Small- and medium-size businesses have been wary of cloud services because of security, privacy and reliability issues. But a new Microsoft report, released this week, found that perceptions of clouds contrast with actual experiences.
Adrienne Hall, general manager of Trustworthy Computing at Microsoft, said in a statement that "there`s a big gap between perception and reality when it comes to th
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Microsoft Study Finds Gap in SMB Cloud Perception Reality
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Microsoft Office 365 for iPhone Finally Hits the Market
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At long, long last, Microsoft is rolling out Office Mobile for iPhone. It`s a free iPhone app for Office 365 subscribers. The app aims to help Office users access content on the go and offers full editing capabilities.
Here`s how it works: After signing in to an Office 365 account, you can access, view and edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents from anywhere. You can use Office Mobil
IBM in new round of layoffs
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IBM has cut about 1,300 employees and more layoffs are possible, according to an employee organization. The news come from Alliance@IBM, which has been a reliable source of news about job actions at the company. IBM typically doesn`t disclose its job reduction actions.
Microsoft is upping the security on Azure with Active Authentication, a new service now in preview which allows enterprises to secure access to hosted applications such as Office 365 with two-factor authentication. Active Authentication enables two-factor authentication for users stored on the Azure-based version Active Directory, and helps secure access to Office 365, Windows Azure, Windows Intun
HP launches Cloud OS for Moonshot and other HP systems
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On the second day of its annual HP Discover user conference in Las Vegas, Hewlett-Packard launched an OS designed specifically for cloud computing, called the HP Cloud OS. Initially, however, the software can only be obtained by purchasing HP systems.
Clearwires board backs Dish offer dealing blow to Sprint
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Clearwire`s board of directors has unanimously recommended its shareholders reject the takeover bid by Sprint Nextel, which owns roughly half of Clearwire, and instead accept a buyout offer from Dish Network.
Red Hat packages up OpenStack for the enterprise
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Red Hat`s vision of building an enterprise-ready version of the increasingly popular OpenStack cloud continues to coalesce: The company today ann
Software AG buys complexevent processing technology from Progress
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Software AG is building out its portfolio of CEP (complex-event processing) software with the acquisition of Apama from Progress Software, in the second CEP-related deal this week. Terms of the deal, which was announced Thursday, were not disclosed. Apama and other CEP products ingest and analyze streams of data, looking for patterns and correlations, and are used widely in areas such as financial
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