| Network World Daily News PM | | | | Apple has pushed many technologies to extinction in favor of embracing new trends. | | | Issue highlights 1. 4 surprising tech trends we should be thankful for 2. AMD tablet development stalls as priorities change 3. SMBs get their very own Salesforce app store 4. CA's secret recipe: An organic engineering team 5. Microsoft's Silicon Valley campus now guarded by Daleks 6. IDG Contributor Network: Android Auto extends your phone to your car 7. INSIDER How to create seamless mobile security for employees 8. 7 apps for hosting a stress-free Thanksgiving 9. INSIDER 5 ways to escape password hell 10. Google Internet balloon drops in on farmer | | WHITE PAPER: Onapsis Inc. Threats affecting the SAP application layer are frequently overlooked, leaving systems exposed to malicious attacks. This SAP Insider highlights the security blinds spots and explains how automated assessment and audit solutions enable organizations to monitor, detect, prioritize, and prevent threats to close security gaps and mitigate risks. Learn More | | Some things IT professionals think are problems actually bring significant benefits that we should learn to appreciate. READ MORE | | Advanced Micro Devices' interest in tablets has waned as the company restructures operations in an effort to turn around its finances.The tablet market is in a price battle and profit margins for chip makers are minuscule, said Kevin Lensing, senior director for mobility solutions at AMD."We're evaluating [tablets] closely. It's not our priority," Lensing said.Tablet sales are slowing, with the market concentrated around Apple, Samsung and low-cost Chinese tablet makers whose products do not play to AMD's strength in areas such as graphics.Instead of tablets, the company is concentrating resources on products in which it has the best chance to grow, which includes PCs, Lensing said. The PC market is slowly rebounding and AMD this week announced a new line of PC chips code-named Carrizo, which use as little as 10 watts of power.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE | | Users of Desk.com, Salesforce's cloud-based customer service product for small and medium-size businesses, now have an app store designed just for them. Called Desk.com App Hub, the store offers 50 apps from Salesforce partner companies that handle functions including group chat, social monitoring, language translation and e-commerce analytics.Customer data from these apps can eventually be integrated with Desk.com via new technology called Canvas, a feature that can lead to better customer service, according to a Desk.com executive.Small companies use many cloud services and need to a way to centrally organize data to provide good customer service, said Leyla Seka, senior vice president and general manager of Desk.com. The challenge, though, is that many of these apps don't work together and small companies lack the resources to integrate this information. This forces users to access multiple apps to gather relevant data, a situation that can hurt service efforts if employees miss information that's stored across disparate cloud applications.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE | | : MoreDirect In this eGuide, Computerworld along with sister publications InfoWorld and CIO look at recent disaster recovery trends and offer expert opinions and advice. Read on to learn how the right disaster recovery efforts can protect your organization's data. Learn More | | At CA World, CA's executives spoke about the company's emphasis on developing in-house engineering skills. READ MORE | | Once again, science fiction predicts the future, as spooky robots will patrol the campus. READ MORE | | At the auto show in Los Angeles last week, I got a chance to kick the tires on Android Auto, Google's new automotive platform. READ MORE | | WHITE PAPER: OutSystems New research conducted by Opinion Matters reveals that 85% of enterprises have a mobile app development backlog because they can't cope with business demands. With the average application taking anywhere between three and 12 months to get out the door, this slow approach to app development is resulting in competitive disadvantage. Learn More | | The salespeople at financial services firm Vanguard Group need on-the-go access to presentations, client data and meeting details from wherever they are without a lot of hurdles. That doesn't mean, however, they need to access the complete suite of Vanguard applications and all of its data. So access is built around determining what users need in order to be productive without jeopardizing security by giving them too much access, says John Marcante, managing director and CIO at Valley Forge, Pa.-based Vanguard.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) READ MORE | | Thanksgiving is just a few days away, and for many of us, that means entertaining family and cooking up a storm. This can be a recipe for stress, which is the last thing you need leading up to a long holiday weekend. Luckily, a little planning can make Turkey Day much more manageable—all you need is your iPhone or iPad and a few strategically downloaded apps. From party planning and invites to recipes and wine pairings, we've got you covered. + ALSO ON NETWORK WORLD Holiday gift guide 2014 +Party Planner Pro If part of your Thanksgiving tradition is hosting a dinner party for a large group, Party Planner Pro ($5) is just the ticket to help you get organized. This app provides a single dashboard that lets you manage your guest list and RSVPs, seating chart, progress, and budget. You can also use it to plan your dishes and input recipes, as well as create shopping lists that you can easily print out or export. Plus, there's a collaboration feature, which offers a perfect excuse for you to delegate tasks (ahem, assigning side dishes) to others—because no one should have to cook 17 dishes all on their own.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE | | Security can be a vicious cycle. A breach occurs. Enterprises add a new level of security. That increases inconvenience for users, who find workarounds. Then there's another breach and the cycle begins again.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) READ MORE | | Buyers of the earthly explanation for whatever fell from the sky in Roswell, N.M. back in 1947 are likely to appreciate the reaction of a South African farmer who recently came across what he assumed to be a crashed weather balloon.In this case, however, the confusion proved only temporary.From a Wall Street Journal account: According to a report Thursday in the Afrikaans-language Beeld newspaper, Urbanus Botha, who farms in the arid landscape of the Karoo south of Bloemfontein and Lesotho in the center of South Africa, came across the crashed balloon and initially thought it a weather balloon from the nearby weather station at De Aar. He called up the station's office but nobody picked up, so he packed it into his pickup truck, thinking that its plastic could come in handy as he planned to repaint his shed.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE | | WEBCAST: EMC In this live discussion join Rohit Ghai, COO of the Information Intelligence Group of EMC, as he shares valuable insights on what to consider when shifting an IT landscape to the cloud. Learn More | | SLIDESHOWS Top tech turkeys of 2014 This Thanksgiving, just be thankful you aren't associated with any of these people. 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. 20+ Jaw-Dropping Black Friday 2014 Tech Deals 2. Peeping into 73,000 unsecured security cameras thanks to default passwords 3. No, Walmart, you can't walk away with my smartphone for price-matching purposes 4. 14 go-to tools for Mac sysadmins 5. 12 tips to tune your Wi-Fi network 6. Black Friday sales promise iPhone 6 deals 7. 10 cheap or free ways to make your old PC run faster 8. Black Friday: Newegg axes prices on laptops, desktops, tablets 9. SDN groups respond to Cisco's game over 10. Google launching 20 Internet balloons per day | | | | | | | | |
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