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Coffee Briefing, July 27, 2021 – Zoho’s free online invoicing solution; Hootsuite’s new CMO; Shopify’s new centralized chat tool; and more

Recent tech news that we maybe didn’t get to yet, or it’s news we’ve reported on and feel is worth resurfacing.

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Recent Software Stories

Coffee Briefing, July 27, 2021 – Zoho’s free online invoicing solution; Hootsuite’s new CMO; Shopify’s new centralized chat tool; and more

Recent tech news that we maybe didn’t get to yet, or it’s news we’ve reported on and feel is worth resurfacing.

4 min read

Microsoft launches the cloud PC: Windows 365

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Coffee Briefing, July 13, 2021 – Visa Installments service launches in Canada; Pinterest bans weight loss ads; and more

All the recent tech news that we maybe didn’t get to yet, or it’s the news we’ve reported on and feel is worth resurfacing

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Syntax acquires Illumiti to put on a stronger footing in SAP functional practice in North America

Quebec-based multi-cloud and multi-enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions provider Syntax Systems has acquired ON-based SAP systems integration and management consultancy Illumiti.

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Cisco unveils Webex Suite, combines meetings, calling, messaging, and events

Cisco’s Webex platform has unveiled more than 800 new features since September, but when asked which one has experienced the greatest adoption, Jeetu Patel’s answer was a bit unexpected.

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Software Videos

Cisco Live Day 1- IoT and multi-domain integrations

BlackBerry QNX digital cockpit platform unveiled – All Hands on Tech at CES 2019

All Hands on Tech – Google Pixel 3XL full review

Using Apple’s HomePod in Canada

Accept Mastercard card payments with a smartphone app

Mastercard will let you withdraw cash from an ATM with a smartphone

Exploring Nuance’s voice-first AI – All Hands on Tech

Exploring Intel’s autonomous car – All Hands on Tech

Software News

Oracle’s Mark Hurd spells out analytics vision

Oracle is staking a big claim in business analytics, from software to hardware appliances

Browser survey puts Chrome in first place

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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