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Monday, September 22, 2014

Ig Nobels 2014: Bacon-stuffed nostrils, polar bear costumes & the science of dog doo

Larry Ellison's distractions | Amazon to use a neighbor's data center to heat its new Seattle high-rise

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Ig Nobels 2014: Bacon-stuffed nostrils, polar bear costumes & the science of dog doo
The Ig Nobels are the bizzaro counterpart to the prestigious Nobel prizes, rewarding the most offbeat, weird, gross or otherwise strange contributions to science and human culture every year, with a ceremony that contains light opera, paper airplanes and plenty of other schtick spread in between the actual presentation of the awards. The 2014 ceremony didn't disappoint. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Ixia

Overcoming Visibility Deficits in Virtualized Environments
With up to 80% of data center traffic traveling between virtualized servers, end-to-end visibility is a major concern. This paper provides an overview of virtualized data center blind spots and offers a solution to overcome them. View now

WHITE PAPER: Guidance Software

How 3 Cyber Threats Transform the Role of Incident Response
While we still use many of the same old names- trojans etc.- today's malware enables potent multistage attacks called advanced persistent threats. This paper describes how malware enables these advanced persistent threats and how enterprise information security and incident response (IR) teams can employ cyberforensics tools to minimize the damage Learn more

Larry Ellison's distractions
Ellison's love of sailing is no secret, but this year his Oracle Team USA racing team reached new heights of glory with an unprecedented come-from-behind victory over New Zealand, taking home the America's Cup. The CEO was so eager to see his team's climactic races that he ended up skipping a keynote he was supposed to deliver at Oracle's OpenWorld conference, to the irritation of many customers. Read More

Amazon to use a neighbor's data center to heat its new Seattle high-rise
If waste heat could be considered the lemon of data center output then Amazon and a Seattle partner have come up with a way to make lemonade. Read More

How to make money waiting in line for Apple's iPhone 6
Some people are getting paid to wait in line for the iPhone 6. Read More

Home Depot, Target breaches exploited Windows XP flaw, report says
What do the massive security breaches and theft of credit card information at The Home Depot and Target have in common? Both were allowed by a decade-old exploit in Windows XP Embedded, used in their point of sale systems. Read More


WEBCAST: Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise

Integrating Mobility with Unified Access
Meeting mobility demands of 4500 students, faculty and staff at a university is no small task. Join this Webcast to hear the Director of Enterprise Infrastructure explain the steps Abilene Christian University took to deliver a new level of student-faculty interaction. Learn More

Yes, Twitter should do text
Dave Winer, he of RSS fame and a blogger since the beginning of time, has issued a plea to Twitter this morning that makes so much sense it should be reality by this afternoon. Read More

How Will iPhone 6's Wi-Fi Calling, VoLTE Affect Enterprise Networks?
Wi-Fi calling and VoLTE might eventually change the way voice calls are handled in the enterprise. Read More

Even if the iPhone steals Android users, Google still wins
Why users who migrate from Android to iOS are likely to continue using the same Google apps, just on a new device. Read More

Life as an IT contractor: What's it really like?
What's the best/worst part of being a contract IT employee? Read More


WEBCAST: Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise

Integrating Mobility with Unified Access
Meeting mobility demands of 4500 students, faculty and staff at a university is no small task. Join this Webcast to hear the Director of Enterprise Infrastructure explain the steps Abilene Christian University took to deliver a new level of student-faculty interaction. Learn More

What is Metacloud and why did Cisco buy it?
With it's purchase of OpenStack cloud builder Metacloud, now if customers want an OpenStack private cloud, Cisco's got a nice hardware and software combination to sell them. Read More

Cisco gives OpenStack a kick in the 'aas'
To help its customers implement a private cloud, Cisco this week announced the acquisition of Metacloud, a company that literally offers OpenStack-based private clouds "as a service" to simplify deployments. Read More

IDG Contributor Network: Cloud phone platform Twilio gets MMS
All U.S. Twilio phone numbers can now send-and-receive multimedia. Read More

Hubspot adds CRM, but it isn't changing course
Long-term foe of interrupting cold calls, Hubspot adds CRM because it makes sense. Read More

Apple Watch development involved hundreds of engineers, designers
Now that Apple's next new product category is no longer a secret held under lock and key, we're slowly starting to learn a bit more about how the product was conceived and how it was developed. Read More

Cisco's improves its memory by acquiring Memoir Systems
Cisco's latest acquisition, Memoir Systems, addresses the network gap challenge. Read More


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MOST-READ STORIES of 2014

1. How to make money waiting in line for Apple's iPhone 6

2. How Google is helping me live a cellphone-free life

3. The 2014 Ig Nobel Prize winners

4. Internet of Overwhelming Things

5. Home Depot, Target breaches exploited Windows

6. Oracle founder Larry Ellison steps down

7. Cisco improves its memory by acquiring Memoir Systems

8. Microsoft boards-up research lab amid more layoff

9. Rogue cell towers discovered in Washington, D.C.

10. Larry Ellison's distractions


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