Tablet craze calms down as iPad shipments decline

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Sony Pictures hackers reportedly had help from insiders The one thing missing from Amazon's big cloud conference Network World Daily News PM November 25, 2014 Tablet craze calms down as iPad shipments decline It's time to kiss the tablet boom goodbye, as shipments of the once-dominant Apple iPad decline amid a worldwide slowdown for the devices.Shipments of all tablets worldwide will increase by just 7.2 percent this year, compared to 52.5 percent in 2013, according to a projection from research firm IDC. Tablet shipments this year will total 235.7 million.The numbers reflect widespread reliance on PCs and smartphones for computing and communicating. Buying trends show that consumers and businesses still look to run full-fledged applications on PCs, which have experienced a jump in sales recently.Otherwise, users are hanging on to tablets longer than expected, which is one reason for the slowdown in tablet shipments, IDC said. Tablet refreshes were expected every two to three years, but owners are holding on to devices for three years and longer, IDC said. New software can run on old devices, and there is no compelling reason for tablet owners to upgrade, IDC said.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Sony Pictures hackers reportedly had help from insiders 2. The one thing missing from Amazon's big cloud conference 3. NASA sets huge $5M cubesat competition 4. Twitter, in time for the holidays, puts digital coupons in your feed 5. A $550 Trade-in is Unlikely to Lure iPhone Users to Passport, But BlackBerry's Trying Anyway 6. SDN Networking Followed by SDN Security 7. IDG Contributor Network: Next-gen car maps will be nowhere near the center stack 8. Mobile broadband modems are losing their appeal with consumers 9. At least 150,000 Hikvision DVRs vulnerable to remote wipe of surveillance footage 10. HP talks cloud delivery options, the importance of OpenStack, how it competes on price WEBCAST: Dell Inc. The Human Side of IT Security The importance of IT security has vastly increased with the expansion in mobility, cloud computing, and social networking. Securing the organization is difficult enough, but it is considerably more difficult because of a number of factors tied to people. Learn more Sony Pictures hackers reportedly had help from insiders A Reddit user who claimed to previously have worked for Sony Pictures posted the image which allegedly popped up on "every computer all over Sony Pictures nationwide" on Monday. The message over a bizarre red skeleton stated, "Hacked By #GOP," which is not the political acronym for "Grand Old Party," but instead stands for "Guardians of Peace." The image contained a warning followed by links to data dumps that are either no longer live or the site has been overloaded by traffic. Warning: We've already warned you, and this is just a beginning. We continue till our request be met. We've obtained all your internal data, including your secrets and top secrets. If you don't obey us, we'll release data shown below to the world. Determine what will you do till November the 24th, 11:00 PM (GMT).To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE The one thing missing from Amazon's big cloud conference When Amazon Web Services has a big press or customer event, the company usually has one staple that it announces: Price cuts.Such was not the case earlier this month at AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas, the third-annual installation of the company's big cloud conference. So what's going on here? Have the prices in the cloud market stabilized? Or is AWS attempting to be rise above the fray of other cloud providers who are undercutting the market leader on price?We asked AWS and they did not respond. But, analysts say while price is important, it's not the end all for users deciding whether to use the cloud or not.+ MORE AT NETWORK WORLD: Would AWS ever build an on-prem private cloud? +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE NASA sets huge $5M cubesat competition NASA this week opened what it called its largest ever prize purse – the Cube Quest Challenge which will offer a package worth $5 million for competitors to build unique propulsion and communications technologies for small, inexpensive satellite systems known as cubesats.When it first talked about offering a cubesat challenge in June, NASA said it wanted to focus on building better communications and propulsion technologies for the cube-shaped satellites are typically about four inches long, have a volume of about one quart and weigh about 3 pounds.