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	Preston Gralla: Can Microsoft survive the coming PC apocalypse? PCs sales are on track to have their biggest drop ever, down more than 10% in 2013 warns IDC. And there's no end in sight, with nearly a 4% drop projected in 2014. With its core business going south, is there anything Microsoft do in order to thrive? Read More   WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation   Backup and Recovery Changes This IDC Whitepaper provides an overview of the forces driving change within today's IT organizations and data centers and discusses how backup and recovery can enable or hinder broader IT infrastructure and business transformation. Learn More In this Issue Richi Jennings: PS4 'winning' sales war: 2.1M sold out as soon as back in stock Jonny Evans: OS X Mavericks tips: Control the information you share with apps Darlene Storm: Healthcare.gov more vulnerable to hacking & privacy breaches after 'fix' Jonny Evans: Apple is winning the OS war Steve Pate: 3 reasons perimeter security is not enough for the cloud Rob Walker: Making data work: Why hope is not a strategy Sharky: Good thing the security guy was right there, huh? WHITE PAPER: Nasuni Corp   Eliminating the Need for WAN Acceleration Using the Cloud Download this white paper to learn about how the cloud is an exciting new alternative to traditional WAN acceleration. Learn More Richi Jennings: PS4 'winning' sales war: 2.1M sold out as soon as back in stock Sony VP Andrew House: Proud. Sony (TYO:6758) (NYSE:SNE) wants us all to know that it's winning the console war. It can't make the PlayStation 4 fast enough: Every time they're back in stock, they're sold out again. It says it's sold over 2.1 million -- on average, more than 100,000 per day -- despite its BLOD sabotage issues. Microsoft, meanwhile, mumbles something about dead zombies. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers seem ready, already, to crown the holiday winner. Read More   Jonny Evans: OS X Mavericks tips: Control the information you share with apps Apple's new Location Services support on Mavericks means applications and Websites can gather information about where you are. Here's how to take control of that information. Read More   Darlene Storm: Healthcare.gov more vulnerable to hacking & privacy breaches after 'fix' For the love of Jiminy Cricket, how much cybersecurity incompetence are American citizens expected to accept and excuse while also footing the $660 million bill? Online security experts say the "new and improved" Healthcare.gov site may actually be more insecure now than before it was fixed! Read More   WHITE PAPER: CX, Inc. Consumer Cloud Solution: White Label or Build? Lifestyle standards are changing at an accelerating speed. Global businesses need to keep up with the pace to remain players in their industry. The adoption of the cloud is no longer a choice but a means for survival. Learn More. Jonny Evans: Apple is winning the OS war This won't be a popular opinion, but the inconvenient truth is that Apple is winning the OS wars, setting the agenda for the future of computing. And here's why: Read More   Steve Pate: 3 reasons perimeter security is not enough for the cloud The "M & M" model of data security (hard shell, soft inside) has been the standard for most enterprises for decades, but just a quick glance at the recent headlines and analyst reports illustrates how drastically the world has changed. What do you need to know to ensure you security measures are keeping pace with the 'next generation perimeter?' Read More   Rob Walker: Making data work: Why hope is not a strategy Once a company has climbed the added value ladder of Data → Predictions → Decisions → Actions, making better decisions in all customer channels is not the only benefit. A centralized (customer) decision hub will not just improve the quality and consistency of decisions, it will also record every single one of them. Read More   Sharky: Good thing the security guy was right there, huh? Flashback to the 1980s, when this company is trying to speed up report delivery by letting users hit a function key to route mainframe reports to a printer that's local to a user. But when testing time comes, things don't exactly go well. Read More
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