Microsoft readies Windows desktop as a service; BYOD will force costs on employees

The Editor's Daily Picks TechRepublic Member | May 02, 2013

BYOD becomes standard - but it's going to hit you in the pocket Bring your own device will soon become mandatory for many staff, but bosses will expect staff to pay for their own hardware to use at work. Read more Microsoft readies 'Mohoro' Windows desktop as a service Microsoft is believed to be building a Windows Azure-hosted desktop virtualization service that could be available on a pay-per-use basis. Read more Resource of the day Oracle Exalogic: Getting the Most Out of Your Applications Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud deploys and upgrades applications quickly, handles massive transaction volumes, maintains a consistent set of technological standards, and connects seamlessly. Learn more in this white paper. More from TechRepublic   Does the decline in PC sales indicate tablet dominance? Google Apps and Chrome: Streamlined set up Five tools to help sync more than one cloud storage service Create the look and feel of Ubuntu Touch on your Android tablet Men and women in the office: Are compliments taboo? Dollar coins and enterprise change management IT Training Policy now available News from ZDNet   BYOD: From optional to mandatory by 2017, says Gartner Why the cloud will (entirely) replace in-house applications Intel names insider Krzanich as new CEO Intel's new CEO: What's the long-term cost of continuity? Intel doubles-up on leadership Pentagon to get green light for using Apple, Samsung Galaxy devices Foxconn relaxes harsh labor rules after suicide specter resurfaces T-Mobile offers Simple Choice plans, with extras, to small businesses Want to get funded? Get to London, get into enterprise software A closer look at AMD's heterogeneous computing Dell's Foglight for Virtualization update extends visibility and management control across more infrastructure IBM reins in contract worker hours Salesforce.com finally signs to build EU datacenter Speed data explained: Why Akamai seems so slow A closer look at those Windows 8 and Windows RT usage numbers Too white and too self-conscious to wear Google Glass? Twitter sprouting an authentication liability issue Facebook adds new password recovery tool: Trusted Contacts Featured galleries   Screenshots: Data Center Planner review Today's recommended downloads Oracle BPM for Insurance (Oracle) Oracle Tuxedo 12c Datasheet (Oracle) Accelerate SAP While Reducing Risk and Complexity (Oracle) On-demand Webcast: How to Keep Up With Data (SAP) Reduce Complexity and Accelerate Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Deployments (Oracle)   About this newsletter The Editor's Daily Picks newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the products, people, and ideas that are revolutionizing the planet. Jason Hiner Editor in Chief For real-time updates on the latest tech stories, follow my Twitter feed (@jasonhiner) or my Google+ feed (+Jason Hiner). Connect with TechRepublic Executive's guide to the 21st century data center (PDF) To help you develop the best data center strategies for your organization, ZDNet and TechRepublic pulled together this collection of the latest information, analysis, perspective, and advice. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Week in Review Big Data Analytics Tablets in the Enterprise Five Apps Software Engineer Smartphones

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Create the look and feel of Ubuntu Touch on your Android tablet

Tablets in the Enterprise TechRepublic Member | May 02, 2013

Create the look and feel of Ubuntu Touch on your Android tablet Do you want to make your Android tablet look and feel like the Ubuntu Touch interface without rooting your device? Jack Wallen shows you how. Read more Resource of the day Implementing Oracle Exalogic in a Payment Card Environment This white paper examines the suitability of the Oracle Exalogic platform for securely hosting Payment Card Industry (PCI) applications in accordance with the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Posts from TechRepublic   Smarten your mobile office with Smart Office 2 Smart Office Lite and Smart Office 2 are worthy contenders for alternative office suite applications. Find out if this app will fit your mobile document needs. Read more IT Manager: An IT dashboard for the iPad Take a look at IT Manager, a server administration manager that's ideal for the iPad. Read more Scapple proves powerful mind-mapping app for Mac users Scapple is a newly-released app for Mac users that aims to simplify the way you take notes, capture ideas for brain-storming, and map processes. Read more BYOD becomes standard - but it's going to hit you in the pocket Bring your own device will soon become mandatory for many staff, but bosses will expect staff to pay for their own hardware to use at work. Read more Learn BYOD policy best practices from templates No two BYOD policies are or should be alike. Here are four BYOD policy templates that might help you seed your BYOD policy discussion and development process. Read more Posts from ZDNet   Mobile technology: The amazing impact on our lives When we think of mobile technology we usually think of processors, apps, and gadgets. That's fun to do, but it's more important we stop and think how profoundly it impacts our lives. Read more A closer look at those Windows 8 and Windows RT usage numbers The latest worldwide usage statistics from NetMarketShare are out. What do they say about Windows 8 and Windows RT? Spoiler alert: Don't believe everything you read. Read more HP Envy x2 revisited 45 days in I've been using the hybrid running Windows 8 from HP for almost two months, and this is what I think of it. Read more The vanishing PC: Race to the bottom accelerates The demand for more performance and features has traditionally kept the PC from falling too far, too fast. Those days may now be ending, hastened by cheap tablets. The industry is responding with new platforms for low-cost laptops and tablets running Windows 8 and Android. Read more BlackBerry chief questions tablet category: Maybe he's not wrong Thorsten Heins, CEO of BlackBerry, says tablets won't have much of a purpose in five years. Heins' comments were widely panned, but maybe he's not that far off base. Read more iPad mini and Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 together on video A friend loaned me his Galaxy Note 8.0 and this video shows it side-by-side with the iPad mini. Read more Good Android apps for the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 I have been using the Galaxy Note 10.1 for a few weeks and find the big screen is great for most apps. This is a collection of some really good ones including some apps preinstalled on the Galaxy. Read more Could Android fail? Could we wake up one morning and find Android gone? One analyst believes that security vulnerabilities could result in litigation, which in turn could make Android too rich for Google's blood. Read more IDC: Tablets surged worldwide in Q1; 'Have shown no sign of slowing down' Apple continues to lead in global tablet shipments, but Samsung and Asus posted incredible growth annually. 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[TechRepublic] Count and itemize files in Google Drive

