A.I.-powered assistants step into the enterprise

Computerworld First Look August 04, 2015 INSIDER A.I.-powered assistants step into the enterprise Artificial intelligence covers a large spectrum of disruptive technologies that will one day change the way we do business. Virtual assistants are a good place to start. (Insider - free registration required.) READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Remember Conficker? It's still around 2. A new tool for pricing used IT equipment 3. SanDisk, Toshiba double down, announce the world's highest capacity 3D NAND flash chips 4. Businesses can rent a robot for customer care 5. Apple's Force Touch – the future of mobile interfaces 6. Apple falls to third in China smartphone rankings, while Xiaomi vaults ahead 7. Yahoo tackles big 'malvertising' campaign in its ad network 8. How to kill remote-access trojans 9. You don't drink coffee before you brew it, do you? 10. 857 porn sites censored in huge Indian #pornban 11. DHS warns about privacy implications of cybersecurity bill 12. Condé Nast parent company jumps into big data market with 1010data purchase White Paper: Axway B2B 360-Degrees: A Revolution in EDI and API Integration Using B2B integration technology, digital networks allow companies to manage, secure and optimize data transactions across all industries and in every corner of the globe. Read this whitepaper to learn more. Learn More Remember Conficker? It's still around The Conficker Working Group was tasked with stopping the botnet and finding its creators. It's still at work -- and so is Conficker. READ MORE A new tool for pricing used IT equipment An electronics recycler has created an IT products database representing 9,000 manufacturers and 11 million equipment models. The products range from consumer to business equipment, such as network storage devices, routers, switches, as well as servers, PCs and office machines. READ MORE SanDisk, Toshiba double down, announce the world's highest capacity 3D NAND flash chips SanDisk and Toshiba today announced the fruits of their collaboration on a new fabrication plant: a 48-layer 3D NAND flash chip that doubles the capacity of previous chips. READ MORE Businesses can rent a robot for customer care SoftBank Robotics Corp is making an enterprise-level version of its personal robot available in Japan for pre-orders this October. READ MORE Apple's Force Touch – the future of mobile interfaces Mobile apps will gain depth and complexity and competitors will want to imitate it. READ MORE Apple falls to third in China smartphone rankings, while Xiaomi vaults ahead Xiaomi led the market, while Huawei came in second. READ MORE White Paper: VMTurbo, Inc. Demand-Driven Application Control: Assuring App Performance In this paper, we examine the evolution of enterprise applications, the data centers in which these applications reside and the increasing expectations of businesses and end-users on the Quality of Service (QoS) their applications deliver. Learn More Yahoo tackles big 'malvertising' campaign in its ad network Yahoo said Monday it had removed malware from its advertising network, after malicious code there had gone undetected for at least six days. READ MORE How to kill remote-access trojans Detecting remote-access trojan attacks can be very challenging because they mimic legitimate commercial remote administration tools, open legitimate network ports and perform very surgical operations that don't resemble typical malware techniques. Here's what you need to know. (Insider - free registration required.) READ MORE You don't drink coffee before you brew it, do you? This manufacturing company has multiple locations, and the quickest way to get documents to all of them is to spool the documents to print remotely at each site. What could possibly go wrong? READ MORE 857 porn sites censored in huge Indian #pornban The Indian government has banned hundreds of pornographic websites around the world. Bowing to pressure from a lawyer, Kamlesh Vaswani, Modi's mode is to deny access to 857 websites, from a list provided by Vaswani... READ MORE DHS warns about privacy implications of cybersecurity bill The bill under consideration of the Senate has been criticized by privacy groups. READ MORE Condé Nast parent company jumps into big data market with 1010data purchase Advance, a global media group that owns the Condé Nast group of consumer publications, has ventured into the realm of data analysis, purchasing New York-based analytics firm 1010data for $500 million. READ MORE White Paper: Apprenda Accelerating Your Enterprise Docker Strategy Enterprise Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) helps you accelerate your organization's Docker strategy and deliver the benefits developers want, all while maintaining the control IT operations needs. Learn more about how Apprenda integrated Docker into its Enterprise PaaS. Learn More Peruse our library of free digital magazines! Choose from a collection of smartly designed digital magazines, which include our most popular departments -- News Analysis, Features, Opinions and Shark Tank -- all free for download with registration. These digital magazines also feature Computerworld signature packages, including our IT Careers 2015 Special Report, with the latest on hot skills and hiring trends, and our Forecast 2015 report, with unique insights into the IT budgets, project priorities and staffing strategies of top IT leaders. Computerworld's 2016 Premier 100 Technology Leaders: A Call for Nominations Computerworld is seeking to honor technology professionals who have demonstrated leadership in their organizations through the use of IT and have the strategic vision to align technology with business goals. Nominations close July 31. To make a nomination, click here. Computerworld's 2015 mobile data service satisfaction survey is underway! Which carrier's users are the most satisfied with their mobile data service? That's what we want to find out. For the third year, Computerworld is polling readers to find out how they feel about their mobile data provider, how much they pay, how they use their mobile data connections and more. Take the survey here. Computerworld's 2015 cloud computing survey is underway! Computerworld is conducting a brief survey regarding cloud computing initiatives, and we would value your input. This confidential survey should take no more than 10 minutes of your time. Take the survey here. Join the IDG Contributor Network The IDG Contributor Network is a collection of blogs written by leading IT practitioners about the technology, business opportunities and challenges you face everyday. We invite you to participate by applying to be a contributor today. Special Report: Computerworld's 100 Best Places to Work in IT for 2015 In this edition of Computerworld's July Digital Magazine: Our 22nd annual report on the top organizations across the country that offer technology pros challenging projects, robust salaries and flexible work/life options. To read the issue, click here. Free Shark Tank T-shirt Clueless Consultants? Bungling Bosses? Useless Users? Tell me your tale. If it gets published, you get a sharp Shark shirt. Shark Tank FAQ Internet of Things: Get the latest news! Our bimonthly Internet of Things newsletter helps you keep pace with the rapidly evolving technologies, trends and developments related to the Internet of Things (IoT). Subscribe now and stay up to date! Computerworld Job Board Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted. Follow Computerworld You are currently subscribed to computerworld_dailynews as security.world@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy Learn about INSIDER When accessing content promoted in this email, you are providing consent for your information to be shared with the sponsors of the content. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information. If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com Copyright (C) 2015 Computerworld Media Group, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@computerworld.com. **