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• In pictures: Managing enterprise apps in the cloud (Melbourne)

  IT chiefs gathered at Melbourne's Eureka 89 to discuss the challenges they face in moving big enterprise apps to the cloud. The luncheon was sponsored by Rackspace and Microsoft.

• Pssst! Office 365 customers pay Microsoft up to 80% more over long haul

  Microsoft loves subscriptions.

• Microsoft buries Lync with Skype for Business rollout

  Microsoft today began distributing the revamped Lync client, dubbed Skype for Business since last November, to Office customers.

• Microsoft offers enterprises slower Office 2016 update tempo

  Microsoft said it will offer businesses a slower update tempo for Office 2016, just as it has already promised for Windows 10.

• Heroku Enterprise launches, bringing Salesforce's app platform to the business

  Today, Salesforce goes all-in on its vision of shiny, responsive, fast apps for every business with the launch of Heroku Enterprise, which takes the core platform-as-a-service and adds more features to make it accessible to the enterprise. 

• Office for Windows 10 is not free for everyone

  Microsoft will license some of the touch-based Office for Windows 10 apps in the same way it now handles those for iOS and Android, the company said today.

• Microsoft kicks off preview of Office for Windows 10

  Microsoft has released previews of its touch-centric Excel, Word and PowerPoint apps for Windows 10, making good on the pledge two weeks ago to give customers an early look this month.

• Microsoft updates Outlook for Mac preview tease

  Microsoft today updated its preview of Outlook on the Mac, the tease it offered Office 365 subscribers more than two months ago.

• Microsoft opens Office for Android tablet preview to all comers

  Microsoft today opened its preview of Office for Android tablets to all eligible comers, expanding the sneak peek from the invite-only beta it first offered in November.

• Apple-IBM partnership off to 'impressive' start

  Apple and IBM last week kicked off their five-month-old partnership with an "impressive" 10-pack of focused mobile business apps catering to sectors ranging from financial to law enforcement.

• Asset managers crave location data

  Each of the concrete and steel wharfs at the Port of Rotterdam, Europe's busiest shipping hub, hosts the loading and unloading of billions of dollars in goods over its useful life. Managing and maintaining these waterfront structures so that the world's largest cargo containers can dock at them means the difference between collecting revenue and watching ships sail elsewhere.

• Kisters

  In 2012 and 2013, Belgium endured heavy rainfall as Europe's jet stream changed paths and brought flooding to central Europe. The Flemish Environment Agency needed a better way to inform citizens and water management officials about forecasted flood conditions.

• LA Clearinghouse

  Tracking cellphone activity plays a key role in helping law enforcement officials determine where suspects were before and after crimes were committed.

• Merck

  Variations in the manufacture of batches of pharmaceuticals can force drug companies to discard products, potentially incurring tens of millions of dollars in losses.

• Persistent Systems

  As head of digital marketing for the 2013 Indian movie Chennai Express, Shailja Gupta needed to work social media channels to optimize interest in the film. She teamed with Persistent Systems in Pune, India, to analyze social media content. "Just looking at numbers doesn't really help. How you use those numbers for your own strategy is what matters," she says.