[TechRepublic] Analyst: Android growth slowing, many may jump to iPhone

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Analyst: Android growth slowing, many may jump to iPhone A new Wall Street analyst report finds a troubling sign for Android. While's there's some truth to it, here's why the conclusion is flawed. Read more Editor's note Read my dissenting opinion of the latest Android-iPhone market share report, and then take a look at stories on why salespeople shouldn't lead tech companies and where you might find career opportunities in tech in 2012. -Jason Resource of the day Free 2011 Salary Report IT Professionals - Register on activeTechPros for immediate access Business Professionals - Join the activeBizPros community to view the report More from TechRepublic   Three reasons Apple will succeed after Steve Jobs Here's why Apple is very likely to continue its run of success despite Steve Jobs's passing. And, join our great debate on the topic. Read more HP to revive the TouchPad as a Windows 8 tablet? The HP TouchPad's enduring legacy may be how many times it returned from the dead. Here's the latest report of its revival. Read more Tech trends for 2012: Where career potential lies Nucleus Research, Inc. has released its top ten tech trends for 2012. It pros should take a look at the predictions to see if there is any career potential. Read more A third of BlackBerry's enterprise base to head for exits in 2012 BlackBerry got a big warning sign this week from a new survey showing enterprise customers leaving, but the platform isn't dead yet. See why. Read more News from ZDNet   Are Windows PCs already falling to smartphones and tablets? Many of us see personal technology moving from Windows PCs to Android smartphones, Apple iPads and other tablets, but has it actually already happened? Read more iOS will dominate other tablet platforms until at least 2017 (report) A new report about tablet PC architectures reveals that iOS will be the definite leader for the next few years, but competition will steadily increase. Read more Steve Jobs: When salespeople run tech giants it's over Great tech companies don't let great salesmen become CEOs. Why? They don't know squat about product. Read more Steve Jobs: Microsoft is 'mostly irrelevant' Jobs thought Microsoft wouldn't change as long as Ballmer was in charge. Read more Apple updates MacBook Pro line, leaves disc drive intact For the second time this year, Apple has upgraded its MacBook Pro line, but the changes aren't all that significant. Read more Citrix overhauls SMB line-up, updates 'VDI-in-a-box' Solution will let smaller companies deploy virtual desktop infrastructure more quickly; works with hypervisors from Citrix, Microsoft and VMware. Read more Oracle acquires RightNow for $1.5 billion, aims turrets at Salesforce.com Oracle is jumping into the cloud customer service game via its acquisition of RightNow. The deal is aimed at the heart of Salesforce.com. Read more Cloud computing's real creative destruction may be the IT workforce Few disagree that cloud computing will be disruptive to industries, enterprise technology and the way we conduct businesses. The disruption will extend to the workforce. Read more The scary truth about voting machine hacking risk (exclusive video) In this exclusive interview, ZDNet' Government's David Gewirtz sits down with Dr. Jon Warner of Argonne National Laboratories for a deep dive into voting machine hacking. Read more Ubuntu Linux will try for the business desktop Ubuntu has long been popular on the Linux enthusiast desktop, but, so far it hasn't been very popular on business desktops. Canonical plans on changing that with its next version. Read more Egyptian sentenced to three years for defaming Islam on Facebook Ayman Hassan Mansour has been sentenced to three years in prison for Facebook posts found to be insulting to the Islamic religion. Read more Facebook begins testing Facebook Credits for websites Facebook could one day offer Facebook Credits across the whole Internet. Right now, it's testing the idea with just a handful of developers. Read more London Calling: ZDNet gets its British groove on Welcome to London Calling: ZDNet's home away from home, covering technology news in the UK and Europe. Read more Featured multimedia   Top 10 tablet problems that need a fix, fast (photos) The Apple iPad may be on the rise, but fundamental limitations in the tablet concept need serious attention. View on site Today's recommended downloads Free 2011 Salary Report Live Webcast: Fast-Track your Subversion Journey to the Cloud (CollabNet) Make a Smooth Transition to SharePoint Online (Quest Software) Make Better Decisions with Better Information (IBM) Live Webcast: Mobile Devices, Mobile Workers - What's an IT Pro to do? (Citrix Online)   About this newsletter The Tech Sanity Check newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the products, people, and ideas that are revolutionizing the planet. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief For real-time updates on the latest tech stories, follow: My Twitter feed: @jasonhiner My Google+ feed: +Jason Hiner Google's Dart: An object-oriented JavaScript alternative Todd Fluhr looks at Google's web-programming language Dart, which even at its unfinished stage, says a lot about Google's plans to dominate the mobile consumer market. Must-read posts The 10 rising tech trends of 2012 Top IT skills wanted for 2012 Tablets will replace PCs for many enterprise users What the IT department will look like in 2015

