An inside look behind Romney's loss

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	Preston Gralla: An inside look behind Romney's loss: An epic failure of its Orca big-data app Many things went wrong with Romney's campaign for president, but one of the biggest was the epic failure of the campaign's big-data app for getting out the vote, called Orca. When the campaign needed it most, Orca was beached. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Understanding Your Requirements and Choosing the Right Path In this Knowledge Vault—complete with videos, social streaming and other resources—you'll find everything you need to define your requirements and choose the right storage. Learn More In this Issue Jonny Evans: Report: Apple begins iPhone 5S, iPad 4, Apple TV pre-production for early 2013 Peter Eicher: Our civilization depends on electricity ... and the repair crews who keep it flowing Jonny Evans: Apple creatives -- are you ready for the Adobe CS upgrade price rise? Sharky: Technically correct, but... RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC IT's Next Transformation To remain competitive organizations need to manage the relationship between IT and the business. Megatrends like virtualization, consumerization, cloud computing, and mobility are forcing a new model for operating IT. Read the interactive guide to learn more. Jonny Evans: Report: Apple begins iPhone 5S, iPad 4, Apple TV pre-production for early 2013 Is Apple preparing to innovate not litigate as it speeds up iPhone release cycles to maintain its place in the smartphone industry? Digitimes claims an iPhone 5S may ship as soon as Q1, with an iPad 4 and Apple television set to follow soon after. Read More Peter Eicher: Our civilization depends on electricity ... and the repair crews who keep it flowing Our civilization doesn't rest in the hands of hedge fund traders and currency speculators, nor the hands of a Bill Gates or a Steve Jobs or other famous technocrats. Our civilization rests in the hands of the anonymous man wearing awkward rubber gloves who got up in a bucket truck on a cold Sunday night in November to fix the overly fragile wiring system we depend on. Read More WEBCAST: Citrix Online New Technology to Your Users: A Make-or-Break Moment Live Webcast: Tuesday, November 27th at 1:00pm EST Join this live, interactive webinar to learn: - How to assess what users expect from technology - Common missteps and omissions in the QA process - What you can do to make uses feel more confident and supported - And more… Learn More Jonny Evans: Apple creatives -- are you ready for the Adobe CS upgrade price rise? Creative users should be aware that Adobe will end its discount deal for upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Creative Suite and applications such as Photoshop within the next few weeks. This is the last chance to upgrade your software affordably before effectively becoming locked out of future upgrade paths and being required to pay for the full version. Read More Sharky: Technically correct, but... Help desk pilot fish gets a call from a user who's trying to log onto a company mainframe via the network, but he just can't get it to work. That means it's troubleshooting time -- starting with what the user sees on his screen. Read More
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