Hot Topics: Tablets are Coming, Ozzie is Going | CIO Insight

Hot Topics: Tablets are Coming, Ozzie is Going

Written By
Don Reisinger
Don Reisinger
Oct 22, 2010
1 minute read

Samsung announced that it will offer its iPad competitor, the Galaxy Tab, beginning in November. It’s the first of the numerous alternatives to Apple’s iPad, including the BlackBerry PlayBook, that you’ll find yourself facing in the near future. For proof of how intense the competition will be on the tablet front, look no further than the war of words between Apple CEO Steve Jobs and RIM co-CEO Jim Balsille. Apple also unveiled a new version of Mac OS X, along with an updated MacBook Air. With enterprise Mac adoption on the rise, you might want take a close look at the functionality that Mac OS X 10.7 Lion offers. Meanwhile, we’re all waiting to see how the resignation of Microsoft’s chief software architect Ray Ozzie’s departure at Microsoft will affect the company and its products.

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