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	Podcast:		5by5 Master Video Feed
	Episode:		103: A Monster Deal
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:55:50
	Publish Date:		2014-07-16 13:00:00
	Description:		Jim and Dan talk about Apple's announcement to work with IBM on business software and more. Links for this episode: Apple and IBM partner for Enterprise mobility Apple and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced an exclusive partnership that teams the market-leading strengths of each company to transform enterprise mobility through a new class of business apps—bringing IBM’s big data and analytics capabilities to iPhone® and iPad®. Apple and IBM Storm the Enterprise \| Tech.pinions - Perspective, Insight, Analysis These IBM tools include MDM, security, and integration with all types of back end systems as well as powerful analytics and the ability to provide a lot of new services over the next 18 months to their customers as well as Apple’s IT buyers. While Apple will handle the 24/7 phone and cloud support, the deal calls for IBM to handle on-site service as needed. Think about this for a second. The big knock on Apple is they were not seen as being serious about the enterprise. Now they have a worldwide sales force and support organization to take the iPad and iPhones directly to the customer as well as provide the tools, back end integration, security and support for just about any IT operation anywhere in the world. IBM Net Worth \| Celebrity Net Worth What is IBM's net worth? IBM's net worth was $106.91 billion in 2012, and $112.5 billion in 2013. BlackBerry Shares Drop More Than 10% In Trading In Wake Of Apple/IBM Deal \| TechCrunch The new partnership between IBM and Apple may be a wake up call for Google and companies building Android-based handsets and services targeting enterprise users. But for BlackBerry, it may be more of an alarm bell. Amazon is testing “Kindle Unlimited,” an ebook subscription service for $9.99/month — Tech News and Analysis Amazon is testing an ebook and audiobook subscription service called “Kindle Unlimited” that offers “unlimited access to over 600,000 titles and thousands of audiobooks on any device for just $9.99 a month.” Most of the test pages were pulled down Wednesday after some users on the Kindle Boards noticed them, but they are still available through Google Cache and some are still live on Amazon’s site. Samson CO1U Pro \| Sweetwater.com Sponsored by SuperDuper (Stay one step ahead of disaster by creating a bootable backup copy of your drive with SuperDuper) and Mac Sparky’s Field Guide “Presentations" (Visit macsparky.com/presentations to learn how to create your own exceptional presentation).
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