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Microsoft vs. Google: The Battle to Own Productivity Apps in the Cloud
As vendors build out aggressive cloud strategies, two behemoths are going toe-to-toe for marketshare in the office productivity applications space. Although Google beat Microsoft to the punch in the cloud computing world with the launch of its successful Google Docs portfolio of cloud applications, Microsoft has been playing catch-up lately, announcing a stronger commitment to…
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10 Things Google Needs to Appeal to Enterprise Customers
10 Things Google Needs to Appeal to Enterprise Customers 1. Better Google Docs Google Docs is arguably the single product that could put Google on the enterprise map. The software, which is designed to be the online alternative to Microsoft Office, is currently quite useful. But it pales in comparison to Microsoft Office when it…
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Salesforce.com Seeks to Move Chatter Beyond Sales, Marketing
Salesforce.com wants to put Chatter, its new social collaboration platform, into the hands of every corporate user who needs to work with customers or with co-workers to solve problems, provide service or share ideas. Salesforce.com is offering Chatter-only licenses for customers that are already using the Salesforce.com suite so that companies can deploy the collaboration…
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Google Android Apps Highly Vulnerable to Viruses, Report Finds
For the first time since its inception, Android based smartphones outsold iPhones in the first part of 2010. Consumers who purchase these smartphones are downloading millions of Android-based applications, and, according to a SMobile Systems analysis of the Android market, putting their personal and professional data at risk. SMobile’s Global Threat Center discovered 20 percent…
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Video Conferencing Vendor Polycom Looking to Buy, Not Be Bought
NEW YORK, June 22 (Reuters) – Polycom Inc’s (NASDAQ:PLCM) new chief executive said the videoconferencing company was not in any talks with potential buyers, but instead expects to become more active in pursuing acquisitions of its own. Andrew Miller, who was named CEO last month, said the company was interested in buying companies with niche,…
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IBM Lotus Notes Traveler Beta for Android Released
The app will work for the Android 2.1-based Motorola Droid, Nexus One, HTC Droid Incredible and HTC Evo 4G. IBM also said its next version of Lotus Connections social software will support Android. This application helps bring the data over the air from Lotus Domino servers for users to access and read on their Android…
