Joël Van Hoolandt — Fractional CTO | Magma Consulting

You can now test the new Lync technology (Unified communication product from Microsoft) in the Cloud. It's integrated in Office 365 and you can enrich online experiences without installing any package. Just follow this link right here!

                                      Security but freedom

Have a look at this Channel 9 video, explaining the security controls and components in place.

KPMG International is publishing some interesting perspectives about adopting cloud computing solutions (what are the risks, the benefits, the financial impact etc.) Embracing the Cloud | KPMG | GLOBAL

The KPMG Talking Shop is a collection of short films in which KPMG experts provide their thoughts and opinions on how various issues or sectors are likely to develop.

The next year in tech will be all about building connections between PC and post-PC devices, whether phones, tablets, game consoles, e-readers or next-gen SmartRoombas. They’ll be connections without cords, built on shared interfaces, proximity-based communication, and storage, syncing and computing infrastructure increasingly shifted to the cloud. That’s what Tuesday’s release of OS X Lion is all about: building on the App Store and iCloud. That’s what Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows 8 is all about: building on unified IDs on everything from Windows Phone 7 to Office to Xbox and Skype. And I’m going to convince you that this is even what Google+ is really all about. You can see this already in Google+’s mobile apps for Android and iOS; we’ll see it more as Google continues to integrate more of its web properties into the social network. Read further Tim's article on Wired web site

Ownership of e-readers is exploding, according to a survey by Pew Internet Research . Over the past six months, ownership of e-readers such as the Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook has grown from 6% to 12% of U.S. adults. E-readers are more popular than tablets devices such as the iPad or various Android slates like the Samsung Galaxy Tab which are owned by 8% of U.S. adults. More info, read here