Network World Daily News PM | | The stage is set for SDN (software-defined networking) to change the way we push data through our infrastructures, with the promises of more agile network provisioning and management, as well as more affordable network hardware. But for many, the SDN concept is still amorphous. What does SDN look like in practice? To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) | | Issue highlights 1. Top tech turkeys of 2014 2. What it's like living on a Chromebook, Part 2 3. Debian general resolution against systemd coupling fails, sponsor steps down 4. Cisco Launches Project Squared Collaborate App, IX5000 TelePresence Series 5. Why the Moto 360 is winning the smartwatch race 6. Tesla Model X will feature dual-motor system and ability to tow 7. Uber and Google are abusing user data for fun 8. Long-running Android botnet evolves, could pose threat to corporate networks 9. FTC gets federal court to shut down $120M tech support scam 10. Everything you need to know to supercharge your PC's storage 11. 6 ways to nail the job interview | WHITE PAPER: Brother International Corp. OmniJoin offers a full suite of security features to give you the peace of mind that your web meetings are as secure as you need them to be. Learn More>> | This Thanksgiving, just be thankful you aren't associated with any of these people. READ MORE | Trying to tackle media editing on a Chromebook. READ MORE | Debian developers voted down a proposal that would have weakened the Linux distribution's integration with a controversial system software package on Tuesday, in a victory for systemd supporters.The proposal, promulgated by former Debian project leader Ian Jackson, called for all Debian software to be effectively init-system-agnostic – the aim being to limit just how tightly bound to and dependent upon systemd Debian could become.+ MORE ON NETWORK WORLD:Prominent developers pulling out of Debian as voting deadline nears | How does a Windows bug go undetected for 19 years? +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE | WHITE PAPER: Curvature The challenge that IT decision-makers face is the pressure to reduce costs paired with the pressure to progress digital maturity. Curvature analyzes why businesses miss significant CapEx and OpEx cost savings and how to refocus IT strategy. View now | Cisco made three announcements earlier this week at Collaboration Summit 2014 including the launch of Project Squared as a cloud-based collaboration app, an alliance with Box that contributed to the Project Squared app, and the latest upgrades to the Cisco TelePresence portfolio with the Cisco TelePresence IX5000 series.Project Squared is a business collaboration app built on the Cisco Collaboration Cloud that combines chat, audio, video, multi-party meetings and content sharing. Users can download the app to mobile devices with the option to also connect using a web browser to log in from any computer. Project Squared securely links physical conference rooms through the cloud to external devices. With the app, users can start a room and invite others to the collaboration session to share messages, post files, and start voice and video calls. Files are rendered in the cloud, eliminating the need to download files to view content.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE | Market researcher Canalys reports another spike in wearables, Gartner predicts health and fitness wearables will disappoint in 2015. READ MORE | During its most recent earnings conference call, Tesla disclosed that the highly anticipated Model X would be delayed until the third quarter of 2015. Yesterday, Tesla emailed Model X reservation holders and informed them that the wait will be worth it. READ MORE | WHITE PAPER: BMC Software This paper discusses five levers you can use to lower your mainframe MLC costs by up to 20 percent or more. Explore best practices and real-world examples of dramatic savings through a mainframe MLC optimization strategy based on higher visibility, predictability, and automation. Learn More | Like many journalists, I'm concerned and outraged about the recent controversy regarding Uber executive Emil Michael. In my view, his comments about hiring opposition researchers and journalists to "help Uber fight back against the press" by investigating their families and personal lives—particularly Pando Daily's Sarah Lacy—have terrifying implications.Michael quickly backed off his comments, saying his words "do not reflect my actual views," while not denying he said them. (Reminds me of Charles Barkley once claiming to have been misquoted in his own autobiography!) And of course the company said it would never actually do such a thing. Trust us! But it has so far declined to fire or even discipline Michael.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE | An Android Trojan program that's behind one of the longest running multipurpose mobile botnets has been updated to become stealthier and more resilient.The botnet is mainly used for instant message spam and rogue ticket purchases, but it could be used to launch targeted attacks against corporate networks because the malware allows attackers to use the infected devices as proxies, researchers from security firm Lookout said.Dubbed NotCompatible, the mobile Trojan was discovered in 2012 and was the first Android malware to be distributed as a drive-by download from compromised websites.Devices visiting such sites would automatically start downloading a malicious .apk (Android application package) file. Users would then see notifications about the finished downloads and would click on them, prompting the malicious application to install if their devices had the "unknown sources" setting enabled.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE | The Federal Trade Commission today said a federal court has temporarily shut down two telemarketing operations that it says conned tens of thousands of consumers out of more than $120 million by deceptively marketing computer software and tech support services. The FTC claims that since at least 2012, the defendants – including companies known as PC Cleaner, Inbound Call Experts and Boost Software -- have used software designed to trick consumers into thinking there are problems with their computers, then subjected those consumers to high-pressure deceptive sales pitches for tech support products and services to fix their non-existent computer problems.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE | Ah, storage. Every PC needs it it, but your standard PC storage solutions suffer from two glaring frustrations.First off, storage performance tends to be one of the main bottlenecks in a typical PC, although the situation has vastly improved with the advent of solid state drives. (Yes, it's probably your hard drive holding back your high-end PC from even greater glory.) Second, drive failure can lead to the loss of valuable data, and no one wants that.Thankfully, there's a way to help mitigate both of these problems using a feature that's supported on virtually every modern computer system: RAID.+ ALSO ON NETWORK WORLD RAID 6 covers more bases +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE | When Doug Mitchell took over as CEO of direct-sales company Argenta Field Solutions in 2011, he noticed something surprising. He noticed that most Gen-Y candidates, though tech savvy and digitally plugged-in, didn't seem to have a clue about how to dress for, prepare for or conduct themselves in an interview, making his job and the job of his hiring managers difficult. Be sure not to miss: How to lure tech talent with employee benefits, perks "One of my responsibilities is interviewing, while the final decision is made by our chief administrator or by the head of sales, I perform interviews as well as put a final stamp of approval on our hires. What I noticed was, especially with the latest crop of millennial candidates, they're completely unprepared. They don't understand how to dress, how to speak, how to comport themselves in a face-to-face interview," he says. "Millennials might be 'digital natives,' but they could use some pointers on good, old-fashioned face-to-face interaction at times," says Mitchell.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE | WHITE PAPER: IBM Forrester has released its 2014 Dynamic Case Management Wave, and for the second consecutive time, IBM is a leader. View Now>> | | | | | | | | |
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