10 years later, Nick Carr's 'IT Doesn't Matter' still matters

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View from inside Verizon's security SWAT team Online gaming company recounts fighting for survival vs. DDoS attacks Network World Daily News PM May 14, 2013 Share this email 10 years later, Nick Carr's 'IT Doesn't Matter' still matters Nick Carr's article "IT Doesn't Matter" was published in in Harvard Business Review in May 2003 and ignited an industry firestorm for its perceived dismissal of the strategic value of IT. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. View from inside Verizon's security SWAT team 2. Online gaming company recounts fighting for survival vs. DDoS attacks 3. How Facebook developers screwed up Facebook Home 4. Microsoft commits to secure coding standard 5. When HIPAA is too hard for health care, Health Security Solutions 6. What are 'appcessories' and why should we care about them? 7. Intel's McAfee brings biometric authentication to cloud storage 8. How IP video cameras have evolved 9. Upbeat BlackBerry launches new Q5 qwerty smartphone 10. 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Running a business trying to keep people healthy (that is the goal right?) is hard enough. READ MORE What are 'appcessories' and why should we care about them? As society hurtles forward into the post-PC era, the smartphone will overtake the PC as the platform that connects the greater computing infrastructure with the non-computational. The difference is mobility: smartphones that are smaller than an iPod and have more power than PCs of just few years ago are able to connect with new types of low-cost devices. Some, like the Nike+ Fuelband, are well-known,... READ MORE Intel's McAfee brings biometric authentication to cloud storage Intel is introducing new ideas to secure the public cloud, offering a service in which online files can be accessed after users are verified by an authentication scheme including face and voice recognition. READ MORE How IP video cameras have evolved IP video cameras can now produce stunning HD images and take up less bandwidth than before. At Interop 2013, Keith Shaw chats with Roert Muehlbauer from Axis Communications about the latest innovations for video surveillance. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Riverbed The CIO's New Guide to Design of Global IT Infrastructure Is it possible to eliminate the impact of distance? This paper explores the 5 key principles successful CIOs are using to redesign IT infrastructure of any size. Learn how to be prepared to adapt your environment in a way that supports distributed employees, anytime anywhere collaboration and the need for business continuity during a disaster. Read now! Upbeat BlackBerry launches new Q5 qwerty smartphone The annual BlackBerry Live conference was kicked off Tuesday with the launch of a new 3.1-in. qwerty smartphone, the BlackBerry Q5, that's slated to go on sale this summer in emerging markets, but not in the U.S. READ MORE Is this what IT pay is really coming to? 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