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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

IT hears the siren call of free Windows 10 upgrades

Windows 7 holdouts: Why diehard users refuse to move to Windows 10 | It pays to be CIO: Median pay for 25 Fortune 500 CIOs tops $2.4M

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IT hears the siren call of free Windows 10 upgrades
Even enterprise IT professionals are taken with Microsoft's free upgrade offer to Windows 10, according to a recently-released survey by Spiceworks. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems Inc

5 Reasons why Enterprises are Moving to Broadband Their WAN
The WAN has always been about connecting users to applications and moving data, but the playing field has now changed with datacenters migrating to the cloud along with missioncritical applications. Ultimately the way that enterprises and their users do business has changed - and so must their approach to connectivity. Learn more >>

WHITE PAPER: Apprenda

Enterprise Platform as a Service for App Architectures
Apprenda is the only Enterprise PaaS on the market that supports both new and existing application architectures. In this whitepaper you'll learn how Apprenda supports your existing applications, how the applications are cloud enabled, and how they are on-boarded with Apprenda, using production customer examples. Learn More

Windows 7 holdouts: Why diehard users refuse to move to Windows 10
We asked, you answered. From legacy software to pure suspicion, the people speak about why they're staying right where they are, thank you. Read More

INSIDER
It pays to be CIO: Median pay for 25 Fortune 500 CIOs tops $2.4M
Today's CIOs can make millions as they ascend the corporate ladder. While climbing, many tech chiefs take on additional titles and broader administrative roles. (Insider Story) Read More

Making Windows 10 was like 'ordering pizza for 1.5 billion people'
When Microsoft set out to build Windows 10, the company had a challenge to face: the operating system needed to appeal to the wide swath of people already using Windows. 'We joke on our team that we're ordering pizza for one-and-a-half billion people,' Mohammed Samji, a principal group program manager at Microsoft, said in an interview. Read More


WHITE PAPER: IBM

5 Ways to Maximize the Effectiveness of Mobile Push
Read this whitepaper to learn five steps companies must take in order to build and maintain an infrastructure enabling the delivery of precision push notificaitons. Learn More

5 must-know Windows 10 tips and tricks
Dive right into some of Windows 10's coolest new features with these tips for the Start menu, Cortana, virtual desktops and more. Read More

With 'recall,' Fiat Chrysler makes its car hack worse
After Wired showed two hackers remotely gain access and immobilize a moving Jeep by exploiting software vulnerabilities last week, Fiat Chrysler responded by patching the vulnerability in several Jeep, Dodge, and Chrysler models that were equipped with the Uconnect software that was hacked. How they went about issuing the patch, however, may just put the company's customers further at risk. Read More

Amazon proposes drone superhighways in sky
Amazon has unveiled a bold vision for integrating drones into the skies above our cities, proposing drone superhighways that would crisscross the sky and enable thousands of unmanned vehicles to fly at high speeds under completely automated control. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Tangoe

Gaining Clarity from the Chaos of Cloud Adoption
While enterprises recognize the risks and consequences of the phenomenon known as 'Shadow IT,' few have the ability to identify and reign in employee use of non-sanctioned, cloud-related services that could lead to potential liabilities and security issues. Learn More

Obama won't pardon Snowden, despite petition
U.S. President Barack Obama won't pardon National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, despite strong public support for it, the White House said Tuesday. Read More

Salesforce tools let customers snap together new mobile apps
Mobile apps now figure almost as prominently in enterprises as they do in the consumer world, and on Tuesday Salesforce rolled out some new DIY tools that aim to help business users 'roll their own' apps as needs arise. Read More

Darkode cybercrime forum might be making a comeback
The former administrator of Darkode, the online cybercrime forum that was recently shut down by law enforcement agencies, is preparing to bring it back, with better security and privacy for its members. Read More

NFV a hit for OpenDaylight
Almost three quarters of OpenDaylight users plan to use the open source SDN technology for Network Functions Virtualization, while over half are looking at it for cloud orchestration. Read More


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