IT purchasing: Who decides what tech to buy?

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	IT purchasing: Who decides what tech to buy? IT purchasing can be complicated and costly, and contract negotiations aren't every CIO's core strength. Enter the procurement partner. Read More   WEBCAST: Dell VMware An End-to-End Approach to Data Protection Traditional approaches to data protection are no longer enough. Why not? Because data volumes are exploding. Because there's little or no tolerance for data loss and downtime. View Now In this Issue Microsoft steers same strategic course in Surface do-over Utility cuts IT workforce, hires Indian outsourcers Millions flood healthcare insurance sites as feds grapple with glitches Move over, Curiosity! NASA plans new Mars rover More NSA leaks to come, Guardian says Antone Gonsalves: Why we fear the mobile wallet Heat it, bend it, slam it and the latest gadget glass won't break Darlene Storm: Hacking the Internet of Things at DerbyCon: Weaponizing your coffee pot Report: Ford CEO downplays chatter that he's in line to replace Ballmer Yahoo concerned that release of redacted FISA papers may mislead Apple can push iOS email across German borders again Apple's 64-bit A7 chip is a 'marketing gimmick' SAP ramps up venture capital efforts NSA encryption-defeating efforts will backfire, privacy advocates say Splunk dives deeper into business analytics Samsung wants to connect Galaxy Gear smartwatch to TVs WHITE PAPER: SAS New Product Forecasting Using Structured Analogies Learn about a new patent-pending approach that may be helpful in certain new product forecasting situations. Make manual overrides to the statistical forecasts, and get a better sense of the risks and uncertainties in new product forecasts through visualization of past new product introductions. View Now Microsoft steers same strategic course in Surface do-over Microsoft's refreshed Surface 2 tablets, which the company unveiled last week and will start selling Oct. 22, illustrate that Microsoft has not changed its ongoing strategy in mobile, analysts said. Read More   Utility cuts IT workforce, hires Indian outsourcers   Northeast Utilities in Connecticut on Tuesday confirmed that it plans to turn over part of its IT operations to two India-based outsourcing firms, despite a recent push by state lawmakers to keep it from doing so. Read More   Millions flood healthcare insurance sites as feds grapple with glitches As Obamacarehealth insurance exchange opened for enrollment, state and federal sites providing the service were inundated with requests, ultimately leading to slowdowns or outages. Read More   Move over, Curiosity! NASA plans new Mars rover NASA is working on the next robotic rover to send to Mars and it's already looking for ideas about what tools the rover should take with it. Read More   More NSA leaks to come, Guardian says The flood of stories on government spying will not be slowing soon -- in fact the majority of the most important documents detailing how the U.S. National Security Agency collects personal data have not been published yet, journalists from U.K. newspaper The Guardian said on Tuesday. Read More   Antone Gonsalves: Why we fear the mobile wallet Despite advances in technology, people still trust their back pockets to keep their credit cards safe more than their smartphones. Read More   Heat it, bend it, slam it and the latest gadget glass won't break Glass manufacturers are pushing the boundaries of what's possible with the material, and some of the latest gadget glass is on show this week by Nippon Electric Glass at the Ceatec 2013 expo. Read More   Darlene Storm: Hacking the Internet of Things at DerbyCon: Weaponizing your coffee pot If you are not a morning person, then you might be a bit brain-dead until you have serious doses of caffeine. So if your high-tech coffee pot connected to the Internet of Things had been hijacked by a bad guy, how would you even know if it, or another of your connected appliances, were being used against you? At the security conference DerbyCon 3.0, Daniel Buentello gave a very interesting presentation titled "Weaponizing your coffee pot." Read More   WHITE PAPER: Mitel Networks   9 Cloud Myths Debunked What's preventing your organization from enhancing its communications and collaboration capabilities? Private, public and hybrid cloud approaches can have a dramatic impact on improved efficiency, agility, and support for business growth. View Now Report: Ford CEO downplays chatter that he's in line to replace Ballmer Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally, considered a front-runner among candidates to replace Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, has reportedly tried to put the brakes on the accelerating rumors. Read More   Yahoo concerned that release of redacted FISA papers may mislead Yahoo has asked that it be allowed to review declassified documents of a secret court about a dispute over data collection between the Internet company and the government, as the release of the redacted documents could mislead the public. Read More   Apple can push iOS email across German borders again   Apple switched on its push email services for iOS devices in Germany again after posting a bond of a 100 million euros (US$135 million). Read More   Apple's 64-bit A7 chip is a 'marketing gimmick'   Apple's 64-bit A7 processor in the iPhone 5s is more a marketing stunt than a technical enhancement and though it will not deliver any immediate benefits to smartphone users, there are other reasons to move to 64-bit, a Qualcomm executive said. Read More   SAP ramps up venture capital efforts SAP's venture capital arm has raised $1 billion over the past year as the company tries to land stakes in hot startup companies, both to generate profit down the road and to align itself with the industry's newest technologies. Read More   NSA encryption-defeating efforts will backfire, privacy advocates say The U.S. National Security Agency's efforts to defeat encryption will backfire by eroding trust in U.S.-based Internet services and in the agency's own efforts to aid U.S. companies with cybersecurity, a group of privacy advocates said Tuesday. Read More   Splunk dives deeper into business analytics Splunk continues to enhance its flagship machine data search engine so it can be used by business analysts and managers, in addition to its typical audience of system and network administrators. Read More   Samsung wants to connect Galaxy Gear smartwatch to TVs Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Gear smartwatch is seen as an extension of the smartphone, but research is under way to see how the wearable device could work with electronics such as TVs. Read More
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