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Evernote to launch tool for business

Evernote will launch a business program in the coming months, allowing administrators to better control security and data, company CEO Phil Libin said on Friday.

WordPress leads the blogging platform pack

Despite a growing list of alternatives, WordPress continues to be the most popular blogging platform among the world's most popular blogs, a study has found.

Yammer buys OneDrum for Office collaboration tools

Enterprise social networking vendor Yammer said it has purchased OneDrum, a maker of software that allows users to work on Microsoft Office documents and other files collaboratively. Terms were not disclosed.

13 Tips for Better Joomla CMS Security

As Joomla grows in popularity as an open source CMS more and more individuals and businesses of all sizes rely on the platform to get their products and services online. In fact, more than 2.5 percent of websites are running on a Joomla CMS -- and for good reason.

Alfresco 4.0 heads for the cloud

In anticipation of offering its open-source content management software as a service, Alfresco has upgraded its namesake product to work with multiple clients and to interact with a wider range of form factors, the company announced Thursday.

Joomla gets search, database reinforcements

The newly released edition of the Joomla open source content management system now comes with a new search engine, and can use Microsoft SQL Server or PostGreSQL, in addition to MySQL.

Most believe U.S. won't become fully paperless

Survey finds most Americans don't foresee an all-electronic U.S. society.

Adobe to reduce enterprise software investment

Adobe will cut 750 jobs and reduce its investment in enterprise software as part of a broader plan to target the fast-growing markets for digital media and digital marketing products, the company said Tuesday.

IBM's Watson edges Harvard students in 'Jeopardy' quiz

IBM's Watson supercomputer eked out a victory in a 'Jeopardy' quiz-show battle with a trio of Harvard Business School students on Monday, pulling out the win with a higher wager on the Final Jeopardy clue that ends every game.

Adobe embraces touch with six new apps

Adobe plans to release six applications designed to be used exclusively on touch-based devices, including apps to execute creative tasks such as photo editing and Web page design, the company announced Monday.

How to Sync Your PC, Smartphone, and Tablet

A few years ago businesspeople carried a laptop on the road, used a desktop PC in the office, and worked on another PC at home. Maybe they had a BlackBerry, too--but only if they were real big shots.

Zenprise offers iPad app for secure SharePoint access

Positioned as a data loss prevention tool, the app and server software focus on enforcing SharePoint content policies on iOS devices

The inside scoop on Nationwide's social networking project

Nationwide wanted to use an internal social network to improve productivity and interactivity. It ended up using Yammer, and here's why. Insider (registration required)

Google puts Desktop app out to pasture

Google is retiring Desktop, an application it launched in 2004 that is designed to let people search for files and data stored in their computers' hard drives.

OpenText buys Operitel for learning software

Open Text has purchased Operitel, maker of learning and portal software that is integrated with Microsoft SharePoint, the companies announced Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

HP to acquire info management software firm Autonomy

After half a day of frenzied speculation from the IT industry, Hewlett-Packard has confirmed that it is acquiring information management software vendor Autonomy, for $42.11 per share, or about $10.3 billion.

Customer accuses Infor of betrayal in software lawsuit

An Infor customer is alleging the ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor betrayed a long-standing trust between the companies in order to sell it software that utterly failed to perform as promised.

Oracle buys InQuira to boost Fusion CRM

Oracle is buying knowledge management vendor InQuira in order to improve the capabilities of its Fusion and Siebel CRM applications.

Joomla expands beyond content management

With Tuesday's release of version 1.7, Joomla has been redesigned to support jobs beyond its typical duties of Web content management. Administrators and developers can now use Joomla's underlying platform as the basis for other types of Web applications as well.

Adobe acquires electronic signature company EchoSign

Adobe Systems said it has acquired EchoSign, a web-based provider of electronic signatures and signature automation, for an undisclosed amount.