Weekly roundup: shadow IT, Salesforce vs. Box, and iPhone 5 for CIOs

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San Francisco tech types were busy this week, shuffling between TechCrunch Disrupt -- with high-profile speakers like Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer -- and the iPhone 5 announcement on Wednesday. As the glare of the spotlights recedes, we take a look back at the most interesting consumerization stories of the week.

The five things from Apple's iPhone 5 launch that CIOs will care about

Eric Lai from SAP runs down the big picture for Forbes -- faster connectivity and the strength of the iOS app ecosystem seem particularly relevant. Here at CITEworld, Ryan Faas explored how the iPhone 5 could raise some costs for companies, while Jonny Evans explained why iOS is staying ahead of Android in the enterprise for now.

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How Windows 8 could beat the iPad

At InfoWorld, Bob Lewis says that "reverse consumerization" could be Microsoft's secret weapon for stopping the iPad in the enterprise.

Facebook still plans to lead the charge on the mobile web, HTML5 slurs aside

VentureBeat found somebody at Facebook willing to praise HTML5 after CEO Mark Zuckerberg called it a mistake for the company. Zuck's comments aside, sometimes HTML5 still makes sense, as MobileIron's Ojas Rege explained to CITEworld.

Shadow IT is out of the closet

The Harvard Business Review does a thoughtful piece on the changing role of IT as lines of business get their own budget for big non-standard software projects. CITEworld profiled a couple companies this week, DoubleDutch and GoodData, that are trying to take advantage of this trend.

Marc Benioff drops bombshell at TechCrunch Disrupt, announces Box competitor

Ron Miller covers the surprise on-stage announcement from Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: next week at Dreamworld, the company will announce a Box competitor called -- wait for it -- ChatterBox. But Box CEO Aaron Levie doesn't seem too worried.

Box CEO Aaron Levie: Startups have an "unfair advantage" in the enterprise

Benioff's bombshell came immediately after an on stage panel where Levie explained that startups have an unfair advantage because they don't have to deal with backward compatibility. 

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