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	Jonny Evans: Apple's new iPhones will disappoint, but that's OK   Apple seems set to introduce new iPhones at a special event on September 10, but whatever it brings us at that show will inevitably disappoint, as the pre-release hype generates a bubble of impossible expectation. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Symantec Out of the Box Experience This whitepaper first discusses what to look for in a virtualization protection solution and then considers the merits of a separate solution for protecting one's virtual environment, or using a unified solution that offers comparable virtualization protection capabilities. Read now! In this Issue Richi Jennings: Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch: VERY mixed reviews JR Raphael: 5 things to note about the Galaxy Note 3 Antone Gonsalves: With Nokia, Microsoft ready to raise stakes on mobile security Preston Gralla: Microsoft expects $45 billion annually in revenue from Nokia deal Jerry Hoff: In application security, it pays to be dedicated Michael Horowitz: Tracking the Flash Player in Chrome - none of your business Yorgen Edholm: Get your enterprise content (safely) into the hands of your mobile workers Sharky: Unclear on the whole not-on-duty concept WEBCAST: Workday, Inc. HR and Finance Were made for Each Other Managing HR and financial information in the modern business requires efficient business practices and technology. Learn how leveraging the cloud allows you to unify financial and HR data; visualize data with cloud analytics and improve productivity with flexible configuration. View now >> Richi Jennings: Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch: VERY mixed reviews The category has promise, but this isn't the sine qua non. Samsung proudly unveils its smartwatch. The Galaxy Gear is a $300 accessory that does more than tell the time. The watch allows you to keep you oversized phablet in your pocket. But it's full of worrying compromises. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers look to the next smartwatch to fulfil their dreams. Read More   JR Raphael: 5 things to note about the Galaxy Note 3 Large as it may be, there's more to the Galaxy Note 3 than meets the eye. Here are five noteworthy facts about Samsung's new plus-sized smartphone. Read More   Antone Gonsalves: With Nokia, Microsoft ready to raise stakes on mobile security While the Nokia acquistion would give Microsoft what it needs to surpass rivals in the mobile enterprise market, the jury is out on whether the company is up to the task of delivering on the security and needed software integration. Read More   Preston Gralla: Microsoft expects $45 billion annually in revenue from Nokia deal Talk about strategy and synergy all you want, but Microsoft's Nokia buyout is primarily about one thing: Big revenue. The company claims that it expects to get somewhere around $45 billion a year in revenue by 2018 from it. Is that number real, or is someone cooking the books? Read More   WHITE PAPER: ServiceNow Making IT Support Social When IT organizations utilize social media, it can efficiently help more people inside and outside the data center quickly access more services and knowledge. Read Now! Jerry Hoff: In application security, it pays to be dedicated   To make sure their development teams are writing secure code, companies need a dedicated security team using security tools and controls that are used consistently across all applications in their product portfolio. Read More   Michael Horowitz: Tracking the Flash Player in Chrome - none of your business Neither Google or Adobe have bothered to mention that the embedded version of Flash in the Chrome browser was updated two weeks ago. What changed in this version of Flash? Seems like its none of our business. Read More   Yorgen Edholm: Get your enterprise content (safely) into the hands of your mobile workers Last week I wrote about finding a better way to use sync technologies so that all employees can access the information they need, on the device they choose. What if instead of sync, you gave everyone direct access from their mobile devices to the latest versions of corporate documents? This is a new frontier in productivity: mobile access to enterprise content management (ECM) systems. Read More   Sharky: Unclear on the whole not-on-duty concept This pilot fish is the only IT staffer at her company who's familiar with the IP phone system, despite years of asking for a backup person to train -- and even she has to go to the doctor sometimes. Read More
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