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Why the enterprise can't shake its email addiction

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Some data center operators take their chances with floods

HP plans to close the book on OpenVMS in 2020

Network World Daily News AM
July 15, 2013
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Why the enterprise can't shake its email addiction

The kids may have moved on, but business users love (and hate) their email. Here's why we can't kick the habit.

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Issue highlights

1. Some data center operators take their chances with floods

2. HP plans to close the book on OpenVMS in 2020

3. Oracle joins rivals to advance cloud computing

4. Microsoft addresses DevOps with InRelease technology

5. India's telegram service is dead … not so the telegram

6. 20,000 robots are on the job in Foxconn factories

7. Pixar, Lucasfilm said to settle employee no-poaching lawsuit

8. NASA's Mars rover Curiosity takes third short trip in long journey

9. Microsoft chops Surface RT price to $349

10. High-tech tool can help interpret health clues from crying babies

11. Free video conversion software

12. Yes I DO know the name of my high school mascot

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Some data center operators take their chances with floods

Even most of those hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy are hardening their facilities instead of moving them entirely. In the storm-prone South, however, it's a different story. READ MORE

HP plans to close the book on OpenVMS in 2020

Hewlett-Packard says 2020 will be the year it ends support for OpenVMS, an operating system long valued for its reliability and renowned for breakthrough features. READ MORE

Oracle joins rivals to advance cloud computing

Ending a bitter feud, Oracle has entered into a cloud-centric deal with Salesforce.com, and it has reached similar agreements with Microsoft and NetSuite. READ MORE

Microsoft addresses DevOps with InRelease technology

Microsoft has completed its purchase of InCycle's InRelease business unit, announced in June, and is now deploying the software to offer DevOps capabilities to its Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server users. READ MORE

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Top 8 Communications Tools for Small Businesses

Powerful technology is available to help your small business improve its communications with customers, employees and suppliers. View this free On-Demand Webcast produced by BizLaunch. Learn more.

India's telegram service is dead … not so the telegram

No matter how often my press colleagues predict this or that technology will be a "killer" of this or that one, the fact is that technologies as a rule do not die sudden or violent deaths, they fade away, sometimes over a very, very long time. READ MORE

20,000 robots are on the job in Foxconn factories

With 20,000 robotic machines already on the job, contract manufacturing giant Foxconn is on track to hit its goal of deploying a 'million-robot army,' CEO Terry Gou said recently. READ MORE

Pixar, Lucasfilm said to settle employee no-poaching lawsuit

Pixar and Lucasfilm have settled a lawsuit by workers alleging an illegal cartel formed by seven technology companies including Apple, Google and Intel, lawyers have informed the court. READ MORE

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity takes third short trip in long journey

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity made its third short trip this week as part of a long trek that could take as much as a year. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Crittercism

There is no 'I' in Team, but There is '$' in Failure

The mobile enterprise has arrived. In a world where there will be more devices than people on earth by 2017 according to Cisco's Visual Networking index (VNI), mobility will continue to transform enterprises in a profound way that cannot be ignored. Read more!

Microsoft chops Surface RT price to $349

Microsoft on Sunday slashed prices on its Surface RT tablets by as much as 30%, with the entry-level 32GB model selling for $349. READ MORE

High-tech tool can help interpret health clues from crying babies

Figuring out what exactly is wrong with a crying baby can be a frustrating experience for parents and doctors. Is the cry from pain, hunger or something worse? In a rather interesting development announced this week, an automated software and sensor system developed at Brown University may begin to unlock some clues. READ MORE

Free video conversion software

Ever get stuck trying to play a video file on your PC and it won't play correctly? Does a client send you a Windows Media Video (WMV) but your Mac only likes QuickTime MOV files? Or are you looking to take a home video and make it play better on your iPad? READ MORE

Yes I DO know the name of my high school mascot

There once was a time when getting a physical copy of your payroll statement from your employer was easy because they'd give you a brand new one every week or two attached to an honest-to-goodness paper paycheck. Today is not such a time, of course. And, while I won't quibble with the fact that forests have been saved as a result, there are instances when I long for the paper-wasting days of yore.... READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: HP

Enabling IT to Retake the Lead in a BYOD World

The transformation of enterprises into mobile organizations often is led by the mobile workers themselves as they use their own devices for work. Read Now!

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