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	Richi Jennings: Lavabit and alternative Silent Circle both suicidal after NSA threat Is the U.S. damaging its own competitiveness? Lavabit and Silent Circle have both shut down their secure email services. Lavabit won't say why, but it sounds like it was prompted by a secret U.S. government order to disclose user information (included among those users was Edward Snowden). Silent Circle says it's killed it's service pre-emptively, in case it too receives such an order. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers worry about unintended consequences -- not least for the American economy. Read More WHITE PAPER: PC Connection 2013 Cloud Computing Survey Results We surveyed more than 500 organizations to uncover what they are looking for in a cloud solution, what their top concerns are, and how they respond to the risks associated with this trend. Download this report and begin your journey to the cloud today. Read Now In this Issue Jonny Evans: YouTube founders introduce iOS-first MixBit video blogging service Darlene Storm: Attention gamers: Crowdsource disasters while playing your favorite online game Preston Gralla: Will the lack of good Windows 8 apps kill Windows tablets? JohnWThompson: Casting an IT blockbuster Eric Berridge: Reinventing the CIO as Chief Interaction Officer Sharky: Another satisfied customer WHITE PAPER: Plantronics, Inc. Making Voice a Successful Part of Your UC Rollout You've thought long and hard about the investment you're making in Unified Communications. We've compiled ten steps to streamline the audio aspect of your UC deployment. Putting an audio strategy in place now can help you plan, deploy and eventually drive higher adoption rates. Download our workbook now! Read Now! Jonny Evans: YouTube founders introduce iOS-first MixBit video blogging service Video is everywhere. TV, online, advertising, even billboards. Cisco claims video already accounts for huge chunks of Internet traffic. Today YouTube's founders launched a video blogging service for iOS (Android to follow). So, what's it for? Read More Darlene Storm: Attention gamers: Crowdsource disasters while playing your favorite online game Former NSA/CIA director believes all hackers who support Edward Snowden are basement-dwelling losers who would launch cyberattacks if the U.S. arrests Snowden. But those hacker stereotypes are as untrue as saying video games are to blame for aggression and violent behavior in the real world. The Internet Response League is working on crowdsourcing online gamers for disaster relief and you don't even have to leave your game. Better yet, if being a gamer for good doesn't entice you, then how about the chance to win elite gaming status and shiny rare loot? Read More Preston Gralla: Will the lack of good Windows 8 apps kill Windows tablets? New research showing that Windows 8 has barely half of the most popular iOS apps is one more reason that Windows 8 tablets simply haven't caught on. Apps sell tablets, and unless Microsoft closes the app gap, Windows tablets may never make it. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Preparing Your Infrastructure for the Hyperconvergence Era From cloud computing and virtualization to mobility and unified communications, an array of innovative technologies is transforming today's data centers. And along the way, they're also flooding corporate networks with enormous new torrents of traffic. Read Now JohnWThompson: Casting an IT blockbuster The key components of IT today are similar to the makings of a good movie. IT is dynamic and has many layers. All of these layers, or domains, need to work together seamlessly to deliver a good experience to the end-user. The same holds true for a good movie -- it needs to have a solid plot, a strong director to bring the plot to life, a compelling cast to give the characters depth, and a certain level of excitement to draw the viewer in and hold their attention. So, how does this movie analogy play out in IT? Read More Eric Berridge: Reinventing the CIO as Chief Interaction Officer CIOs' ability to connect company and customer may make the position more strategic than ever today. Yet, the lingering title -- Chief Information Officer -- is hopelessly married to a 20th Century job description. The "I" should stand for interacation, not information. Read More Sharky: Another satisfied customer IT pilot fish at this state agency hires a new programmer and turns him loose to see how he'll do -- always aware that, even with the best screening practices, you just never know how a new hire will work out. Read More
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