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• Tim Cook's Japan visit could result in superior Apple AI

  17-10-2016 23:32
  
  Apple is looking to Japan to help improve Siri.
  On Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that Japan could play a vital role in his company’s artificial intelligence initiatives. Cook is in the country on a work trip, as Apple prepares to open up a R&D center this December in Yokohama, near Tokyo. According to Cook, the new R&D center will focus on AI and “deep engineering,” but did not divulge more details.
  “AI is horizontal in nature, running across all products, and
  
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• Breaches, IT skills & innovation keeping CIOs up at night

  17-10-2016 23:07
  
  To say that CIOs have full plates – from guarding against breaches to cloud migration to embracing innovation – is an understatement. But given the growing recognition of IT’s importance to organizations of all kinds, it’s also a tremendous time to be a CIO despite the complications and demands of the job.
  These are among the findings of the Society for Information Management’s (SIM) 37th Anniversary IT Trends Study, which is being released to SIM members this week
  
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• 9% off Nest Cam Indoor Security Camera - Deal Alert

  17-10-2016 23:05
  
  Look after your home 24/7 in crisp 1080p HD. With Nest Cam Indoor, you can check in, even when you’re out, and even at night with its built-in high-quality night vision. Nest Cam features a versatile magnetic stand that lets you put it anywhere. See who’s there, listen in and speak up to get their attention. With Nest Aware, you can get a special alert if Nest Cam sees a person, and save 10 or 30 days of continuous video history in the cloud. Then speed through it in seconds and
  
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• Gartner: A.I. to become a top business investment priority

  17-10-2016 22:32
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. -- Mention artificial intelligence and a discussion about the robot wipeout of humankind is sure to follow. It's a technology as strongly associated with creation as it is with destruction.
  It's also a technology that businesses will increasingly trust in decision-making, Gartner analysts said Monday at the research firm's annual Symposium/ITxpo here.
  In the next three to five years, Gartner predicts that 50 percent of all analytical interactions will be delivered via artificial i
  
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• To unlock phones, feds demand all occupants surrender fingerprints

  17-10-2016 22:29
  U.S. investigators are exercising a broad legal authority to force suspects to unlock their smartphones. In a recent case, they demanded that anyone found inside a California residence comply by surrendering their fingerprints.In May, the federal prosecutors made the request as part of a search warrant, according to a court filing uncovered by Forbes. Those fingerprints were crucial to unlocking the smartphones, the Department of Justice argued.However, the federal investigators went beyond aski
  
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• Younger consumers more likely to fall for tech support con jobs

  17-10-2016 22:16
  
  Contrary to conventional wisdom, it's not older consumers who are most easily duped by technical support scams, a survey released today claimed.
  According to the poll's results, people between 25 and 34 were more than three times as likely to fall for the fake-out as those aged 55 to 64. And the youngest age group -- between 18 and 24 -- were little better than their slightly-older cohort; they were tricked by the scams more than two and a half times the rate of the group aged 66 and older.
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• Tesla Panasonic solar deal could signal smart home future

  17-10-2016 21:48
  Deepening ties between Tesla and Panasonic could help the U.S. car maker fast track its ambitious plan for solar-powered systems that charge smart homes and electric cars.The two companies said Monday that Panasonic will use what would have been a SolarCity factory in RiverBend, New York, to manufacture up to 10,000 solar panels per day. Tesla will buy the panels for use on houses as part of the deal, which is contingent on its acquisition of SolarCity.The partnership extends work between the tw
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Artificial intelligence is transforming ERP solutions

  17-10-2016 20:30
  
  "If you don't innovate fast, disrupt your industry, disrupt yourself, you will be left behind." – John Chambers
  To orchestrate this transformation, organizations must revamp their IT strategies and roadmaps and ingest the value of artificial intelligence and enterprise resource planning (ERP) integration. These technologies go hand in hand because they cover the same spectrum.AI-enabled ERP solutions will by default impact the heart and soul of day-to-day operations. The mix of peopl
  
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• 40% off ZIPP Mini WiFi + Bluetooth Multi-Room Wireless Speaker - Deal Alert

