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• Apple edges closer to enterprise with Accenture iOS partnership

  Apple has taken another step closer to cementing its position across the enterprise, after striking an iOS partnership with Accenture.

• Shake-up for SAP's local leadership

  ​SAP has appointed former COO Colin Brookes to the position of president and managing director for the company’s A/NZ operations.

• CIO gives Sydney Water a new flow

  At the Sydney Easter Show last month, CIO George Hunt was at Sydney Water's booth, handing out merchandise and talking to visitors.

• Microsoft Teams wants to take down the Slack

  Microsoft stepped into the enterprise collaboration market today with the full release of its Office 365, chat-based workspace Microsoft Teams.

• ​SAP deal will give Google more enterprise credibility: Gartner

  Google is late to the enterprise cloud market – behind competitors Amazon and Microsoft – but its new relationship with German giant SAP will give the company more credibility with larger customers.

• Big Data, Cheap Storage Bring In-Memory Analytics Into Spotlight

  In-memory analytics, like virtualization and the cloud, is an old idea that's been given new life. In this case, the combination of big data, inexpensive commodity storage and parallel processing make it possible to analyze terabytes of data without slowing systems to a crawl.

• Salesforce.com's Complexity Brings CIOs, Partners Together

  As Salesforce.com's SaaS offerings become more sophisticated, configuration and deployment gets more complex. In response, enterprises are increasingly turning to partners for implementation help.

• Apple's SAP deal means more iOS enterprise apps

  Apple continues to make headway in the business world. This week it landed a significant partnership with SAP that could have a major impact on mobile productivity.

• The evolving meaning of the 'I' in CIO

  The average tenure of CIOs has reached 5.8 years, according to CIO's 2015 State of the CIO study, but CIOs are still known for moving around a fair bit. When CIOs transition from one company to another, it's a great time to look into the future, reflect on the past and consider how the CIO's role is changing.

• This isn't your father's enterprise software

  When Patrick Benson joined Ovation Brands back in September 2013, he was given a tall order: modernize an array of legacy IT systems that could no longer keep up with the restaurant-chain conglomerate's business processes.

• NoSQL takes the database market by storm

  CARFAX, the online vehicle tracking and valuation website, built its first database in 1984 based on technology named OpenVMS. At the time, it was cutting edge for its ability to handle millions of records.

• Apple-IBM deal threatens Android's enterprise push

  The new Apple-IBM partnership seems sure to help Apple sell more iPads to businesses, but it may also be setting off alarm bells at mobile device management companies large and small.

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