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BlackBerry (finally) says it's done making smartphones
This week BlackBerry announced it has produced its last smartphone, though the company plans to partner with other hardware makers and continue to sell BlackBerry-branded phones.rn
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Customers have a love/hate relationship with IT outsourcing providers
HPE, Oracle and IBM’s outsourcing customers are much more likely to recommend them, but many other IT service providers underperform in delivering a good customer experience.
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Splunk puts machine learning at center of operational intelligence portfolio
Splunk is making machine learning capabilities a core capability of its real-time operational intelligence platforms to help companies use predictive analytics to optimize IT, security and business operations.
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MapR helps developers leverage analytics with microservices
New capabilities in MapR Technologies Converged Data Platform help developers and administrators use microservices to integrate operations and analytics.
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What is it like to work in an Apple Store?
Find out what Apple employees and former employees think about working in an Apple store.
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LinkedIn Learning puts Lynda.com to work
LinkedIn this week integrated Lynda.com’s vast training library into its main site. The new LinkedIn Learning service is available to all premium subscribers, and the company says an enterprise-focused version is also on the way.It’s Open
Learn how to deploy OpenStack for free
The Linux Foundation joins with edX to offer a free OpenStack course.rn
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Google Drive gets machine-learning search features
Google's Drive cloud storage service this week got a familiar search feature that has helped defined the Google experience for years.
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ISF consulting services seek to strengthen cyber resilience
The Information Security Forum has announced its global ISF Consultancy Services, which offer short-term customized professional support and training to help organizations build cyber resilience and improve their security posture.
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Twitter's live NFL debut a good start, but …
Twitter passed its first big live-football test last Thursday, but the social platform must cultivate more unique value for NFL fans if it hopes to steal them away from traditional TV broadcasts.News
SAP makes HANA available on the PC and offline
Seeking to make it simpler for developers to experiment with SAP HANA and prototype and build applications on the platform, SAP announced an express edition that you can use for free on a desktop or laptop as well as a new personal edition of SAP Web IDE you can use offline.rn
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Controversial H-1B bill pulled from House committee
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee has halted its plan to take up an increasingly controversial H-1B bill. It had been set for a committee vote yesterday.
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DataRobot aims to help create data science executives
New DataRobot University course is designed to teach executives how to identify opportunities to optimize their business using machine learning.rn
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Digital transformation boosts captive offshore center growth
As enterprise demand for digital transformation grows, expect to see more global in-house centers.News
SAS adds cognitive computing support
At Analytics Experience in Las Vegas yesterday, SAS unveiled SAS Visual Investigator and SAS Visual Data Mining and Machine Learning for the Viya analytics platform. .
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Facebook Messenger now supports native payments
Facebook today announced Messenger Platform v1.2, and the company's head of Messenger, David Marcus, says it is committed to making the bot experience even better than traditional app experiences.
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Why iPhone 7 might be a better fit for enterprise than consumers
Apple's new iPhone 7 may not have an audio port, but it does pack many improvements that are much more important to business users.
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Google’s Apigee buy validates API economy
Google’s $625 million acquisition of the leading API management platform provider validates CIOs’ plans to use APIs to build out digital businesses.It’s Open
HPE deal makes SUSE an enterprise heavyweight
SUSE will become the preferred Linux partner of HPE.Diverse-IT
Fed clamps down on for-profit schools
After the Department of Education found ITT Tech wasn't delivering on its promises, the for-profit college chain is the latest forced to close.News
Apple updates App Store developer guidelines ahead of iOS 10
The days are numbered for iOS apps that crash instantly upon launch or that use lengthy names to game search results, according to Apple's newly revised set of App Store developer policies.News
Hybrid tablets will continue to grow in popularity
After a drop in sales, IDC expects detachable tablets to revitalize the tablet market and outpace PCs and smaller slate tablets by 2020.rn
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Samsung stops Note7 shipments on reports of battery fires
The Galaxy Note7 has received rave reviews from critics, but some early units reportedly have a very serious battery flaw, and Samsung already stopped shipping the new Note in South Korea.
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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.
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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.rn
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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.News
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.It’s Open
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. rnrn
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Why Vietnam is an attractive IT offshoring destination
Harvey Nash’s chief digital officer discusses the benefits and drawbacks of outsourcing IT work in Vietnam.It’s Open
Why Microsoft open sourced PowerShell and ported it to Linux
You can already test PowerShell in Ubuntu, Debian and CentOSrn
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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.
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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.It’s Open
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.
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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 GroupNews
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.
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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.It’s Open
Open vSwitch becomes a Linux Foundation Collaborative project
The open source virtual switch Open vSwitch (OVS) joins growing ranks of networking projects that are part of the foundation.News
Hortonworks DataFlow 2.0 focuses on enterprise readiness
Hortonworks updates platform for dataflow management and streaming analytics.News Analysis
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.
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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.News
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.
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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.
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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 Instagram's parent, Facebook?News Analysis
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.News
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.It’s Open
With ChakraCore on Linux, Microsoft doesn't discriminate
Microsoft is putting one of its core technologies on a competing platform.rnNews
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.rnIt’s Open
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 packagernIt’s Open
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
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