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Update: Facebook shares rise as trading begins

After all the buildup, Facebook's long-anticipated initial public offering is finally here.
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If Facebook's IPO goes south, social, tech markets could take a hit

With Facebook's initial public offering creating such a frenzy of interest, there's an important question to be considered: What happens if tomorrow or next week or five months from now, this investment goes south?

SAP puts its HANA in-memory database in the spotlight

SAP seems to be betting its future on its HANA in-memory database, spotlighting the technology once again at the Sapphire conference in Orlando Wednesday, announcing a slew of new applications, partnerships and functional enhancements for the system.

NetSuite rolls out commerce-as-a-service platform

NetSuite is going up against vendors such as Demandware and Venda in the market for cloud-based e-commerce platforms, announcing a new product, SuiteCommerce, during the SuiteWorld conference in San Francisco on Tuesday.

SAP lays out cloud strategy post-SuccessFactors deal

SAP announced a broad set of plans to become a player in cloud computing, spanning from a "loosely coupled suite" of business applications to data integration and PaaS (platform as a service) Tuesday during the Sapphire conference in Orlando.

About 600,000 L.A. Community College students to get Microsoft Live@EDU

The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) will provide email and collaboration applications to about 600,000 students via Microsoft's Live@EDU cloud suite, a project for which it also considered Google Apps for Education.

Ex-Oracle, SAP exec Wookey to lead 'most' app development at Salesforce.com

Power has shifted within Salesforce.com's development organization, with John Wookey taking on more responsibility at the cloud software vendor as another executive takes a leave of absence, the company confirmed Thursday.

Salesforce.com's Heroku rolls out new cloud database options

Salesforce.com's Heroku division this week rolled out two entry-level tiers for its Postgres-based cloud database service, hoping to cater to applications with lower data-volume requirements as well as helping startup developers make an easier jump into production.

5 Hidden Gmail Tricks for Power Users

Whether you use Google's Gmail service at work or for personal purposes, you probably have a good handle on the basics: organizing your contacts, sending emails, setting up folders and more.

Epicor to move its apps to Microsoft's Azure cloud

Epicor is planning to work with Microsoft to bring Epicor's ERP (enterprise resource planning) applications to the Azure cloud service, the companies announced Tuesday during Epicor's Insights conference in Las Vegas.

Managing Mobile Mania

Unified communications isn't easy or cheap, but for companies that want to differentiate their customer service, it's becoming a must-have. Insider (registration required)

Learn the Basics of Using Pinterest for Business

Should businesses be interested in Pinterest? On the surface, you might not think so: the service would appear to be little more than a showcase for cool jewelry and favorite recipes.

10 questions for LogMeIn CFO Jim Kelliher

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Computerworld continuing coverage: Google+

Google has finally unveiled its Facebook rival, Google+. Here you'll find all the latest news, reviews, opinions and blogs about Google's bold move into the social networking space.

The Grill: SuperValu's Wayne Shurts on 'intensely business-focused IT'

Wayne Shurts, executive vice president and CIO at SuperValu, talks about how he's working to help the IT department at the grocery retailer better support the company's overall business. Insider (registration required)

How to brag online without appearing to brag

Last week I posted to Buzzblog a list of the 50 best "bragging rights" claimed by users of Google+.

DOJ files e-book price fixing lawsuit against Apple

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five book publishers for alleged e-book price fixing the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

Egnyte Launches Aggressive Campaign to Poach Box Customers

When it comes to cloud storage and file sharing, Dropbox seems to be the undisputed champion on the consumer side. But, for business customers looking for a more robust cloud storage service and better management tools, Box is a clear leader. Egnyte wants to change that, though, and it's going for the jugular with its Box Buster Buyout program.

Box unveils cloud service for workplace mobile apps

Box, a provider of cloud-hosted enterprise collaboration and content management software, will announce a new service designed to consolidate in a single repository companies' mobile applications and the data they generate.

Unified communications: Now mobile and in the cloud

Effective communications, many would argue, is the key to business. But finding the appropriate technologies to support effective communications can be challenging for IT professionals. Unified communications is a concept that encompasses a variety of technologies, all capable of working together, and, yes, while communication is a human process, technology can enhance and improve it.