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  • Why Microsoft will beat Google in the enterprise cloud war

    Google beat Microsoft to market with its cloud-based suite of business apps, but the tables have turned and many organizations, particularly large enterprises, are now looking to Microsoft for their cloud needs. As Google and Microsoft battle for enterprise cloud customers, each company’s natural strengths (and weaknesses) become more apparent. […]

  • Google removes ‘porn clicker’ malware from its Play Store

    The fake apps visit porn sites in order to click on ads Google has removed dozens of apps from its Play Store that purport to be games but secretly click on advertisements on pornographic websites. Security company Eset found 51 new apps that contained the “porn clicker” component, which it […]

  • Google opens up on its SDN

    For first time, hyperwebscale company details its data center network, offers it to developers At this week’s Open Network Summit, Google spoke for the first time publicly about its custom data center network. For nearly a decade, we’ve been hearing, reading and writing about how Google was building its own […]

  • Google for Work vs. Microsoft Office 365: A comparison of cloud tools

    While Google for Work and Microsoft Office 365 offer many similar services, choosing between the two can be a significant challenge for CIOs. This comparison eases that burden. CIOs and IT managers have many choices when it comes to cloud-based productivity tools for email, documents, calendar and file-sharing. The first […]

  • Lenovo N20p Chromebook review: An affordable dual-mode device

    Lenovo’s latest Chromebook functions as both a regular laptop and a stand-supported tablet. But what is it like to use in the real world? When you think of a Chromebook, you typically think of a keyboard-centric laptop — but Lenovo’s hoping to shake up that mindset with some versatile new […]

  • Ultimate cloud speed tests: Amazon vs. Google vs. Windows Azure

    A diverse set of real-world Java benchmarks shows that Google is fastest, Azure is slowest, and Amazon is priciest If the cartoonists are right, heaven is located in a cloud where everyone wears white robes, every machine is lightning quick, everything you do works perfectly, and every action is accompanied […]

  • Windows 8 cobranding with Android may backfire for Microsoft

    All business in the front and party in the back, this category is the mullet of mobile devices. At CES, dual-boot devices running Windows 8.1 and Android revealed a conflicted situation for Microsoft. In the struggle to make Windows 8 relevant in mobile, the OS has been cobranded with Android […]

  • Data scientists: IT’s new rock stars

    Data scientists: IT’s new rock stars These days, just showing up to work as a data scientist will get you attention. The evolution of the data scientist role is making even those who are successful in IT wish they could go back. In an interview with Network World last month, […]

  • Google, Intel cement ties on Chrome OS, could weaken Wintel

    New Chromebooks highlight a tight partnership between Google and Intel, and a shift away from only Wintel New Chromebooks announced this week signal Intel’s willingness to broaden its horizons and work with companies like Google, at the expense of its long-standing Windows partnership with Microsoft. Three new Chromebooks from Hewlett-Packard, […]

  • Google Android feeling brain drain?

    VP of Android mgmt. Hugo Barra headed from Google to Xiaomi – but why? And just like that, Google I/O 2014 will be a different show – vice president of Android product management Hugo Barra abruptly announced that he’ll be leaving Google in “a few weeks” to join Chinese phone […]