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Africa S. Hands Wolfram|Alpha: Simple and Not So Simple Computations in One Click [ABSTRACT]
4th July 2010

Wolfram|Alpha offers a useful alternative to the more popular search engines in that it can be used in computations. It accepts free-form linguistic queries, which can take some time to get right, but when you do it returns the exact result desired without the need to click additional links.

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Marcus Austin Putting the office into our pockets [ABSTRACT]
4th July 2010

With the increasing ease with which users can access consumer data via their mobile devices, the pressure is now on companies to provide business data and applications to staff this way.  Marcus Austin looks at the double whammy this presents to companies in that not only do they have to open up their networks to the outside world, they also have to deal with the challenges presented by the range of mobile devices being used.

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Scott Brown Part 2: How Do THEY Use Information? Investigating the user information process [ABSTRACT]
4th July 2010

Using two corporate users as case studies, Scott Brown sheds light on the black hole into which the hard work of information professionals often seems to fall, and answers the external, and perplexing, question: ‘what do users DO with the information we give them?

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John Wise SharePoint 2010: Changing the paradigm with a business-oriented approach to records management [ABSTRACT]
4th July 2010

For records management, SharePoint 2010 has brought to fruition all that was hoped for when MOSS 2007 was launched. In this detailed comparison of the two versions, John Wise shows that, subject to suitable configuration and support, SharePoint 2010 is a serious option for a compliant ERMS solution.

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