Google shuts down 11 services
Google is planning to shut down some of its less popular services by the end of 2012. This time it is being called as “winter cleaning” rather than the usual "spring cleaning." It basically plans to shut down the ability to create new time reservations, terminate certain features etc.
It is also putting Google Sync out to pasture in 2013, because it has been replaced by other open protocols, specifically IMAP, CalDAV and CardDAV. However, this applies only to users of Google's free services. Google Sync will remain in place for Google Apps for business, government and education.
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Business Intelligence applications for better decision-making
The three broad phases in the evolution of IT applications are enterprises, office automation and business intelligence. In our daily lives there is always a need for faster decision making because we are surrounded by an environment of increasing complexity and information overload. Business intelligence (BI) applications help enterprises take fact-based decisions rapidly by better utilizing and presenting data from within and outside the enterprise.
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Mobile developers focus on iOS, Android for push to mobile commerce
According to a joint survey by Appcelerator and IDC, mobile developers keep their focus on iOS and Android as the industry moves to mobile commerce. A vast majority said that they expect mobile to continue having the quality to pervade both in enterprise investments and in consumers’ lives. In addition, developers predict consumers will dramatically change their shopping behaviors through the availability of mobile commerce sites and mobile payment options.
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Microsoft's Social, Cloud strategies to pay off in 2013
As the IT business is becoming more social and mobile, Microsoft has not been able to cope up with the social enterprise startups. In the era where the pace of IT innovation was blistering, tech titans like Microsoft, IBM and Research In Motion suffered from an indignity. As predicted by a social collaboration software maker, next year i.e. 2013 will witness the tides turning in Microsoft's favor. He argued that Microsoft`s acquisition of Yammer and the strategic investments in the cloud will start to pay off in 2013.
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