2014’s 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries

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SDN showdown: Examining the differences between VMware's NSX and Cisco's ACI CIOs and CMOs: Power couple or strange bedfellows? Network World Daily News AM January 06, 2014 Share this email 2014's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries Network World's latest edition of the year's "25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries" includes the launch of the first GPS satellites, Lotus Notes 1.0, Nintendo's Game Boy and SimCity, as well as one of tech's most notorious false alarms: "cold fusion." In addition, the original Doctor Who television series signed off, Doogie Howser got his TV doctor's license and AT&T did something it hadn't done in its 103-year history. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. SDN showdown: Examining the differences between VMware's NSX and Cisco's ACI 2. INSIDER CIOs and CMOs: Power couple or strange bedfellows? 3. Cisco's De Beer takes leave to tend to ailing relative 4. CES 2014: Products to watch for 5. The one New Year's resolution that really matters to IT 6. Seagate offers disk 'rescue' service through Staples, releases 4TB portable drive 7. CES 2014: California crop circle was Nvidia marketing stunt 8. HP sees future of laptops in Pro X2 410 hybrid 9. CES 2014: MiniDrone buzzes around then lands and rolls away 10. Lacie brings 1TB of wireless storage to iPad, iPhone WHITE PAPER: APC by Schneider Electric Fundamental Principles of Generators for IT Every IT professional who is responsible for the operation of computing equipment needs to ensure their data center or network room is prepared for extended utility power outages. This paper is an introduction to standby generators and subsystems that power a facility's critical electrical loads when the utility cannot. Learn more SDN showdown: Examining the differences between VMware's NSX and Cisco's ACI The arrival of Software Defined Networking (SDN), which is often talked about as a game changing technology, is pitting two industry kingpins and former allies against each other: Cisco and VMware. READ MORE INSIDER CIOs and CMOs: Power couple or strange bedfellows? Marketing departments are shifting significant amounts of their own budgets toward IT-related products and services, independent of what the IT department spends, to the extent that Gartner predicts that by 2017 chief marketing officers (CMO) will spend more money on IT than chief information officers (CIO). READ MORE Cisco's De Beer takes leave to tend to ailing relative Cisco's video and collaboration chief is taking a yearlong leave of absence from the company. Marthin De Beer is taking time off to tend to an ailing relative, according to Cisco. "Unfortunately Marthin has a very sick family member and has decided to take a yearlong leave of absence starting this month," said David McCulloch, a Cisco spokesperson, in an e-mailed statement. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Dell Bloor Research: The Economics of Cloud-Managed Integration Save time and money with cloud-managed integration Are you concerned about the cost and length of time it takes to integrate applications and data? You shouldn't be – cloud-based integration platforms dramatically speed results, increase productivity and lower costs. Learn more in this new white paper by Bloor Research. View now CES 2014: Products to watch for New Android phones, connected everything, car gadgetry and more to be on display at CES in Las Vegas READ MORE The one New Year's resolution that really matters to IT As we roll into a new year, it's all too easy to get caught up in the promise and challenge of new technologies like software defined networking, hybrid clouds, faster Wi-Fi, and so many others. Dealing with the changes and fallout they create will keep enterprises plenty busy in 2014. And they will no doubt affect the way everyone from network admins to CIOs make their everyday decisions. READ MORE Seagate offers disk 'rescue' service through Staples, releases 4TB portable drive Seagate said that its disk drive and data recovery service "Seagate Rescue" will now be offered through Staples stores. The company also unveiled 2TB and 4TB portable drives. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: APC by Schneider Electric Types of Prefabricated Modular Data Centers There are important distinctions between the types of data center factory-built building blocks on the market. This paper proposes standard terminology for categorizing the types of prefabricated modular data centers, and compares their key attributes. View more CES 2014: California crop circle was Nvidia marketing stunt CES 2014: California crop circle was Nvidia marketing stunt An elaborate crop circle that appeared last week in a grain field in California was a stunt by chip-maker Nvidia, the company's CEO said on Sunday in Las Vegas. From: Network World Videos Views: 7 0 ratings Time: 02:25 More in Science & Technology READ MORE HP sees future of laptops in Pro X2 410 hybrid Hewlett-Packard believes the future of laptops lies in the form of "converged" devices like the Pro X2 410 hybrid, which is a tablet bundled with a detachable keyboard. READ MORE CES 2014: MiniDrone buzzes around then lands and rolls away The Mini Drone is an encore to France based Parrot's AR Drone, which debuted at CES four years ago. Follow reporter Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb READ MORE Lacie brings 1TB of wireless storage to iPad, iPhone Apple's iPhone and iPad users will now be able to add 1TB of external storage with LaCie's new Fuel wireless hard drive. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Gartner Magic Quadrant for ADCs Citrix Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers. Gartner Magic Quadrant Report focuses on vendor's ability to solve complex application deployment challenges. Citrix NetScaler, a single integrated solution brings the elasticity, simplicity and expandability of the cloud to any network. Learn More SLIDESHOWS 10 best Android smartphones of 2013 2013 was a big year for the Android smartphone ecosystem. 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