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VMware: How the hypervisor can be security's savior Video: Interop 2014 with Network World's Brandon Butler Network World Daily News AM April 04, 2014 Share this email Hot products from Interop 2014 in Vegas These products are on display at the annual tech conference in Vegas. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. VMware: How the hypervisor can be security's savior 2. Video: Interop 2014 with Network World's Brandon Butler 3. Microsoft’s mobile moves: Still your father’s technology company 4. How to 3D print your own designs without a 3D printer 5. Chicago Sun-Times first major US paper to accept bitcoins 6. At Build, mobility gets a boost with universal Windows apps 7. T-Mobile offers credits to retain BlackBerry customers 8. Inside 3D Printing sights and sounds (video) 9. Microsoft voice assistant to compete with Siri, Google Now 10. Mars look bigger and brighter than usual? It should 11. Apple's attention problem 12. The real reason Brookstone filed for bankruptcy WEBCAST: Oracle Transforming Finance with Cross-Functional Analytics Date: May 6th, 2014 Time: 1 PM EDT Attend this Webcast to find out how Oracle’s packaged analytic applications enable line-of-business managers to examine all their business concerns. Learn More VMware: How the hypervisor can be security's savior Hypervisors that virtualize the compute, networking and storage tiers provide a unique platform for enforcing security policies, VMware executives argued this week at Interop. READ MORE Video: Interop 2014 with Network World's Brandon Butler Field Report: Interop 2014 with Brandon Butler READ MORE Microsoft’s mobile moves: Still your father’s technology company This has been a big week for Microsoft, with a flood of new announcements and changes of direction. Along with its Build conference, new CEO Satya Nadella has made a number of moves designed to reverse the public perception that the company is an aging also ran in the technology races. The changes include READ MORE How to 3D print your own designs without a 3D printer In his keynote speech at the Inside 3D Printing conference in New York today, 3D Systems CEO Avi Reichental said that when he's asked if 3D printers will make their way into everyday people's homes, he can't answer them. That's because it's not a matter of if they'll make their way into the home – it's where in the home they'll put them, Reichental said. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology ESG -- Economic Value Validation Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), presents an economic value validation study of Riverbed Performance Management solution, Cascade application-aware NPM. ESG interviewed current Riverbed Cascade customers and based on these interviews, developed an economic model that predicts the benefits of deploying a Riverbed Cascade solution. View Now Chicago Sun-Times first major US paper to accept bitcoins The Chicago Sun-Times is now accepting bitcoins as payment for subscription, becoming the first major U.S. newspaper to take the digital currency. READ MORE At Build, mobility gets a boost with universal Windows apps Microsoft's announcement of universal Windows apps demonstrates the company's commitment to improving its share of the tablet and smartphone markets. READ MORE T-Mobile offers credits to retain BlackBerry customers T-Mobile's CEO John Legere said Thursday he was disappointed with BlackBerry's decision this week to split with the carrier, and offered credits to hold on to dedicated BlackBerry users among its customers. READ MORE Inside 3D Printing sights and sounds (video) Inside 3D Printing sights and sounds Computerworld's Lucas Mearian shows off the latest in the world of 3D printing, as seen at the Inside 3D Printing conference in New York. From: Network World Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 02:01 More in Science & Technology READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Intigua Systems Management Virtualization Discover how virtualizing the management layer, by de-coupling agents from the underlying server infrastructure, eliminates the need to install physical agents on servers and makes ongoing management tasks such as provisioning and updating agents as simple as copying a single “virtual agent” file to all required servers. Read more. Learn More Microsoft voice assistant to compete with Siri, Google Now At Microsoft's Build conference in San Francisco this week the company debuted Cortana, a voice assistant for Windows Phone similar to Google Now and Apple's Siri. READ MORE Mars look bigger and brighter than usual? It should Mars is closer to Earth than it has been for nearly seven years and with a 4-inch or larger telescope you may be able to get quite a view. According to Sky & Telescope in the middle two weeks of April, Mars will shine with a brightness of magnitude -1.5, matching the luster of Sirius - typically the brightest star in the night sky. READ MORE Apple's attention problem Credit: Kantar Worldpanel The iPhone is fashionable in part because of Apple’s designers and in part because consumers see Apple as an innovator. Tim Cook summed up Apple’s definition of innovation in an interview with NBC’s Brian Williams a little over a year ago: READ MORE The real reason Brookstone filed for bankruptcy Well of course Brookstone is filing for bankruptcy. What other outcome might one expect for a company that manages expenses like a drunken retailer? I've seen the evidence myself and even tried to alert the company. From a May 20011 Buzzblog post: READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Spirent Hardware Test is the Key to Accurate Network Testing Surprisingly, many organizations are not adequately testing their networks. Network testing is crucial for any IT organization that wants to ensure availability, security and performance of applications and services running on their networks. Learn More>> SLIDESHOWS Hot products at Interop These products are on display at the annual tech conference in Vegas. 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. 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