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	12 drones to own Read More WEBCAST: HP & Intel® Cloud Knowledge Vault According to market research, more than 60 percent of enterprises will have adopted some form of cloud computing by 2013. Learn how your organization can benefit from the scalability, flexibility, and performance that the cloud offers through the short videos and other resources in this HP & Intel® Cloud Knowledge Vault. View Now In this Issue Get a free smoothie for an NFC tap Phablets are the phuture, no phoolin' iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Oct. 15 What Should Apple Do Now? Samsung planning Knox 2.0 for smartphones, tablets iPhone 5C production cut rumors 'tell us nothing' 3 best mobile products at DEMO Fall 2013 Five tools to bring the Start menu back to Windows 8.1 WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology The Importance of Performance Monitoring in the Midmarket Midmarket organizations are transforming their IT infrastructure to better accommodate the needs of the business. Two major pieces of this transformation are virtualization and cloud computing, which rely heavily on network performance to ensure success. View Now Get a free smoothie for an NFC tap Up to one million Jamba Juice smoothies will go to Isis mobile wallet smartphone users later this year, when Isis takes its NFC-ready technology to the national stage. Read More Phablets are the phuture, no phoolin' Yesterday's announcement of the HTC One Max, yet another giant-screen smartphone, confirms a growing trend -- devices that straddle the line between phones and tablets -- phablets -- are here to stay. And I, for one, am happy to welcome our new oversize overlords. Stop making phun of phablets Read More WHITE PAPER: ForeScout Technologies The Evolution of NAC into the EVAS Market Read the new Enterprise Strategy Report (ESG) analyst report. ESG projects that as NAC transforms into EVAS (Endpoint Visibility, Access & Security) it will become even more of a mainstream IT technology. Prepare your enterprise to address new risks and requirements. Learn more >> iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Oct. 15 The wait for iPad 5 and iPad mini 2 seems nearly over. This week, Apple sent out press invitations for a San Francisco event Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. Read More What Should Apple Do Now? My last posting on Apple prompted a question from a reader that deserves more than a quick note on Disqus. While I briefly covered what Apple Inc. might do a few months ago, let's take a more detailed, consultant's-eye view of this question - one that is, after all, of more than passing or academic interest to many if not most of us. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Take a Holistic Approach to Your Cloud Implementation Cloud is not simply a new technology platform, it's a new way of running your IT processes. Success changes relationships with users, with services and with operations. Learn what to anticipate as you embark on cloud – and how to ensure success not just in your datacenter, but in your business. Learn More Samsung planning Knox 2.0 for smartphones, tablets After releasing the first version of Knox security software after a long testing period, Samsung is working on version 2.0. Read More iPhone 5C production cut rumors 'tell us nothing' Apple has cut orders for the iPhone 5C by between a fifth and a third, Asian sources have told the Wall Street Journal and the Reuters news service, leading some financial analysts to again argue that the company misjudged the appeal of the lower-priced smartphone. Read More 3 best mobile products at DEMO Fall 2013 At this point in the highly competitive mobile market, it's difficult to introduce a new app or product that is entirely unique. This was made clear during the mobile session at the DEMO Fall 2013 conference. Read More Five tools to bring the Start menu back to Windows 8.1 When Windows 8.1 ships tomorrow, the Start button returns with it--but if it's the Start menu you miss, you'll still need one of these utilities. They bring back the classic pop-up menu that Windows 8 summarily removed, and they add extra features and customization that Microsoft never thought of. Most are free, and the only one that costs anything is well worth its extremely low price.A Whether you make the jump to Windows 8.1 immediately or wait a bit, there's really no point in waiting to enjoy these enhancements to your Windows experience. Read More
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