10 Network World stories worth reading this weekend

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Skepticism follows Cisco-IBM led OpenDaylight SDN consortium So you want to be a data scientist? Network World Daily News AM April 14, 2013 Share this email 12 LinkedIn mistakes IT pros make Don't wait until you decide to leave your current job to update your LinkedIn profile. Start today, and avoid these mistakes. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Skepticism follows Cisco-IBM led OpenDaylight SDN consortium 2. INSIDER So you want to be a data scientist? 3. Why Microsoft won't convert Windows XP holdouts 4. Novell president plots company's return 5. Solar electric spacecraft propulsion could get NASA to an asteroid, beyond 6. New data center survey shows mediocre results for energy efficiency 7. A 7-inch Surface tablet will be D.O.A. without a killer app 8. Google Death: Inactive account manager helps you plan digital last will and testament 9. Why servers should be seen like cows, not puppies 10. 7 things you need to know about Bitcoin WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors Top 10 Benefits of Virtualization In this eGuide, Network World sister publications InfoWorld, and PC World examine some of the current uses of blade servers in today's data center, as well as how trends such as server virtualization are reshaping enterprise computing. Read Now! Skepticism follows Cisco-IBM led OpenDaylight SDN consortium If you're skeptical about the intentions of the OpenDaylight SDN consortium, you're not alone. READ MORE INSIDER So you want to be a data scientist? After months of high unemployment and a still-wobbly economy, any good news from the jobs market is going to get some traction. But even that doesn't seem to fully explain the attention surrounding a suddenly very "in" job title: data scientist. READ MORE Why Microsoft won't convert Windows XP holdouts Microsoft did a pretty good job putting Internet Explorer 6 out to pasture, but it took a whole lot of nudging, cajoling, begging, and, finally, threatening some kneecaps to get people migrating. In the end, it took pushing IE 8 out as part of Patch Tuesday to finally retire the ancient browser. Now it's trying again with Windows XP. One year from now, Microsoft pulls the plug on XP support, and this... READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Trusteer Dealing with Advanced and Targeted Attacks This whitepaper explains how advanced malware challenges traditional defenses to take advantage of the increased exposure of employee endpoints. It reviews the evolution of advanced targeted attacks and the various approaches used to address them. Learn More. Novell president plots company's return Two decades ago, Novell's network operating system software was almost ubiquitous in the enterprise. Now, its current president wants to restore Novell to a similar level of prominence. READ MORE Solar electric spacecraft propulsion could get NASA to an asteroid, beyond In the process of detailing its $17.7 billion 2014 budget this week, NASA highlighted a mission to snag a 500 ton asteroid, bring it back, stash it near the moon and study it. It also took the time to put in a plug for an ongoing research project it has gong called Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) that NASA says could be the key technology it needs to pull off the asteroid plan. [RELATED: The sizzling... READ MORE New data center survey shows mediocre results for energy efficiency A new survey suggests that large data centers might be less energy efficient than was previously thought. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Data Protection Visibility with EMC Data Protection Advisor With better visibility and insight into a key service delivery area like backup, data protection providers can get better information with less effort—and their clients are the beneficiaries. Learn More A 7-inch Surface tablet will be D.O.A. without a killer app Rumors continue to swirl around Microsoft's potential plans for a 7-inch Surface tablet, as smaller, less-expensive slates gobble up an ever-increasing slice of the market. READ MORE Google Death: Inactive account manager helps you plan digital last will and testament Google provided a somewhat morbid reminder of the increasing primacy of digital data in our lives with the release today of the euphemistically named Inactive Account Manager feature. READ MORE Why servers should be seen like cows, not puppies Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud computing is fundamentally about managing hardware resources, and the CTO of OpenStack company Piston Cloud Computing has an interesting way to think about the issue. READ MORE 7 things you need to know about Bitcoin Bitcoins are all the buzz. The virtual currency is riding a rollercoaster of speculation, rising exponentially in value and reaching a high of $260 this Wednesday before plummeting to $130. What's more, the largest bitcoin exchange in the world just survived a coordinated hack attack, and bitcoin-generating malware is spreading across Europe like wildfire via Skype. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Phoenix NAP Eliminate Virtualization Management Challenges A hosted private cloud can offer many advantages for organizations looking to benefit from a secure cloud model. This white paper details how the hosted private cloud can address security and compliance concerns, deliver scale-up and scale-down capabilities, reduce costs and improve IT utilization all while minimizing loss of control by IT. Learn more. SLIDESHOWS Top 10 cloud tools New tools help IT execs cut cloud costs, optimize resources, integrate and manage cloud instances. JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook Network World on LinkedIn MOST-READ STORIES 1. How chipmakers are pushing PCs to blistering new levels 2. Hackers could start abusing electric car chargers to cripple the grid 3. iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending April 10 10. Google Death: Inactive account manager helps you plan digital last will and testament 9. 13 hot new open source projects 6. Windows 8: How to solve the Start Button dilemma 5. Two-factor authentication ready to roll out at Microsoft 4. Linux users don't buy software, but it's still worth selling 7. Hackers turn a Canon EOS camera into a remote surveillance tool 8. Startup aims SDN technology at Cisco WANs   Follow Network World Share this email You are currently subscribed to networkworld_daily_news_alert as aquarianm@gmail.com. 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