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	Buried in software licensing IT leaders are fed up with the perpetual-license-plus-maintenance approach to enterprise software purchases, and they're tired of running on the upgrade treadmill simply for the sake of keeping their software maintenance status current. Here's a look at how they're breaking free. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc. Hospital Turns to Email Archiving Solution Read this case study to learn how a cloud-based email archiving solution enabled the hospital to meet government mandates and helps avoid thousands of dollars in projected storage costs. Learn More. In this Issue Microsoft's bet on touch PCs fails to pay off Reports pegs iPhone 5S intro on Sept. 10 Here's the data on pay, perks, gender and visas of SAP workers ZTE's Firefox OS smartphone soon available on eBay in US, UK Elgan: So what's wrong with being tracked by advertisers? 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Microsoft's bet on touch PCs fails to pay off Microsoft's bet that touch would propel Windows 8 has run into a major snag, an industry analyst said: Consumers see little reason to pay premium prices for touch-enabled laptops. Read More   Reports pegs iPhone 5S intro on Sept. 10 Apple will unveil its next iPhone on Sept. 10, according to unnamed sources cited by the AllThingsD blog. Read More   Here's the data on pay, perks, gender and visas of SAP workers A survey of nearly 1,200 SAP professionals in the U.S. has produced some interesting details about what they are paid, where they work, how many use visas, and what their job expectations are. Read More   ZTE's Firefox OS smartphone soon available on eBay in US, UK Sales of the ZTE Open Firefox OS phone will start soon via eBay's stores in the U.S. and U.K. Read More   Elgan: So what's wrong with being tracked by advertisers?   Companies are getting more aggressive about using your phone to track you and then send you location-based mobile ads. So what? Read More   Obama calls for review of surveillance programs President Obama will work with Congress to limit data collection by the National Security Agency under the Patriot Act and will appoint an independent board to review the country's surveillance programs, he said Friday. Read More   Obama says spying hit U.S. reputation, and he plans a fix President Obama said on Friday that NSA spying revelations had given the world the wrong impression about the U.S. data surveillance programs, and he outlined a plan for correcting it. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Symantec Agent and Agentless VM Backup and Recovery As you embrace virtualization or increase your virtual footprint, selecting a backup solution that integrates with VADP and VSS will provide fast snapshot-based image backups of online and offline guest virtual machines. For superior recovery capabilities a solution that gathers metadata and executes post processing tasks is a must. Read now! Judge scolds Apple for lack of remorse in e-book antitrust case A federal judge took Apple to task on Friday for showing no contrition about potentially defrauding its customers of hundreds of millions of dollars. Read More   The evolution of the IT performance evaluation No more counting lines of code: Managers look for new ways to assess IT employee performance. Read More   Security Manager's Journal: Learning to let go and offshore The pressures to send some IT security activities offshore couldn't be resisted, but so far, it's working out well. Read More     INSIDER Inside the Greek yogurt wars: Dannon taps predictive analytics To forecast sales and manage inventory of its yogurt products, Dannon switched from a manual, spreadsheet-driven process to a more scientific, computer-based approach using a suite of predictive analytics tools. Among other things, the new systems has improved the accuracy of forecasts from about 70% to 98%. Insider (registration required) Read More   Rebecca Linke: One small step for Kirobo, one giant leap for robot kind Why do robots become astronauts? Simple: Because they like space. Read More   Pirate Bay introduces Web browser to elude censorship   The Pirate Bay introduced its own browser that can be used to circumvent censorship and blockades. Read More   Bitcoin wallets on Android at risk of theft, developers say Bitcoin wallets on Android are vulnerable to theft because of problems in a component that generates secure random numbers, developers said. Read More   Richi Jennings: YAWN: iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C release rumors reach criticality How will you contain yourself? Apple, to absolutely nobody's surprise, will launch two new iPhones next month. Rumors are, as usual, rife about colors, cameras, case designs, and other crud. Your humble blogwatcher really hates this time of year. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers can exclusively reveal nothing of any interest or novelty, whatsoever. Read More
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