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	Business intelligence takes to cloud for small businesses Long the purview of deep-pocketed enterprises, business intelligence software is increasingly making its way into small-and medium-sized businesses. These firms credit cloud technology, which tends to be both cheaper and easier to manage than on-premises BI systems. Read More WHITE PAPER: Strategy Companion Corporation The Benefits of Modern BI This IDC white paper discusses the benefits of using BI tools that better address the needs of business users who perform analysis of data to inform decisions on a regular basis. The document compares modern offerings with traditional BI tools and discusses the benefits of self-service BI. Learn more In this Issue 10 hot cloud computing skills Adobe CS and the dangerous cloud 10 great new features in Microsoft Azure Salesforce.com CRM update focuses on flexibility and mobility Windows gets the GitHub tool it deserves Amazon teases launch of mysterious device with 50-second video SAP going full steam ahead on Hana, the cloud and 'simple' software Google gives Apps admins a deeper dive on usage info Oracle focuses on prepping databases as a service SAP to create cloud services for industries Has cloud computing been a failed revolution? WHITE PAPER: CDW Comprehensive Guide to Cloud Data Security The potential security risk of migrating sensitive data and applications to the cloud is still the top concern among security professionals. Even private clouds can open up vulnerabilities when sharing multiple data sets on the same physical server. View Now 10 hot cloud computing skills As more companies embrace shared services, staffers with cloud computing chops are watching their fortunes rise. Read More Adobe CS and the dangerous cloud Adobe's Creative Cloud outage inconvenienced its users, but future cloud failures could damage the global economy. Read More 10 great new features in Microsoft Azure Microsoft woos customers to the cloud with a slew of new networking, security, storage, DR, management, and orchestration capabilities Read More Salesforce.com CRM update focuses on flexibility and mobility Now 15 years old and counting, Salesforce.com's CRM application gained maturity long ago, but as the upcoming Summer '14 release shows, the company is still adding hundreds of enhancements and tweaks to it multiple times per year. Read More Windows gets the GitHub tool it deserves A big barrier to widespread adoption of GitHub by Windows users has been the lack of friendly tooling to interact with the service. Most everything needed to be done through the command line and the initial setup of the security key exchange between your desktop and GitHub was enough to deter a lot of people. All of that has changed with GitHub Windows 2.0. Read More WHITE PAPER: Google Apps 14 Cloud Email Solutions Ranked & Rated 27% of the world's business inboxes now live in the cloud with adoption rates predicted to soar in the next few years. In this report, research firm, The Radicati Group, highlights the top 14 cloud business email solutions. Learn why Google Apps was rated the leader of the pack. Learn more! Amazon teases launch of mysterious device with 50-second video Amazon took to social media and YouTube Wednesday with a cagey promotion for an upcoming launch event, setting off rampant Internet speculation that its long-rumored smartphone is about to be announced. Read More SAP going full steam ahead on Hana, the cloud and 'simple' software A couple of things became clear during SAP co-founder Hasso Plattner's keynote at the Sapphire conference Wednesday: SAP remains fully committed to the Hana in-memory computing platform, as well as its push into SaaS (software as a service). Read More Google gives Apps admins a deeper dive on usage info Google has redesigned the reports section of the Apps admin console, giving IT staff a lot more details about who's been using the online apps suite and how. Read More Oracle focuses on prepping databases as a service As it preps Oracle Enterprise Manager to run private clouds, Oracle has released an update to the management software that offers the ability for organizations to offer production-ready databases as a service. Read More SAP to create cloud services for industries SAP is hoping to grab a bigger piece of the money its customers spend on cloud-based software by creating a new series of industry-specific services. Read More Has cloud computing been a failed revolution? Talk to IT personnel, or study what they look up on Google, and you may think they're done with cloud computing. Talk to analysts, though -- or, more importantly, end users -- and you'll hear a different story. Read More
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