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	Are you ignored on Twitter? Its iOS app is brutally honest So you're on Twitter and you have followers, but how many of them really care about your tweets? Twitter's got answers. The company's mobile app on iOS has a new analytics feature that lets users see how many other people saw their tweets, and interacted with them like by clicking a link or expanding the tweet. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM IBM Connections Cloud Mobility Combining the power of cloud computing with the freedom and functionality of mobile devices can give enterprises access to a wide range of key benefits, including increased reliability, real-time updates and access to applications that embrace and cultivate the spirit of collaboration and community. Learn More>> In this Issue 14 go-to tools for Mac sysadmins Holiday blues: 49% of network managers, sysadmins expect to work the holidays IoT groups are like an orchestra tuning up: The music starts in 2016 Rockstar sale of patents latest sign of cooling in smartphone litigation Moove it! Tracking the common cow Startups: The crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels ... the dumb ones Test your knowledge: Network World's 2014 tech news quiz Windows 10 getting put through its paces by 450,000 'highly active' testers Forget North Korea, your employees are your biggest security liability 2014 technology industry graveyard WEBCAST: IBM IBM Exceptional Digital experience Solutions Overview video Watch this video to see how you can create exceptional digital experiences, and learn about other companies that have used IBM technology to reinvent digital engagement. Learn More 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 Holiday blues: 49% of network managers, sysadmins expect to work the holidays Nearly half of IT pros will be working or on-call over the holidays to troubleshoot network, security and app problems, according to a survey by net management vendor Ipswitch. Read More IoT groups are like an orchestra tuning up: The music starts in 2016 If the Internet of Things didn't quite proliferate in 2014, at least IoT industry groups and standards bodies did. At least five efforts at bringing order to IoT began in 2014, and another that launched in late 2013 found its legs this year. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Data and Storage Reduction: Some Existing Options Spending the same amount to store all types and pieces of data—or even to keep any data which has no positive value to an organization—is a suboptimal approach from many perspectives. Read more to learn how to store and spend less on data. Learn More. Rockstar sale of patents latest sign of cooling in smartphone litigation Rockstar Consortium, the Apple-backed company that bid successfully for the patents of bankrupt Nortel Networks, has agreed to sell more than 4,000 of these patents to RPX, a company in San Francisco that helps reduce the risk of patent litigation for its clients. Read More Moove it! Tracking the common cow Farmers are tracking the health of their cows with technology that uses accelerometers, the same sensor that orients a cellphone screen. Read More Startups: The crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels ... the dumb ones Technology can be awesome, when it's put to good use. A map on your phone? A satellite that can help farmers monitor their crops? Great! But not everything is so useful. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Advanced Case Management Leadership Guide A guide that examines how IBM Case Manager offers an extensible platform for enhancing capabilities and protecting investments with additional value-added ECM capabilities from IBM, as well as industry-specific case management applications and best practices from IBM Business Partners. Read Now Test your knowledge: Network World's 2014 tech news quiz Think you keep up with tech news? Take Network World's quiz on the major events that dominated the tech world in 2014. Read More Windows 10 getting put through its paces by 450,000 'highly active' testers Microsoft is enjoying a considerable effort on the part of testers for Windows 10, who are reporting a considerable number of bugs and helping push the new operating system along quickly. Read More Forget North Korea, your employees are your biggest security liability While the purported Sony hack by North Korea gets all the news, one old saw about IT security remains unchanged – employees, not outside hackers, represent the biggest security risk to a company and are still the most likely weak points in relation to cloud data security. Read More 2014 technology industry graveyard Microsoft, Google, Intel, BlackBerry and others bid farewell to brands, projects and more. Read More
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