<p>Apps enable a new level of customer engagement and are ushering a new wave of business for new and existing organizations. Are you thinking of app opportunities for your organization? The opportunity may or may not be obvious, but it is there. Hosts <a href="http://about.me/ruthmorton" target="_blank">Ruth Morton</a> and <a href="http://jrozenblit.ca/about" target="_blank">Jonathan Rozenblit </a>explore the motivations behind enabling business through Apps.</p><p><strong>Resources</strong></p><ul><li>Visit <a href="http://w00t.ms/">W00t</a> – a site centered around building apps. </li><li>The <a href="https://dev.windowsphone.com">Windows Phone Dev Center</a> will get you started building applications for Windows Phone. </li><li>The <a href="http://dev.windows.com/">Windows 8 Dev Center</a> will get you started building applications for Windows 8. </li></ul><p><strong>Jean-Luc David<br></strong>Jean-Luc David is the CTO for <a href="http://digiflare.com" target="_blank">Digiflare</a>, an interactive agency that helps brands discover new opportunities to enhance and expand their businesses through interactive experiences through the web, mobile, connected TVs, and emerging digital platforms. Prior to <a href="http://digiflare.com" target="_blank">Digiflare</a>, Jean-Luc was the Senior Manager for the Yellow Pages Group API &amp; Mobile team and worked at Microsoft in the Developer &amp; Platform Evangelism group.</p><p><strong>Podcast</strong></p><p>This episode will be available as a podcast shortly. <br><br>Listen Now - COMING SOON<br>Download as MP3 - COMING SOON<br><a href="zune://subscribe/?IT%20Manager%20Podcast%20=http://feeds.feedburner.com/itmanager">Subscribe with Zune &gt;&gt;</a> <br><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/itmanager">Subscribe with RSS Feed &gt;&gt; </a><br><a href="http://bit.ly/alignititunes">Subscribe with iTunes &gt;&gt;</a></p><p><strong>About AlignIT Manager Tech Talk <br></strong>The <a href="https://www.microsoft.ca/alignitshow">AlignIT</a> <a href="http://jrozenblit.ca/techtalk">Manager Talk</a> is a monthly live streamed video series hosted by <a href="http://about.me/ruthmorton">Ruth Morton</a> (<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/rmorton">LinkedIn</a>) and <a href="http://jrozenblit.ca/about">Jonathan Rozenblit</a> (<a href="http://ca.linkedin.com/in/jrozenblit">LinkedIn</a>). Each Tech Talk episode airs on the <strong>2nd Thursday of the month from 12:00pm to 12:30pm EST. </strong>The show focuses on a range of topics for both infrastructure and development managers and is interactive, taking questions via a live chat and providing answers on air</p><p><strong>About AlignIT <br></strong>The AlignIT program is dedicated to keeping IT leaders informed about what really matters in business and technology. We do that through in-person events, web casts, our blog and of course, this podcast series. You can find more information about the Align IT program at <a href="http://www.alignit.ca/">www.alignit.ca</a>. If you have comments, suggestions, and ideas for future topics please let us know by connecting with us via <a href="[email protected]">email</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/alignitca">Twitter</a>, or <a href="http://microsoft.ca/alignitgroup">LinkedIn</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.align-it.ca">Visit the AlignIT site &gt;&gt;</a> <br><a href="http://twitter.com/alignitca">Follow AlignIT on Twitter &gt;&gt;</a> <br><a href="http://microsoft.ca/alignitgroup">Join the conversation on LinkedIn &gt;&gt;</a></p> <img src="http://m.webtrends.com/dcs1wotjh10000w0irc493s0e_6x1g/njs.gif?dcssip=channel9.msdn.com&dcsuri=https://s.ch9.ms/Blogs/AlignIT/feed/mp4&WT.dl=0&WT.entryid=Entry:RSSView:4a8f68ad11d74627975fa0d90157c9b4">