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Monday, November 03, 2014

Tips and tricks to improve Google Sheets

SDN company goes open source | Startup Slack gets $120M infusion to kill email at work

Network World Network/Systems Management

Tips and tricks to improve Google Sheets
These add-ons are helpful when putting together, changing or editing a spreadsheet -- especially if it was originally and poorly designed by another person and you need to clean it up. Read More


WHITE PAPER: BMC Software

Bridge the Gap between Network Ops and the Service Desk
Businesses can't afford to let siloed approaches to incident management delay resolution and undermine IT productivity. BMC Intelligent Service Resolution bridges the gap between the service desk and network operations, and provides a unified, business-centric view across technologies, to help you resolve the right issues more quickly than ever. Learn More

WHITE PAPER: Aerohive

WLAN Buyer's Guide
It is crucial to thoroughly understand the systems management capabilities of any WLAN being considered, since this will be the largest ongoing expense of the overall deployment. Learn how to evaluate properly by reading Aerohive's WLAN Definitive Guide. View Now>>

SDN company goes open source
Japanese SDN company Midokura is giving away its keystone product. Midokura is open sourcing its MidoNet network virtualization system in an effort to have it recognized as a – or the – default networking component in the OpenStack cloud orchestration system. Read More

Startup Slack gets $120M infusion to kill email at work
Slack, a cloud startup that's landed some big name clients for its business communications product, has raised $120 million at an eye-popping $1.12 billion valuation. The San Francisco company's funding and early customer wins are signs that venture capitalists and bold CIOs are eager to back entrepreneurs with modern software that can improve business processes, usually by tapping the cloud and mobility and adapting consumer apps for workplace use. Read More

CoreOS: A lean, mean virtualization machine
CoreOS is a slimmed-down Linux distribution designed for easy creation of lots of OS instances. We like the concept. CoreOS uses Docker to deploy applications in virtual containers; it also features a management communications bus, and group instance management. Read More


WEBCAST: Aerohive

What iBeacons Mean for Your Existing Wireless Network
You may have heard the buzz about iBeacon, a technology that enables proximity-based services for mobile devices. To learn about iBeacon and how it can impact your company, watch the recording of Aerohive's latest webinar, "What iBeacons Mean for Your Existing Wireless Network and Your Business". View Now>>

HP's radical new Machine could start computing by 2016
Hewlett-Packard's efforts to usher in an entirely new computer architecture, one potentially much faster and simpler, may bear fruit by the end of 2016, when the company's lab expects to have the first prototype machine based on its design. Read More

Adobe's e-reader software collects less data now, EFF says
Tests on the latest version of Adobe System's e-reader software shows the company is now collecting less data following a privacy-related dustup last month, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Read More

8 strategies to fund your new business
Entrepreneurs and small business experts share their advice on the best ways to raise money to finance a new business or product. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Aerohive

2012-2013 WLAN Buyer's Guide
Today Wi-Fi tends to be the primary network access method for many. This paper discusses key requirements to consider as you plan for a WLAN purchase. It will highlight top 10 features for a WLAN, help you decide on architectural choices and summarize how to use the RFP process to select a vendor. Read now.

Google including traditional official data for tracking flu
Finding that aggregate Web searches alone cannot provide an accurate assessment of where flu has struck and its severity, Google has decided to take into account data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in its Google Flu Trends model. Read More

Oracle's Larry Ellison isn't done building his legacy
Larry Ellison may no longer be CEO of Oracle, but he's not going anywhere anytime soon. Indeed, as executive chairman and CTO, Ellison is now in a position to focus solely on creating new products and services that will cement his legacy as he enters the twilight of a legendary career in tech. Read More

FCC: A range of net neutrality options remain on the table
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said Friday that it remains open to a range of options for new net neutrality rules, following a news report saying it is leaning toward a controversial approach that regulates one piece of broadband service. Read More

iOS 8 app crash rate falls 25% since release
In the six weeks since its release, iOS 8's app crash rate has declined more than 25% as app developers have adjusted to new APIs and issued updates, an app performance management developer said today. Read More


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A brief history of Ubuntu, as alliterative as all-get-out.

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