Netscape to Napster: What became of yesterday's giants?

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The show, which debuted on the History Channel in 2009, remains one of the network's highest-rated shows and its cast enjoys considerable popularity outside of the show. Read More   New Juniper CEO: Meet the real Shaygan Kheradpir From FiOS to the CIO Hall of Fame to Twitter: Kheradpir makes for an interesting choice by Juniper. Read More   The latest battleground for cloud marketing wars: Newspapers   Open up your morning New York Times or Wall Street Journal and you may see the latest ad from a cloud computing company praising the virtues of their services. It's the latest push by some vendors, including VMware, IBM and Pivotal, and it's coming with some snarky fallout too. Technology companies have long taken to traditional media outlets to pitch their products, but in recent weeks the back and... Read More   Thanksgiving special: 8 tech developments to be sorta kinda thankful for As Thanksgiving approaches, it's always useful to spend a few minutes appreciating some of the good stuff in the world of networking and beyond. But we don't want to be too, too Pollyanna-ish, do we? So here are a handful of things that we can all be thankful for, as long as we don't look too carefully. 1. Windows RT is going away Read More   VMware adds more scale to Virtual SAN beta VMware has posted a new beta release of Virtual SAN (VSAN) that lets enterprises add more storage capacity and management features. Read More   Extreme starts anew after Enterasys buy Now that Extreme Networks has closed its acquisition of Enterasys, it's time to focus on the task at hand as a company twice its previous size. 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Top Tech Turkeys of 2013

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20-plus eye-popping Black Friday tablet, computer & tech deals Thanksgiving special: 8 tech developments to be sorta kinda thankful for Network World Daily News AM November 28, 2013 Share this email Top Tech Turkeys of 2013 Gobble, gobble - these techies deserve to be carved up READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. 20-plus eye-popping Black Friday tablet, computer & tech deals 2. Thanksgiving special: 8 tech developments to be sorta kinda thankful for 3. A very strange and special Thanksgiving slideshow 4. The Tenth Gibbs Golden Turkey Awards 5. Microsoft reveals Black Friday deals for Surface, laptops 6. Apple teases Black Friday deals on iPads, iPhones, Macs 7. 'Blackshades' malware still being sold, Symantec says 8. An HPC champion helps Trek Bicycle shift gears 9. 10 things we learned – or didn't -- from Cisco's Insieme launch 10. Critics say U.S. tech companies could suffer in warning against China-based cloud services WEBCAST: SAP Major forces drive requirement for new application platform Cloud computing, rampant mobility, Big Data, and social business have created challenges never seen before. There is a need for a new application platform. In this webcast, find out about the forces shaping the 'third platform', and why the move to the third platform is the only way to meet customer needs. Learn more 20-plus eye-popping Black Friday tablet, computer & tech deals Apple iPads, latest Android and Windows machines all in for big discounts. Oh, and free snow globes. READ MORE Thanksgiving special: 8 tech developments to be sorta kinda thankful for As Thanksgiving approaches, it's always useful to spend a few minutes appreciating some of the good stuff in the world of networking and beyond. But we don't want to be too, too Pollyanna-ish, do we? So here are a handful of things that we can all be thankful for, as long as we don't look too carefully. 1. Windows RT is going away READ MORE A very strange and special Thanksgiving slideshow Gravy Geeks, Tech Turduckens, and (Scot) Pilgrims Celebrate the Holiday READ MORE WHITE PAPER: VCE First Real Look at the Integrated Systems Market The word is out that the market for integrated systems is a key growth area for data center hardware infrastructure. This Gartner report sizes the market and profiles early leaders in this important and emerging area in three segments. Learn More. Learn More The Tenth Gibbs Golden Turkey Awards Welcome, once again, to the Gibbs Golden Turkey Awards. READ MORE Microsoft reveals Black Friday deals for Surface, laptops Microsoft is whacking prices on Black Friday for its first generation Surface Windows RT tablets as well as for Windows 8 laptops and Xbox consoles. READ MORE Apple teases Black Friday deals on iPads, iPhones, Macs Black Friday is one of the few times during the year that Apple knocks down its iPad, iPhone and Mac prices, and the company has confirmed it will offer its version of bargains during a one-day shopping event on Nov. 29. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Oracle Is Cloud ERP Right for You? Over the past six years, Aberdeen Group has been measuring organizations' willingness to consider a SaaS deployment model for their ERP implementations. Learn More 'Blackshades' malware still being sold, Symantec says Cybercriminals are increasingly using the "Blackshades" malware program whose source code was leaked three years ago, according to an analysis by Symantec. READ MORE An HPC champion helps Trek Bicycle shift gears Trek Bicycle has turned to high performance computers to help develop new bicycles, and the effort is seeing results. 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15 FREE steganography apps for mobile devices

