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Gartner: Internet of Things has reached hype peak Androids continue to gain in the enterprise Network World Daily News PM August 13, 2014 Share this email 2014's Hottest IT Certification IT Certifications and Premium Pay With more than half of 2014 behind us, it's that time of the year where we look at IT certifications standings in real world IT. The right certifications can help earn tech workers premium pay or land the job they've been aspiring to. That's why knowing what is "hot" with employers is important when considering your professional development.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Gartner: Internet of Things has reached hype peak 2. Androids continue to gain in the enterprise 3. Stanford prof Mirzakhani first woman to win award known as "Nobel Prize in Mathematics" 4. How to Motivate Your IT Team After a Setback 5. Yes, medical device security is lousy - so what? 6. BlackBerry patches vulnerabilities in BlackBerry OS, enterprise server software 7. Google wraps its trans-Pacific fiber cables in Kevlar to prevent against shark attacks 8. ShoreTel Mobility 8 delivers mobile video collaboration 9. Users should patch critical flaw in Adobe Reader and Acrobat, researchers say 10. INSIDER Is your network blind to video traffic? WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Prioritize Capacity Planning with BMC Capacity Optimization Current trends underscore the requirement for truly global and adaptable capability for optimizing capacity across domains with full insight into business service outcomes. Learn why EMA has put BMC in the lead as the vendor with the fullest breadth and depth of its capacity optimization capabilities. Learn More Gartner: Internet of Things has reached hype peak The Internet of Things has reached the height of its hype, according to Gartner.Each year the research firm puts out a Hype Cycle of emerging technologies, a sort of report card for various trends and buzzwords. This year, IoT tops the list (See chart below).Gartner believes that most emerging technologies go through a natural process in which they are triggered by some innovation, then they rise to a peak of inflated expectations. As the technologies mature, markets generally become disillusioned by them, before they start to become mainstream and just part of everyday technology.+ MORE AT NETWORK WORLD: Three cool features in Google's cloud +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE Androids continue to gain in the enterprise Wikipedia Use of Android smartphones in the enterprise realm is on the rise, largely at the expense of the iPhone, according to a report issued this week by Good Technology.The report found that  32% of enterprise mobile devices activated in the second quarter of 2014 on Good's technology platform were Android-based, a 5% increase from Q1. Apple's devices maintained a considerable lead, at 67%, but that figure was down a commensurate 5% from the previous quarter.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE Stanford prof Mirzakhani first woman to win award known as "Nobel Prize in Mathematics" If you've been wondering who to thank for the latest developments in "the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces," that would be Stanford University professor Maryam Mirzakhani, who has earned the distinction of being the first woman to win a prestigious Fields Medal for her work. The medals, doled out by the International Mathematical Union every four years to mathematicians under 40 years of age, are sometimes called the "Nobel Prize in Mathematics." Stanford University Fields Medal winner Maryam Mirzakhani, Stanford University professor of mathematicsTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE WHITE PAPER: IBM Forrester 2014 Dynamic Case Management Wave Forrester has released its 2014 Dynamic Case Management Wave, and for the second consecutive time, IBM is a leader. View Now>> How to Motivate Your IT Team After a Setback It can be difficult enough to manage and motivate your teams when things are going well, but keeping morale high and people productive is even tougher if you've suffered a setback – a failed project, layoffs, losing a major client – or if personal issue are affecting a member of your team.Employee morale is critical to a business' success or failure, says Piera Palazzolo, senior vice president at Dale Carnegie Training. Managers need to have their finger on the pulse of the workplace and be able to respond accordingly if they notice employees aren't living up to their full potential, she says."Morale's important because it directly affects creativity and also productivity," Palazzolo says. "If your employees are in a slump, they're just going through the motions, robotically, and they're not engaged or motivated. You're not making the best use of your available talent," she says.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE Yes, medical device security is lousy - so what? There is no debate that the cyber security built into medical devices is practically nonexistent. But there is debate over how much that puts patients at risk. On one side are experts who say the benefits far outweigh the minuscule risks. On the other are those who say the risks are low, but growing, and are unacceptable at any level. READ MORE BlackBerry patches vulnerabilities in BlackBerry OS, enterprise server software The flaws could allow attackers to access data stored on BlackBerry phones or sensitive credentials logged on servers READ MORE WEBCAST: OutSystems Cash Isn't King, User Adoption Is! Wodify, a SaaS solution for Cross Fit Gyms, is built with OutSystems Platform and currently supports over 100,000 users across the globe. With OutSystems Platform, the Wodify team can build and iterate at an extremely fast pace and deploy without loss of service. Read More Google wraps its trans-Pacific fiber cables in Kevlar to prevent against shark attacks Google wraps its underwater fiber cables in Kevlar material, at least in part to protect against shark attacks, an official with the company said recently.Are sharks attacking underwater cables really something Google should worry about? Take a look for yourself: + MORE AT NETWORK WORLD: 3 Cool Google cloud features +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE ShoreTel Mobility 8 delivers mobile video collaboration ShoreTel has launched a major update to ShoreTel Mobility with version 8, offering mobile-enabled video conferencing. ShoreTel Mobility 8 is integrated with the ShoreTel Communicator desktop call-control suite, and the new software enhancements have added a virtualized ShoreTel Mobility Router.ShoreTel Mobility 8 provides video communications via iOS and Android smartphones and tablets with single touch video calling from the keypad. Users can also participate in multi-party video sessions between mobile devices and room-based video communication systems. ShoreTel supports room systems using industry standards H.264/AVC, including Lifesize and Polycom. Video calls are supported over local or remote Wi-Fi and cellular data networks. Another new feature to the Mobility client is that the "join" button, delivering a one-touch audio bridge login that works with third-party Web collaboration tools. ShoreTel Mobility 8 also supports video communication from the user's Windows desktop using ShoreTel Communicator.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE Users should patch critical flaw in Adobe Reader and Acrobat, researchers say Adobe Systems has released security patches for its Flash Player, Reader and Acrobat products, addressing a total of eight vulnerabilities, including one that is being exploited by attackers.The actively exploited flaw affects Adobe Reader and was found by researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab. The flaw was being used in isolated attacks, they said."At the moment, we are not providing any details on these attacks as the investigation is still ongoing," said Costin Raiu, director of Kaspersky's global research and analysis team, in a blog post. "Although these attacks are very rare, just to stay on the safe side we recommend everyone to get the update from the Adobe site as soon as possible."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE INSIDER Is your network blind to video traffic? Ever since 2010, when Cisco predicted huge amounts of video traffic on worldwide networks, IT managers have been cautiously watching for it to occur. Cisco's most current prediction is that 73% of all Internet traffic will be video by 2017. Whether we'll reach that level remains to be seen, but we have observed significant increases and it is reasonable to assume that much of that traffic will creep into enterprise networks.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Taking Mobile Delivery to the Next Level Don't let poor performance and inadequate security constrain your enterprise mobility initiatives. Accelerate and protect your mobile workspaces with innovative NetScaler MobileStream technology from Citrix. Read Now SLIDESHOWS Black Hat 2014: How to crack just about everything From cell phones and cars to IPv6 security researchers have turned their skills against a world of technology. 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 of 2014 1. Netscout sues Gartner over Magic Quadrant rating 2. Why TCP/IP is on the way out 3. Amazon Fire Phone: Nice but nothing to get fired up about 4. 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