Can Microsoft make R easy?

Amazon's next targets: Microsoft Exchange and Gmail Microsoft kicks off C# 7 language planning

TechBrief January 29, 2015 Can Microsoft make R easy? The R programming language is a key tool for data scientists. It is not, however, easy to learn or use. While some suggest that R and data science in general is inherently complex, there's clearly opportunity for it to be democratized, at least to the point that business analysts can take advantage of it -- which is critical, given how important data has become to running an enterprise effectively. Also read: Microsoft to acquire R language powerhouse Revolution Analytics And: R, Swift soar in language popularity in 2014 READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Amazon's next targets: Microsoft Exchange and Gmail 2. Microsoft kicks off C# 7 language planning 3. Microsoft previews OneDrive for Business for the Mac 4. Intel wants to banish cables, connectors with new Broadwell chips White Paper: Hughes Network Systems, LLC Why Is a Cloud Enabled WAN Important? The explosion of new types and volumes of data, and demands for 360° visibility and near real-time accuracy is changing the nature of retail computing. But IT shops continue to face a number of challenges to deliver service levels in the face of exploding demand. LEARN MORE Amazon's next targets: Microsoft Exchange and Gmail Following a flurry of left-hook announcements aimed at its cloud competition over the past few months, Amazon is going for a body blow with corporate cloud-hosted email business.Word of Amazon's new Workmail service began circulating on Wednesday, with a full launch due in Q2 of this year. Also read: The never-ending quest to dethrone email READ MORE Microsoft kicks off C# 7 language planning Designers are off and running with plans for the next generation of Microsoft’s C# language, with key themes centering on data management, performance, and reliability. According to meeting notes for the C# team, posted earlier this month on GitHub, the team is looking beyond the planned version 6.0 of the type-safe, object-oriented language. Also read: Attack of the one-letter programming languages READ MORE White Paper: Hughes Network Systems, LLC The Omni-Channel Retailer The retail industry is at an inflection point, or “reset moment”, triggered by mass consumer adoption of digital selling channels, particularly “smart” mobile devices. Armed with information instantly available to them in the digital domain, consumers now take “the store” with them wherever they go. LEARN MORE Microsoft previews OneDrive for Business for the Mac Microsoft has released the promised preview of OneDrive for Business for OS X, the first way to sidestep the browser when accessing company documents and the only way so far to sync files for offline use on a Mac. Also read: Microsoft's changes to OneDrive spark a user rebellion And: Advanced OneDrive feature to miss first version of Windows 10 READ MORE Intel wants to banish cables, connectors with new Broadwell chips Bring a laptop into the room, and it wirelessly links to your monitors, external hard drive and printer. That's Intel's vision of a wire-free world for PCs with its new Core chips based on the Broadwell microarchitecture. Intel announced Thursday the availability of the new fifth-generation Core processors for PCs with support for technologies that could rid computers of a myriad of cables and connectors. Also read: 10 things you need to know about Intel's new Broadwell chipsREAD MORE : Hughes Network Systems, LLC Leverage New Cloud Applications BevMo! needed a network provider that could support their strategic move to the Cloud for many of its backoffice applications. In order to deliver “The BevMo! Experience,” BevMo! turned to Hughes to deliver a network with optimal performance, strong security, and high reliability. LEARN MORE