{"id":5320,"date":"2013-01-11T14:36:44","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T20:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=5320"},"modified":"2022-11-22T10:55:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T16:55:58","slug":"weekly-recap-how-it-can-keep-its-strategic-role-in-2013-ubuntu-on-smartphones-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/weekly-recap-how-it-can-keep-its-strategic-role-in-2013-ubuntu-on-smartphones-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly recap: How IT can keep its strategic role in 2013, Ubuntu on smartphones, and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"Education\" alt=\"Education\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" \/>Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I\u2019ve found over the past week. This week\u2019s top articles focus on how IT can keep its strategic role in 2013, linux on smartphones, and more. I hope you find them useful:<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20130111_HowITCanKeepItsStrategicRole2013_Ubuntu']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/blog\/opensource\/ubuntu-on-smartphones-what-you-need-to-know\/4095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Ubuntu on smartphones: What you need to know<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nThe popular Linux distribution, Ubuntu, recently announced that they\u2019re creating a smartphone OS, which should be released this year. Mozilla also recently made news with the announcement that they are also working on a smartphone OS. What does this mean for business? If your company has built mobile web apps, you\u2019re in the clear. Mobile web apps work across all operating systems, both now and in the future. <a name=\"20130108\"><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20130111_HowITCanKeepItsStrategicRole2013_StrategicRole']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/global-cio\/interviews\/how-it-can-keep-its-strategic-role-in-20\/240145600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">How IT can keep its strategic role in 2013<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nThe author of this article makes a great point: IT isn\u2019t guaranteed a place in strategic discussions simply because technology is becoming more important. If the IT department hopes to remain relevant in 2013, they must seek to understand the business, and the needs of the company\u2019s ultimate customer. If you\u2019d like to read more about which strategic issues are most important to IT in 2013, check out this article: <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', '20130111_HowITCanKeepItsStrategicRole2013_ITPriorities']);\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/6-key-strategic-it-priorities-for-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red; font-weight: bold;\">Top 6 strategic IT priorities for 2013<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Things you may not have known about html and CSS<\/span><br \/>\nThink you know HTML and CSS? Here\u2019s an interesting (and funny) article for web developers and designers that explores little known facts about the two languages.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20130111_HowITCanKeepItsStrategicRole2013_AppleEnemy']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoworld.com\/t\/technology-business\/richard-stallman-unrepentant-apple-your-enemy-210314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Richard Stallman, unrepentant: \u2018Apple is your enemy\u2019<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nWhile you may or may not agree with him, Richard Stallman has interesting opinions about Apple. He believes that the web should be open, but Apple has pioneered a new level of restricting users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I\u2019ve found over the past week. 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