10 Geeky and Foolish Ways to Celebrate April Fools' Day

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Dissatisfaction with IT grows Top 5 skills needed for a SOC analyst Network World Daily News AM March 30, 2014 Share this email 10 Geeky and Foolish Ways to Celebrate April Fools' Day The Web is the epicenter of foolishness these days, but there are also ways to celebrate April 1 offline READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Dissatisfaction with IT grows 2. INSIDER Top 5 skills needed for a SOC analyst 3. Driving innovation at Fidelity Investments 4. The promise of the seamless cloud 5. Confused over what tablet to buy? Join the crowd 6. Free online courses abound to help you bone up on Linux, SDN and more 7. Arista bulks up on 100G 8. Nine free cloud storage options for small businesses 9. INSIDER Integrated Sales and CRM System Lets DirecTV Captures More Couch Potatoes 10. Facebook, other Web giants unite to scale MySQL 11. 14 Tips for Creating a Paperless Office 12. 16 terrible computer pranks that could get you fired 13. We're not asking for love: Just "Like" us on Facebook RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Wireless Infrastructure Seminar - Atlanta Wireless Infrastructure Seminar – Hilton Atlanta Attend and discover how your IT operations can take advantage of exciting new possibilities like cloud-based management, unified wired/wireless management, mobile unified communications, location and tracking services, and more. April 29, Hilton Atlanta. Free seminar. Register Now. Dissatisfaction with IT grows Businesses leaders and IT executives are registering higher levels of dissatisfaction with IT as more demands are placed on technology, according to two new studies. READ MORE INSIDER Top 5 skills needed for a SOC analyst Building a Security Operations Center (SOC) from scratch or revamping an underperforming one is a daunting leadership challenge. Of all the tasks you have to think about, finding and hiring a set of SOC analysts with the right skill set has to be a top priority. READ MORE Driving innovation at Fidelity Investments Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services, with assets under administration of $4.7 trillion, and it didn't get there by using yesterday's technology. In fact, the company has a standalone group, Fidelity Center for Applied Technology – more commonly referred to as Fidelity Labs -- whose job it is to take the long view, to examine technologies years before they become mainstream and help the firm get a leg up. READ MORE The promise of the seamless cloud Using the cloud to complement on-premise IT resources is one of the nirvana states envisioned for cloud computing, letting you architect for normal workloads and then burst to the cloud when necessary. READ MORE RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Tales from the Dark Side of the Network Frustrated with your big IT Network Management System? In this exclusive footage, IT pros tell their side of the story...the dark side. Let SolarWinds ® Software bring light to the darkness. Save Time. Save Money. Save the Network with SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor. Watch now and don’t let inefficient network management systems take your team to the dark side. Confused over what tablet to buy? Join the crowd Tablet sales are slowing, forcing sellers and potential buyers alike to confront confusion over which device to buy. READ MORE Free online courses abound to help you bone up on Linux, SDN and more Massive open online courses offer IT professionals the opportunity to learn about some of the tech industry's most in-demand and current topics for free. Available to anyone with a Web connection, MOOCs cover a range of hot tech topics including software defined networking, cloud computing, security, drone development, artificial intelligence and mobile programming. READ MORE Arista bulks up on 100G Arista Networks today announced two new 100G Ethernet modules for its spine/core switch that provide more connectivity options for users. READ MORE Nine free cloud storage options for small businesses Using the cloud can bring advantages that could be extra enticing for a small business. Instead of having to invest in hardware to store your files and applications, why not use the cloud? Instead of emailing documents back and forth, why not centrally store them in the cloud? READ MORE RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds SQL Server Performance Monitoring Made Easy with AppInsight Go Where No SysAdmin Has Gone Before! AppInsight from SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor (SAM) helps eliminate blind spots with in-depth visibility & reporting on the node, database, memory, queries, disk usage, & more. SAM combines best-in-class systems management with SQL server performance monitoring to deliver visibility in one console. Learn more about SAM and its agentless monitoring of operating systems, hardware, virtual infrastructures, & more than 150 applications. Application performance issues can come from anywhere – Find out how where with SAM from SolarWinds! INSIDER Integrated Sales and CRM System Lets DirecTV Captures More Couch Potatoes DirecTV's new enterprise system offers sales agents a whole view of the customer -- and real-time guidance to close deals. READ MORE Facebook, other Web giants unite to scale MySQL Facebook has joined a number of other Internet services heavyweights, such as Google and LinkedIn, to better equip the MySQL relational database management system for large- scale work. READ MORE 14 Tips for Creating a Paperless Office Half a century after marketers coined the term 'paperless office,' the concept largely remains a myth. Today's businesses probably can't go completely paperless, but these 14 tips will at least help them stop wasting paper and start improving productivity. READ MORE 16 terrible computer pranks that could get you fired Look, you're an adult human being. You're better than this. Don't do any of the things in this slideshow. READ MORE We're not asking for love: Just "Like" us on Facebook Check out the enterprise networking content and discussion on our Facebook page READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Fujitsu America Why Managed Network Outsourcing Makes Good Business Sense A recent survey by IDG Research Services indicates there are significant benefits to partnering with an experienced company capable of handling network management. The right partner can also eliminate the need to build, manage and maintain a network operations center. Learn more >> SLIDESHOWS 3D printing: How does it really work? Here are the nine most common 3D printer technologies. 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Telecom Ramblings: “Friday Bytes: Zayo, CenturyLink, Masergy, Orange” plus 2 more

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• Friday Bytes: Zayo, CenturyLink, Masergy, Orange
• Soliciting Proxies, Charter Challenges the Comcast/TW Cable Merger
• tw telecom Details Tennessee, California Expansions

