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In This Issue     Feature: The Alibaba IPO: The Other Side   Quotes of the Week   Takeout Window The 2014 Ebola Outbreak in Western Africa   Upgrades and Numbers The "Unnovation" Economy: Copying the Thieves T-Mobile Sues Huawei An Open Letter to Petro O. Poroshenko: How Putin Thinks An Open Letter to David Cameron Ebola: Out of Control   Ethermail   In Case You Missed It... SNS Members Making News   Upcoming SNS Events & Media Links   In Other House News... How to Subscribe May I Share This Newsletter? About SNS About the Publisher Where's Mark?

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Save the date! Join us for the 10th annual SNS Predictions Dinner in NY, at the historic Waldorf Astoria hotel, Thursday, Dec. 4, for an intimate cocktail reception, outstanding meal, Centerpiece Conversation interview, Mark's top predictions for the coming year, Q&A, and informal discussions into the night.

 

Want your questions for 2015 answered in 2014? This is how you do it.

 

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Recommended Reading:

 

Security Battleground: An Executive Manual; by Michael Fey, Brian Kenyon, Kevin Reardon, Bradon Rogers, and Charles Ross; foreword by Paul Otellini (Intel Press, 2012).

 

For all the CEOs who remain in denial that their IP has already been stolen and their companies hacked: first, it's past time to pull your head out of your ***. Second, please talk to your CSO, who will tell you that you should have done something years ago; then, read this book, as a primer for what you should do now. - mra.

 

The Alibaba IPO: The Other Side

 

[Pub. Note: This week's issue is written specifically for those considering investing in the Alibaba IPO. Please share it with friends and colleagues, with a cc to us.]

 

 

Sometime in the next week or two, the most important event since global plates drifted apart will take place - if media coverage is any indicator. I refer, of course, to Alibaba's over-hyped initial public offering (IPO).

 

For months now, during a time when most firms in a similar position would be in "quiet period," the company has been running what looks like an intercontinental public relations campaign to make sure it is in the headlines day-in, day-out.

 

No doubt, most of our members are asking: "Should I invest?"