Microsoft lays off 2,100, boards up research lab. Plus: Larry Ellison steps down as Oracle CEO

Larry Ellison steps down as Oracle CEO, Catz, Hurd named co-CEOs Alibaba's IPO could be 'open sesame' for global expansion ITworld Today September 19, 2014 Microsoft boards-up research lab amid more layoffs Microsoft Research is shutting down its Mountain View, Calif., facility as part of a move that included a reported 2,100 more layoffs throughout the company. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Larry Ellison steps down as Oracle CEO, Catz, Hurd named co-CEOs 2. Alibaba's IPO could be 'open sesame' for global expansion 3. Nintendo's New 3DS: a whole new gaming console or just a forced upgrade? 4. Hailing a space taxi might be easier said than done [CARTOON] 5. Malicious advertisements distributed by DoubleClick, Zedo networks 6. SAP buying Concur for $8.3 billion to boost cloud portfolio 7. Home Depot breach put 56 million payment cards at risk, company says 8. The Navy flew its new drone across the US Wednesday night 9. Google to turn on encryption by default in next Android version Webcast: Interactive Intelligence How Moving Your Contact Center to the Cloud Eliminates Risk The total cost of ownership (TCO) debate between a premises and cloud decision continues to wage on. Depending on how you look at it, it seems that you arrive at a different conclusion. However, the missing factor in nearly all cloud contact center and unified communications TCO discussions is the consideration of buyer risk. Learn More Larry Ellison steps down as Oracle CEO, Catz, Hurd named co-CEOs It's the end of an era at Oracle, as CEO Larry Ellison has been appointed executive chairman and CTO of the vendor, with co-presidents Safra Catz and Mark Hurd named co-CEOs. READ MORE Alibaba's IPO could be 'open sesame' for global expansion Alibaba, an e-commerce giant in China, wants to make new friends in the U.S. Especially friends with money. READ MORE Nintendo's New 3DS: a whole new gaming console or just a forced upgrade? Nintendo's new handheld gaming console offers a lot of improvements over the old one, but the name is causing people to look at it as a minor upgrade. READ MORE Hailing a space taxi might be easier said than done [CARTOON] Expect NASA's new method for getting astronauts into space to hit the occasional snag. READ MORE Webcast: IBM Leveraging Software-Defined Flash to Drive Your Business With end-to-end, tightly integrated functionality and super-fast flash technology, products like IBM FlashSystem V840 Enterprise Performance Solution empower businesses to leverage the efficiency of SDS and the speed of flash storage all at once. Learn More Malicious advertisements distributed by DoubleClick, Zedo networks Two online advertising networks, Google's DoubleClick and Zedo, have been delivering malicious advertisements that could install malware on a person's computer, according to the security vendor Malwarebytes. READ MORE SAP buying Concur for $8.3 billion to boost cloud portfolio SAP is buying business-travel and expense software vendor Concur for about $8.3 billion, in a bid to continue growing out its portfolio of cloud-based applications. READ MORE Home Depot breach put 56 million payment cards at risk, company says The breach of Home Depot's payment systems may have compromised 56 million payment cards as a result of malware that has since been eliminated, the company said Thursday. READ MORE The Navy flew its new drone across the US Wednesday night The U.S. Navy's new surveillance drone completed its first cross-country flight across the United States Wednesday night. READ MORE Google to turn on encryption by default in next Android version Google is turning on data encryption by default in the next version of Android, a step that mirrors broad moves in the technology industry to ensure better data security. 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