News from ZDNet | | | Apple iPhone 4S: 4 million in sales in first weekend Apple sold more than four million iPhone 4S smartphones in the first weekend, more than double the amount for its predecessor, the iPhone 4. Read more | | Analytics in 40 years: Machines will kick human managers to the curb Machines simply make better decisions than humans. That gap will turn into a rout in 40 years as management tasks will be automated. Read more | | iPads in the enterprise: Pondering the headaches Technology execs are toting iPads and trying to figure out how to deploy them en masse, but there are significant issues to ponder. Here's a look at the moving parts. Read more | | Enterprise IT: Here comes that deer in the headlights look again If everyone could re-imagine IT and blow up old systems to simplify and delight customers, there would be no losers in the corporate world. Good luck with that. Read more | | Microsoft's plan for bringing its BI tools to iOS, Android, and Windows 8 devices Microsoft outlined its mobile BI roadmap, which includes support for Microsoft business intelligence tools on iOS, Android and Windows 8 over the next year-plus. Read more | | RIM's BlackBerry outage: $350 million max hit, but losing enterprise The short term financial hit due to RIM's outage is minimal, but the company is starting to lose the enterprise. And that financial hit will really hurt. Read more | | Apple's enterprise approach: Passive aggressive Apple's approach to the enterprise is passive aggressive. The expenses involved with courting the enterprise highlight why. Read more | | Federal datacenter closures aren't having the expected impact It looks like the government has vastly overestimated the savings achieved by closing datacenters. And the complete impact of the closures done so far has yet to be evaluated. Read more | | Cisco bolsters its switch lineup Cisco launched a new series of switches designed to take aim at rivals and defend its data center share. Read more | | More Ultrabooks to adapt hybrid disk drive approach to storage Notebooks vendors trying to meet Intel's specs and pricing guidelines for its new Ultrabook platform are running into a bit of a problem when it comes to storage.According to DigiTimes, storage... Read more | | Windows Phone Mango users reporting disappearing keyboards A number of Windows Phone Mango users are reporting their soft keyboards are disappearing intermittently since upgrading to the newest Microsoft mobile operating system. Read more |
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