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Oracle Partners with Rivals Microsoft and Safesforce in Cloud DealOracle cast aside feuds with competitors Microsoft and Salesforce to announce partnerships with the companies to integrate their cloud operations. Oracle seeks to expand sales of cloud-computing products aimed at businesses moving their software online. What will the outcome be for the new allies? | 
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Empowering Global Collaboration among TeamsCollaboration continues to be one of the major parameters in enabling successful project execution in organizations across domains—more specifically the IT industry where multiple disciplines work closely to deliver a comprehensive product or service to the end user. | 
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Can Your Agile Team Be Trusted?Without taking away from the importance of trust between team members, maybe it's time agile developers look outside the team and make sure clients find them to be as trustworthy as they find themselves. There will always be skeptics, but building trust will eliminate many of them. | 
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Dare to Delegate, Then Reap the RewardsSome managers just don’t realize when they should be delegating tasks or projects. While delegation is one of the underdeveloped management capabilities, very few companies offer training in how to do it. Naomi Karten gives warning signs you're taking on too much and tips on improving delegation. | 
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Supercomputer Provides Crucial Information for HIV ResearchAfter years of research into the chemical structure of HIV to find a way to eradicate the virus, a supercomputer was able to break down the HIV model into subatomic detail, revealing its building blocks. This critical information will help develop drugs that could disrupt the virus's reproduction. |
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Embrace the Cubicle: Open-Plan Offices Make You Less Productive Studies suggest that workers in open-plan offices actually tend to be less productive, unhappier, and even unhealthier than people who work confined to their own personal spaces. Even if you hate your cubicle, it turns out it probably gives you fewer distractions, less stress, and reduced sick days. |
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Teamwork and Creativity: Making Them Work TogetherTo work effectively to meet commitments in a self-organizing, cross-functional team, you need to be creative. The relationship between teamwork and creativity is complicated, and by understanding it you can be more effective as a team. | 
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Roundup of the Latest in Coding NewsIn the coding roundup, read about how a former cyber tsar to President Obama wants developers to plan for security early in development, coders are spending 20 percent of their time waiting, and GitHub is taking advantage of its own platform in order to create a new type of data format. | 
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