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	Richi Jennings: Is Twitter flying high or crashing to the ground? Twitter: The future is reliably uncertain. Growth, net losses, profitability, mobile ads? Buy, sell, or hold? First quarter sales figures from Twitter (NASDAQ:TWTR) has everyone seeing a different outlook for the social media company. Some bloggers are worried about Twitter's future, yet some remain optimistic. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers roll the dice and hope for the best. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Box Vendor Landscape: Cloud File Sharing Box recommends this report for any growing business or company considering an investment in enterprise content collaboration and cloud file sharing. Both let users access important content simply and securely, on any device: desktop, laptop, phone or tablet. Learn more>> In this Issue JR Raphael: Will 'Android Silver' be a good thing for consumers? That depends Preston Gralla: Microsoft loses money on every Surface it sells -- $300 million in total and counting Sharon Machlis: Internet infrastructure explained in just 5 minutes? Yes, with humor - and kittens Barbara Krasnoff: Acer goes for affordable in its new laptop lineup Andrew Litt: Creating a data management strategy that supports sophisticated analytics Sharky: Why we (sometimes) love consultants WHITE PAPER: SAS Unlocking the Promise of Demand Sensing & Shaping Many organizations have limited insight into big data. These limitations have significant opportunity costs and can have a negative effect on identifying and understanding customer demand patterns and related supply constraints. This paper explains how the use of advanced analytical techniques and big data can enhance supply chain networks. Learn more JR Raphael: Will 'Android Silver' be a good thing for consumers? That depends "Android Silver" could mark a massive shift in the way Google approaches Android -- but at the moment, we have more questions than answers about how it might work. Read More   Preston Gralla: Microsoft loses money on every Surface it sells -- $300 million in total and counting   Microsoft may say that its future lies in devices and services, but at the moment it's losing big in the devices market: $300 million and counting for the Surface in the last nine months. And the more Surfaces it sells, the more money it loses. Is this any way to turn around a company's mobile strategy? Read More   Sharon Machlis: Internet infrastructure explained in just 5 minutes? Yes, with humor - and kittens OSI layers? Peering? Cute kittens? They're all here in this video of a crowd-pleasing 'lightning talk' by NPR news app developer Jeremy Bowers. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Neustar Inc.   3 Reasons Why You Need User Web Performance Measurements Learn why a traditional (technical) understanding of website performance needs to be replaced with a competitive one, a model where performance equates to revenue. Learn More Barbara Krasnoff: Acer goes for affordable in its new laptop lineup   Acer CEO Jason Chen did his best today to convince an audience of international journalists that his company was on its way to a turnaround by introducing a variety of products at reasonable prices. Read More   Andrew Litt: Creating a data management strategy that supports sophisticated analytics Getting the most value from sophisticated heathcare analytics tools requires laying a strong foundation, including a data management strategy and governance structure. Read More   Sharky: Why we (sometimes) love consultants This pilot fish supports PCs and the network for a manufacturing company, and that's a challenge -- largely because the engineers setting PC standards can make poor judgment calls about what's needed on a factory floor. Read More
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