  17-10-2016 20:21
  
  The ZIPP MINI delivers 360° sound no matter where in your home you take it. Enjoy your music and audio content streamed to your ZIPP MINI wireless speaker using your home WiFi network, or directly from your device using Bluetooth. Pair up to 6 of them together in one room for an immersive listening experience. The intuitive touch controls let you control everything directly from the ZIPP MINI speaker, or you can easily control and configure it all from the Libratone mobile App. ZIPP MINI sup
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Dispelling the biggest cloud IT myths

  17-10-2016 20:01
  Many companies are now embracing the reduced costs and agility that come with moving their data to the cloud. However, there are still many contradictory opinions regarding which is a safer way of storing company data — on-premises storage or cloud storage? In view of this, we are going to start by dispelling the biggest myths about cloud computing that are making their rounds on the internet.By moving your data to the cloud, you will have zero control over your technologyThe fact is that
  
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• UK spy agencies illegally collected data for years, court rules

  17-10-2016 20:00
  
  The U.K.'s spy agencies breached the European Convention on Human Rights for years by secretly collecting almost everything about British citizens' communications except their content, a U.K. court has ruled.However, now that the U.K. government has admitted what it is doing, the collection is legal, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal ruled Monday.It has yet to rule on the issue of proportionality, or whether the agencies' actions were reasonable given the threat they sought to counter.Responding
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Do small businesses need marketing automation to keep up with the competition?

  17-10-2016 20:00
  
  We live in an age of technology that has enabled more entrepreneurship, better business management, and more consumer options than ever before. However, not all businesses have entered the technological arena, refraining from adopting new software for financial, cultural, or even personal reasons; in fact, according to Wasp Barcode, 48 percent of small businesses still aren’t tracking inventory using modern technology.With large businesses able to freely invest in custom technology and hig
  
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• Tesla, Panasonic to jointly build solar cells

  17-10-2016 19:48
  
  Tesla announced plans to expand its business partnership with Panasonic to include manufacturing their photovoltaic cells and panels at its Buffalo production facility, due to open next year.
  Tesla said it will use Panasonic's photovoltaic (PV) technology to build solar energy systems that will be combined with the electric car maker's Powerwall and Powerpack residential and commercial battery systems.SunrunA Tesla Powerwall battery system as installed by Sunrun. The batteries can be installed
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How the CMO, CIO and CDO can join forces to drive digital innovation

  17-10-2016 19:30
  
  Chief information officers and other business technology leaders are frequently reminded to break down silos around IT, integrating the department into the firm by partnering with managers and listening more directly to end user feedback. Even so, many firms continue to tolerate siloed decision-making in the C-suite, with effects that closely parallel the challenges commonly seen with isolated IT departments.
  Increasingly, IT leaders must adjust to a new normal. According to this Building
  
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• Next Windows 10 upgrade due March 2017

  17-10-2016 19:23
  
  Microsoft will issue its next Windows 10 upgrade in March 2017, according to clues uncovered by digital detectives.
  Tero Alhonen and a Twitter user identified as WalkingCat sussed the likely release timetable from a group policy in the latest Insider preview. According to a screenshot posted by Alhonen, Windows 10 version 1703 will be required for the policy.
  Microsoft designates Windows 10 versions with a year+month label. In that convention, 1703 would represent March 2017. Previous versions
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Unpacking new HHS guidelines on healthcare data in the cloud

  17-10-2016 19:11
  
  The cloud services market is growing exponentially, and research firm Gartner estimates the market for cloud services to be over $200 billion. The healthcare sector has been getting on board as well, for enterprise IT workloads as well as cloud-based technology solutions. It’s no surprise that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a set of guidelines for cloud service providers (CSP), clarifying their role as business associates (BA) in the context of HIPAA a
  
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• BrandPost: Manufacturers Cut Costs to Grow Their Business: 3 Must-Do Steps to Success

  17-10-2016 19:06
  
  Squeezing every dime out of operations in the name of optimal efficiency is a key strategy for today’s manufacturers. But running a bare-bones business makes it difficult to handle the increased demand that comes with growth. So how can manufacturers continue to cut costs without inhibiting their infrastructure’s ability to expand and grow? These companies have manufacturing with cloud ERP and they’re counting those dimes as they secure a favorable position for growth:
  1. Lowe
  
