Tech Journal: How to Back up Your Digital Assets
In 2001, when I was working on an IT project for an investment bank, I was told that its databases and other digital assets were simultaneously stored in two locations to improve reliability. The main data center was somewhere in North America, but the same data was also replicated to Our…
Microsoft updates desktop virtualization line-up with App-V 5, User Experience …
Microsoft has released two new desktop virtualization betas. The App-V application virtualization and streaming system is getting bumped to version 5.0, and the company has added a new product, User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) to its desktop virtualization range. UE-V is designed for organizations that use multiple machines and environments. It synchronizes…
Telecoms’ texting nemesis WhatsApp says it’s no threat
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – U.S.-based software startup WhatsApp, the fast-growing mobile messaging service, denies it’s a threat to telephone carriers and the cash they earn from SMS messages. Instead, its co-founder, Brian Acton, said in a rare interview that WhatsApp was helping carriers move their customers to data packages…
Sandburg College to offer Microsoft Office Specialist certification program
Carl Sandburg College’s Business and Community Education Department is offering a Microsoft Office Specialist certification program course from 8 a.m. to noon April 14 and April 21. The eight-hour exam preparation course includes expert instruction and practice exams. Students will select an exam in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook or Access, according…
Gmail App Updated In The Play Store, Brings ICS Features To Honeycomb Tablets
An update to the Gmail app just hit the Play Store that brings a number of smaller-ish features, most of which are for Honeycomb tablets. The app now offers some of the benefits of ICS on its older brother: Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) users get the Android Gmail 4.0 (ICS) experience It also…
Italian Businesses Improve Information-Sharing, Bolster Productivity, Reduce …
REDMOND, Wash., April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –Eight companies and public agencies have joined an increasing number of Italian customers that have adopted Microsoft Office 365 to foster greater collaboration and communication, enhance productivity and realize efficiencies afforded by cloud-based services, Microsoft Corp. announced today. Office 365 brings together the latest in Eight…
Infragistics releases SharePoint mobile tool update
Infragistics, a company that bills itself as a user interface development tool vendor, released an update to its SharePlus iOS mobile apps this week. These tools provide mobile access to SharePoint repositories from iOS devices. You may recall that Infragistics purchased Southlabs, original developers of the SharePlus apps back in…
MarkLogic Releases Major Updates to Productivity Tools
SAN CARLOS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MarkLogic Corporation, the company powering mission-critical Big Data Applications around the world, today announced updates to its Toolkits for Microsoft Office. Updates include new, MarkLogic supported versions of the toolkits, a new authoring tool for Microsoft Excel, and updated open source versions of the toolkits. The updated…
Nokia Lumia 900
MYFOXNY.COM – Nokia will bring its windows phone — Lumia 900 — to AT&T for only $99 on April 8. This is a Windows phone, and the user experience is decidedly different from an Android or an iPhone. If you’re all-Microsoft, the way many iPhone users are all-Apple and many…
Facebook IPO Cuts Operators Out of Cash From Apps
Facebook Inc. (FB) (FB)’s increasing reach,bolstered by an initial public offering that may value thecompany at more than $100 billion, will hurt mobile-phoneoperators’ sales from services such as text messaging, MagisterAdvisors said. "Facebook’s IPO is about the worst thing that could happento network operators," Victor Basta, managing director ofLondon-based…