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	14 go-to tools for Mac sysadmins What's in a Mac admin's toolbox? Mac pro Gerard Allen shares his must-have sysadmin tools for enterprise Apple deployments. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Ipswitch Save Money with WhatsUp Gold's Network Monitoring WhatsUp Gold is the industry's most reliable, cost-effective network monitoring solution. Always know exactly what's going on with your network under one, easy-to-use system. Other enterprise network products come with high price tags. WhatsUp Gold gives you the same power and performance with a simple, device-based pricing to save you money. To try WhatsUp Gold risk free, download our free trial offer. You'll see the advanced features and simple interface that make WhatsUp Gold the industry leading network monitoring solutions. In this Issue Google Cloud offers streamlined Ubuntu for Docker use 2014: The year in quotes Google's work on full encryption chugs along, with Yahoo's help 9 data breaches that cost someone their job 16 tips for thriving as an IT contractor Why Comcast's pro-net neutrality ads are totally disingenuous How predictive analytics can help set perfect hotel room prices 10 biggest CEO pay raises Avaya's secret weapon: Engagement Development Platform WEBCAST: Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Best Practices in Transforming a Legacy Network The explosion of mobile device use is testing the limits of legacy networks everywhere. In this webcast you will learn how Abilene Christian University meets the mobile access demands of 4500 University students, and 250,000 connections per day. Learn More Google Cloud offers streamlined Ubuntu for Docker use Google has adopted for use in its cloud a streamlined version of the Canonical Ubuntu Linux distribution tweaked to run Docker and other containers. Read More 2014: The year in quotes From rattled airline passengers who fear the coming of smartphones to jurors who don't know a smartphone from a tablet, here are some of the colorful quotes from IT news in 2014. Read More Google's work on full encryption chugs along, with Yahoo's help Google is making progress developing a user-friendly tool for fully encrypting people's messages on their computers, with coding help from Yahoo and a transition to GitHub. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Improving the Management and Governance of Unstructured Data Maximize efficiency with deeper insight to data value and automated, policy-based compliance, retention & disposition. Read Now 9 data breaches that cost someone their job Following last year's big announcement of not just Target's data breach but executive job loss, we lay out 9 data breaches resulting in job loss. Read More 16 tips for thriving as an IT contractor Companies continue to supplement their full-time technical ranks with temporary contractors. Here's how to make it work. Read More Why Comcast's pro-net neutrality ads are totally disingenuous Everyone knows what it means to whitewash unpleasant facts, and in recent years we've become accustomed to the term "greenwashing" to describe companies claiming to be environmentally friendly when they're really not. Well, Comcast seems intent on creating the need for a new term—"netwashing," perhaps—to account for its totally disingenuous commitment to "a free and open Internet." Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Quintillion Case Study Hedge fund administration company Quintillion doubles its asset and investor portfolio while keeping staff levels almost flat, by working with Insight 2 Value to deploy an efficient content management solution, based on IBM Case Manager. Read Now How predictive analytics can help set perfect hotel room prices Somewhere between the occupancy rate, future booking trends, the weather forecast and other factors lies the perfect price for any particular hotel room. But few hotels have mastered the art of setting it. Read More 10 biggest CEO pay raises Avaya CEO Kevin Kennedy got a fivefold pay increase last year. Sprint more than quadrupled Dan Hesse's package. Which other tech CEOs saw dramatic pay jumps in 2013? We examined 62 tech CEOs' total compensation -- including salary, bonuses, stock awards, and perks -- and found 10 who landed the biggest raises. Read More Avaya's secret weapon: Engagement Development Platform In the battle for UC leadership, every vendor is looking for a unique go-to-market angle to one-up the competition. Last week, Avaya held an event it called "Avaya Engages Silicon Valley," where its executives discussed how it was a solution provider to enable businesses to capitalize on this "Era of Engagement." Read More
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