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• 9 big ideas IT shouldn’t ignore

  17-10-2016 18:49
  
  We live in an age filled with big ideas but devoid of any real consensus regarding how to prioritize them. Working with colleagues, I have attempted to systematically think about the big ideas that surround us: what they are, why they matter, the progress being made in adopting them and the obstacles preventing any particular big idea from moving to the next level. 
  The big idea behind this research is that if we understood the world’s big ideas, we would be able to craft a better fu
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Brexit: a project doomed to fail

  17-10-2016 18:30
  
  Good news for the young people of Britain and the members of the business community who voted against leaving the EU: There is a big chance that, as things stand today, the Brexit project will not succeed.Over the past 15 years, I have analyzed thousands of projects that failed: large and small, private- and public-sector, strategic and operational; programs and portfolios of projects. One thing came across very clearly in my research: All the projects that didn’t deliver their expected ou
  
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• WikiLeaker Assange's internet access cut by a 'state actor'

  17-10-2016 17:48
  
  A "state actor" has cut off internet access for Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, the transparency activist organization said Monday.Assange's internet link has been "intentionally severed by a state party," WikiLeaks said in a Monday morning tweet."We have activated the appropriate contingency plans," the organization added.In recent days, WikiLeaks has published thousands of leaked emails from the account of John Podesta, chairman of U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinto
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: High crimes and misdemeanors of CIOs

  17-10-2016 17:45
  
  According to the U.S. Constitution, high crimes and misdemeanors are grounds for impeachment of a president. What are the impeachable offenses for a CIO?In the healthcare industry, patient-centered care is a priority, and well-managed clinical organizations are eager to achieve that goal. While enterprises in industries such as healthcare receive routine audits and assessments based on widely accepted best practices and standards, the same does not hold true for the information technology indust
  
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• Lawmakers question DOJ's appeal of Microsoft Irish data case

  17-10-2016 17:19
  
  Four U.S. lawmakers are questioning a Department of Justice decision to appeal a July court decision quashing a search warrant that would have required Microsoft to disclose contents of emails stored on a server in Ireland.Last Thursday, Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, filed an appeal of the ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Slack CEO describes 'Holy Grail' of virtual assistants

  17-10-2016 16:42
  
  NEW YORK -- Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield has an audacious goal: Turning his messaging and collaboration platform into an uber virtual assistant capable of searching every enterprise application to deliver employees pertinent information. And if Slack succeeds, it could seal the timeless black hole of wasted productivity enterprise search and other tools have failed to close."I think the team-level virtual assistant is the next software product category for enterprise that is on the order of [Mi
  
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• BrandPost: Effective Cybersecurity Starts With The Network

  17-10-2016 16:27
  
  In a 24x7 connected world rapidly going digital, effective cybersecurity is becoming table stakes and the key to not only business success — but also business survival. Failure to protect your digital assets ‑ data, applications, devices, networks, people and an acceptable user experience (a bad digital experience negatively impacts the future buying behavior of more than 90% of customers) — is tantamount to putting up a ‘going-out-of-business’ sign.
  Increasingly,
  
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• Dyre banking Trojan successor rears its ugly head

  17-10-2016 16:19
  Cybercriminals have unleashed a new banking Trojan program on the internet and it bears striking similarities to Dyre, a malware threat believed to have been dead for almost a year.The new Trojan is called TrickBot and first appeared in September, targeting users of banks in Australia. After a closer analysis, researchers from Fidelis Cybersecurity believe that it is a rewrite of the Dyre Trojan that plagued online banking users for over a year until the gang behind it was dismantled by Russian
  
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• Cisco bolsters Spark collaboration with Worklife acquisition

  17-10-2016 16:16
  
  Cisco today said it bought Heroik Labs which does business as Worklife and sells collaborative software that helps companies more effectively run and manage online meetings.
  “With the Worklife team onboard, we see an opportunity to build on the virtual meeting experience that the Cisco Spark platform currently provides, and enhance meeting productivity across the board. For example, we can start offering additional tools, tightly integrated into Cisco Spark, to help users track calendars,
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: The Apple Car is dead and good riddance to it!

