The first product in any line is often more for show, to help raise interest and awareness. So, Microsoft might consider the first Surface a complete success in that respect. But, it likely won’t outstay its welcome as newer, faster machines prepare to make an entrance, driven by new hardware and services to create a more compelling offering.
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If Google, Microsoft and Oracle are the only three vendors that made it into the Leaders Quadrant of this year’s Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Search, Gartner has identified many other vendors in the Challengers quadrant that are jostling for position next time round. Read full story… Follow us on Twitter Join free newsletter View upcoming events Find a new job
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Gartner MQ for Enterprise Search: Google, Microsoft, Oracle Lead in Changing, Tight Market
Social business service LinkedIn is making lots of moves this month, and its latest effort integrates your contacts with the likes of Outlook, your Google information and other sources to create a new breed of personal assistant app. Read full story… Follow us on Twitter Join free newsletter View upcoming events Find a new job
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LinkedIn Creates Super-Integrated Contacts App for iPhone
This week there has been a lot of talk about SharePoint and while there are as many opinions as there are use cases, SmartLogic in a new paper says it could be a lot better. Elsewhere, newbie SkyKick has launched its Application Suite, while DocPath has integrated its document management system with Dynamics AX. Read full story… Follow us on Twitter Join free newsletter View upcoming events Find a new job
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Document Mgt Roll-up: SharePoint Could Do Better, Outlook.com’s Two-Tier Security
In a subtle shift from the days in which content was king, the International Data Corporation semiannual Software Tracker published this week reaffirms what we are now seeing on a daily basis — that data is king. In this scenario though, data access and analytics software is the king-maker and this report makes that clear. Read full story… Follow us on Twitter Join free newsletter View upcoming events Find a new job
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Microsoft, IBM, Oracle Lead Software Market Dominated By Big Data, Analytics, Cloud