In 2012, Microsoft Active Directory, Exchange and Office will give way to more real-time, social communication cloud applications, which run on mobile devices and browsers.
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Yammer is also a pure-play social platform built from ground up to leverage the converging trends of social, mobile, cloud, and real-time communication.
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Before we get too far down this road of ubiquitous surveillance, real-time upload and comprehensive analytics by cloud providers, we should pause to consider the implications.
He says HP is trying to position itself as convergence or cloud, mobility, real-time analytics, trends changing the industry like never before.
The three drivers are the cloud, mobility and real-time data access.
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You should know if you have the space to grow as your needs grow, and whether you have real-time backup and disaster recovery in the cloud.
Either way, factories have to take advantage of new capabilities enabled by the increasingly rapid convergence of mobility, real-time complex data processing and analytics, cloud based services and machine-to-machine intelligence.
Consequently, both device manufacturers and mobile operators are looking to provide for security on the device itself so that transactions can be completed there without necessarily having to do round-trip, real-time checks with services running in the cloud.
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Your iPhone is only smart and fast enough to connect in real time to the Mother Ship of Smarts in the Cloud.
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Vega Cloud Live provides the functions like real-time synchronization of pictures and videos and smartphone personal configuration backup as well as up to 16GB of storage free of charge.
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Data is stored in the cloud, so individuals can access information in real-time from anywhere in the world.
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Beyond the obvious applications, the improvement of backend processing in the cloud coupled with WebRTC will make all manner of real time video and audio effects possible.
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In late July SAP reported revenue growth of 35% across the board for the three months ended June 30, and the company is currently rolling out a new generation of real-time applications optimized for mobility, big data, and the cloud.
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Future iDevice interfaces may also be leveraged for Apple to enhance its upcoming iOS mapping software with cloud-based crowd-sourced info for more reliable real-time traffic information.
When combined with sophisticated analytic and financial control engines powered by companies such as Cloudability and Cloudyn that allow IT to monitor and develop strategies for Continuous Improvement and real-time redistribution of resources and spend, 2013 will be the year that the Cloud pays off.
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Cloud-based social apps enable multiple users to collaborate on documents in real time.
If cloud stocks start to show grow well ahead of real market growth, it might be time to step away and take your profits.
Jeff Hawkins, Numenta co-founder, and Michael Chui, a principal at the McKinsey Global Institute will discuss on Wednesday evening an alternative approach to big data, using brain-inspired machine learning technology and a cloud-based service called Grok that recognizes complex patterns from data streams and generates actionable predictions in real time.
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