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ORGANIZATION APPS
Remember
the Milk
Organize your
to-do lists, sync
them with your
calendars, get
reminders via
Twitter or text, and
locate tasks on a
map. Free (iPhone
and Android; sync
to BlackBerry and
Windows Mobile
Tasks applications).
rememberthemilk
.com
Splash ID
Keep passwords,
credit card
numbers, and
PINs in one secure
place. Organize
on your computer
and then sync to
your smartphone;
if your phone is
stolen, records
self-destruct.
US$10–$19.95
(iPhone, Android,
BlackBerry).
splashdata.com
Mint.com App
Associated with
the mint.com
Website (with free
software for money
management) this
personal finance
app puts all your
bank accounts,
credit cards, loans,
and investments
in one place. Build
a budget and track
your spending. Free
(iPhone, Android).
mint.com
My Stuff
Long overdue
on your home
inventory project?
Track your
possessions with
as many as 10
photos per record
and flexible custom
fields. Import and
export CSV files
to your computer,
and password-protect everything.
US$4.99 (iPhone).
maddysoft.com
“If your team cannot
take full advantage of
technology with gusto
and verve, [it] will lie
fallow—and you will fail
as a leader.”
—Scott Klososky, author of The Velocity
Manifesto (Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2011)
PII RARELY ENCRYPTED
Fewer than 30 percent of 430 Independent
Oracle Users Group (IOUG) members surveyed
encrypt personally identifiable information (PII)
in all their databases.
Source: 2010 IOUG Data Security Survey, ioug.org
36%
Small companies
Midmarket
WHO’S USING THE CLOUD?
MOST-POPULAR CLOUD SERVICES
Business productivity
Small companies: less than US$10 million annual revenue)
Midmarket: US$10–$99 million annual revenue)
Large companies: more than US$100 million annual revenue)
64
58%
Large companies
Document and content management
Security
Storage
40%
38%
35%
35%
The survey of 542 U.S.-based I T end users was conducted online
in June and July 2010.
Source: CompTIA, comptia.org
SPEEDY TABLET
If you’re shopping for a tech-
nology companion (aka a tablet),
consider the A7 Internet Tablet
from eLocity. This 7-inch
Android 2. 2 tablet has a high-
resolution 800 x 480 capacitive
touchscreen and the fastest
mobile CPU currently available—
NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 dual-core 1 Ghz
CPU—which means it should
handle multimedia like a dream. The A7 comes with several preinstalled applica-
tions for Android 2. 2, but you can choose from tens of thousands of apps—from
mapping and social networking to office productivity—that are available for
that platform. The A7 also features connectivity with 802.11 b/g wireless and
Bluetooth, and monitoring connections is easy with a wireless status screen
and an airplane mode that lets you disable all wireless connections in one place
US$369.99.
elocitynow.com
LINDY GROENING
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011 ORACLE. COM/ORACLEMAGAZINE
