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Friday, April 24, 2015

Check out RSA minus the booth babes

Revenge of the Nerds: Starting salaries for Class of 2015 techies top $100K | See Video: Dropcam footage, Facebook posts sink suspected serial burglar

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Check out RSA minus the booth babes
With booth babes – the provocatively clad women meant to draw more visitors to exhibit booths – officially banned from RSA Conference 2015, vendors were left to find alternatives, and they rose to the occasion. From security celebrities to food to quirky giveaways, attendees at the show were lured to spend time at exhibits they might have otherwise missed amid the crush of the crowd. Read More


WEBCAST: Rimini Street

Navigating Operating Costs and Roadmap Uncertainties for SAP
New innovation and updates in core ERP lag as SAP focuses all its attention on a long-term, high-risk "re-platform" strategy with its newly announced S/4HANA suite. Join us on May 14th at 1:00 p.m. EST for a live discussion and expert insight. Learn More

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Make Your Data Center as Cost Effective as AWS
The average datacenter is 50% more costly than Amazon Web Services. As cloud economics threaten the viability of on premise data centers, the survival of IT organizations rests solely in the ability to maximize the returns of existing infrastructure. Learn More

INSIDER
Revenge of the Nerds: Starting salaries for Class of 2015 techies top $100K
The nation’s premier tech colleges are reporting white-hot demand for seniors majoring in computer science and other IT-related fields.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More

See Video: Dropcam footage, Facebook posts sink suspected serial burglar
A man suspected of committing as many as 2 dozen car and house break-ins was arrested for burglary in a Boston suburb on Tuesday after being identified from a home surveillance camera and implicating himself via Facebook. Read More

Pretty much all of the Apple Watches are coming to work
Almost all current or perspective users of smartwatches and other wearable technologies want to use them for work, according to a Harris Poll survey commissioned by MDM vendor MobileIron.The survey, which covered 3,500 workers who use mobile devices for work in the U.S., western Europe and Japan, found that 94% of those who either owned or were planning to own a wearable would want to use them for work tasks.+ ALSO ON NETWORK WORLD: Review: Docker Swarm soars, and the sky's the limit  | Insider threats force balance between security and access +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More

iPhone 7, Apple Watch mashup: Brangelina of tech gadgets
An elegant new iPhone 7 design concept blends an advanced Apple smartphone with a key component of the new Apple Watch, resulting in something of a Brangelina of tech gadgets.Italy's Antonio De Rosa contributed his iPhone 7 design concept to the Behance portfolio site, where he takes on the challenge "to improve something that is already perfect" in the iPhone. + MORE: Why the gold Apple Watch costs $10K +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More


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Operations Management in the Virtual Data Center
Traditional IT architectures have been typically based on silos, with computing resources dedicated to specific applications and over resourcing to accommodate peak demands and potential future growth. Virtualization systems have been replacing these silos with a layer of shared resources, multiplexed among dynamic workload demands. Learn More

Microsoft kicks off two-month Spartan bug bounty program
Microsoft today launched a short-term bug bounty program for its new Project Spartan browser, saying entries would be accepted until June 22.The temporary award program is very similar to one Microsoft used in mid-2013 for Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) to bag some bugs before that browser was released with Windows 8.1.+ ALSO ON NETWORK WORLD First Look: Microsoft’s new Spartan browser for Windows 10 +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More

US House approves cyberthreat sharing bill; privacy concerns remain
The legislation would allow some customer information to be passed to the NSA, opponents said Read More

Think your management job is safe? Beware: the 'iCEO' is coming
Upper-level positions may be much more amenable to automation than you think Read More

Crypto gurus: The government's key escrow plan won't work
World renowned cryptographers highlighted various reasons why creating a master decryption key for the government to use is not practical Read More


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Cloud: Delivering Performance in Shared Environments
This whitepaper explores how service providers use VMTurbo to provide consistent performance across all workloads, as well as the three roles a responsible managed service provider (MSP) takes in order to accomplish that directive. Learn More

House passes second cyberthreat information-sharing bill
The new bill will be combined with another one that privacy groups have questioned Read More

Qualys devises a virtual patch to protect against vulnerabilities
The security company's Web Application Firewall can protect Web applications from malicious users Read More

INSIDER
Using people to fight cyber attacks is like bringing a knife to a gunfight
Golan Ben-Oni, CSO and SVP of Network Architecture at IDT Corp., is responsible for protecting the infrastructure of the diversified company’s telecommunications, payment, energy and oil businesses, which employee 1,700 and include 12,000 endpoints worldwide. Automation is key, he says, because the attackers have upped their game. Ben-Oni shared the story with Network World Editor in Chief John Dix. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More

How to properly scope your PCI assessment
When it comes to PCI, getting your scope right is more important than just getting a cheaper, faster assessment. Learn how to do it right with insights from 3 experts. Read More


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