12 hot new cloud computing companies you should know

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Best ways to Celebrate Pi Day 2014 11 tips to prepare for SDN Network World Daily News PM March 13, 2014 Share this email 12 hot new cloud computing companies you should know Venture capital investment has rebounded in recent years to healthy levels and one segment of the technology market that's basking in this is cloud computing. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Best ways to Celebrate Pi Day 2014 2. 11 tips to prepare for SDN 3. Sophisticated scam targeting Verizon Wireless customers 4. Ballad of a WiFi Hero: Demystifying the router (video animation) 5. IBM's push for MDM market share swings into high gear 6. Amazon increases Prime membership from $79 to $99 7. How to Handle the IT Skills Shortage: Architect Your People 8. How Aruba Networks is targeting 'GenMobile' workers 9. Fluke launches affordable Ethernet tester 10. Researchers: Phone metadata surveillance reveals VERY personal info about callers 11. Tim Berners-Lee: we need a free Web, except when we don't 12. 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READ MORE Ballad of a WiFi Hero: Demystifying the router (video animation) Voice actor H. Jon Benjamin ("Bob's Burgers," "Archer") stars in this animated adaptation of the classic McSweeney's piece, "In Which I Fix My Girlfriend's Grandparents' WiFi and Am Hailed as a Conquering Hero," by Mike Lacher. Go Warrior, Go! Bring back The Google and enjoy your Jello Salad! READ MORE WHITE PAPER: CDW Mobile Applications Case Study: 8 Billion Transactions a Day The story documents how the online brokerage company tradeMONSTER created a custom mobile app and the success gleaned from this initiative. Also covered are the five things to help assure solid ROI from a mobile application strategy. View Now IBM's push for MDM market share swings into high gear Chris Clark, president and COO of mobile device management company Fiberlink, has no doubts about the importance of mobile device management. READ MORE Amazon increases Prime membership from $79 to $99 Citing fuel and shipping costs, Amazon today announced an increase to its popular Amazon Prime service. READ MORE How to Handle the IT Skills Shortage: Architect Your People IT and technology are always going to be moving targets. The pace at which change takes place is furious compared to most industries. Technologies evolve and business objectives change. As a result, the skills required to get the job done must change, too. Finding perfect people who meet a laundry list of qualifications is a dubious task. READ MORE How Aruba Networks is targeting 'GenMobile' workers At its Atmosphere event in Las Vegas, Aruba Networks announced its Mobility Defined Networks architecture. READ MORE WEBCAST: CDW Compose a software Management Symphony Keeping track of your organization's software is easy with effective software management solutions from CDW. View the videos in our software solutions channel View Now Fluke launches affordable Ethernet tester READ MORE Researchers: Phone metadata surveillance reveals VERY personal info about callers Let's assume you know nothing about a person except for that during a 3-week period, the person called "a home improvement store, locksmiths, a hydroponics dealer, and a head shop." While you still don't know that person, you certainly have insight into their private life that might allow you to infer a certain scenario. All of that sensitive information came from phone metadata surveillance. Read... READ MORE Tim Berners-Lee: we need a free Web, except when we don't The founder of the modern Web, Tim Berners-Lee, argued for government oversight of the Web as well as digital-rights-management (DRM) in an "Ask Me Anything" session on Reddit Wednesday afternoon. 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