Computer Weekly – 6 October 2015: What's on your desktop?

Computer Weekly – 6 October 2015: What’s on your desktop?

In this week’s Computer Weekly, Microsoft has released Office 2016 and is urging customers to migrate to Windows 10 – but is a desktop upgrade worth the hassle these days? We report from the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco on the latest products from cloud software supplier Salesforce.com. And we examine the relative merits of Spark and MapReduce for big data analytics. Read the issue now.

Is Microsoft Office 2016 reliable enough for business?

Microsoft’s Office 2016 represents an important shift for the software publisher as, with Windows 10 available for existing users as a free upgrade until the end of the year, the suite becomes the company’s default money maker.

Buyer’s guide to Windows 10 migration - Part 1 of 3: The best desktop strategy? Forget the desktop

Before licensing and rolling out an updated operating system, it may be time to revise your IT estate.

Salesforce Thunder, Lightning and Wave show the evolving app economy at work

Salesforce’s Internet of Things Cloud service and an upgrade to its Wave Analytics service are significant developments because they are part of a broader trend of action-orientated apps.

Spark or MapReduce for enterprise IT?

The younger, nimbler Spark technology looks set to replace MapReduce in big data architectures. We examine the pace, scope and scale of replacement.

Case study: Al Rayan Bank finds business agility in cloud applications

Al Rayan Bank, the only Sharia-compliant bank in the western world, believes it can make changes more quickly than established banks, thanks to its investment in cloud.

Austerity drives joined-up council IT with Force.com

Peterborough City Council’s IT chief talks about the local authority’s use of software as a service to support its digital government plans.

Could G-Cloud be the answer Europe is looking for?

With European public sector organisations looking to overhaul how they buy IT, some are wondering if the UK's G-Cloud model could be the answer they are looking for.

Vendor:: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Posted:: Feb 8, 2021
Published:: Oct 5, 2015
Format:: PDF
Type:: Ezine

Already a Bitpipe member? Log in here

Download this Ezine!

Corporate Email Address:
You forgot to provide an Email Address.

This email address doesn’t appear to be valid.

Please provide a Corporate Email Address.

This email address is already registered. Please log in.
First Name:
You forgot to provide your first name.
Last Name:
You forgot to provide your last name.
Company Name:
You forgot to provide a company name.
Job Title:
You forgot to provide a job title.
Seniority:
You forgot to select your seniority.
Job Function:
You forgot to select your job function.
# of employees:
You did not select the number of employees at your company.
Industry:
You did not select which industry you are in.
Sub-Industry:
You did not select which industry you are in.
Address 1:
You did not provide a full local address.
Address 2:
City/Town:
You did not provide a full local address.
Country:
You did not select the country you are from.
State/Province:

You did not provide a full local address.
Zip/Postal Code:
You did not provide a full local address.
Phone:
You forgot to provide a phone number.

This phone number format is not recognized. Please check the country and number.
- I agree to TechTarget’s Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and the transfer of my information to the United States for processing to provide me with relevant information as described in our Privacy Policy.
Please check the box if you want to proceed.
- I agree to my information being processed by TechTarget and its Partners to contact me via phone, email, or other means regarding information relevant to my professional interests. I may unsubscribe at any time.
Please check the box if you want to proceed.