Gartner: Top 10 strategic predictions for businesses

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Why Google hiring 200 security guards is a big deal Microsoft and other firms take pledge to protect student privacy Network World Daily News AM October 07, 2014 Gartner: Top 10 strategic predictions for businesses For a session that is high-tech oriented, this year's Gartner strategic predictions were decidedly human. That is to say many were related to increasing the customer's experience with technology and systems rather than the usual techno-calculations.+More on Network World: Gartner: Make way for digital business or die?+"Machines are taking an active role in enhancing human endeavors," said Daryl Plummer is a managing vice president, chief of Research and chief Gartner Fellow. "Our predictions this year maybe not be directly tied to the IT or CIO function but they will affect what you do."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Why Google hiring 200 security guards is a big deal 2. 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AT&T fired employee who improperly accessed customer accounts AT&T fired an employee who improperly accessed about 1,600 customer accounts and could have viewed customers' Social Security and driver's license numbers.The breach came to light after a form letter that AT&T sent to affected customers was submitted to Vermont's attorney general's office, which published it on its website.Mark Siegel, executive director of media relations for AT&T Mobility, said in a statement that one of the company's employees "did not follow our strict privacy rules and inappropriately obtained some customer information."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE Blowing the whistle without blowing your career How techies can bring data mishandling and abuses to light without putting their careers in jeopardy. READ MORE Elliptic Labs smartphone is controlled by waving at it Sick of fingering your smartphone's touchscreen? How about just waving at it?Elliptic Labs thinks it's easier and more intuitive to wave at a smartphone than to touch it as a control method.At the Ceatec 2014 technology show outside Tokyo, the Norwegian startup exhibited a smartphone control method it calls Multi Layer Interaction. It allows users to display different content on a phone depending on the location and distance between their hand and the screen.During a demonstration, an Elliptic staffer moved his hand toward the screen on a prototype smartphone. The device immediately displayed the home screen on its Android OS. When he moved his hand closer, the device scrolled through various other menu levels.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Ping Identity 5 Reasons It's Time For Secure Single Sign-On While cloud-based applications provide many business benefits including lowering capital expenditures, they can also drive up operational expenses by requiring more administration and lowering employee productivity due to more application login-ins, password resets and helpdesk calls. 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