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	Richi Jennings: Why Windows 9 download date will be a HUGE step for Microsoft Big boy Satya Nadella: Size matters. Microsoft is said to be ready to launch Windows 9 at the end of next month, with a preview download available soon. Code named Threshold, the new operating system is expected to finally fix our gripes with Windows. It's akin to Windows 7 after Vista. At least, that's the hope. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if Satya's plans measure up. Read More   WEBCAST: IBM ING Transforms DevOps to Reduce Cost and Speed Delivery ING, one of the largest banks in Europe needed to reduce the high cost of isolated, inefficient application development. They chose IBM PureApplication System to move their IT infrastructure to a cloud-based shared service model. In this Webcast, ING executive, Mark Willemse, shares the lessons ING learned from this strategic initiative. Learn more In this Issue Jonny Evans: 10 credible future Apple product claims for this week JR Raphael: Nexus 7 revisited: How Google's latest tablet has held up over the past year Preston Gralla: Will September 30 be the date a Windows revival begins? Jonny Evans: INFOGRAPHIC: Crazy pent-up iPhone 6 demand Nicholas D. Evans: Digital transformation needs a modern, mission-critical infrastructure Robert L. Mitchell: Quicken for Mac 2015: One Step Forward Sharky: Why we love customers (and sales VPs, too) WEBCAST: Actuate Corporation   Big Data in the Mainstream Big Data is no longer a novelty. Your job in IT is to enable access to big data insights from any device in any location -- visually and interactively. In this Webcast you will learn why small data is important and how to embed insights into CRM and HRMS applications to reach a broad spectrum of decision-makers. View now Jonny Evans: 10 credible future Apple product claims for this week   Apple executives have been promising an amazing year of Apple product introductions since last year, but some products on that schedule may slip -- Apple seldom ships a product until it is ready. All the same, big news is coming and here's the best of what we've heard in the last week. Read More   JR Raphael: Nexus 7 revisited: How Google's latest tablet has held up over the past year With a rumored replacement on the way, it's time to revisit Google's current Nexus tablet to see how well it's aged a year after its release. Read More   Preston Gralla: Will September 30 be the date a Windows revival begins? Reports say that the first Windows 9 preview will be released on September 30. Will that be the day that Windows finally gets back its mojo, or will the operating system continue to be lambasted by critics and users alike? Read More   WHITE PAPER: Spanning Warning: Cloud Data at Risk Experts agree that relying on SaaS vendors to backup and restore your data is dangerous. Yet that's exactly what huge portions of the business world are doing, according to the results of an exclusive new survey from IDG Research. Learn More Jonny Evans: INFOGRAPHIC: Crazy pent-up iPhone 6 demand Apple's supply chain is rushing to manufacture 100 million iPhones by December following claimed production delays -- but the company has everything to play for and there's huge pent-up demand as Cupertino aims to shift up to 100 million units of the iPhone 6 by the end of this year. Read More   Nicholas D. Evans: Digital transformation needs a modern, mission-critical infrastructure Digital transformation is about a lot more than your front-end digital customer experience. It requires a modern,mission critical infrastructure on the back-end as well. If "rogue IT" is what happens when business doesn't speak to IT, then "rogue digital" may soon be what happens if the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) doesn't speak to the CIO or vice versa. Read More   Robert L. Mitchell: Quicken for Mac 2015: One Step Forward As a longtime user of Quicken I was intrigued when the folks at Intuit's Quicken group called to pre-brief me on an new product announcement. I was hoping for a SaaS version of Quicken. What I got was an improved version of Quicken or the Mac, announced today. Read More   Sharky: Why we love customers (and sales VPs, too) This pilot fish has a project to install some new servers for a rapidly expanding bank. But the hardest part of the job turns out to be getting the IT manager to sign a Delivery and Acceptance document at the end. Read More
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