Steve Jobs resigns on health grounds; world shocked

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	IT Blogwatch: Steve Jobs resigns, steps down on health grounds; world shocked STEVE JOBS RESIGNS, yell all the headlines this morning. It's believed the Apple CEO stepped down due to pancreatic health problems. Is he a visionary or a copycat? An epic manager or a hard taskmaster? And what about his replacement, Tim Cook? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers can find no other story to blog. Not to mention: The Dark Side of Disney ... Read More WHITE PAPER: SEPATON and Hitachi Data Systems Data Growth and Protection: Addressing the Challenge How does your organization deal with the data deluge? This white paper explores new research that gets to the heart of the challenges of protecting and managing the data you already deal with and preparing for the ever-increasing volumes of data to come. And, it discusses how a single, scaleable solution can address these issues. Read now In this Issue Jonny Evans: Steve Jobs resigns, be sad, be optimistic Sharon Machlis: Apple under Steve Jobs: 3 game changers Richi Jennings: Preventing security threats from cleaning staff JR Raphael: Android on Twitter: 25 interesting experts to follow Shark Tank: A little knowledge -- as little as possible WEBCAST: Cymphonix Strategies Behind Managing Internet Traffic At a time when the number of Internet-connected applications is exploding, now more than ever IT needs maximum visibility into each and everyone of these connections. Read More! Jonny Evans: Steve Jobs resigns, be sad, be optimistic Friend or enemy; Apple lover or hater, we've reached a break in the road, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has had to resign his position and while he remains a director of the fruit-flavored computer company, it's time to consider life without Jobs. Read More Sharon Machlis: Apple under Steve Jobs: 3 game changers Only a few companies release products that change -- or create -- an industry. Apple under Steve Jobs gave us at least three. Read More WHITE PAPER: Seeburger Increasing Supply Chain Efficiency: A cloud-oriented focus A solution called "community cloud" offers advantages such as: -Flexible, scalable compute capacity -A highly secure, consistent services layer managed by a third party in the cloud -The cost benefits of moving IT from a capital expenditure to an operating expense. Read now Richi Jennings: Preventing security threats from cleaning staff Do you know who's in your building at night? Can you positively vouch for all those here-today, gone-tomorrow contract staff who clean and maintain your offices? Physical access is a worryingly simple vector for data-stealing malware, as we'll see in this edition of The Long View... INSIDER (free registration requested) Read More JR Raphael: Android on Twitter: 25 interesting experts to follow Twitter's a great place for Android news, but finding the right folks to follow isn't always easy. Here are 25 interesting experts who are well worth your time. Read More Shark Tank: A little knowledge -- as little as possible This executive has never set the forwarding on his email or set up an auto-responder, says a pilot fish who's responsible for giving him IT support -- which means when his BlackBerry dies, things get complicated. Read More
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