Google in the Enterprise TechRepublic Member | May 02, 2013

Google Apps and Chrome: Streamlined set up New management tools are available to streamline and update the way you deploy Google Apps. Read more Resource of the day Oracle Exalogic: Getting the Most Out of Your Applications Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud deploys and upgrades applications quickly, handles massive transaction volumes, maintains a consistent set of technological standards, and connects seamlessly. Learn more in this white paper. Quick Tip: Count and itemize files in Google Drive You can quickly find out how many and what type of files are in a Google Drive folder with this little trick. Read more Laying down the facts on Google Fiber Google is entering the ISP space with their Fiber plans. Learn more about what it provides and how it works. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Quick Tip: Pick from hundreds of themes in Microsoft's Personalization Gallery Microsoft has released a myriad of themes from their Microsoft Download page, which are now available in a central location. Read more Android Jelly Bean ate my toast, the sequel: Revenge of the toast If you miss toast messages in Android 4.2, follow this tutorial to learn how to create your own. Read more Use Google Play badges to promote your Android apps Learn an easy and free way to advertise your Android app that's in Google Play by following the steps in this quick tip. Read more Learn BYOD policy best practices from templates No two BYOD policies are or should be alike. Here are four BYOD policy templates that might help you seed your BYOD policy discussion and development process. Read more Featured multimedia   Google Search app brings Google Now to Jelly Bean (pictures) We take a close look at the Google Search app, which comes preinstalled on all Android devices. Unfortunately, though, only Jelly Bean devices get the cool Google Now features. View on site Today's recommended downloads On-Demand Webcast : Mobile Data Security: Why the Industry Must Improve - Or Else (TechRepublic) The Petabyte Challenge: 2011 IOUG Database Growth Survey (Oracle) On-demand Webcast: How to Keep Up With Data (SAP) Live Webcast - ERP Enhances Every Aspect of Your Business: Find Out How (TechRepublic) The Next Step in Engineered Systems (Oracle) Connect with TechRepublic Executive's guide to the 21st century data center (PDF) To help you develop the best data center strategies for your organization, ZDNet and TechRepublic pulled together this collection of the latest information, analysis, perspective, and advice. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Week in Review Big Data Analytics TechRepublic UK TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise

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[TechRepublic] Five cheap digital photo apps

Five Apps TechRepublic Member | May 01, 2013

Editor's note Both the gallery and blog versions of today's feature are linked in this email. Screenshots: Five cheap digital photo apps Resource of the day Oracle Database 11g Release 2 vs. IBM DB2 Enterprise 9.7 This study compares two products, employing pre-defined tasks and steps that DBAs perform daily or regularly. Check out the results today! Hottest new lists   Protect your privacy with these five applications There are a number of different utilities that you can use to mitigate risk and help protect your privacy. Read more Five inexpensive digital photography applications You don't have to pay a small fortune for editing and managing digital photos. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Scapple proves powerful mind-mapping app for Mac users Scapple is a newly-released app for Mac users that aims to simplify the way you take notes, capture ideas for brain-storming, and map processes. Read more Laying down the facts on Google Fiber Google is entering the ISP space with their Fiber plans. Learn more about what it provides and how it works. Read more Connect the Thunderbird email client to your Exchange server Looking for an Outlook replacement? If so, try using Thunderbird with the ExQuilla addon to get an email client connected with an Exchange 2007 or 2010 server. Read more Create EXE Video Files using RAD Video Tools RAD Video Tools can deliver professional stand-alone videos as Windows executable files. Matt Nawrocki shows you how. Read more Featured multimedia   Top-rated reviews of the week (pictures) This week, CNET reviewers got starry-eyed over the do-anything Galaxy S4. We tested an iPad keyboard you can use in the dark, headphones you'll want to fall asleep in, a self-winding extension cord with a jaw-dropping price tag, and that rare creature, a great QWERTY phone. Also, our storage editor swears this NAS server is fun to use. OK then. View on site Today's recommended downloads Implementing Oracle Exalogic in a Payment Card Environment (Oracle) Cloud Integration: A Comprehensive Solution (Oracle) Process-Centric Banking: The Promise of BPM Technology for Financial Services Institutions (Oracle) On-demand Webcast: How to Keep Up With Data (SAP) On-demand Webcast: Who you gonna call? How cloud security services safeguard your business (GFI Software) Connect with TechRepublic Executive's guide to the 21st century data center (PDF) To help you develop the best data center strategies for your organization, ZDNet and TechRepublic pulled together this collection of the latest information, analysis, perspective, and advice. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Week in Review Big Data Analytics TechRepublic UK TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise

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