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[TechRepublic] Service level agreements: The key to the cloud

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Service level agreements: The key to the cloud Thoran Rodrigues discusses the most important parts of a service level agreement for cloud services -- availability and transparency. Read more Resource of the day Lessons Learned from the Trenches of Convergence When your network is converged the good comes with the bad. In order to prevent some of the side effects you'll need the insight of someone who's been through it before. Read this white paper to learn how to make your convergence a success. Tech trends for 2012: Where career potential lies Nucleus Research, Inc. has released its top ten tech trends for 2012. It pros should take a look at the predictions to see if there is any career potential. Read more Host Web assets with Amazon endpoints Here's a look at using one feature of Amazon EC2 that allows you to host a static Web site or resources. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Deciding to use the Azure VM role and building the base VM image John Joyner explains how Azure VM images are prepared with the Sysprep utility, and why you might want to create an automatic configuration process for the Azure VM role. Read more Embracing the public cloud and keeping your data secure Conventional wisdom says the public cloud is insecure, and yet in-house security stratagems often go awry in spectacular fashion. Tajudeen Abubakr lays out the basic recommendations for cloud risk... Read more What is the difference between EBS and S3 storage on Amazon? Cloud storage may seem overwhelming at first, and Amazon Web Services has a number of offerings. IT pro Rick Vanover explains the differences between these storage technologies. Read more Featured multimedia   Unwrapping Google Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 (photos) We get our first glimpse of Google's updated Android OS, version 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and yes, it's tasty. View on site Today's recommended downloads Tuxedo in an SOA World (Oracle) Live Webcast: How to Create Cost Effective Storage in the Cloud (TechRepublic) Storage Solutions for Your IT Problems (IBM) Is Your Data Center Ready for Cloud Computing? (IBM) Strategy Guide to Business Risk Mitigation (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Connect with TechRepublic A third of BlackBerry's enterprise base to head for exits in 2012 BlackBerry got a big warning sign from a new survey showing enterprise customers leaving, but the platform isn't dead yet. See why. Must-read posts The 10 rising tech trends of 2012 Top IT skills wanted for 2012 Tablets will replace PCs for many enterprise users What the IT department will look like in 2015

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[TechRepublic] Service level agreements: The key to the cloud

