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	RIM's PlayBook offers a text-book lesson in how a company can debacle itself Well, I downloaded BlackBerry OS 2.0 onto my PlayBook this morning and I have to say: The latest update has only reinforced my belief that the PlayBook has been a case study in how a company can utterly debacle itself by losing focus on its core strengths. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Avaya Avaya Mobile Collaboration Read a complimentary Frost & Sullivan white paper: Prepare Your Enterprise for the Mobile Revolution. The world is becoming increasingly mobile. Learn how to keep costs in check, boost user productivity, deliver a consistent experience, and maintain a single, manageable corporate identity for all end-users. In this Issue Test yourself: The Windows 8 Quiz Battle of the cheap tablets: Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire Products of the week 2,20,12 Office for iPad: rumored package could be a Microsoft attempt to woo tablet users F5 Networks focuses on alliances with mobile-device management vendors 5 free Android security apps: Keep your smartphone safe Aruba simplifies IT management of employee-owned mobile devices Motorola Android phones not getting Ice Cream Sandwich until second half of year Antenna service supports full lifecycle of mobile app 15 Smartphone Games to Play for Free in Your Browser RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Citrix Is your network ready for the Cloud? Not with F5. The Iron Age is over. The Cloud Age is here. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. • 2x faster 2048-bit SSL performance. • 5x capacity on demand - no new hardware. • Consolidation of up to 40 appliances into a single platform. • All functionality, all devices, all the time. Shift up to the Cloud. See why every major Cloud has a Citrix lining. Download 8 Reasons Citrix NetScaler beats F5. Test yourself: The Windows 8 Quiz Microsoft's latest operating system is due out soon, how much do you know about Windows 8? Read More Battle of the cheap tablets: Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire Barnes & Noble's new Nook Tablet is pretty similar to Amazon's Kindle Fire and you suspect that B&N took a look at the Fire's success and said to their Nook e-reader engineers, "We need a $199 Android tablet, stat!" Read More Products of the week 2,20,12 Our round-up of intriguing new products from HP, Norton, Symantec among others. Read More WHITE PAPER: Webroot Turning Security Upside-down This paper looks at the kinds of security facilities needed now and in the future, and consider how individuals, organizations and the whole industry should be thinking about security. Learn More! Office for iPad: rumored package could be a Microsoft attempt to woo tablet users If Microsoft offered an iPad app for a few Office applications would that prompt any iPad users to switch over to Windows 8 tablets instead for a more complete version of Office? Microsoft may be trying to answer that question. Read More F5 Networks focuses on alliances with mobile-device management vendors F5 Networks says it has entered into technology-alliance agreements with several mobile-device management (MDM) vendors in order to optimize use of F5 Technologies remote-access software with MDM software used to manage smartphones and tablets. Read More 5 free Android security apps: Keep your smartphone safe There's been much controversy over mobile OS security, especially where Android is concerned. With 47% of the smartphone market in Q4 of 2011, according to ABI Research, it's no wonder that Android is getting attention. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel CI for Dummies eBook This book will help you understand why infrastructure convergence has been widely accepted as the optimal approach for simplifying and accelerating your IT to deliver services at the speed of business while also shifting significantly more IT resources from operations to innovation. Learn more Aruba simplifies IT management of employee-owned mobile devices New software from Aruba Networks lets IT groups secure and manage the influx of employee-owned devices to the corporate network. Read More Motorola Android phones not getting Ice Cream Sandwich until second half of year Apparently being owned by Google doesn't mean Motorola will get its devices upgraded to Android 4.0 ("Ice Cream Sandwich") any more quickly. Read More Antenna service supports full lifecycle of mobile app Antenna Software on Tuesday plans to launch a hosted service that will let businesses design, build, publish, manage and analyze mobile apps that are geared toward employees or customers. Read More 15 Smartphone Games to Play for Free in Your Browser You don't have to have a smartphone to play popular mobile games like Angry Birds and Words With Friends. If you don't have your phone with you or if you just want more real estate to play in, a Web browser can usually handle the task. Read More
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