Thursday, June 30, 2011

IT News Head Lines (TechWeb) 30/06/2011





Fring Tops Facetime On iPad
Fring's free video chatting software lets iPad users to chat with up to four different people at once.

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Google Unveils Google+ Social Networking Project
To compete with Facebook, Google aims to provide intimacy rather than scale, at least initially. Will users like Google's privacy options?

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Why One SMB Uses Google And Microsoft Apps
Model Metrics has some good reasons for keeping Microsoft Office licenses, even though it dumped hosted Exchange in favor of Gmail and it uses other Google Apps.

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Humana, Allscripts Target EHR Costs
Humana helps subsidize physicians interested in implementing Allscripts' EHR system.

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4 Uses For Videoconferencing Beyond Cutting Costs
Captech has reduced travel spending with video collaboration, but the SMB has added recruiting, training, and client interaction to its growing list of uses.

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Social Security Administration Shakes Up CIO Office
Commissioner reorganizes IT staff and spreads authority between several offices, counter to White House encouragement to centralize IT leadership.

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Microsoft Wins Patent For Internet Spying Technology
The company has patented a method for intercepting Web-based communications so they can silently be recorded.

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Google Debuts Flash-To-HTML5 Converter
Developers can now use a Google tool to turn their Flash files into HTML5.

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Office 365: 7 Missing Features For Enterprises
With its new cloud-based suite, Microsoft is striking back at Google Apps. But consider these shortcomings in key areas.

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Office 365: Microsoft Pitches Cloud, Eyes Profit
CEO Ballmer talks up advantages for small and midsize companies at Office 365's launch--not the cloud threat to Microsoft's lucrative on-premises enterprise software.

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What EHRs And Marriage Have In Common
IT needs to understand the logistical hurdles and the emotional ones for clinicians--and realize an EHR rollout is just the beginning of a long-term partnership.

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Social Networking Policy: Write Now Or Regret Later
Fewer than 25% of companies provide rules or guidance for employees posting on social networking sites, new research says--and that's bad news when trouble arises.

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Federal Cloud Services Near Launch, At Last
Government agencies should be able to get virtual computers, cloud storage, and Web hosting from authorized service providers next month, according to the GSA.

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Office 365 Partners Extend UC And Email Options
Azaleos delivers managed hybrid services offering for UC; LiveOffice focuses on email archiving and discovery tools.

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Cloud Revenue: The Question Vendors Keep Dodging
Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, and Google play coy when breaking down their cloud computing revenues. That reticence is no longer acceptable.

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Enterprise Social Vendors Play Own Game Of Survivor
App stores and APIs are signs the social software ecosystem is evolving fast. Which companies will survive, and which will become extinct?

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Domino Sugar Wins Big With SAP In Cloud
Apps running with greater reliability than they did in-house, CIO says--and IT's budget down 30%. Here's a look at Domino's sweet cloud arrangement.

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LulzSec Members Apparently Outed
An anonymous post claims to put names to four of the group's six members, leading security experts to predict imminent arrests.

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Android Reaches Half A Million Daily Activations
Google's Andy Rubin says Android is growing at more than 4% per week, as Strategy Analytics reports that 42% of businesses now support Google's smartphone platform.

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Social Email Moves Connections To The Fore
Harmon.ie plugin displays connected SharePoint users' profiles and activity streams, as well as documents, as a sidebar to email.

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Flash Memory Storage Virtualization: Faster And Affordable?
Startup FlashSoft aims to speed storage access by virtualizing a new tier of flash between CPU and hard drive.

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