  17-10-2016 15:53
  
  When headlines started appearing about Apple creating its own car, it seemed like the company might have found its “next big thing.” Many in the media and on Wall Street speculated that the Apple Car might take its place in the company's pantheon of blockbuster products, alongside the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.But that doesn’t seem to be the case according to a report from Bloomberg, which indicates that Apple won't be building a car after all:
  Apple Inc. has drastically sca
  
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• Big data on campus

  17-10-2016 15:34
  
  Facing federal and state pressure to raise retention and graduation rates, dozens of colleges and universities are developing analytics tools to help students make better decisions about everything from courses to social activities.Purdue University has notified its 7,300 incoming freshman about a new web application that could help them better acclimate to life on campus. Administrators at the West Lafayette, Ind., school view the software as a critical tool for an institution whose graduation
  
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• Lenovo Yoga Book review: Unique touch features let you be hands-on creative

  17-10-2016 15:00
  
  Lenovo’s Yoga Book is for people who have never been content with just a keyboard and mouse to express their ideas. People who prefer to scribble on notepads or napkins. Who draw pictures to illustrate ideas or create art. The $550 Yoga Book facilitates those practices by helping users produce and save that content digitally, taking fuller advantage of the stylus- and touch-friendly Windows 10 than any other device has. (There’s also an Android version with the same capabilities, bu
  
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• How to avoid being the next Yahoo

  17-10-2016 14:38
  
  It’s no longer about whether or not you’ll get attacked, it’s about knowing what the repercussions are and if you have the right controls to minimize or completely eliminate the fallout. In order to be able to do this effectively, you need be attuned with your network controls and architecture. Asking the right questions can get you there and also ensuring that network architects are aligned with business and security goals.
  VArmour CEO Tim Eades offers a few questions decisio
  
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• Are you ready for remote project management?

  17-10-2016 14:27
  
  Managing projects is a demanding job, and it's more seem challenging when you add in the fact that you're doing it remotely. But it doesn't have to be. After identifying all the possible barriers to remote project management, as well as some of the possible solutions, your business should further analyze and document the readiness of your teams, processes and technologies. Here are some factors to include in the evaluation.
  The business model and infrastructure
  When it comes to the business mode
  
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• Top 10 jobs in IT and engineering

  17-10-2016 14:13
  
  Best jobs in IT and engineeringImage by ThinkstockMany jobs fall under the umbrella of tech these days, each with its own unique focus and skillset. CareerCast looked at the wage potential, growth outlook and relevance to the constantly evolving job market to determine the best jobs in tech market.With a growing interest in analytics, data, cloud, hardware and software in the enterprise, technology jobs are at the forefront of job satisfaction and growth, making it a great time to get into the i
  
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• It's time for porn sites to embrace HTTPS

  17-10-2016 14:06
  
  As long as you're of legal age, visiting adult websites should be your own business. The reality is, however, very few adult sites offer high levels of security, and if someone snoops on your browsing habits they can see the pages you visit, the content you download, and the specific terms you search for.As the would-be adulterers who patronized the hacked Ashley Madison site learned, being exposed as a visitor to an adult site can be extremely embarrassing and even threaten a marriage or a care
  
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• HP Elite x3 review: This could be the last great Windows phone

  17-10-2016 14:00
  
  HP's Elite x3 combines amazing hardware, tremendous battery life, a stellar Continuum experience, and support for older Win32 apps. Whether that's enough to buoy Microsoft's vision remains to be seen.
  
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• Diversity in the spotlight at Grace Hopper conference

  17-10-2016 13:44
  
  It's October: Leaves and temperatures are falling, but the excitement's rising as thousands of women technologists prepare for the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Technology.For the second year in a row, the annual conference will be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston and will run from October 19 through the 21. Anita Borg Institute's GHC conference was co-founded by Anita Borg and Telle Whitney in 1994, and was inspired by the legacy of computer scientist and U.S. Nav
  
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• The best cases for the Galaxy S7

