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• 22 February 2012

• News: Amazon cloud service automates business processes

  Amazon's newest offering, announced Wednesday, is designed to ease application development and automate business processes.

• Opinion: Open Web Links Right Inside Thunderbird

  Reader Dan subscribes to various e-mail lists, and each e-mail he receives contains multiple Web links. Here's his dilemma:

• News: FCC chairman calls on ISPs to adopt new security measures

  U.S. Internet service providers should take new steps to protect subscribers against cyberattacks, including notifying customers when their computers are compromised, the chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday.

• News: How IBM Sold Business Analytics by Relying Solely on Partners

  Two years ago, key IBM channel executives abruptly initiated a sea change in the company's go-to-market blueprint to sell predictive analytics and cloud computing (and other newer technologies) to midmarket businesses.

• News: BSA: The world is not yet cloud friendly

  The United States is the fourth friendliest country in the world for global cloud interoperability, according to a new study from the Business Software Alliance. But, the organization said a "patchwork" of laws and regulations around the world is holding back cloud adoption internationally.

• News: European Commission to refer ACTA treaty to EU's highest court

  The European Court of Justice is to rule on the legality of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), but Commissioners remain bullish about its validity.

• News: Group files FTC complaint against Google for privacy changes

  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should force Google to halt its plan to consolidate user identities across its services and fine the company for violating an October privacy settlement with the agency, privacy group the Center for Digital Democracy said in a complaint filed Wednesday.

• News: Ranking 24 Nations by Cloud Policy

  The Business Software Alliance surveyed 24 countries that comprise lion's share of global information and communication technologies market to identify the most cloud-friendly policy environments. Where does the U.S. rank?

• News: Group files FTC complaint against Google for privacy changes

  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should force Google to halt its plan to consolidate user identities across its services and fine the company for violating an October privacy settlement with the agency, privacy group the Center for Digital Democracy said in a complaint filed Wednesday.

• News: Wal-Mart takes majority stake in Chinese e-commerce company Yihaodian

  Wal-Mart Stores, the retail umbrella company that owns ASDA, has announced plans to take a 51 per cent majority stake in Yihaodian, a China based e-commerce website.

• News: Amazon automates business processes with new cloud service

  Amazon Web Services has launched Simple Workflow Service (SWF), which will allow enterprises to automate business processes across both cloud-based and on-premise applications, the company said on Tuesday.

• News: Rio Tinto ramps up automated IT-driven mining

  Mining giant Rio Tinto is massively expanding its Mine of the Future programme, in which IT drives automated exploration and production.

• News: BAE Systems signs procurement services deal

  BAE Systems has signed a new contract with outsourcer Xchanging for procurement services.

• Opinion: Thunderbird Tips: IMAP Subscriptions, Email Replies

  Recently I shared a Thunderbird tip on how to mark a message as read when you reply. See, I'm test-driving Thunderbird as a potential replacement for Microsoft Outlook. It's getting the job done, but I occasionally find myself grumbling about settings that should be easy to find--but aren't.

• News: Teradata partners with Hortonworks on Hadoop

  Growing enterprise interest in Big Data analytics is beginning to drive partnerships between vendors of traditional relational database management technologies and purveyors of Apache Hadoop.

• News: Remains of the Day: Fishy business

  Microsoft dips its toes in the coy pond over a supposed iOS version of Office, a roundup of uninteresting iPad 3 rumors flounders, and Apple may be swimming upstream in its Chinese trademark case. Give a man the remainders for Tuesday, February 21, 2012 and he'll read for a day--teach a man the remainders for...yeah, I don't know where I'm going with that one.

• News: Microsoft Office to Become Available on Apple's iPad? Don't Believe the Hype

  Microsoft now denies it will release Microsoft Office for the Apple iPad, despite a recent screenshot and report from The Daily.

• 21 February 2012

• News: The ultimate tips box

  Got problems with insider threats? Need help securing your wireless LAN because of employees bringing their own devices on to your network? Know how to protect your Android device?

• News: Office on iPad a 'tough decision' for Microsoft, says analyst

  Renewed rumors that Microsoft will publish iPad editions of some of its Office applications surfaced today, with one analyst calling the move a tough decision.

• News: Oracle again waives extended support fees for E-Business Suite

  Oracle has given customers running version 12.0 of its E-Business Suite software a reprieve from extended support fees, which would have kicked in this month, increasing the maintenance payments they were already making.

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