Apple's most important iPad, iMac, OS X Yosemite, and other announcements this week

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16 tips for thriving as an IT contractor Apple's iPad 2 vs. Google's Nexus 9: Comparing the two new tablets Network World Daily News AM October 17, 2014 Apple's most important iPad, iMac, OS X Yosemite, and other announcements this week From the iPad Air 2 to a new iMac to OS X Yosemite, here is a rundown of the most important Apple news of the week. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. INSIDER 16 tips for thriving as an IT contractor 2. Apple's iPad 2 vs. Google's Nexus 9: Comparing the two new tablets 3. ChromeOS team listens to Linux community, brings back ext2/3/4 4. How Aruba Networks is tackling the SME market 5. Drupal releases patch for severe SQL injection flaw 6. Chipmaker AMD will cut staff by 7 percent 7. Apple Pay at McDonald's 8. Hadoop Platform, Apps Represent $1 Trillion Opportunity 9. First Look: The iPad Mini 3, iPad Air 2 and more WHITE PAPER: Tintri Inc. Backup and Recovery Best Practices with Tintri VMstore This Tintri Best Practice Guide for Backup and Recovery will assist individuals who are responsible for the design, deployment, and DR of VMs deployed on Tintri VMstore systems. View now INSIDER 16 tips for thriving as an IT contractor When demand exceeds the supply of available IT talent, many companies are using contractors to help fill the gaps. IT contractors provide manpower when workloads spike and can bring key expertise and skills to a team. (See related story, Life as an IT contractor)To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) READ MORE Apple's iPad 2 vs. Google's Nexus 9: Comparing the two new tablets Two great tablets announced in the same week, the iPad Air 2 and Nexus 9 are strikingly similar. READ MORE ChromeOS team listens to Linux community, brings back ext2/3/4 A few days ago I wrote an article about how the ChromeOS developers decided to remove support for the ext file systems (ext2, ext3 and ext4) from the ChromeOS file browsers. I made it pretty clear in that article that I felt this was a colossal mistake that could potentially alienate huge groups of Google and ChromeOS's most vocal supporters – Linux users.Obviously, I wasn't the only person who felt that way. The issue on code.google.com itself (315401) contained nearly a hundred declarations against that decision. Some of my favorites:To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE : Verizon Mobile Device Management In this eGuide, InfoWorld and sister publications IDG News Service, Network World, Computerworld, and CSO look at many of today's issues surrounding mobile security and MDM. Read on to learn how MDM can help your enterprise enable mobile security without hampering employee productivity. Learn More How Aruba Networks is tackling the SME market Aruba Networks has arguably been the most successful enterprise-focused wireless network company over the past five years. Cisco may have more share, but much of that is due to Cisco's massive wired base. At one time, Motorola was on par with Aruba, albeit in different verticals, but that business is but a shell of what it once was and Aruba has continued to steal its share.As successful as Aruba has been in the enterprise segment, the company has had less success with the SME market, i.e. businesses where the employee count ranged from about 25 to 250. Why, you ask? Well, two big problems: a lack of product built for this segment and no channel to sell the product. In this case, the double negative doesn't create a positive, just a bigger negative.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE Drupal releases patch for severe SQL injection flaw Drupal has released a patch for a highly critical flaw in its content management system, which could allow rogue code to run.Drupal, which is a volunteer open-source project whose software is used by websites such as The White House and the Economist, said all of 7.x releases prior to 7.32 are affected, according to an advisory.Administrators should update to version 7.32. If that is not possible, a patch is available for the "database.inc" file that fixes the problem.Drupal uses a database abstraction API (application programming interface) that filters harmful SQL (structure query language) queries, but the vulnerability (CVE-2014-3704) can allow an attacker to send malicious queries that could be executed. These so-called SQL injection attacks are among the most common type of attacks against a website.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE Chipmaker AMD will cut staff by 7 percent AMD's new chief is making her mark quickly: By the end of 2014, the chipmaker will cut worldwide headcount by about 7 percent in a restructuring plan it hopes will put it on the path to improved profits.The layoffs will start immediately, and come just a week after AMD appointed former chief operating officer Lisa Su as the company's CEO. She replaced Rory Read, who held the post since August 2011.The company did not share specific plans about the restructuring or which parts of its business will be impacted by layoffs. AMD employed 10,149 people at end of its third fiscal quarter on Sept. 27.AMD has struggled over the last couple of years, reporting just a few quarters of profit. As a result of the layoffs and slashing costs such as real estate expenses, the company expects to save US$9 million in the fourth quarter and around $85 million in fiscal 2015.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE WHITE PAPER: AT&T Network-Enabled Cloud: Key Considerations A network-enabled cloud combines the control, protection, and performance advantages of a private cloud with the economies and elasticity of a public cloud, and seamlessly integrates corporate VPNs with cloud-based resources. Learn more about key Considerations and Partner Selection Criteria in this IDC whitepaper. Learn More Apple Pay at McDonald's A customer pays for his meal at McDonald's using an iPhone and Apple Pay. READ MORE Hadoop Platform, Apps Represent $1 Trillion Opportunity NEW YORK CITY – Over the past few years, Hadoop and big data have exploded onto the tech landscape, garnering attention on par with cloud and mobile. But that may all be about to change, says Mike Olson, co-founder, chairman and chief strategy officer of Hadoop distribution vendor Cloudera."I think that this year we're going to see Hadoop disappear," Olson said in his opening keynote at the O'Reilly Strata Conference + Hadoop World here in New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. "It's a pretty ridiculous statement in a venue like this."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE First Look: The iPad Mini 3, iPad Air 2 and more And hey, Stephen Colbert was there!Apple, uncharacteristically, lost a little PR steam from a leak of some information on its new iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 models a day before the launch event, which took place on Thursday at the company's Cupertino headquarters. But that doesn't mean there wasn't anything new to learn – have a look at the new tablets, and more besides.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE WHITE PAPER: HP Top 5 Truths About Big Data Hype and Security Intelligence Big Data Security Analytics (BDSA) is the subject of exuberant predictions. However, a Gartner analyst points out that no available BDSA solutions come close to these forecasts. Nevertheless, the principles of Big Data are the key to advanced security intelligence. This white paper discusses the key tenets of Big Data. Learn more >> SLIDESHOWS The Onion's 9 best bits about Microsoft Poking fun at the software giant and founder Bill Gates since 1996. 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. 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