Stories by Juan Carlos Perez

Microsoft buys Capptain for mobile analytics, cloud services

Microsoft plans to boost its Azure cloud services with its acquisition of Capptain, whose product helps developers track and analyze usage of their Web and mobile apps and implement customer retention strategies.

Written by Juan Carlos Perez29 May 14 01:53

Box caters to nonprofit organizations

Box wants to deepen its presence among nonprofit organizations, so it's launching a new unit called Box.org focused on their particular IT needs and challenges, and is also introducing special pricing for qualified customers in the sector.

Written by Juan Carlos Perez29 May 14 00:08

Box sharpens search API

Box has extended its search API to increase and improve the ways in which customers find information in its cloud-storage and file-sharing service via custom-developed tools, applications and integrations.

Written by Juan Carlos Perez28 May 14 02:00

BBVA in last phase of 110K seat Google Apps deployment

When Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) rolls out Google Apps to its U.S. staff this year, it will wrap up a deployment that started in 2012 for its 110,000 employees globally.

Written by Juan Carlos Perez23 May 14 06:36

Thai government picks Office 365 for 8 million students

About 8 million students and 400,000 teachers in Thailand will be given access to Office 365, the biggest deployment yet for Microsoft's cloud apps suite in the education sector.

Written by Juan Carlos Perez22 May 14 07:49

Report: The NSA records all cellphone calls in the Bahamas

The U.S. National Security Agency has been recording and archiving "virtually every" cellphone call in the Bahamas without knowledge and permission from the island nation's government, according to a report from The Intercept.

Written by Juan Carlos Perez20 May 14 06:53

Dropbox plays nicer with Web apps

Web developers can now configure apps to be notified immediately of changes that users make to their Dropbox files, taking some strain off Web servers and potentially giving end users a better experience.

Written by Juan Carlos Perez15 May 14 08:50

Microsoft's Lync plants its flag in Android tablets

Microsoft has released a new version of its Lync client for Android that now works on tablets as well as smartphones, expanding the footprint of its fast-growing unified communications product.

Written by Juan Carlos Perez13 May 14 08:00