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Pitney Bowes Adds Graphs To Latest Big Data Platform

For decades, Pitney Bowes’ postage machines helped companies deliver information to their customers via the mail. Now, Pitney Bowes wants to help those same companies tap their Big Data to understand customers as they never have before. The latest edition of its Spectrum technology platform, unveiled Wednesday, features graphical database technology. Pitney Bowes (PBI) is mapping customer information in a graphical way. The result, what the firm

Tesla Fumes As New Jersey Bans Direct Auto Sales

The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission unanimously voted Tuesday to bar carmakers from selling directly to customers. Electric-car maker Tesla Motors (TSLA) has opened two retail stores in New Jersey after getting dealer licenses from the state. Tesla, which reportedly just learned Monday about the planned vote, says it’s been unable to bridge the gap with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s administration on the new regulation. In a blog posted

Microsoft, Amazon Cloud Computing Rivalry May Heat Up

Ruling the cloud services business is one road to glory for new Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, but Amazon.com’s leading Amazon Web Services stands in the way. AWS is by far the biggest provider of infrastructure-as-a-service, in which companies rent computers and data storage via the Internet cloud. In cloud services, Microsoft (MSFT) first targeted platform-as-a-services — applications, databases and software that run on cloud infrastructure — but