The sky’s the limit when it comes to building flashy dynamic charts and graphs. Here are five free tools that will deliver great results.  Creating graphs is easy — grab your favorite spreadsheet program, enter some data, and use the chart wizard. What’s more difficult is creating those graphs to be published on the web based on dynamic data. Plenty of options are available to graph hard-entered data, but few are capable of dynamic generation. In this edition of Five Apps, we take a look at five free web-based tools…

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There is plenty of interest in hybrid cloud solutions, and Tech Pro Research’s latest survey uncovers favored vendors, benefits and potential roadblocks. Public and private cloud offerings range from personal services such as Microsoft OneDrive, Google Drive, and Apple iCloud to enterprise-focused services such as Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services. Public cloud solutions are usually subscription-based services where the hardware or software, or both, are rented and where IT departments purchase storage, compute and/or networking on an as-needed basis. Many companies have been wary of adopting…

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Hong Kong, August, 2014 – Lenovo Group today reported results for its first fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2014, with quarterly revenue of US$10.4 billion, an 18 percent increase year-over-year while quarter pre-tax income increased 22 percent year-over-year to US$264 million. Earnings grew 23 percent year-over-year to US$214 million, while the Company hit market share and financial performance milestones. Lenovo maintained its number three ranking in smart connected devices growing shipments by 28 percent year-over-year. It has been the world’s largest PC maker for five consecutive quarters with its highest-ever…

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2014 Hype Cycle Special Report Evaluates the Maturity of More Than 2,000 Technologies. 2014 Marks 20th Anniversary of the Gartner Hype Cycle The journey to digital business is the key theme of Gartner, Inc.’s “Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2014.” As the Gartner Hype Cycle celebrates its 20th year, Gartner said that as enterprises set out on the journey to becoming digital businesses, identifying and employing the right technologies at the right time will be critical. Gartner’s 2014 Hype Cycle Special Report provides strategists and planners with an assessment of the…

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Top young entrepreneurs say their smartphone is as important to running a business as a car or laptop The country’s top young entrepreneurs think their smartphone is one of the most important tools for running a business. So claims research by Xero, which showed 52 per cent of the 500 young people questioned thought their smartphone was as important as a laptop or car to help their business grow. Some 51 per cent said a laptop was the most important tool in their toolkit. A desktop PC was only favoured by…

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In a survey of nearly 4,000 IT managers across 27 countries, Kaspersky Lab has not only found that targeted attacks on the rise year-over-year, but also identified the business sectors most likely to be targeted. Globally, 18% of organizations in the Government & Defense sector reported at least one targeted attack within the past 12 months. The rate of targeted attacks reported within the Government & Defense sector was the highest rate reported in this year’s survey, a notable increase from the global average of 12% reported across all business…

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