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Salesforce.com recently launched their Apex programming language for developing on-demand applications to run on their hosted environment. Is this a compelling offering? If not, why not? If so, why? What might you use it for?

Cisco has recently purchased two different sets of social networking technology (FiveAcross and assets from Tribe.net). What do you think Cisco's strategy or thought process is in making these acquisitions?

Wireless broadband is coming in one format or another. When the world shifted from dialup to broadband, it opened up plenty of new applications and uses (many of which were not widely foreseen). What new and different uses will widespread wireless broadband allow? Will they be bottom up (designed by users) or top down (designed by carriers) and why?

The traditional enterprise software business is being attacked from two directions, open source technologies and hosted software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings. Do these represent a real threat to the incumbent software providers, and if so, what is the best way to deal with it?

There's been tremendous consolidation lately in the computer security space, with many of the big firms (Symantec, McAfee) gobbling up the smaller players. Is this trend likely to continue over the next 18 to 24 months? Why or why not? Either way, is this a good thing or a bad thing for the overall IT security industry and why?

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