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How we’re putting the Microsoft Cloud to work for the public good

January 20, 2016January 24, 2016 enews

As Satya Nadella announced today, we’re committed to putting the Microsoft Cloud to work for the public good. That’s why Microsoft Philanthropies, with support from Microsoft Research and Microsoft Business Development, will donate $1 billion in Microsoft cloud services to nonprofits and university researchers over the next three years. Our goal is to support 70,000 nonprofits through this initiative during that time. I wanted to provide some more detail on what we’re doing and the commitments we are making today. Our rationale for today’s announcement is simple. Cloud computing has…

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Google Maps Now Gives Real-Time Traffic Advice With One Tap

January 19, 2016January 19, 2016 enews

The new Google Maps feature tracks your most frequent destinations, such as home or work, and might suggest leaving ASAP or waiting a bit due to traffic. Google Maps can now give users real-time traffic advice, for example, if it is a good time to head home or to work, or if it would be wise to have a cup of coffee and read for a bit before braving the traffic on nearby roads.The new driving shortcut feature was announced by Brian Ferris, a Google Maps software engineer, in a…

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Skype Translator Now Available to All Windows Users

January 18, 2016January 19, 2016 enews

Microsoft completes its rollout of Skype Translator for Windows and announces an integration with the Slack team communications platform. For nearly three and a half months, Microsoft has beenrolling out its Skype Translator technology to millions of Windows users. This week, the company crossed the finish line. “This takes Skype one step closer to our mission of empowering people to do more, even across languages,” stated Microsoft in a Jan. 13 announcement on the company’s Website. “We hope that our customers can achieve their goals through relationships that would have previously…

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EMEA Big Data Datacenter Infrastructure Market to Triple by 2019, Reaching $5.4B, Says IDC

January 17, 2016January 18, 2016 enews

International Data Corporation (IDC) has completed an in-depth market sizing of the EMEA Big Data infrastructure market focusing on servers, storage, and cloud resources used for Big Data–related activities. These include value creation from merging different data sources, various analytics, log files, and metadata that help identify patterns and generate predictions. LONDON, January 13, 2016 — IDC forecasts that Big Data–related server shipments will increase from 6% of all servers shipped in EMEA in 2015 to 16% by 2019, and server values from $1 billion in 2015 to $2.7 billion…

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What the Tech Landscape Will Look Like in 2019

December 30, 2015 enews

Expect the number of devices you own to multiply! We are in an era where technological advances are happening at an exponential rate. According to Cisco’s Visual Networking Index Forecast, in just four years you can expect to see the number of mobile devices skyrocket, non-PC devices to reign supreme, and online video to do a complete takeover of television. Head’s up—maybe it’s time to start carving out some space for those extra devices in your 2019 home-of-the-future. Billions and Billions of Devices! Jumping from a “meager” 14.2 billion devices…

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Google Wants To Eliminate Password Login

December 23, 2015December 23, 2015 enews

Google has begun testing a password-free login method that enables users to log in using their smartphones. Google is experimenting with a password-free login method. A new feature promises to let you enter your account with a smartphone and skip the less-secure requirement of typing a password. The idea is that users will begin the login process on the PC, but authorize the login through smartphone notification. It promises a more secure way to access Google accounts without using two-factor authentication. This update comes from a Reddit user who wrote…

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Surviving digital disruption

December 22, 2015December 23, 2015 enews

What can managers and corporations do to brace their businesses in the face of digital … … Prepare for digital disruption Desktop computer manufacturing and sales plummeted as portable devices such as notebooks and tablets came to be. Digital cameras are as good as dead thanks to the ever increasing popularity and quality of mobile phone cameras. If digital is already slaughtering itself, how is your business supposed to survive the digital revolution? Despite it being hard to predict just exactly how and when disruption will hit your industry, there…

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The IT Department as Disruptor

December 21, 2015December 21, 2015 enews

In today’s technology-centric world, IT departments must evolve from business partners to catalysts for change. They must advise and provide innovative technological solutions for employees and customers – and disrupt how business is done. Technology is the driving force of almost every company in the digital economy. Case in point: in PwC’s most recent CEO Survey, business leaders said they were aware of the increasing need to put technology at the heart of their business. But the rapid pace of technological change remains challenging for many CEOs and C-suite teams.…

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Mobile Collaboration: Where Does It Rank on Your Priority List?

December 20, 2015December 20, 2015 enews

The way people collaborate is in the midst of an enormous shift. Whether you’re ready or not, it will impact how and where teams and employees conduct business. In 2014 alone, global mobile data traffic grew 69% and nearly half a billion mobile devices were activated and connected. And by 2019? That traffic is expected to increase nearly tenfold. Tenfold! Collaboration is a major driver for increased mobile usage. We’ve used chat and messaging tools to maintain personal connections for years with popular apps like FaceTime, WhatsApp, Voxer, and many others. With…

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More than a half data in EMEA organisations identified as ‘Dark’ Data

December 20, 2015December 20, 2015 enews

Giant ‘Databerg’ of trivial and obsolete data estimated to cost European businesses $891bn annually by 2020 Veritas Technologies LLC, one of the global leaders in backup and recovery solutions, recently announced the results of its Databerg Report 2015, which looked at how organisations from 14 EMEA countries across the public and private sector manage their data. Major issues highlighted by the survey include employees treating corporate IT systems as their own personal infrastructure, and management’s over-reliance on cloud storage systems – concerns that will not only be subject to regulatory…