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	Richi Jennings: Samsung Galaxy S III (S3) release date: NOW (ish) The Samsung Galaxy S3 (OK then S III) is here. The release date is upon us. Not only that, but the reviews are in. And Samsung has added a surprise enterprisey feature: its SAFE software, integrating with Mobile Device Management (MDM) and adding various security features. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers avoid the boring phrase "iPhone killer." Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Evolve Customer Care with Collaboration Using collaboration technology to improve customer service gives your company an opportunity to evolve beyond traditional service models to create better customer relationships. While the telephone will always be an option, many customers want experiences where chat, social media, video and self-service are also part of the norm. Download a new white paper from ZK Research to learn how using collaboration technology can help your organization improve customer responsiveness and provide customers with self-service offerings, leading to greater loyalty. In this Issue Jonny Evans: Le Web London: Even Google uses iPad at Apple app happy show Barbara Krasnoff: Microsoft's Surface tablet: The keyboard is the key Darragh Delaney: Remote access technologies in a BYOD era Preston Gralla: Three ways Microsoft's Surface tablets may beat the iPad in enterprises JR Raphael: The Google I/O Countdown Contest: Win an Asus Transformer Prime tablet and dock! Patrick Thibodeau: Microsoft donations favor Obama by landslide Darlene Storm: Software updates for lifesaving medical devices found tainted with malware Aaron Davis: Verifying identity for crowdsourced translation: Moving forward Ravi Krishnan: Mobility: Its true measure in healthcare IT Shark Tank: The sad thing is, there's a logic to this WHITE PAPER: Oracle Lower Costs of Your Product Lifecycle Management This paper includes sizing guidelines with recommended configurations for small, medium, and large installations along with test results and best practices for configuring the environment to optimize performance and reliability on Sun x86 servers from Oracle. Learn More! Jonny Evans: Le Web London: Even Google uses iPad at Apple app happy show Le Web, London: The pervasive Apple [AAPL] effect is clear all across Le Web London today: from the massed ranks of MacBook models occupying the media zones to the iPad-toting Web execs marching across the venue halls to the dozens of start-ups earnestly explaining their particular brand of "fun, simple to use" app idea. Seems to me an observable fact that Cupertino's iDevices are defining the content overground. Read More Barbara Krasnoff: Microsoft's Surface tablet: The keyboard is the key Will the keyboard covers that come with MIcrosoft's Surface tablet finally win over those touch typists who have resisted tablets until now? Read More Darragh Delaney: Remote access technologies in a BYOD era In my last blog post I looked at the basics of putting a BYOD policy together for your network. It focused what to do when end-users bring their own devices into the workplace and request access to the corporate network. Since I published the post, I had a number of enquiries about what options exist for when users want to use their own devices to connect to the workplace from external or home networks. Read More Preston Gralla: Three ways Microsoft's Surface tablets may beat the iPad in enterprises Microsoft's Surface tablets look to be well-designed, worthy competitors to the iPad. In fact, they're so good, that they may well eventually beat out the iPad in enterprises. Here are three reasons why they might do it. Read More JR Raphael: The Google I/O Countdown Contest: Win an Asus Transformer Prime tablet and dock! Want a free Asus Transformer Prime tablet and keyboard dock? We're giving 'em away as we wrap up our Android Power countdown to Google I/O 2012. Read More WHITE PAPER: Box Empowering Your Mobile Worker Today's most productive employees are mobile, and your company's IT strategy must be ready to support them with 24/7 access to the business information they need across a range of mobile devices. See how corporations are meeting the many needs of their mobile workers with the help of Box. Read Now! Patrick Thibodeau: Microsoft donations favor Obama by landslide Microsoft is Obama's top donor. Read More Darlene Storm: Software updates for lifesaving medical devices found tainted with malware When it comes to security, one of the scariest things out there sounds like science fiction and pertains to hacking implantable medical devices. They are vulnerable to lethal attacks and there are continued warnings that exploiting these wireless medical devices will eventually cost someone their life. Here's a slightly different take on the scenario; you've heard of drive-by-downloads that can infect a machine with malware without the user agreeing to the automatic download, but how about healthcare serving up malware in software updates for medical devices such as ventilators? Read More Aaron Davis: Verifying identity for crowdsourced translation: Moving forward "The simple definition of globalization is the interweaving of markets, technology, information systems, and telecommunications networks in a way that is shrinking the world from a size medium to a size small." -Thomas Friedman, author of The World is Flat Read More Ravi Krishnan: Mobility: Its true measure in healthcare IT The most effective way to frame a mobile strategy is as an ecosystem comprised of multiple components that work together to enable mobile behavior. Read More Shark Tank: The sad thing is, there's a logic to this It's a few years back, and this IT shop has taken advantage of the company's long holiday break to convert the email system to Outlook -- and to make it easier on users, there's a 'leave-behind' on every user's desk, explaining what was done, how to access Outlook, and some other tips. But that won't necessarily help. Read More
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