tools for comprehensive monitoring, alerting and reporting on IT performance, availability and capacity. One unified view. One Comprehensive Product. One Scalable IT Monitoring Solution. Free 30-Day Trial: Download Here How to avoid legal hassles when switching cloud vendors Negotiate initial cloud computing contracts to address data ownership and pricing, or you risk delaying the migration when you want to change providers. Read More Intel backs SoftBank's bid for Sprint Nextel Intel has backed SoftBank's bid for Sprint Nextel, citing that the deal would bring needed competition in the wireless space in the U.S. Read More Alibaba invests in Sina Weibo to build links with users of the Twitter-like service Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group has acquired an 18 percent stake in the Twitter-like Weibo service from Sina, as part of a partnership focused on social commerce and giving merchants on Alibaba the opportunity to connect and build relationships with Weibo users. Read More Designing your digital legacy Virtual life can go on. Here's how to set up your online estate through major social networks and useful Web services. Read More WEBCAST: Lexmark International Are You Getting the Most Out of Managed Print Services? Learn from IDC's Angele Boyd and Lexmark's John Crandall on how to achieve the maximum benefits from MPS. Learn More Gartner: Worldwide CRM revenue grew 12.5 percent in 2012 Global CRM (customer relationship management) revenue grew 12.5 percent last year to US$18 billion, a rate three times that of all enterprise software segments on average, as companies look to acquire more business and serve existing customers better, according to a new Gartner report. Read More Box takes electronic health records to the cloud Healthcare was among the first industry verticals to adopt tablets and other mobile data devices, but getting the most out of mobile technology requires the capability to access large amounts of key information--like patient records. Read More Sizing your disk backup and deduplication system to avoid future missteps If you ask the right questions upfront and analyze each aspect of your environment that impacts backup requirements, you can avoid the consequences of buying an undersize system that quickly exceeds capacity. Read More Testing cell networks across America: The outlying areas matter, too OpenSignal's Gabe Scelta is measuring real data speeds of U.S. wireless carriers. This is his second dispatch from the road. Read More Wolfram Alpha nerd-crunches your Facebook activity, turns your social life into data All those likes and posts pics turned into raw data. Read More
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