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Friday, May 7, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
THE LATEST FROM OTA
- Quickoffice Not Ready For Prime Time
- iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 5 Rears Its Head
- Blackberry Leads Enterprise Market Share Numbers
- T-Mobile USA: G1 Users Will Get Android 1.5 'Cupcake' Next Week
- WES 2009: RIM Co-CEO Bids For Phoenix Coyotes
- WES 2009: Vlingo 3.0 For BlackBerries Frees Up Your Hands
- Sprint Employees Get Chatty Over Palm Pre, Get Fired
- Microsoft Gives App Store Guidelines
- WES 2009: QuickPlay Media Brings Prime Time To BlackBerries
SPECIAL FEATURE: INFORMATIONWEEK GOES GREEN
ANALYTIC REPORTS
- The Evolution Of Data-Centric Protection
- 2009 IT Salary Survey: Meager Raises, Solid Prospects
WHITEPAPERS
- Application Consolidation: #1 Business Imperative
- Craft a Strategy to Lower Your Total Cost of Ownership
MOBILITY NEWS
- Verizon Rolls Out 3G Wi-Fi Hotspot
- WiGig Alliance Plans Short-Range Wireless Standard
- Mobile Subscriber APRU Drops 15%
- Verizon Switches To Smartphones For Maintenance Requests
- AT&T Brings Out 'Send To Mobile' Feature
WEBCASTS
- 6 Tips To Stop Data Leakage From Your Organization
- How to Integrate the Best of Open Source and Business Intelligence
RESOURCES AND EVENTS
- Enterprise 2.0 Conference
- Enterprise Cloud Summit
- InformationWeek Government IT Innovators: Call For Nominations
- 2009 InformationWeek 500: Register Now!
- Mobility Briefing Center
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THE LATEST FROM OTA
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- Quickoffice Not Ready For Prime Time
Posted By Ed Hansberry
Walt Mossberg has reviewed the recently released Quickoffice
product for the Apple iPhone and recommended you hold off until
this summer when some of the major issues are to be fixed.
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- iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 5 Rears Its Head
Posted By Eric Zeman
It has been barely more than a week since Apple distributed beta
four for the iPhone, and now beta five has arrived. At first glance,
it offers bug fixes and not a whole lot else.
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- Blackberry Leads Enterprise Market Share Numbers
Posted By Ed Hansberry
Trading Markets reported that the Blackberry is dominating the
enterprise market, coming in at 37% among US businesses. Windows
Mobile is in at 26% share. As for carriers, AT&T was first in large
enterprises and Verizon was first in smaller companies.
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- T-Mobile USA: G1 Users Will Get Android 1.5 'Cupcake' Next Week
Posted By Eric Zeman
Cupcake is finally here. Today, T-Mobile announced that it will
begin distributing the 1.5 firmware update for Android by the end
of next week.
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- WES 2009: RIM Co-CEO Bids For Phoenix Coyotes
Posted By Eric Zeman
This news isn't officially part of RIM's Wireless Enterprise Symposium,
but the timing sure is interesting. RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie has
offered $212.5 million for the Phoenix Coyotes hockey team.
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- WES 2009: Vlingo 3.0 For BlackBerries Frees Up Your Hands
Posted By Eric Zeman
Today Vlingo launched version 3.0 of its application for BlackBerries.
The new software brings with it a bevy of new features, including
text-to-speech read-back. For those who like to dictate text messages
and email, Vlingo offers a faster way to get it done.
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- Sprint Employees Get Chatty Over Palm Pre, Get Fired
Posted By Eric Zeman
Even though the Palm Pre has been publicly announced, Palm and Sprint
are guarding certain details about the device closely. In response,
one Sprint employee launched a blog spilling some information about
the device. Does he share anything noteworthy?
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- Microsoft Gives App Store Guidelines
Posted By Marin Perez
With Microsoft coming closer to launching its own mobile application
store, you may be wondering how strict it will be vetting apps. The
company released a few guidelines for what will be allowed in its
store, and some of them may surprise you.
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- WES 2009: QuickPlay Media Brings Prime Time To BlackBerries
Posted By Eric Zeman
If you've been hankering for a hunk of prime time television on
your BlackBerry device, QuickPlay Media's PrimeTime2Go is the app
for you.
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ANALYTIC REPORTS
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- The Evolution Of Data-Centric Protection
If there ever was a problem that could be solved purely by the appropriate
deployment of technology, data loss prevention isn't it. This InformationWeek
Analytics/Dark Reading Report analyzes the role of endpoint protection in
enterprise data security strategies.
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- 2009 IT Salary Survey: Meager Raises, Solid Prospects
Raises are notably smaller than a year ago, and the pay shifts track the industries
and regions hardest hit during this recession. Job security's shrinking, and concerns
are rising again about the IT career path. In all, though, IT careers are looking
safer than many others in this economic downturn.
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MORE ANALYTICS
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MORE REPORTS
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- Application Consolidation: #1 Business Imperative
One of the biggest opportunities to cut costs now is application
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MOBILITY NEWS
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- Verizon Rolls Out 3G Wi-Fi Hotspot
The MiFi uses Verizon's mobile broadband to create a personal
Wi-Fi cloud to connect up to five devices to the Internet.
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- WiGig Alliance Plans Short-Range Wireless Standard
Heavy hitters LG Electronics, Microsoft, Nokia, Panasonic, Samsung,
and partners are up against 802.11n Wi-Fi technology.
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- Mobile Subscriber APRU Drops 15%
Concerns about the economy resulted in lower average revenue per
user in the fourth quarter, but smartphones and mobile data are
seeing strong growth, according to a study.
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- Verizon Switches To Smartphones For Maintenance Requests
The company unveiled its iSite open source tool that allows service
techs to analyze problems and manage work lists in real time from
their BlackBerrys.
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- AT&T Brings Out 'Send To Mobile' Feature
The feature is part of AT&T's three-screen strategy, and it lets users
send content links to their cell phones from the desktop.
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WEBCASTS
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- How to Integrate the Best of Open Source and Business Intelligence
Join Matt Aslett of The 451 Group, as he highlights the evolution of open
source and its profound effect on the face of business intelligence and IT
usage adoption. Jeff Morris, Sr. Director of Product Marketing at Actuate,
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- 6 Tips To Stop Data Leakage From Your Organization
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RESOURCES AND EVENTS
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- Enterprise 2.0 Conference
The Enterprise 2.0 Conference is the largest gathering of people ready to
challenge conventional thinking on the ways organizations communicate,
share information and stay competitive in the market. It happens June
22-25, 2009 at the Westin Boston Waterfront.
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- Enterprise Cloud Summit
Enterprise Cloud Summit is the first industry event to tackle enterprise cloud
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- InformationWeek Government IT Innovators: Call For Nominations
For the past 20 years, InformationWeek has honored the country's most
technologically innovative companies with its prestigious InformationWeek
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sector, we will shine a spotlight this year on some of the most innovative
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