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Service level agreements: The key to the cloud Thoran Rodrigues discusses the most important parts of a service level agreement for cloud services -- availability and transparency. Read more Resource of the day Free 2011 Salary Report IT Professionals - Register on activeTechPros for immediate access Business Professionals - Join the activeBizPros community to view the report Tech trends for 2012: Where career potential lies Nucleus Research, Inc. has released its top ten tech trends for 2012. It pros should take a look at the predictions to see if there is any career potential. Read more Host Web assets with Amazon endpoints Here's a look at using one feature of Amazon EC2 that allows you to host a static Web site or resources. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Deciding to use the Azure VM role and building the base VM image John Joyner explains how Azure VM images are prepared with the Sysprep utility, and why you might want to create an automatic configuration process for the Azure VM role. Read more Embracing the public cloud and keeping your data secure Conventional wisdom says the public cloud is insecure, and yet in-house security stratagems often go awry in spectacular fashion. Tajudeen Abubakr lays out the basic recommendations for cloud risk... Read more What is the difference between EBS and S3 storage on Amazon? Cloud storage may seem overwhelming at first, and Amazon Web Services has a number of offerings. IT pro Rick Vanover explains the differences between these storage technologies. Read more Featured multimedia   Unwrapping Google Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 (photos) We get our first glimpse of Google's updated Android OS, version 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and yes, it's tasty. View on site Today's recommended downloads Free 2011 Salary Report Social Business: Advent of a New Age (IBM) Live Webcast: Fast-Track your Subversion Journey to the Cloud (CollabNet) The Next Era of Computing (IBM) Make a Smooth Transition to SharePoint Online (Quest Software) Connect with TechRepublic A third of BlackBerry's enterprise base to head for exits in 2012 BlackBerry got a big warning sign from a new survey showing enterprise customers leaving, but the platform isn't dead yet. See why. Must-read posts The 10 rising tech trends of 2012 Top IT skills wanted for 2012 Tablets will replace PCs for many enterprise users What the IT department will look like in 2015

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[TechRepublic] Android 4.0: Eight new features that matter

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Unwrapping Google Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 (photos) Resource of the day Effective Private Cloud Computing If your business is serious enough, you may want to consider a private cloud. Read more to learn more about the hardware and infrastructure requirements you'll need to get started. Additional TechRepublic resources   Android 4.0: Eight new features that actually matter Google unveiled Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" on Wednesday and showed off lots of eye candy. Here's a look at the useful stuff. Read more Developer news roundup: Google Dart, JavaFX 2.0, Windows 8 apps Justin James highlights stories about IronPython 2.7.1 Beta 3, HTC courting developers, load balancing across the globe in Azure, and more. Read more BlackBerry Java devs need to change The clock is starting to tick for Java developers that target the BlackBerry platform. Read more Google's Dart: An object-oriented JavaScript alternative Todd Fluhr looks at Google's web-programming language Dart, which even at its unfinished stage, says a lot about Google's plans to dominate the mobile consumer market. Read more Five links iOS developers should bookmark Find out why Steve Dryall considers these online resources essentials for iOS developers, and then post your go-to links in the discussion. Read more PhoneGap: What app developers need to know Kyle Miller provides an overview of PhoneGap and then shares his thoughts on the cross-platform framework for developing mobile apps. Read more How WP7 prepared Microsoft and developers for Windows 8 Justin James analyzes Microsoft's Windows 8 strategy and encourages developers to learn Windows Phone 7 now. Read more Handling internal variable state in Android development William Francis explains how to master another technique required to successfully manage state in your Android apps: handling internal variables. Read more Featured multimedia   iPhone 4S camera vs. the Canon PowerShot Elph 100 HS (photo samples) There are distinct differences between the phone's photos and the camera's, but the automated choices they make are just as important as the photos they take. View on site Motorola Droid Razr hands-on (photos) The Razr is back and it's more powerful than ever. CNET goes hands-on with the new Motorola Droid Razr for Verizon Wireless. View on site Savoring the Samsung Galaxy Nexus (photos) Samsung's newest Android phone has Ice Cream Sandwich, new features, and a sleek design. See it for yourself in CNET's hands-on photo gallery. View on site Today's recommended downloads Strategy Guide to Business Risk Mitigation (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Live Webcast: How to Create Cost Effective Storage in the Cloud (TechRepublic) Live Webcast: Fast-Track your Subversion Journey to the Cloud (CollabNet) Strategies for Mitigating Risk in Financial Services (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) IDC white paper: A New Era in Midrange storage (IBM) A third of BlackBerry's enterprise base to head for exits in 2012 BlackBerry got a big warning sign from a new survey showing enterprise customers leaving, but the platform isn't dead yet. See why. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tablets in the Enterprise Five Apps Software Engineer Smartphones Must-read posts The 10 rising tech trends of 2012 Top IT skills wanted for 2012 Tablets will replace PCs for many enterprise users What the IT department will look like in 2015

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