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Can Waze Save Apple Maps?

Incorporating Waze navigation and local search into Apple's Maps app and service would address many of the problems that have earned Apple its...

Ubuntu For Phones: Beautiful, Elegant, Doomed

How good could an UbuntuPhone really be? It can't possibly be unique enough and have enough of a value proposition to break into a market that's...

Windows 8 Tablet Launch #Fail

Microsoft Windows tablets, in spite of a superior Intel processor, suffer from hardware and software problems — and are overpriced. The PC...

iPhone Prices Under Competitive Pressure

Phone prices are being aggressively lowered by Apple's competition and Apple appears to be responding with price cuts, something we haven't seen...

China Tries Again To Control Internet

The Great Firewall of China is increasingly effective in stopping anonymous VPN-based access in and out of the country after a recent upgrade, and...

Google/Motorola 'X phone' Tries To Push Tech Limits

Google and Motorola are trying to make the hottest phone on the market and running into the problems that kept everyone else from making such a...

Android Fails in Mobile Malware Research

There are many more malware-infected Android devices out there than you might think. It's all because the Android ecosystem and Google Play store...

Apple Must Settle With Samsung

Apple Needs To Cut The Patent Nonsense. If Apple really thinks they need to sue the competition out of the market then they must think they're in...

Google Makes BYOD Harder

Google is ending several services, including Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) for free users and Google Calendar Sync for all users. If you use an iPhone...

QWERTY Keyboards Are Here To Stay

Alternative keyboards are voodoo ergonomics. If the keyboard is going to be killed by anything, it'll be by the one holy grail of user interfaces:...

Top Ten BYOD Developments of 2012

It's been another big year for BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and the consumerization of IT. Apple moved boldly forward and yet lost a step in both...

Office for iPad: Don't Expect Much

The evidence is pouring in that there will soon be a Microsoft Office of sorts on the iPad. Just remember, that Microsoft will never give Apple...

Flawed Report Claims 24 of 25 Top App Companies Sell Games

A report by research firm Canalys says that revenues in the app business are dominated by game developers. We think the analysis is flawed, but...

For Microsoft Surface, Modest Sales Are Good Enough

The software giant is finding that modest sales are the sweet spot for Surface hardware, but is it a winning business model? It could be. Surface...

Mobile Device Biometrics: The Eyes Have It

When people think biometric security, they think verification through fingerprints or voice. A company called EyeVerify is working on software to...



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Oct 20: Becoming a Security Detective - Gathering and Analyzing Security Intelligence in the Enterprise

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October 6: InformationWeek 500 Virtual Event: The Need for Speed

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July 27: Electronic Health Records -- Moving from Concept to Reality

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On-Demand: Cybersecurity Best Practices

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On-Demand: Data Center Transformation

Data centers are undergoing incredible transformations that create both opportunities and challenges for IT professionals. Server virtualization enables rapid provisioning, more efficient use of resources, and improved disaster recovery. That trend will continue with storage and network virtualization, allowing IT pros to further abstract -- and optimize -- data center resources.In this virtual event, you will learn how prepare your organization for a data center transformation.
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Bank Systems & Technology Executive Summit 2011