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BI Executive Bill Baker Leaves Microsoft

Tue Aug 5, 5:47 PM ET

Intelligent Enterprise - Long-serving executive helped grow the business intelligence product line from its roots in Microsoft SQL Server.

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Actuate Upgrade Bridges Strategic and Operational Performance Management Tue Aug 5, 4:16 PM ET
Intelligent Enterprise - With an interface for every user type and eight extendable BIRT report layouts, Views 8 app is said to go from strategic scorecards down to operational exception reports.
AT&T Jumps Into Cloud Computing With Synaptic Hosting Tue Aug 5, 2:30 PM ET
Intelligent Enterprise - Synaptic Hosting will allow companies to host Windows Server or Linux client-server applications and Web apps in AT&T's data centers, rather than in their own data centers.
Online Threats Cost Consumers $8.5 Billion Over Last Two Years Mon Aug 4, 9:00 PM ET
InformationWeek - Consumer Reports cites security problems as a main motivation for buying a new PC or Mac and also lists what it considers to be the seven most common online blunders.
Apple Presentations Pulled From Black Hat Mon Aug 4, 7:06 PM ET
InformationWeek - Apple's security engineering team had been planning a presentation at the security conference, being held at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Netflix Tests Charging More For High-Def Movies Mon Aug 4, 6:23 PM ET
InformationWeek - Netflix recently made a library of 12,000 movies and TV episodes available for streaming through LG Electronics' Blu-ray disc player.
Deutsche Post Kills Huge HP Outsourcing Deal Mon Aug 4, 6:07 PM ET
Kevin Martin added another brick to his legacy today, with the FCC's ruling against Comcast in the net neutrality dispute. And I use "brick" in the basketball sense, as in a comically misguided shot on goal.
Deutsche Post Talks About Decision To Drop HP Outsourcing Deal Mon Aug 4, 5:42 PM ET
InformationWeek - An IT manager at Deutsche Post, which runs delivery company DHL, explains why the company decided to not go through with a multi-billion dollar IT outsourcing contract.
Canadian Wireless Companies Sued Over Text Messages Mon Aug 4, 5:33 PM ET
InformationWeek - Customers are furious with Telus and Bell Mobility over a 15-cent charge for incoming text messages.
Defying Western Science, Chinese Biotech Pursues Untested Stem Cell Therapy Mon Aug 4, 5:20 PM ET
InformationWeek - Although Beike Biotechnology's promising iPS stem cell treatment is unproven, hundreds of patients are paying to receive the treatment in China, which lacks rigorous government oversight of testing and clinical trials.
Lenovo Jumps Into Mini-Notebook Market Mon Aug 4, 5:13 PM ET
InformationWeek - The IdeaPad S10 has a 10-inch screen, a keyboard that's 85% the size of a full keyboard, and is powered by Intel's recently released Atom processor for mobile Internet devices.
India Prepares Auction For 3G Mobile Spectrum Mon Aug 4, 3:34 PM ET
InformationWeek - The auction for spectrum will be open to foreign bidders, and the first networks could roll out in about 6 months.
Google Sued For Infringing Patent With AdSense Mon Aug 4, 3:15 PM ET
InformationWeek - The Patent and Trademark Office's recent narrowing of what qualifies as a patentable software innovation may help Google in this case but could harm the Internet giant in other lawsuits.
Dell Seeks, May Receive 'Cloud Computing' Trademark Mon Aug 4, 3:00 PM ET
InformationWeek - The company now has six months to file a statement of use -- a document backing up or solidifying Dell's use of the term cloud computing -- or request for extension.
Everyone Really Is Just Six Degrees From Kevin Bacon, Microsoft Says Mon Aug 4, 2:21 PM ET
InformationWeek - A study of Microsoft's instant messaging network supports the popular idea that everyone on the planet can be connected through fewer than seven links in a chain of contacts.
Motorola Names New Mobile Phone Chief Mon Aug 4, 1:56 PM ET
InformationWeek - The company turns to former Qualcomm chief operating officer Sanjay Jha to head up its ailing handset division.
Intel Releases Details Of Upcoming Graphics Chip Mon Aug 4, 1:30 PM ET
InformationWeek - The first Larrabee chips will be add-on graphics accelerators in PCs used mostly by gamers.
Linux Mobile Adds Products, Members In Bid To Match Symbian Mon Aug 4, 12:14 PM ET
InformationWeek - The group announced Monday that it has signed 11 new member companies in recent weeks and said that the number of mobile devices running the LiMo OS now totals 21.
SAS Acquires SaaS-Based Specialist in Dynamic Price Optimization Mon Aug 4, 11:22 AM ET
Intelligent Enterprise - Deal nets online profit optimization platform. New global practice will branch out from hotels to events, online advertising and other potential markets.
SpaceX Falcon Sputters On Third Launch Attempt Mon Aug 4, 9:47 AM ET
InformationWeek - Saturday's launch failed when the two-stage Falcon 1 did not separate properly after taking off from an island in the central Pacific.