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Business intelligence firm Alteryx has debuted Project Edition, an analytics package it has dubbed instant analytics, the kind to be deployed for a specific project and one that doesn't require assistance from IT to run.

You've been thinking about it -- moving to Microsoft’s hosted version of SharePoint. Before you make that final decision, make sure you know about these five things.

The move form Hotmail to Outlook.com is over. It's official. According to a post on the Microsoft Office blog, everyone on Hotmail has been upgraded and everyone that doesn't already have access to the features Microsoft has been adding over the past months will be given access in the coming months.

If Google, Microsoft and Oracle are the only three vendors that made it into the Leaders Quadrant of this year’s Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Search, Gartner has identified many other vendors in the Challengers quadrant that are jostling for position next time round.

Over two-thirds of IT professionals think demand for their services will continue to exceed the supply, but nearly half are worried about their long-term career prospects. That contradictory finding is one of the takeaways from IT staffing firm TEKsystems’ recently released survey of IT professionals.

Bigger is better. It’s a lesson that’s drilled into us from childhood -- whoever ends up with the most toys wins. Everywhere you look there are people, groups or even entire countries trying to be the biggest one thing or another. Biggest building, biggest car, biggest ball of twine -- they're all out there. You ate the biggest steak on the menu? You're awesome -- here’s your big tee shirt.

There have been a number of interesting announcements this week in the document management space. Nuxeo Drive for content synchronization was released, Adobe EchoSign has upgraded its Salesforce offering to v13, while Alfresco is now offering users a single sign-on to cloud services. M-Files has also announced nearly US$ 8 million in Series A funding. 

This may just be a Big Data first. 10Gen, the MongoDB company, is introducing MongoDB Backup Service, a cloud-based solution geared toward its customers who use large data sets.

IBM’s Smart Planet strategy has been a work in progress for the past five years. This week, it adds another piece to it in the shape of MessageSight, which IBM describes as a cornerstone of the whole Smart strategy.

If you've ever wondered where information management and related IT fields are going, or where all the different strands will come together, new research by SAP may have the answer -- Machine to Machine (M2M) technologies across a vastly expanded internet are the next step in information and data management.

Leading Your Communities
Communities are the perfect way to improve collaboration and engagement. Here's what one community manager learned about growing a successful community. You should also have a read of these 4 steps to lead your customer community.

The Adoption Obsession
Put aside the adoption metric and focus on user experience metrics that demonstrate the real value of new technology.

Big Data, Cloud & BYOD in the Enterprise
Some vendors, like EMC, say the convergence of cloud and big data will change the enterprise computing game. Others, like Dell, are banking on the growth of mobile and support for BYOD in the enterprise.

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Over the past few years there has been an increasing move towards providing products for specific verticals. The pace of specialization has been increasing. The latest vendor to provide such product is Box, which just this week has announced a number of new apps for the healthcare vertical.

With all those cloud-based apps, shouldn’t they talk to each other? That’s the reason cloud-based app integration is beginning to heat up, including new vendor Kevy. The Atlanta-based startup announced this week a platform that offers plug-and-play cloud connectors for quick integration. 

The convergence of Big Data and Cloud will radically change the Enterprise Computing game. EMC’s Chairman, Joe Tucci, and his lieutenants have been evangelizing on this idea for years, though they’ve used different variations of the words.

We’ve been talking about the cloud for years now, and providers have done plenty to hype it too. But most customers have been very wary about it, especially in Europe.