'Sacrificing our right to privacy can have dire consequences' -- Apple CEO Tim Cook

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	Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'Sacrificing our right to privacy can have dire consequences' At the Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection held at Stanford University, President Obama pushed for more public-private collaboration and information sharing to allegedly prevent hacks such as the breaches suffered by Home Depot, Target and Anthem. While that doesn't sound bad, actions such as outlawing encryption – as if only terrorist or pedophiles use it – and providing law enforcement with backdoors into software sounds terrible. Any backdoors left open will also be exploited by cyber bad guys. Read More : Nasuni High-Performance Protected Storage Across the Enterprise Nasuni allowed world-class architecture and design firm Perkins+Will to deploy a high performance storage platform that delivers data protection and synchronization at a fraction of the cost and complexity of any existing solution. Learn More In this Issue 5 team-building tips for IT Recruiting challenges spur higher salaries, better perks Cooler than cubicles: 18 new designs for the office 15 job titles getting big salary boosts in 2015 Is student data at risk due to out-of-date privacy laws Huawei looks to give indoor mobile speeds a boost with LTE-Advanced Talented startup aims to deliver software defined cloud INSIDER 5 tricks to improve poor TCP performance Apple is said to recruit engineers for car development project WEBCAST: Dell Inc. Get to Modern with SQL Server 2014 With the right solutions, technology can be a major differentiator for small and midsize businesses — offering the advantages needed to compete with any size organization. Join Dell for this audio webcast and learn why these companies are increasingly turning to Microsoft SQL Server 2014 as the data platform for modern business. View now 5 team-building tips for IT IT talent can be hard to find and even harder to keep – which means there's plenty of incentive to make the workplace attractive to technology pros. Former CIO Jackie Barretta shares five techniques for IT leaders who want to foster team spirit, better their workplace culture and spark innovative thinking. (Insider) Read More Recruiting challenges spur higher salaries, better perks Skilled job seekers are in an enviable position in the simmering tech industry, as hiring managers compete for talent, boost job offers, and improve on-the-job perks to keep existing employees from looking elsewhere. 'It's really the technologists' choice right now. They can be very picky,' says Jack Cullen, president of IT staffing and recruiting firm Modis. Read More Cooler than cubicles: 18 new designs for the office What do workers want most? Flexibility, say staffing pros. People want to be able to adjust their hours, their locations, and their devices. The way work gets done is changing in today's world, and furniture designers are responding. Read More WHITE PAPER: Nasuni Bulk Data Migration in the Cloud In tests of cloud-to-cloud transfers, Nasuni compared the top three CSPs from its most recent State of Cloud Storage report – Amazon S3, Microsoft Windows Azure and Rackspace – and compared transfer rates among them. Learn More 15 job titles getting big salary boosts in 2015 The average starting salary for new IT hires is expected to climb 5.7% in 2015, according to Robert Half Technology. Here are 15 positions with the biggest raise potential. Read More Is student data at risk due to out-of-date privacy laws As tech companies look to tap into the burgeoning education market with new applications and services for the classroom, lawmakers are worried that current privacy laws offer insufficient protections for student data. Read More Huawei looks to give indoor mobile speeds a boost with LTE-Advanced Huawei Technologies has conducted a real-world trial of LTE-Advanced that shows that much faster indoor cellular speeds may be around the corner. Read More WHITE PAPER: Nasuni Nasuni in Architecture and Construction Environments Firms in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) verticals face a unique challenge – enabling collaboration amongst projects and teams dispersed across the globe. Adding to the complexity of the situation are the large files created due to programs such as AutoCAD, Revit, and Bentley MicroStation. Learn More Talented startup aims to deliver software defined cloud One of the ways you can tell that software defined networking (SDN) has the power to change the vendor landscape is by the number of startups that have emerged. Read More INSIDER 5 tricks to improve poor TCP performance Transmission Control Protocol carries the vast majority of the data transmitted across both the public Internet and private intranets. Web sessions using HTTP, file transfers, file sharing and system backups typically use TCP. Windows desktop configurations loaded at start-up are TCP based. Read More Apple is said to recruit engineers for car development project Apple's automotive ambitions may extend beyond CarPlay, its vehicle dashboard software. Read More
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