6 hot Android launches on the horizon

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	JR Raphael: 6 hot Android launches on the horizon Some standout Android devices are starting to sneak onto the calendar for 2013. Here are six sizzling items worth keeping an eye on. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc. Simplifying the Transition to Exchange 2010 Summers Labs relied on a bare-bones AS/AV product, until a plan for a complete infrastructure refresh opened the door to a more comprehensive solution. Read this case study to learn how a cloud-based email management solution greatly simplified the company's transition to Exchange 2010. Learn More. In this Issue Richi Jennings: Surface Pro release date Feb 9; it's 'New and exciting' says Microsoft Jonny Evans: Why Forbes is wrong about Tim Cook, Apple and Jony Ive Darlene Storm: Student expelled for hacking after re-testing security hole in Omnivox college portal Preston Gralla: Steve Ballmer is Microsoft's biggest problem and must go, says former senior executive Susan Feinberg: The trouble with standards in the financial services industry Sharky: Your tax dollars at work WHITE PAPER: Nasuni Corp Shadow IT in the Enterprise This report reveals insights from more than 1,000 corporate IT users about their usage of Dropbox and personal mobile devices for work. Read this paper to gain an understanding for where consumer solutions are being used and if IT policies are effective in addressing the challenges associated with Shadow IT. Learn More. Richi Jennings: Surface Pro release date Feb 9; it's 'New and exciting' says Microsoft Surface Pro now has its release date. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announces it'll be available on February 9—in the U.S. and Canada, at least (the plan for other countries isn't clear). Starting at $899, you'll still need to add a keyboard cover, pushing the price over the magic $1000 bar. Also, the 64 GB version is probably too small, so the total price is more like $1120-ish. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers get their tongues around the official name: Surface Windows 8 Pro. Read More Jonny Evans: Why Forbes is wrong about Tim Cook, Apple and Jony Ive Somebody's let the dogs out, with pundits pointing to Apple CEO, Tim Cook, saying he's got to go because a media-created storm of speculation has wiped a few million off of the company's current stock price. Let's deconstruct some of their arguments for a moment. Read More Darlene Storm: Student expelled for hacking after re-testing security hole in Omnivox college portal Since when is a test account, not for testing purposes? When pen testing web applications against an Omnivox student portal test server without previous authorization? Next, if a privacy law prohibits mentioning details about students, yet a college explicitly mentions a student by name while defending its position, has that college broken the law? Dawson College student Ahmed Al-Khabaz was first patted on the back for responsible disclosure of a security hole in the Omnivox student and faculty portal. Yet when he re-tested on a test server to see if the flaws were fixed, Al-Khabaz was expelled from college. Read More WEBCAST: VMware Data Performance At The Speed of Business Can your infrastructure handle modern databases with speed and scalability? IT must keep up with technology as expectations rise for fast data flow and increased apps. You can stay ahead of this trend with a cloud model that features in-memory distributed databases and freedom of choice all at a lower cost. Watch Now! Preston Gralla: Steve Ballmer is Microsoft's biggest problem and must go, says former senior executive The list of people calling for Steve Ballmer to step down has just grown, with a former senior executive saying that Ballmer is the cause of Microsoft's woes -- and that the only way the company can get back on the road to success is to fire him. Read More Susan Feinberg: The trouble with standards in the financial services industry The financial services industry in the U.S. insists on both maintaining decades-old domestic standards and developing new domestic standards -- from the Balance and Transaction Reporting Standard (BTRS) to the Fedwire extended remittance formats -- instead of moving to the ISO 20022 global standards. And they're having a tough time. Read More Sharky: Your tax dollars at work This local government's IT shop has finally embraced nearly modern technology with field devices -- which means everyone will have to update the antivirus signatures on their devices. Read More
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