Infor plots move into cloud financials in strike against Workday

China's Baidu partners with BMW on driverless car research Is Panasonic's CM1 a camera or a smartphone? IT News Daily September 16, 2014 Infor plots move into cloud financials in strike against Workday Infor is hoping to elbow its way into Workday's turf with an upcoming cloud-based financial software suite dubbed Financials Xi. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. China's Baidu partners with BMW on driverless car research 2. Is Panasonic's CM1 a camera or a smartphone? 3. Apple Watch under scrutiny for privacy by Connecticut attorney general 4. Wi-Fi group acts to simplify peer-to-peer video, printing and other tasks 5. Why retailers like Home Depot get hacked 6. Facebook open sources its mcrouter data-caching tool China's Baidu partners with BMW on driverless car research Chinese search giant Baidu has entered into a partnership with BMW to jointly research driverless car technologies, with the goal of developing a semi-autonomous vehicle in three years. READ MORE Is Panasonic's CM1 a camera or a smartphone? You'd be forgiven for thinking Panasonic's latest gadget is a smartphone. It's a slim rectangle with a touchscreen and LTE connectivity. READ MORE RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CSO Perspective Data Protection & Privacy: CSO Conference Save the date for the San Francisco CSO Perspectives Conference taking place on Tuesday, September 23 at the Hotel Nikko San Francisco. At this one-day event, produced by CSO and focused on "Data Protection & Privacy," you'll have the opportunity to connect with an extensive network of visionary CSOs, CIOs and business experts. Register Today! Apple Watch under scrutiny for privacy by Connecticut attorney general The attorney general of the U.S. state of Connecticut is concerned about the privacy implications of Apple Watch's handling of consumers' health information. READ MORE Wi-Fi group acts to simplify peer-to-peer video, printing and other tasks The Wi-Fi Direct standard for linking two devices without a LAN is about to get easier to use. READ MORE RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IDG TV IDG.tv is now live! Watch all the latest videos from IDG's global network of technology experts, all teed up in searchable channels with a fun, fresh look. Click to continue Why retailers like Home Depot get hacked Retailers like Home Depot, which recently suffered a major data breach, have known for years about vulnerabilities in payment systems, but have chosen to ignore them, experts say. READ MORE Facebook open sources its mcrouter data-caching tool Facebook is releasing mcrouter, its software for turning many cache servers around the world into one distributed system, as open source. READ MORE Follow IT News You are currently subscribed to itnews_daily as garn14.tech@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com To contact IT News, please send an e-mail to online@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2014 IT News, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@itworld.com. **