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	Fine young cannibal: Apple's iPad Air competes with laptops for mass market computing Some analysts and pundits have begun calling Apple's iPad Air a PC replacement, raising the stakes in the tablet vs. laptop war. Read More   RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap 2013 IT Roadmap Washington, D.C. - Dates Announced IT Roadmap will be returning to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Thursday, December 12, 2013. 8am - 4:30pm. Register now for this free one day, technical conference and expo! Click to continue In this Issue Google's Nexus 5 smartphone debuts as first with Android 'KitKat' FAA will allow the use of electronics for entire flights Early indicator puts Cook's 'iPad Christmas' prediction at risk Another major solar flare heads toward Earth Jonny Evans: Technology is sexist Oracle shareholders vote against Ellison's compensation package This CEO Says: Bring on the Data Salesforce.com adds private version of its AppExchange Cisco to release free standard software to boost Web videoconferencing Preston Gralla: Game over: Microsoft Office is killing Google Apps and anemic iWorks INSIDER Chris Poelker: Data deduplication in the cloud explained, part three: Implementation methods Richi Jennings: OK, Glass... How much is this traffic ticket? Jonny Evans: 5 good reasons the iPad Air is great for the enterprise WHITE PAPER: Tintri Storage Intelligence for Virtualized Environments Built on the industry's first and leading VM-Aware Storage architecture, this paper discusses how Tintri Flash First Design including VM-level QoS works and how it makes virtualization simple, predictable and efficient. Read now! Google's Nexus 5 smartphone debuts as first with Android 'KitKat' Google's highly anticipated Nexus 5 is the first smartphone with the latest Android 4.4 OS code-named KitKat. Read More   FAA will allow the use of electronics for entire flights   The Federal Aviation Administration has lifted the ban on the use of personal electronics during the takeoff and landing of airplanes, provided that the electronic devices are used in airplane mode. Read More   Early indicator puts Cook's 'iPad Christmas' prediction at risk While Apple CEO Tim Cook last week said that it would be an "iPad Christmas" this year for his company, one early demand indicator signals a less than stellar fourth quarter. Read More   Another major solar flare heads toward Earth The sun emitted yet another significant solar flare on Wednesday that forecasters say may affect navigation and communications systems at some point today. Read More   Jonny Evans: Technology is sexist The number of women working in technology is far below the percentage in the workforce at large, and enrollment numbers suggest that improvement isn't imminent. Read More   Oracle shareholders vote against Ellison's compensation package A majority of Oracle shareholders have once again voted against the company's executive pay practices, including for CEO Larry Ellison. But Thursday's vote at Oracle's annual shareholder meeting is nonbinding. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology The CIO's New Guide to Design of Global IT Infrastructure Is it possible to eliminate the impact of distance? This paper explores the 5 key principles successful CIOs are using to redesign IT infrastructure of any size. Learn how to be prepared to adapt your environment in a way that supports distributed employees, anytime anywhere collaboration and the need for business continuity during a disaster. Learn more >> This CEO Says: Bring on the Data David Williams is CEO of Deloitte Financial Advisory Services and a self-descibed data wonk. Here he describes his use of data and social media and offers advice to CIOs. Read More   Salesforce.com adds private version of its AppExchange Salesforce.com has long had a public AppExchange software marketplace, but now it's going to give customers the ability to create their own private AppExchanges where employees can download applications to use in their jobs. Read More   Cisco to release free standard software to boost Web videoconferencing Web videoconferencing may get easier after a decision by Cisco Systems that should help bring widely used technology into browsers. Read More   Preston Gralla: Game over: Microsoft Office is killing Google Apps and anemic iWorks If you've thought that Microsoft might have serious competition for the office suite business, you can end that thought. It's now clear that Microsoft Office not only dominates today, but will tomorrow, and far into the foreseeable future. Read More     INSIDER Chris Poelker: Data deduplication in the cloud explained, part three: Implementation methods You may be scratching your head about how to apply deduplication to your enterprise or service organization. This is perfectly reasonable, as several terms have been bandied about by vendors in the industry regarding which type of deduplication is the best. Here is a simple breakdown and explanation of these terms so you can make the right call for your company. Read More   Richi Jennings: OK, Glass... How much is this traffic ticket?   Cecilia Abadie, the alleged, Google-eyed perp. The Web erupts with rolling eyes and righteous indignation because of a traffic ticket received by San Francisco resident Cecilia Abadie. Mrs. Abadie isn't crying foul with a tale typical of a disgruntled traffic ticket recipient. No anecdotes of short yellow lights, license plate scanning, or "I was driving as fast as everyone else," -- instead she was, in part, ticketed for wearing Google Glass whilst driving. This statement of course, has driven the blogosphere into a shark-with-frikkin-laser-beams frenzy, as only subjects like Google Glass (NASDAQ:GOOG) can. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers and pundits debate the "Google Glass ticket" into fragment sized pieces. Read More   Jonny Evans: 5 good reasons the iPad Air is great for the enterprise "The iPad isn't a productivity device," they said. "It's just a giant phone," they moaned. "It's got rounded corners," they complained. "They" can say what they like, Here are 5 great reasons iPad Air is good for the enterprise: Read More
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