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SAP builds next-gen data warehouse for the cloud

SAP BW/4HANA is a new data warehouse service for the real-time enterprise, designed for both on-premises and cloud deployments.

Commercial drones take off to deliver new data and business models

The FAA today released new regulations for the low-altitude operation of commercial small unmanned aircraft, which has the potential to unlock a wave of new data and business models built on that data.

Teradata Accelerators help put IoT on the fast track

A new set of technology-agnostic software-and-service solutions from Teradata aim to help companies rapidly transform business models and optimize processes using IoT sensor data streams.

LinkedIn ProFinder helps freelancers land jobs

LinkedIn doesn't want to overlook the growing U.S. freelance workforce, so it released a new tool, called ProFinder, that's designed to match independent workers with businesses seeking their services.

Linux Foundation chief reflects on 25 years of open source

Jim Zemlin, the executive director of the Linux Foundation, took the state at LinuxCon this week to address the evolution of the open source OS and look back on its history. rn

Why Vietnam is an attractive IT offshoring destination

Harvey Nashu2019s chief digital officer discusses the benefits and drawbacks of outsourcing IT work in Vietnam.

Why Microsoft open sourced PowerShell and ported it to Linux

You can already test PowerShell in Ubuntu, Debian and CentOSrn

How Adobe uses machine learning to drive marketing success

Adobe's new data science tool, Segment Comparison for Analysis Workspace, leverages machine learning to help marketers uncover the key characteristics of the audience segments driving KPIs.

Laptops most often stolen from most unlikely place

The rise of mobile has led many CIOs to fret about data loss from lost or stolen devices. A new study suggests IT theft in the office should be a primary concern.

Why Google’s new Linux-less Fuchsia operating system is a huge deal

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Cyberbullying continues to drag Twitter down

Hate speech and bullying are major problems for Twitter, and it's time for the company to decide, once and for all, if it's on the side of the abusers or the abused.

Why outsourced call center roles are coming back onshore

A shift in focus from cost containment to customer experience and advanced technology adoption is causing more enterprises to move more contact center roles onshore, according to recent research by the Everest Group

Open source R extension simplifies data science with IBM Watson

Open source R extension is designed to help data scientists access a bevy of Watson services without leaving their native development environment.

Android, iOS bug bounty biz is booming

Hackers who identify and document proven critical software vulnerabilities in Android or iOS stand to cash in big time, thanks to new bug bounty increases from Apple, Google and at least one security firm.

Open vSwitch becomes a Linux Foundation Collaborative project

Hortonworks DataFlow 2.0 focuses on enterprise readiness

Hortonworks updates platform for dataflow management and streaming analytics.

Facebook joins battle to kill ad blockers

Facebook just made a symbolic overture to advertisers by expressing support for the industry in its fight against ad blockers.

Rio 2016 Olympics on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat

Social media's brightest stars have aligned for the Rio 2016 Olympics. Here's how to follow all the teams, games and athletes, and find behind-the-scenes action and exclusive footage on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat.

Will Supreme Court settle network neutrality issue?

Critics of FCC's controversial open internet order file appeal for lower court to rehear the case, but see the Supreme Court as perhaps the best hope of reining in new online regulation.

Dell Services innovation lab for SAP-HANA creates superior solutions for customers

Dell Services allows customers to analyze the ins and outs of migrating to SAP HANA and the SAP S/4HANA business suite and then jumpstart applications for business transformation.

Instagram takes aim at Snapchat with disappearing ‘Stories’

In an effort to retain users who may have drifted toward Snapchat, Instagram copied one of its rival's defining features: short-lived multimedia. But will the new 'Instagram Stories' be a strategic success or just another flop from Ins

7 surprises in Samsung’s Galaxy Note7 smartphone

The new Galaxy Note7 smartphone is available via presale this week. Here's a detailed breakdown of the most notable new features in Samsung's latest phablet phone.

Takeaways from Apple, Facebook and Google’s latest earnings

Apple, Facebook and Google each reported earnings this week, and though the results varied, they also reaffirmed the scale and industry-wide impact of these massive tech companies.

With ChakraCore on Linux, Microsoft doesn’t discriminate

Microsoft is putting one of its core technologies on a competing platformrn

Databricks unveils commercial support for Apache Spark 2.0

Apache Spark 2.0 is now generally available on the Databricks data platform. The company touts five to 10x performance increases over Spark 1.6 and new support for continuous applications with structured streaming.