  17-10-2016 13:00
  
  Yes, you want a case on itImage by Florence IonThe Galaxy S7 is a beauty. But all that glass and metal isn't designed for the rigors of real life. Juggling groceries, kids, wallets, and just the occasional bout of slippery fingers are enough to send your phone flying at any moment.You need a case, but deciding whether to enclose your phone inside of a mini tank or a svelte glove is a very personal choice. Wallet cases are also becoming popular, giving you one less thing to carry around.To read t
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Using LinkedIn effectively

  17-10-2016 13:00
  
  "I don't recall your name, but your fez is familiar."
  — Austin PowersIf you use LinkedIn more than casually, you probably get a lot of its "People you may know..." suggestions. Every time I access LinkedIn, I have dozens of these suggestions. The way I decide whether to immediately click on "ignore" or on "accept" or look at a suggestion more closely is by looking at the picture of the person being suggested.Your picture is the most obvious part of your profile, so it should not surprise y
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 4 key ways to market yourself to investors

  17-10-2016 12:30
  
  Entrepreneurs looking to raise capital are learning a universal lesson as of late: today's investors want to see traction before they open their checkbooks. That is, they want to see that a business is already making money or generating an audience before they jump on board with an idea.Twitter Think about it from the investor's perspective. There are so many great "ideas" out there, but the reality is, the execution and the team behind an idea is what actually drives business. And with increase
  
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• Get ready for the bot revolution

  17-10-2016 12:30
  
  For today's overworked, time-strapped IT employees, bots are more than simply apps that perform automated tasks, like delivering weather reports or taking pizza orders. Rather, they're a respite from endless help-desk calls, constant software updates and tedious server maintenance jobs.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Best iPhone: How to pick the perfect iPhone for you

  17-10-2016 12:15
  
  Picking out an iPhone used to be easier—just get the newest one with all the storage you can afford. We still recommend plenty of storage, but the choice of which iPhone to go with that storage isn’t quite so cut-and-dry. Do you want the phone with the best camera, the one with the lowest starting price, or maybe just one with a headphone jack?
  We’re here to help, with this always-updated guide of every iPhone currently sold by Apple, and how to decide which is the best for yo
  
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• A dozen extensions to TCP/IP that optimize internet connections

  17-10-2016 12:11
  
  Do you remember when we used multi-protocol routing for IPX, AppleTalk, and TCP/IP running on the same network? In the 1980s and early 1990s many enterprises had multiple protocols running on the physical network infrastructure as “ships in the night”. Cisco routers became highly adept at multi-protocol routing and the company grew in prominence as a result. Then in the early 1990s, TCP/IP won out and the internet took shape as the global network we enjoy today.To read this article
  
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• 7 chronic browser bugs plaguing the web

  17-10-2016 12:00
  
  Web browsers are amazing. If it weren’t for browsers, we wouldn’t be able to connect nearly as well with users and customers by pouring our data and documents into their desktops, tablets, and phones. Alas, all of the wonderful content delivered by the web browser makes us that much more frustrated when the rendering isn’t as elegant or bug-free as we would like.
  When it comes to developing websites, we’re as much at the mercy of browsers as we are in debt to them. Any g
  
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• Check Point SandBlast takes endpoint protection to another level

  17-10-2016 11:59
  
  Check Point has long been known as a firewall company but it is reaching beyond its roots with a new series of protective technologies under its SandBlast line.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• JavaScript projects regroup under a new foundation

  17-10-2016 10:00
  
  The JQuery Foundation is morphing into the JS Foundation to provide mentoring and technical governance for a multitude of JavaScript-based open source development projects.
  The JS Foundation is a project of the Linux Foundation and has backing from organizations, including IBM, Samsung, and Sauce Labs. It will take over current jQuery Foundation projects and add a few more, said Kris Borchers, JS Foundation executive director.[ Use JavaScript in your dev shop? InfoWorld looks at 17 JavaScript e
  
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• Application tie-ins are taking center stage in collaboration

  17-10-2016 08:00
  
  Combining different forms of collaboration in one platform is only part of the battle when it comes to helping co-workers connect. There’s also integration with productivity applications so that employees don’t have to constantly switch between screens.Cisco Systems scored a win in this area last month when it made a deal to bring its Spark and WebEx systems into Salesforce. But Avaya, an enterprise networking company that lacks Cisco’s heft and high-profile partnerships, says
  
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