Step away from the button! 6 touchy tech disasters

10 tools for more productive telecommuting Seafaring robot shrugs off monster Typhoon Rammasun ITworld Today July 23, 2014 Share this email Step away from the button! 6 touchy tech disasters It's only a matter of time before all hell breaks loose when fiddling with switches and power cords. Learn from these real-life tales. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. 10 tools for more productive telecommuting 2. Seafaring robot shrugs off monster Typhoon Rammasun 3. BOOK GIVEAWAY: App Accomplished: Strategies for App Development Success 4. Five takeaways from the Apple earnings call 5. SQL injection flaw in Wall Street Journal database led to breach 6. Should EMC sell off 80% stake in VMware? 7. Small cell device tech set to connect workplace Wi-Fi with 3G and LTE 8. Nvidia's Shield Tablet is now official, but do we need another high-end Android gaming device? Webcast: VMware | IBM 3 Virtual Desktop Must-haves Employees today expect to take their work anywhere and on any device. This BYOD mindset poses a dilemma for organizations that want to create a flexible workplace while ensuring security, control, and lower costs. IBM and VMware collaboratively provide a dynamic VDI solution. View Now 10 tools for more productive telecommuting Keep in touch with co-workers, track your time, and block distractions with these apps and services. READ MORE Seafaring robot shrugs off monster Typhoon Rammasun Liquid Robotics and its Wave Glider line of autonomous seafaring robots became famous when Java inventor James Gosling left Google to join the company. Now one of its robots has passed an impressive real-world test, shrugging off a monster typhoon in the South China Sea that inflicted hundreds of millions of dollars of damage on the region. READ MORE BOOK GIVEAWAY: App Accomplished: Strategies for App Development Success Whether you're writing your own code or contracting out, you'll find hard-won guidance for your entire mobile app development life cycle. Five will win. Enter the drawing today! READ MORE Five takeaways from the Apple earnings call Apple reported its quarterly numbers on Tuesday, a mixed bag that saw profits rise up but sales fall short of the mark. Here are five takeaways from the earnings call that followed. READ MORE Webcast: Lavastorm The Key to Happiness: Throw out Your Data Warehouse In this webinar, Kerry Reitnauer, Director, Solution Architect at FairPoint Communications will discuss the project in detail, including: • The challenges the warehouse brought • How they migrated to the virtual warehouse solution • The agility, cost, and analytic benefits they received from their agile data management and analytics solution. Read Now SQL injection flaw in Wall Street Journal database led to breach A vulnerability in a web-based graphics system led to a breach of The Wall Street Journal's network by a hacker, the newspaper acknowledged late Tuesday. READ MORE Should EMC sell off 80% stake in VMware? Breaking up is hard to do, but could a split be in store soon for EMC and VMware? READ MORE Small cell device tech set to connect workplace Wi-Fi with 3G and LTE Cisco says small cell technology is primed for explosive growth as it plans to connect 3G and LTE cellular networks to Wi-Fi access points that are already widely deployed in many enterprise facilities. READ MORE Nvidia's Shield Tablet is now official, but do we need another high-end Android gaming device? Nividia ought to market this new device as a solid general purpose tablet that also happens to play games. READ MORE Webcast: IBM Data in Motion: Delivering Insight from Data Streams Watch IBM and Datawatch to learn how your organization can achieve competitive advantage through the use of visualization and analysis of real-time data and event streams. 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