Oracle’s Mark Hurd spells out analytics vision
Oracle is staking a big claim in business analytics, from software to hardware appliances
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StatCounter reports that Chrome overtook Internet Explorer on Sunday, although Chrome’s use of prerendering may bias the results
Citrix releases desktop as a service improvements for providers
Citrix has announced three updates to its platform that service providers use to create DaaS offerings for end users
Channel help will make flexible workplaces a reality
A new study sponsored by Citrix Systems shows organizations are trying to build more flexible workplaces, and they need channel assistance with the technology component
Microsoft Dynamics partners ponder their future in an Azure ERP world
Partners are expecting to hear more about Microsoft’s plans for ERP on Azure during the Convergence conference
Chrome succumbs to Pwn2Own contest hack
Plus, Google’s ‘Pwnium’ snares a Chrome sandbox-escape exploit with $60K bait
Mona Lisa smiles at new asset management system
The world’s most famous museum has completed a major IT project with an IBM business partner to streamline its maintenance tasks and keep closer tabs on its expensive art collection
Windows Server 8 to be storage-focused OS
It will offer RDMA over Ethernet and InfiniBand, should cut Patch Tuesday downtime, execs say
Autonomy and HP’s 10.3 billion reasons to like big data
The vendor sees big revenue opportunities for partners around cloud computing, but when it comes to Autonomy, some partners wonder if it’s channel-ready
Channel will bring SAP’s big data appliances to SMBs
A special Edge edition of HANA and HANA-powered analytics for SAP’s Business One will be available exclusively through the channel
EMC to flesh out VFCache with VMware integration, other additions
The server-based flash cache will come in bigger cards, SSDs and less expensive media later this year, the company says
Microsoft Office 15 begins technical preview: Tablet readiness questioned
As MS readies its Office 15 suite (expected late 2012 or 2013) many wonder if the launch timeline hints to the arrival of Win 8 tablets
HP extends asset mapping into Amazon, VMware clouds
HP’s Discovery and Dependency Mapping Advanced package now can find your IT assets in the cloud
Mozilla okays Firefox 10 launch this week
Adds another part of silent updating: Makes most add-ons work with each new edition
SAP’s HANA in-memory database will gain ability to run ERP this year
The move could accelerate SAP’s plans to migrate its applications customers away from Oracle’s database
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