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Cloud growth continues to boost Microsoft’s financials

Posted on January 27, 2017 by John Davis

Microsoft’s focus on the cloud continues to pay off. The tech titan showed growth across all its cloud-based businesses during the last quarter ended Dec. 31, including Office, Dynamics and Azure. Reporting financial results for its fiscal second quarter on … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Updates HDInsight, Kafka Training Gets A Boost: Big Data Roundup

Posted on April 3, 2016 by John Davis

In this Strata + Hadoop edition of our Big Data Roundup, we’ve got news from Microsoft, Intel, Hortonworks, Confluent, and more for the week ending April 3, 2016. InformationWeek: Cloud

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Adobe gives marketers a data-science boost with new cloud services

Posted on March 22, 2016 by John Davis

If the marketer’s goal is to reach customers with the right message, in the right place, at the right time, it stands to reason that deeper insight into any of those dimensions could only be a good thing. Enter Adobe, … Continue reading →

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Most enterprises plan to boost cloud use this year

Posted on February 14, 2016 by John Davis

The cloud market shows no signs of slowing down, with 90% of enterprises planning to maintain or boost spending on cloud computing this year, according to a survey from Washington, D.C.-based research firm Clutch. The majority of enterprises in the … Continue reading →

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Most enterprises plan to boost cloud use this year

Posted on February 13, 2016 by John Davis

The cloud market shows no signs of slowing down, with 90% of enterprises planning to maintain or boost spending on cloud computing this year, according to a survey from Washington, D.C.-based research firm Clutch. The majority of enterprises in the … Continue reading →

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Google Apps for Work gets an SMB boost via Kronos integration

Posted on January 12, 2016 by John Davis

Small businesses that use Kronos workforce-management software will soon be able to tap familiar Google tools in their HR efforts thanks to a new integration project now under way. Kronos and Google have teamed up to integrate Google Apps for … Continue reading →

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Walmart to boost its e-commerce investment in China

Posted on July 23, 2015 by John Davis

China’s e-commerce market hasn’t been easy for Walmart to crack, but the U.S. shopping giant isn’t giving up. The company is investing even more in its e-commerce operations there, by taking full control of a Chinese online retailer. On Thursday, … Continue reading →

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Refreshes and cloud spending boost server demand

Posted on December 23, 2014 by John Davis

Refreshes and cloud spending boost server demand "The server market continues to be deeply impacted by the shift to the 3rd Platform and the affect of mobile, cloud, social and big data analytic technologies. IDC has seen increasing market influence … Continue reading →

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