Microsoft partners with Red Hat for Hybrid Cloud Computing
Microsoft and Red Hat have entered into a partnership in order to bring more choice and flexibility to hybrid cloud computing. The move comes at a time when cloud computing is increasingly becoming mainstream and users are looking for faster, cost-effective solutions.
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NOMAD speeds up Big Data Analytics
The ability to glean insights from massive chunks of data, or data analytics, is bringing huge benefits to many businesses and their consumers. It is helping areas as diverse as medicine, law enforcement and public services. A new data analysis tool called NOMAD now aims to speed up the process. Short for "non-locking, stochastic multi-machine algorithm for asynchronous and decentralized matrix completion," NOMAD can pull insights faster than other comparable tools. It is also able to explore large datasets which can break other such software.
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Mobility in the workplace needs to be ubiquitous: Google
At a recent conference, Google's product management head Andrew Toy stated that mobility should become ubiquitous within the next five years. Toy said that the mobility strategies for both big and small businesses needs to go the way 'internet strategy' did few years ago. He said that there should be 100% mobilization of employees and workflows. However, Toy also added that the technologies which will allow such progress do not exist currently and need to be developed.
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Social Collaboration best practices
Businesses are now looking beyond current collaboration models. They want newer ways to engage and interact with their employees. Since many conversations now happen on digital channels, companies have to transform the way they engage with employees. Social tools need to be leveraged to facilitate collaboration and drive business goals. However, leaders need to follow the best practices while developing a social collaboration strategy.
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