Friday Bytes: Zayo, CenturyLink, Masergy, Orange Posted: 28 Mar 2014 08:01 AM PDT Time to finish off the week with a quick roundup of news items worth a quick look: … [visit site to read more]

Soliciting Proxies, Charter Challenges the Comcast/TW Cable Merger Posted: 28 Mar 2014 05:41 AM PDT In latest twist in the cable M&A soap opera we’ve been treated to these past few months, Charter is taking its case to a proxy fight. In an SEC filing this morning, they apparently now soliciting proxies from TWC shareholders to vote against the proposed merger with Comcast. … [visit site to read more]

tw telecom Details Tennessee, California Expansions Posted: 28 Mar 2014 05:07 AM PDT As its nationwide expansion project picks up steam, tw telecom is putting out a few details of the projects in each market. Earlier this week the focus was out in Colorado Springs and the surrounding areas, and yesterday it shifted both southeast to Memphis, Tennessee and southwest to Orange County, California. … [visit site to read more]

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How Google is reinventing cloud pricing

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Most amazing war-related technology of 2014 How realistic is Facebook's plan to use drones for internet connectivity? Network World Daily News PM March 28, 2014 Share this email How Google is reinventing cloud pricing Last week Google released a feature called "Sustained Use Discounts," the idea of which is that the more customers use Google's Cloud Platform, the less expensive it becomes. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Most amazing war-related technology of 2014 2. How realistic is Facebook's plan to use drones for internet connectivity? 3. Review of cloud's mega-week: Cisco, Google, Amazon and Microsoft all make big moves in the cloud 4. This is a blog post about a generic brand video 5. The 10 best free Twitter apps for Android 6. President's plan insufficient to rein in NSA, privacy advocates say 7. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint come to iPad 8. Payment card security revamp becoming chip vs. PIN tussle 9. Microsoft scraps 'Windows-first' practice, puts Office on iPad before Surface 10. Google Graveyard: Here's what Google has killed so far in 2014 WHITE PAPER: Limelight Networks Why Web Site Performance Is an IT Imperative A slow or inefficient Web site can have a direct impact on your business. Recently, IDG Research explored the challenges enterprises face in delivering content across multiple devices. Find out how adjusting to these challenges while meeting performance objectives has become a top concern for senior IT managers. View Now Most amazing war-related technology of 2014 Military firing up lasers, robotic animals and iPad-controlled combat boats READ MORE How realistic is Facebook's plan to use drones for internet connectivity? It's been a little while since we've heard from Facebook’s Internet.org initiative, which company CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in August. The news appears to be worth the wait, involving a rig of drones and lasers that will provide internet to those without access. READ MORE Review of cloud's mega-week: Cisco, Google, Amazon and Microsoft all make big moves in the cloud It was a mega-week in the cloud for news from the big players. Check out all the news in our Storify below! READ MORE WHITE PAPER: IBM Analytics in the Hands of Everyone Who Needs It Right-sized for individuals, workgroups or enterprises, each Cognos family member offers BI and performance management to address your company's needs. Learn More This is a blog post about a generic brand video Written by Kendra Eash for McSweeney's Internet Tendency and called "This is a Generic Brand Video," it's also a plug for a company that makes this kind of thing possible, Dissolve Footage. And it's done so well that all concerned deserve a little pub. READ MORE The 10 best free Twitter apps for Android Sigh…I miss TweetDeck. Nevertheless, these apps are still very good indeed. READ MORE President's plan insufficient to rein in NSA, privacy advocates say President Barack Obama's plan to stop the National Security Agency's bulk collection and storage of telephone records is a good first step that needs to go much further to protect Americans' privacy rights, advocates say. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Dell Inc. PowerEdge M1000e Blade Chassis The Dell PowerEdge M1000e Modular Blade Enclosure is built from the ground up to combat data center sprawl and IT complexity and delivers one of the most flexible and manageable blade server implementations on the market. View Now Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint come to iPad The company made the announcement at a press conference in San Francisco that was webcast Thursday and hosted by Satya Nadella, Microsoft's newly appointed CEO. READ MORE Payment card security revamp becoming chip vs. PIN tussle Industry efforts to shore up payment card security after the massive data breach at Target appear to be devolving into a battle over chip vs. PIN technology between retailers and credit card companies. READ MORE Microsoft scraps 'Windows-first' practice, puts Office on iPad before Surface As expected, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella today hosted a press conference where the company unveiled Office for iPad, breaking with its past practice of protecting Windows by first launching software on its own operating system. READ MORE Google Graveyard: Here's what Google has killed so far in 2014 Google beats spring cleaning rush, nixes apps and services READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Dell Software Changes in SQL Server, Exchange, VMware and more Many organizations rely on IT to prevent and detect tampering, unauthorized access or errors within their key enterprise technologies. Learn the limitations and capabilities of native auditing tools and how a third-party solution can help protect your system, data, productivity and bottom line. Read now! SLIDESHOWS 3D printing: How does it really work? Here are the nine most common 3D printer technologies. 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 1. MIT researchers bring Javascript to Google Glass 2. Businesses: Forget Microsoft Office for iPad, pay attention to Enterprise Mobility Suite 3. How do the FBI and Secret Service know your network has been breached before you do? 4. So you think you know the IBM mainframe? Try our quiz 5. 16 terrible computer pranks that could get you fired 6. (Free!) Security Tools you should try 7. Cisco fixes denial-of-service flaws in IOS software for networking devices 8. 5 free software tools for greater privacy 9. 5 free Ethernet tools you should check out 10. Driving innovation at Fidelity Investments Follow Network World Share this email You are currently subscribed to networkworld_daily_news_alert as aquarianm@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy Learn about INSIDER If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com To contact Network World, please send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com Copyright (C) 2014 Network World, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. 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