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Five Levers to Lower Mainframe MLC Costs 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 Twitter, in time for the holidays, puts digital coupons in your feed If ads on Twitter weren't annoying enough, some will start asking for your credit card info, in the hopes you'll load up on store discounts.Twitter Offers, launched Tuesday, lets companies incorporate in-store promotions in ads that appear in users' feeds. This is not a way to buy things on Twitter; it's a tool to add a discount to your credit or debit card, which can be redeemed in physical stores. The data stands to give Twitter a huge leg up on gauging the effectiveness of its ads on in-store sales.If enough people go along with it, that is.Starting in the U.S. only, a handful of brands will include a "get offer" button in their ads on Twitter. It could be, say, $2.00 cash back when spending $5 or more at a particular coffee shop. Click the button, and Twitter will ask for the user's credit or debit card information. The promotion is applied when the user makes the purchase with that card in the store, and the cash back savings appear on his or her statement within a few days, Twitter says. There is no charge to use the offer.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE A $550 Trade-in is Unlikely to Lure iPhone Users to Passport, But BlackBerry's Trying Anyway In its latest desperation move, Blackberry says it will pay up to $550 to anyone who trades an iPhone for a Blackberry Passport. The deal kicks off on December 1, but it's not worth waiting for even if you are the rare bird who's looking to defect from Apple. Blackberry actually has a better deal going on right now. When the trade-in program begins next month, Blackberry will offer anywhere from $90 to $400 for the iPhone depending on the model, along with a flat $150 for all models, paid as a Visa gift card. The normal price of a Blackberry Passport is $700 off-contract, so it'll cost another $150 at least to make the switch.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE SDN Networking Followed by SDN Security As SDN technology is deployed on production networks, CISOs should be well along the way with SDN security projects. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: CommVault 5 Steps to Application-Aware Data Protection Application Owners need to know that they'll be able to recover their data at the application level when disaster strikes, and yesterday's solutions are simply not up to this job. It's time for modern, application-aware data protection - and here's how to get there. Learn more about how to create application-aware protection. Learn More>> IDG Contributor Network: Next-gen car maps will be nowhere near the center stack Look for a change in the automobile speedometer cluster, because maps will be appearing there soon. READ MORE Mobile broadband modems are losing their appeal with consumers If you're using a smartphone as a hotspot, you aren't alone—sales of USB sticks and embedded PC modems are plummeting as a result of that use.Shipments of these products are expected to decline by 24 percent by year end, following a 17 percent drop last year, according to market research company Strategy Analytics, which added that the value of the market has halved since 2010.Using a smartphone to share an Internet connection is more convenient than having to carry around another device. The drawback is that it drains the battery. The best solution is to whenever possible have the smartphone plugged in while using it as a hotspot.Modems are just one example in a long line of product categories that have been negatively affected by the growing popularity and functionality of smartphones. Cameras, handheld navigators and portable game consoles have also seen their fortunes wane as smartphones have taken over 70 percent of total mobile phone shipments.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE At least 150,000 Hikvision DVRs vulnerable to remote wipe of surveillance footage Rapid7 discovered 150,000+ Hikvision DVRs vulnerable to attackers remotely deleting surveillance footage. READ MORE HP talks cloud delivery options, the importance of OpenStack, how it competes on price Bill Hilf, Senior Vice President of Product and Service Management for HP Cloud, brings an interesting perspective to his job given his former role as General Manager of Product Management for Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud platform. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix and Senior Editor Brandon Butler got Hilf on the line for his big picture view of the importance of OpenStack, why HP recently acquired Eucalyptus, the impetus to compete on price, and the various cloud delivery options customers are pursuing.How do you position Helion and where does it fit into the market?Helion is our brand name for our cloud product portfolio which allows customers to deploy in any cloud context, be it a private cloud or a public or a hosted cloud environment. The applications and data and virtual machines that are going to ride on top of that cloud infrastructure can behave consistently across those different environments.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE WEBCAST: EMC Moving Data and Apps to the Cloud: 3 Key Considerations 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. 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