Apple tech goes ape crazy with the iPad
Young Orangutans make use of iPads for communications. Old ones, not so much. Sound familiar?
Consumerization: BYOD
There are no sacred cows to someone who believes that consumer devices and self-service IT are the keystones of the new business model. IT Apologist Ken Hess takes on Consumerization and bring your own device.
Ken Hess
Kenneth 'Ken' Hess is a full-time Windows and Linux system administrator with 20 years of experience with Mac, Linux, UNIX, and Windows systems in large multi-data center environments.
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Windows 8, I'm warming up to you
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Dear Hyper-V fans, I'll take that apology now.
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