IT departments won't exist in five years

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	IT departments won't exist in five years IT departments are quickly becoming consultancies in companies increasingly driven by consumer technology, and the control they once had over tech use is quickly dissipating. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: VMWare Focus on business, not infrastructure Vblock(TM) Systems from VCE provide innovative IT solutions that address common business pain points and provides faster deployment, significant lower cost per user and much higher availability. IT Executives are modernizing data centers and transforming operations with Vblock Systems to focus resources on speeding business value. Learn how converged infrastructure from VCE enables you to focus on your business, not your infrastructure. In this Issue Microsoft marks down Windows, kicks in free Office to spark tablet sales More than half of Americans own a smartphone. Now what? Developers clamor for unified dev tools for Microsoft's 3 OSs IT is about to meet the Amazon Effect Child porn suspect doesn't have to decrypt seized hard drives -- for now NASA rover Curiosity about to start next phase in Mars exploration Malware increasingly uses peer-to-peer communications, researchers say $99 Android PC maker hopes to set off industry change Texas Instruments, Qualcomm to power small cells for enterprises Fairphone to start building 'ethical' smartphone AMD breaks from Windows exclusivity, adopts Android and Chrome OS Eight Windows 8 questions for Microsoft OEM chief Parker Intel says tablets with Bay Trail processors will start at under $199 SQL Server 2014 hastens transaction processing SAP buys e-commerce vendor Hybris in strike back at Oracle, Salesforce.com John W Thompson: The unintended consequences of IT transformations Jonny Evans: FRAND-free ITC kills smartphone innovation with Apple decision Preston Gralla: Windows Phone sales are booming...no, they're falling. Which analyst is right? WHITE PAPER: IBM Businesses are ready for a new approach to IT Today's businesses need simpler more efficient and flexible computing models. The IBM PureSystems family is comprised of platform systems and infrastructure systems that include built-in "patterns of expertise" to address complex business and operational tasks for smarter computing. Learn More Microsoft marks down Windows, kicks in free Office to spark tablet sales Microsoft today confirmed what many analysts suspected, that it has cut prices of Windows 8 and Windows RT licenses to hardware partners building smaller-sized tablets as a way to drop device prices and juice sales. Read More More than half of Americans own a smartphone. Now what? A majority of Americans -- about 56% -- now own a smartphone, according to Pew Research Center's latest survey. Read More Developers clamor for unified dev tools for Microsoft's 3 OSs Merging the Windows Phone OS with the Windows and Windows RT OSs could give Microsoft a boost in attracting more developers and, ultimately, improving its market share for smartphones and tablets. Read More IT is about to meet the Amazon Effect IT upheaval is inevitable -- like it or not. Read More Child porn suspect doesn't have to decrypt seized hard drives -- for now A Wisconsin man ordered last month by a magistrate to decrypt several of his storage drives to let investigators inspect them for evidence of child porn this week won a last minute reprieve from a federal judge. Read More NASA rover Curiosity about to start next phase in Mars exploration NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is approaching its biggest turning point since landing on the Red Planet last August. Read More Malware increasingly uses peer-to-peer communications, researchers say The number of malware samples that use P-to-P (peer-to-peer) communications has increased fivefold during the past 12 months, according to researchers from security firm Damballa. Read More $99 Android PC maker hopes to set off industry change At US$99, the mini PC developed by thin-client expert Young Song is meant to be affordable. In fact, the price is so low, most consumers won't hesitate to buy one, he said Wednesday. Read More Texas Instruments, Qualcomm to power small cells for enterprises Texas Instruments and Qualcomm are working on products that will power small mobile base stations, also known as small cells, and help improve indoor coverage and speeds for enterprises. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc The Total Economic Impact of Mimecast's UEM Solution This research provides a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of unifying your email management in the cloud. Learn More. Learn More. Fairphone to start building 'ethical' smartphone Fairphone has received enough orders to start production on what it says is a smartphone that will be built according to ethical standards, designed and produced with minimal harm to people and the planet. Read More AMD breaks from Windows exclusivity, adopts Android and Chrome OS After years of Windows OS exclusivity, Advanced Micro Devices is opening the door to design chips to run Google's Android and Chrome OS in PCs and tablets. Read More Eight Windows 8 questions for Microsoft OEM chief Parker Nick Parker has one of the more interesting jobs in the PC business right now. As corporate vice president for Microsoft's OEM division, he manages the company's relationships with PC manufacturers, including sales and licensing of Windows. Read More Intel says tablets with Bay Trail processors will start at under $199 Intel expects tablets containing its upcoming Atom processor code-named Bay Trail will cost under US$200, a company executive said Wednesday. Read More SQL Server 2014 hastens transaction processing The next version of Microsoft's relational database management system (RDMS) promises to bring immense performance gains to online transactional processing systems. Read More SAP buys e-commerce vendor Hybris in strike back at Oracle, Salesforce.com SAP is buying privately held Hybris in a bid to build out an e-commerce software offering that connects with customers across multiple "channels, devices and touch points." Read More John W Thompson: The unintended consequences of IT transformations Momentous, earth-shattering changes in IT have proven to be a divisive factor for many companies. Over the past four decades, these moments of change, or inflection points, have turned the industry on its head and sent us collectively diving into the future. Through each of these inflection points, we have witnessed obvious benefits, particularly in user productivity. But, these new opportunities also carry with them significant, unintended consequences. Read More Jonny Evans: FRAND-free ITC kills smartphone innovation with Apple decision The US ITC yesterday declared against Apple in a FRAND-related case bought by Samsung -- and while I'm certain there's a few Phandroids laughing, they shouldn't be, because the decision will stifle innovation in the smartphone space far more than "rounded corners" ever have, or ever will. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows Phone sales are booming...no, they're falling. Which analyst is right? Depending on the current research you read, Windows Phone sales are either growing by leaps and bounds, or else stagnant and falling. 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