Best tools for keeping end users happy

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15 years on, Googlers reminisce about first data center ‘Flappy Bird’ generates $50K a day? That’s not chicken feed Network World Daily News PM February 06, 2014 Share this email Best tools for keeping end users happy ExtraHop wins Application Performance Monitoring (APM) shootout READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. 15 years on, Googlers reminisce about first data center 2. ‘Flappy Bird’ generates $50K a day? That’s not chicken feed 3. Deploying 802.11ac – A New Webinar Next Week 4. For Microsoft, simply ending CEO hunt is a good move 5. Target breach happened because of a basic network segmentation error 6. First Look: Firefox 27 7. Sony sheds Vaio PC business, turns TV unit into subsidiary 8. Apple removes Blockchain, last Bitcoin wallet app, from mobile store 9. 11 Ways to Improve Your IT Team's Productivity 10. Experts warn of Russian spying, hackers at Sochi Olympics 11. Humorists strike gold with Nadella's promotion, Gates' job change 12. New products of the week 2.3.14 WHITE PAPER: Mitel Networks 9 Cloud Myths Debunked What's preventing your organization from enhancing its communications and collaboration capabilities? Private, public and hybrid cloud approaches can have a dramatic impact on improved efficiency, agility, and support for business growth. View Now 15 years on, Googlers reminisce about first data center Google runs its services from some of the biggest, most sophisticated data centers on the planet, but it wasn't always that way. Some of its top engineers have been reminiscing this week about the early days, when Google operated from a tiny server room down the hall from Altavista, and when Larry Page used to roll up his sleeves and fix its servers with a twist tie. READ MORE ‘Flappy Bird’ generates $50K a day? That’s not chicken feed It was only the other day that I first heard of the video game "Flappy Bird," thanks to my 12-year-old son Grant and his slavish devotion to his new iPod. READ MORE Deploying 802.11ac – A New Webinar Next Week OK, so about two years ago I was a bit cautionary with respect to the deployment of 802.11ac. There weren't all that many products on the market, especially clients, and 802.11n was working just great for essentially everyone. But the landscape has certainly shifted over the past nine months, with my updated conclusion being that there's really no longer any reason to wait. I mean, what's the alternative?... READ MORE For Microsoft, simply ending CEO hunt is a good move By now, you’ve all probably heard that Microsoft has chosen its third CEO, Satya Nadella, a 22-year veteran of the company who most recently held the position of President of the Server & Tools division. Satya, however, has also been VP of the Research and Development for the Online Services Division, the Business Division, and the Cloud and Enterprise group, among a couple of other positions. Read... READ MORE WHITE PAPER: CommVault ESG: How to Build a Strategic Archive This paper discusses the reasons ESG believes CommVault Simpana software, a data management platform that delivers backup, archive, search, and analytics capabilities, could be a viable cornerstone of an organization’s information retention strategy. Learn More Target breach happened because of a basic network segmentation error The massive data breach at Target last month may have resulted partly from the retailer's failure to properly segregate systems handling sensitive payment card data from the rest of its network. READ MORE First Look: Firefox 27 SPDY, social integration and more improved in the latest Firefox version. READ MORE Sony sheds Vaio PC business, turns TV unit into subsidiary Sony will sell its struggling PC business to a Japanese investment firm, the company said Thursday, meaning the slick "Vaio" brand could all but disappear from markets outside Japan. READ MORE Apple removes Blockchain, last Bitcoin wallet app, from mobile store Apple on Wednesday removed Blockchain, the last remaining application in its mobile store for transmitting bitcoins, signaling the continuing uncertainty around the virtual currency. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: IBM The Big Data Zoo—Taming the Beasts According to Dr. Devlin’s white paper “The Big Data Zoo—Taming the Beasts”, data is still data, whether big or small. It needs to be managed effectively if organizations want to be gain value from it. Although big data may present special challenges for IT organizations, the principles of data management haven’t changed. Learn More 11 Ways to Improve Your IT Team's Productivity How can CIOs and IT executives help their teams be more productive (besides providing them with free food)? Here are the top 11 tips -- from CIOs, IT executives, productivity and leadership experts and project managers -- for getting the most out of your IT team. READ MORE Experts warn of Russian spying, hackers at Sochi Olympics Americans heading to Sochi, Russia, for the Winter Olympics are being warned that privacy is not a right in the host country and all their electronic communications will likely be monitored. READ MORE Humorists strike gold with Nadella's promotion, Gates' job change Humorists stuck a minor gold mine yesterday when Microsoft anointed Satya Nadella, a veteran company insider, as its new CEO, proving that funny can be found in the most unlikely places. READ MORE New products of the week 2.3.14 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Dell and Linksys READ MORE WHITE PAPER: VCE The Cornerstone of New In-House IT Operation for CP Railways As part of this sweeping transformation, Canadian Pacific Railways (CP) took a fresh look at its outsourced IT and decided to bring the entire operation in-house. 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