Three big takeaways from the Microsoft reorg

Who's who in the Microsoft shake-up? | The future of medicine: Apps built for patients by their doctors or hospitals Follow CITEworld BY IDG ENTERPRISE July 15, 2013 InCITE Your twice weekly digest of the most important developments in the consumerization of IT Three big takeaways from the Microsoft reorg Beyond the executive moves, the company laid out its strategy for the future, focusing on consumerization, first-party devices, and everything you need during the day for work and play. Who's who in the Microsoft shake-up? Last week, Microsoft announced its biggest reorganization in years, and a lot of the new leaders have backgrounds in consumer businesses. Here's who's running the show. The future of medicine: Apps built for patients by their doctors or hospitals A glimpse into the future where we can make appointments, review and even add to our electronic records, and communicate with our doctors and care team from anywhere at anytime. Once patient-facing apps reach critical mass, doctors and facilities without them will be at a competitive disadvantage. Dropbox wants to replace local storage, but it's not quite there yet With all the news around Dropbox's offerings for app developers, it seemed like a good time to take Dropbox's core apps for a spin and see how the service functions today. Why I bought my new iPad from the Apple Store instead of Verizon Technically, it doesn't matter if you buy an iPhone or cellular-enabled iPad from Apple or a wireless carrier. The end result is the same, but the customer experience is much better in an Apple store -- and enterprise IT should take a lesson from that. With the App Store, Apple changed everything Five years ago, the consumerization tide was unleashed. Moto X will flop unless Google applies lessons from the Nexus One Google plans a big advertising splash for its Moto X phone, the first to be designed since it acquired Motorola. But if the "customization" offer includes choosing an operator, it's likely to flop, just like the first time Google tried to separate the phone from the operator.   Follow CITEworld Share this email You are currently subscribed to citeworld_weekly_update as security.world@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy Copyright (C) 2013 CITEworld, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701 **Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@citeworld.com.**