Canonical joins the Document Foundation Advisory board

The upcoming release of LibreOffice will be one of the first applications to be available as a snap packagern

CORD becomes a Linux Foundation project

The foundation is already home to many open source networking projects, including OpenDaylight and Open Network Operating System (ONOS), so CORD is a natural fit.rnrn

Office 365 gets new Word, PowerPoint and Outlook features

Microsoft Office 365 users will soon get anew tools that aim to improve their writing skills, help prioritize important email and better research topics of interest.

Should CIOs be chief robot wranglers?

Business Robotic Process Automation (RPA) initiatives can yield huge returns. But bypassing IT can create even bigger risks. Why CIOs need to take a greater role in RPA.

Twitter scores live-stream deals with MLB, NBA, NHL and NFL

Twitter's steamy summer of sport got even hotter today as the company inked deals to live-stream MLB and NHL games. Each of the 'Big Four' major U.S. sports leagues is now on board to stream games or related content via Twitter.

Cloud services now account for a third of IT outsourcing market

The u2018as-a-serviceu2019 market now accounts for a third of IT services activity. Can traditional outsourcing survive?

Land O’Lakes spreads to the cloud with Microsoft (and Google)

Land Ou2019Lakes CIO says no single cloud provider can meet all of the companyu2019s requirements. Google and Microsoft are both in the mix, but the agricultural cooperative still isnu2019t ready for a full migration.

Can Collabora and Nextcloud crack Office 365 dominance?

Nextcloud and Collabora partnership brings free of cost office suite and cloud syncing solution together.rn

LinkedIn adds Gmail, CRM integration to Sales Navigator

LinkedIn looks to boost its appeal to sales professional with the first update of its two-years-old Sales Navigator product.

Facebook details its 2016 open source accomplishments

Facebook ramped up its open-source initiative in 2016, and the company has already seen a 35 percent increase in followers.

Big banks, big applications, big outsourcing

Large application outsourcing is booming at big banks, driven in large part by the need for digital transformation.

Microsoft expands its Surface Enterprise Initiative

Microsoft wants businesses to adopt the Surface lineup, and itu2019s adding new incentives to its enterprise program to make the hybrid devices even more appealing.

Mirantis OpenStack 9.0 improves post-deployment support, private cloud operations

Mirantis emerges as one of the leading contributors to OpenStack.

Offshore and cloud service providers upset IT outsourcing’s top tier

While IBM and Accenture still command a majority of the IT services markets, the combination of offshore-centric and as-a-service competition has proven to be an u2018all-out assaultu2019 on traditional providers.

Cisco aims to simplify security

By combining its network visibility and breadth of integrated products, Cisco aims to make it simple for distributed and mobile businesses to deploy effective security while reducing the complexity required to manage it.

New Relic adds support for Golang, SPA monitoring

The software-as-a-service application performance monitoring provider is adding support for a popular programming language used in microservices, and also offering greater visibility into single-page applications.

Kubernetes becomes more scalable, gets support for hybrid clouds

Version 1.3 makes it easier for new developers and enterprises to use Kubernetes to manage distributed systems at scale.

Why Snapchat’s Memories broadens snap appeal

A new feature from Snapchat, called Memories, should broaden its appeal by making it easier for you to preserve and curate the content you share, but the company's go-to disappearing 'snaps' live on.

How IT outsourcing customers should prepare for HPE-CSC merger

The merger between HPEu2019s enterprise services business and CSC may or may not help solve those providersu2019 problems, but there are steps customers can take to make sure the huge u2018spin-mergeru2019 works out in their favor.

Twitter fails to impress with Wimbledon live stream

Twitter's first live-sports video stream at Wimbledon left much to be desired, and the company's early 'test' may not bode well for its upcoming plans to live stream 10 NFL football games this season.

Test drive SUSE Enterprise Linux on Azure cloud for free

SUSE is currently the only commercially supported Linux for HPC available via Microsoft Test Drive.rn

Hillary Clinton’s tech agenda draws cheers from IT industry

Presumptive Democratic nominee calls for investments in STEM education, cybersecurity and job training, pledging to make an open Internet a cornerstone of her administration's diplomacy.

Jim Whitehurst: The power of participation

During his keynote at the Red Hat Summit, CEO Jim Whitehurst took the audience on a walk through history, talking about how different industrial revolutions changed our social fabric and affected policies and politics.rn

Rio’s airport preps for Olympics with new Wi-Fi network and mobile app

With the 2016 Olympic Games promising to bring millions of visitors to Rio de Janeirou2019s Galeu00e3o International Airport, its CIO initiated a huge wireless network upgrade and a new mobile app.

MapR’s Spyglass keeps an eye on big data deployments

MapR Technologies' new Spyglass Initiative is an open and extensible approach designed to centralized monitoring of big data deployments.