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December 19, 2013

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Your twice weekly digest of the most important developments in the consumerization of IT

How Obamacare will usher in a consumerization of healthcare

Under the Affordable Care Act, hospitals and medical practices will need to work more actively with their patients. The good news, however, is that consumer-focused mobile and social technologies can be excellent resources and the consumerization of IT offers good models for integrating them into medicine.

An iPhone loyalist tries the Nokia Lumia 1020 -- and is happy to give it back

Here's what happened when iPhone user tried a Nokia Lumia 1020 Windows phone for a week.

2013: The year millions of devices started waking up

If the headlines were anything to go by, 2013 was all about the battle between PCs, smartphones, and tablets, all vying to be the heart of our technological futures. But the real story of 2013 was a hidden story all around us, as millions and millions of devices started to wake up.

Why this BlackBerry shop switched to Android and BYOD

With the uncertainty surrounding BlackBerry, British hospital company BMI switched to Enterproid Divide, which let it issue new Android phones and manage BYOD users from the same console.

Google's bizarre and patronizing reversal on Android app controls

Google recently gave a master class in how to alienate users and reinforce the kind of negative perceptions about Android that have slowed its adoption in the enterprise.

3 consumer trends that will invade the workplace in 2014

The consumerization of IT may have started with phones and tablets, but we've seen so many other technologies graduate into the office that we're expecting even more consumer products at work in the coming year.

Cisco is the latest enterprise vendor to get into collaboration

Cisco has scooped up Collaborate.com and has big plans to integrate products like Webex and Unified Communications into the platform.

Looking back: How I'd set up IT for my own business now, versus 10 years ago

Cloud services mean a small business might not need a server any more, as long as you have good storage, good connectivity and Office 365

Here's everything we've heard about the Microsoft CEO search since it started

Earlier this week, Microsoft board member John Thompson posted that the company had made "progress" on the search to replace CEO Steve Ballmer. So here's a rundown of all the rumors about the search we've heard and seen since Ballmer's surprise announcement in August.