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• 13 May 2013

• News: Big data is a big but young market

  A recent survey by Forrester found that 7% of IT executives and 9% of business leaders feel they have gained a true return on investment from big data. That means there's a lot more business can be doing to glean insights from the massive amount of data that's potentially available to them.

• News: 10 Best (and Worst) IT Offshoring Options for English Proficiency

  There's some good news for CIOs who struggle with communication and language issues offshore -- and sometimes onshore as well. Global business English proficiency, on average, has increased during the past year, according to tests given to global employees in 78 countries.

• News: Microsoft improves photo management in SkyDrive

  Microsoft is rolling out changes to SkyDrive to enhance management of photos in the cloud storage service, including more efficient viewing and uploading of files.

• News: Labor Department hackers more sophisticated than most

  Security pro says attacks designed for further breaches, noting, 'They're not gathering this information and sending it home for no reason'

• News: Harmon.ie aims to close the mobile gap in Office 365

  A new mobile application from Harmon.ie promises to improve the way people use Microsoft Office 365 from iOS, BlackBerry and Android tablets and phones.

• News: How Big Data Can Improve Marketing and Customer Service

  Big data is poised to help marketers reach and engage customers and prospects in ways that businesses are only now starting to understand. Enterprises that don't embrace analytics may soon see embattled customers voting with their wallets.

• 10 May 2013

• News: Survey: Risk to organisational data an ongoing cloud security concern

  While companies have become more comfortable with the security of third-party cloud service providers, data security--particularly at the end user level--as well as concerns over meeting compliance requirements, remain top-of-mind among cloud adopters. This is the conclusion of a cloud security survey commissioned by NetIQ.

• News: What's old is new again: Spammers revived old schemes in March quarter

  Volumes remain steady as junkmeisters return to old spam scams

• News: eBay bids on big data challenge

  Trying to make sense of the estimated 100 terabytes of new data received every day led eBay to start using big data platforms.

• News: Icahn, Southeastern make alternative bid for Dell

  Investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management have made a counter-offer for Dell that would keep the computer company still publicly traded, according to reports.

• News: Reports: Icahn, Southeastern make alternative bid for Dell

  Investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management have made a counter-offer for Dell that would keep the computer company still publicly traded, according to reports.

• News: The Onion explains how its Twitter account was hacked

  Hackers who commandeered The Onion's Twitter account used simple but effective phishing attacks to obtain passwords, according to a writeup by the publisher's technology team.

• News: IBM tech powers Culturecom's entertainment venture

  Some of the most popular Hong Kong-created comic characters like Chinese Hero will be enlivened with a tech touch.

• 09 May 2013

• News: Box to revamp document viewing with Crocodoc acquisition

  Box has acquired Crocodoc in a move to significantly improve the way documents are rendered for viewing on its enterprise storage and file sharing service.

• News: Microsoft says Yammer sales are booming

  With the backing of its new parent company, Yammer more than tripled its revenue year on year in the quarter that ended in March.

• News: Intel acquires two software companies

  Intel has acquired two software companies as it continues to build its burgeoning portfolio to include more tools to write and manage programs and interfaces.

• News: eBay employs big data platforms to drive competitive edge

  Trying to make sense of the estimated 100 terabytes of new data received every day to meet changing customer expectations and keep a competitive edge has led eBay to start using big data platforms.

• News: Security practices wanting in virtual machine world, survey finds

  Organizations leaning too heavily on virtualization vendors for protection, BeyondTrust finds

• News: Sainsbury's Bank to outsource entire banking system in £90 million migration project

  Sainsbury’s Bank will outsource its entire retail banking operations to solutions provider FIS, as it moves away from Lloyds Banking Group’s legacy systems to a new banking platform in a £90 million migration project.

• 08 May 2013

• News: Google revamps admin console for Apps and other enterprise products

  Google is rolling out a new IT administration console for its Apps email and collaboration cloud suite and for other enterprise products such as Maps Coordinate and Chrome OS devices.

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