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Facebook IPO Madness: Own a Piece of the Giant Social Network
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 18:00
Not a wheeler-dealer? You still can own some Facebook stock if you really want to. Here's how.
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15 Fun Facebook Facts and Stats on IPO Day
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 18:00
How well do you know the $100 billion social network? From private planes to petabytes, here are some of the most surprising Facebook tidbits.
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IT Should Forget Development, Focus on Requirements and Release Management
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 18:00
Despite all the changes to application lifecycle management (ALM), IT organizations are doing just fine when it comes to core development processes. It is the "bookend" processes of requirements management and release management that need help.
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Final Countdown to Facebook's IPO Begins
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 18:00
After all the buildup, Facebook's long-anticipated initial public offering is finally here.
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How to Raise Venture Capital Through Crowdfunding
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 18:00
You've come up with a brilliant idea--it could be the next Facebook social network, the next Tesla automobile, the next Half-Life videogame--but you need seed capital to get the project off the ground, and venture capitalists won't give you the time of day. What's an aspiring entrepreneur to do? You could give crowdfunding a shot.
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Need Help Running Your Business? Docstoc has 30 Free Apps for That
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 18:00
This impressive collection covers everything from mastering social media and marketing to landing venture capital and international sales.
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Ticketmaster Targets More Reliability with Data Center Monitoring Software
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 18:00
Ticketmaster, the ticketing platform used by the London 2012 Olympic Games, has awarded a contract to nlyte Software for data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) services.
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Open-Source Messaging at (nearly) the Speed of Light
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 18:00
Felix Ehm, a member of CERN's beams control group, has always had a curious and scientific bent.
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Enterprise BI Models Undergo Radical Transformation
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 18:00
About two years ago, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield implemented a self-service business intelligence platform to aggregate and analyze vast amounts of data from multiple repositories scattered throughout the company.
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For Univ. of Kentucky, SAP's HANA is "Disruptive"
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 18:00
The University of Kentucky says it has reshaped its business intelligence (BI) capability as a result of adopting SAP's in-memory system, HANA. Vince Kellen, the university CIO, calls it a "disruptive technology," and for this institution at least, that appears true.
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Facebook Sets IPO Share Price at $38
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 18:00
With Facebook's long-anticipated IPO expected to hit on Friday morning, the company set its initial share price at $38 today.
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Mozilla Product Director Says Firefox on Window RT "Probably Not Worth It"
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 18:00
A Mozilla product director yesterday said that unless Microsoft allows other browser makers to call important APIs in Windows RT, it is "probably not worth it to even bother" building a version of Firefox for the new operating system.
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If Facebook's IPO Goes South, Social, Tech Markets Could Take a Hit
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 18:00
With Facebook's initial public offering creating such a frenzy of interest, there's an important question to be considered: What happens if tomorrow or next week or five months from now, this investment goes south?
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Browser-based Games You Can Win Without Losing Your Job
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 18:00
These fun, uplifting, and engaging games will help you take your mind off work for a few minutes--but let you quickly shift back into gear
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CIO Challenge with BYOD: Don't Fall Down the Rabbit Hole
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 18:00
A recent slew of surveys about the bring your own device trend portray a topsy-turvy computing world shaping up in the enterprise. The CIO's ultimate challenge is to prevent the very real world of BYOD from becoming surreal.
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Can Nvidia's Kepler Processor Revolutionize Virtual Desktop Hosting?
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 18:00
Nvidia recently demoed its long-awaited Kepler graphics processor with no less than a simulation of two galaxies colliding. On a practical level, though, the technology could answer many questions about virtual desktop hosting and, in the process, fill glaring holes in BYOD policies.
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VMware Envisions Virtualization in Post-PC, BYOD Era
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 18:00
VMware wasn't just looking to save money when it launched a BYOD plan with the mandate that all of its U.S. employees use their personal mobile phones for work. It was taking a crash-course that would help shape its vision of post-PC era computing.
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SAP Puts its HANA In-memory Database in the Spotlight
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 18:00
The company announced a slew of HANA-related products and initiatives at the Sapphire conference
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Facebook Raises Stock Offering, Shoots for $18.5B with IPO
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 18:00
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has set off on his Woz Live tour across Australia and New Zealand, revealing why Steve Jobs liked secrecy, why he thinks computers should be able to interact with humans, how he feels about leaving Apple and what he knows about the iPhone 5.
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How Social Customer Support Brings Social Media Beyond Marketing
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 18:00
Is it really possible to provide tech support in 140 characters? Industry experts, including Dell, offer sound advice and proven techniques to help you move beyond marketing blasts to provide social customer support.