Glimpse of life in 2020, thanks to Internet of Things

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	Darlene Storm: Glimpse of your life in 2020 thanks to the Internet of Things What if 50 billion objects were interconnected and started to sense their surroundings and communicate with each other? The Internet of Things will have that sort of ubiquitous machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity, opening a plethora of potential privacy and security problems. On the other hand, there will be almost unimaginable convenience as your appliances and smartphone do mundane tasks for you. Here's a glimpse into our possible future and life in 2020. 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 In this Issue Richi Jennings: HP vs. Autonomy: FIGHT! Let's cut to the chase... Jonny Evans: WWDC 2013: Apple plans Siri, Maps for iPhone-friendly OS X 10.9, claims Preston Gralla: Windows 8 sales are sluggish and disappointing at retail and in enterprises. Will they pick up in 2013? Sharon Machlis: Create simple, free charts with Datawrapper Shark Tank: Now THAT'S a help desk with standards WEBCAST: T-Systems Charting a Course for Realizing Business Value in the Cloud Cloud is not simply about delivering IT services. Rather it is about vesting the organization with the agility it must have to respond to challenges and opportunities at the speed of business. View this on-demand webcast to learn how to blaze your own pathway to enterprise applications in the cloud. Learn more. Richi Jennings: HP vs. Autonomy: FIGHT! Let's cut to the chase... HP ain't happy about its 2011 Autonomy buy. Hewlett-Packard accuses Autonomy's ex-management of selling it a pup, alleging dodgy accounting and other naughtiness. But there are two sides to every story—sometimes three. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers seek out all viewpoints. Read More Jonny Evans: WWDC 2013: Apple plans Siri, Maps for iPhone-friendly OS X 10.9, claims Apple appears on course to make rapid improvements to Maps and Siri, with both services set for inclusion within OS X 10.9 when it appears at or around WWDC in 2013. Read More WEBCAST: IBM How to Take Business Analytics to the Next Level By viewing this webcast you will learn how you can implement an effective BA strategy that will deliver maximum strategic value to your company. View Now Preston Gralla: Windows 8 sales are sluggish and disappointing at retail and in enterprises. Will they pick up in 2013? The results are in from multiple sources, and it seems quite clear: Windows 8 sales have been sluggish and disappointing. The big question is whether they might pick up next year. Read More Sharon Machlis: Create simple, free charts with Datawrapper Datawrapper's online service will let you create five types of charts that they'll host on their Amazon AWS account. Or you can install the open-source project code on a server of your own. Read More Shark Tank: Now THAT'S a help desk with standards At this company, both desktop hardware and software are very standardized -- and the help desk has a standard way of dealing with non-standard machines. Read More
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