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I am very pleased to be able to announce that our Conversation Centerpiece at the 7th annual SNS Predictions Dinner, New York, will be with member:

 

Robert Hormats, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs, on the subject:

 

"How Intellectual Property Drives the Global Economy."

 

Those of you who have been tuned into Secretary Clinton's comments on IP and China will want to talk with Bob and get his personal read on their recent travels to China.

 

We will ALSO have an additional (returning) special guest with us:

 

Richard Marshall, Director of Global Cyber Security Management, Department of Homeland Security, to help us continue our conversation on security.

 

Registration is now open for the SNS Annual Predictions Dinner, December 8, 2011, at the historic Waldorf=Astoria Hotel: www.stratnews.com/newyork/2011.

 

If you'd like to be more involved in this event as one of our select sponsors, please contact Sharon at: sam@stratnews.com or 435-649-3645.

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   "A great talk." Jack Tsai, Founder, MA WebCenter, Seattle; on Mark Anderson's talk on "IP Driving the Global Economy: A Tough Talk About China" to the students of the Shanghai Institute for Foreign Affairs, guests of the University of Washington, and selected Seattle business leaders.

 

 

   "SNS is my favourite technology newsletter." Garri Jones, CFO, Circle Health, U.K.

 

 

   "My board members have forwarded your newsletters to me and I've seen some of your TV interviews on China and cyber espionage. Because you are an expert in the field, I would like to invite you to speak on an executive panel at the RSA 2012 Conference in San Francisco in February. The panel would be on: 'Protecting Intellectual Property in the Age of Cyber Warfare.' Your interviews and newsletters on the topic have been brilliant." Kate Munro, Bit9.

 

 

 

 

Device Confusion

 

» Getting the PC Slowdown Wrong

 

Steve Jobs calls this the "Post-PC Era," so maybe it's all his fault. On the other hand, Gartner ought to take its share of the blame, since it was the first to start putting out misleading titles about PC vs. pad and netbook sales suggesting the former was a dying breed, not seeing that pads and netbooks were fulfilling certain PC tasks.

 

Today, if you didn't know better, you would probably be thinking along these same lines. Yesterday is so "PC," today is so "Pad," and tomorrow is so "Phone," no?