SoftwareGram, May 8, 2017

	Volume XVIII Issue 19 \| May 8, 2017


	Dear %%FIRST%%, Modern technologies have lead to a cultural shift that leaves buyers in more control than ever. Additionally, they are more hesitant to trust vendors and turn to peers. Read more about peer networking in this week’s exclusive editorial. For the latest industry news, current editorials, links to our Buyers Guide and Software 500, and more, visit softwaremag.com. Follow us on Twitter and visit our Web site for the latest industry news. Also, check out the February digital edition . Now accepting submissions for the 2017 Software 500. Click here to participate. Receive the SoftwareGram weekly! Add or update your subscription.


	IS YOUR BUSINESS CUSTOMER CENTRIC There’s a cultural shift happening with the way customers make purchase decisions. More than ever before, with social media, public review sites, and the Internet giving people unprecedented access to information and opinions, buyers’ business-to-consumer purchasing habits are starting to blend into the way they make business-to-business (B2B) purchases as well. … more>>

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	Protecting Intellectual Property The Internet of Things networks physical devices through embedded software, enabling a data exchange as well as remote access. With increased interest in IoT. … more >> Security and Identity Management Companies and organizations rely on technology more with every passing day. The convenience it brings, however, is sometimes interfered… more >>

	• DataStax Helps Enterprises Make the Most of their Data Infrastructures – Infrastructure • Alison Launches a Series of New Data Science Courses for Programmers – BI • Red Hat Brings Kubernetes to New Application Workloads with Latest Version of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform – DevOps • Capgemini Launches Coud-Hosted, Mobile-Applications Testing Lab – Testing • Unit4 Releases Wanda bot – Business Management • Red Hat Introduces Container Health Index – Infrastructure • ObjectRocket Now Offers Percona Server for MongoDB – Business Management • Pandera Systems Announces BI-Monitoring Mobile App – BI

	OXAGILE Oxagile is an internationally established outsourcing company with a primary focus on delivering end-to-end software development services across a range of verticals and business domains… PROGRESS Progress customers and partners have big ideas. We help them turn their ideas into business realities through the rapid development, deployment, and management of data driven applications. Big Data, unstructured … QLIK Qliktech delivers intuitive platform solutions for self-service data visualization, guided analytics applications, embedded analytics and reporting to approximately 40,000 customers worldwide…
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May 8, 2007Olivia Cahoon