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Wearable Computers Add Complex Wrinkle To Workplace

In theory, companies that have policies covering the use of mobile electronics at work are prepared for the arrival of wearable computers. Executives, corporate attorneys and vendors say that wearables, the best-known of which is Google’s (GOOGL) Glass, are just new portables. Wearables can record video and audio and share it wirelessly, but so can laptops, smartphones and tablets. Yet there is something different about wearables — in particular

Infor Seen Emerging As Tough Rival To Oracle And SAP

Business software leaders Oracle and SAP face a number of fast-growing young rivals, but privately held Infor deserves a prominent place among the competition. While the two enterprise software leaders face companies such as Tableau Software (DATA), Salesforce.com (CRM) and Workday (WDAY), analysts say that Infor has emerged as another big rival. Though fairly low-profile, Infor has $3 billion in annual revenue and 70,000 customers worldwide,

Tesla CEO Musk Says He’ll Stay But Needs Batteries

Elon Musk told Tesla Motors shareholders Tuesday that he’ll stay CEO of the electric car maker at least four to five years “through volume production of a third-generation car” for the mass market, and detailed talks about building a battery “gigafactory.” Musk is CEO of both Tesla (TSLA) and commercial spaceflight company SpaceX, as well as chairman of solar-panel installer SolarCity (SCTY). “Nobody is CEO of a company forever — eventually they