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Microsoft bulks up security; brings encrypted email to Office 365 Enterprise bundles IT Buyers Starting to Look a Lot Like Consumer Shoppers Network World Daily News AM November 27, 2013 Share this email 15 FREE steganography apps for mobile devices Hide messages within innocent-looking photos and audio files from your phone or tablet READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Microsoft bulks up security; brings encrypted email to Office 365 Enterprise bundles 2. IT Buyers Starting to Look a Lot Like Consumer Shoppers 3. Symantec to shut down Backup Exec.cloud 4. 'Pawn Stars' take down the Chromebook, on Microsoft's behalf 5. Apple's new Mac Pro signals commitment to professional computing 6. How to prepare for cloud-based enterprise mobility management 7. Why do bad patents win? 8. Oops -- YouTube's new commenting system actually increased spam 9. Finger-friendly laptops aren't touching a chord with notebook buyers 10. Top signs that you've been breached RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds New Video: How to Configure NetFlow v9 on a Cisco Router Networks can grow fast—really fast. This rapid growth leads to increased network traffic, more endpoints, and new IPs consuming bandwidth. Key to a complete understanding of network behavior at your growing organization is the ability to collect and analyze NetFlow data in your routers. SolarWinds new video shows you how, in less than 5 minutes! Looking to enable Flexible NetFlow on your Cisco routers? In less than 5 minutes, SolarWinds lead Sales Engineer demonstrates how to enable NetFlow v9 on Cisco routers with custom flow records. Watch the short how to video now! Microsoft bulks up security; brings encrypted email to Office 365 Enterprise bundles Enterprises sending email via Office 365 will be able to encrypt those messages starting next year at no extra charge, making it possible to send secure mail to people who are off the corporate email system. READ MORE IT Buyers Starting to Look a Lot Like Consumer Shoppers A survey of 1,000 business and IT decision makers shows a blurring line between the business-to-business and business-to-consumer (B2C) sales process. That is, technology buyers are starting to resemble mall shoppers. READ MORE Symantec to shut down Backup Exec.cloud Symantec plans to close down its Backup Exec.cloud service, saying it lacks mobile and content-sharing features and wouldn't be the right platform for delivering them. READ MORE WEBCAST: SAP Major forces drive requirement for new application platform Cloud computing, rampant mobility, Big Data, and social business have created challenges never seen before. There is a need for a new application platform. In this webcast, find out about the forces shaping the 'third platform', and why the move to the third platform is the only way to meet customer needs. Learn more 'Pawn Stars' take down the Chromebook, on Microsoft's behalf Microsoft has hired what could be devastatingly effective new pitchmen to bash Google's Chromebook - the cast of "Pawn Stars." READ MORE Apple's new Mac Pro signals commitment to professional computing Apple is sending a signal that it hasn't abandoned the professional computing market with the latest Mac Pro, which will ship next month. But the workstation faces competition from its own sibling iMac as computer buyers weigh purchases. READ MORE How to prepare for cloud-based enterprise mobility management What's the fastest, easiest, low-cost way for your organization to achieve multi-platform enterprise mobility management (EMM) without sacrificing security or performance? Using the cloud, of course. Here are tips to help you on that journey. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: AT&T Managing Mobile Access to the Cloud Use of mobile personal cloud services is proliferating on personal and enterprise-owned mobile devices. Organizations are considering controls that appear to conflict with the spirit of BYOD and wonder if their approach is correct. Learn More Why do bad patents win? Newegg was ordered to pay a patent troll $2.3 million in a recent case. How does this keep happening? READ MORE Oops -- YouTube's new commenting system actually increased spam Call it a work in progress. YouTube is now trying to stanch the increased flow of spam on its site, just weeks after a new system was employed to clean it up, the company recently said. READ MORE Finger-friendly laptops aren't touching a chord with notebook buyers If skyrocketing tablet sales and cute videos of babies that confuse magazines for iPads are any indication, touchscreens are the interface of the future. But there's just one problem with that portentous prediction: If it's true, laptop buyers are stuck with one foot in the past. The market analysts at NPD DisplaySearch say touchscreen notebooks just ain't selling. READ MORE Top signs that you've been breached Because data is often the most valuable corporate asset - especially when customer information is concerned - staying alert for potential compromise is a critical IT job. Unfortunately, looking into a potential data breach is not easy. READ MORE WEBCAST: Novell Putting Mobile Employees to Work Mobile Employees in the workplace. Watch this webcast. Click Here>> Learn More>> SLIDESHOWS 20-plus eye-popping Black Friday tablet, computer & tech deals Apple iPads, latest Android and Windows machines all in for big discounts. Oh, and free snow globes. 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. Million-dollar robbery rocks Bitcoin exchange 2. 12 jobs getting the biggest raises in 2014 3. HP private cloud service leads the pack, followed by Cisco and Microsoft, Forrester says 4. The Tenth Gibbs Golden Turkey Awards 5. Microsoft reveals Black Friday deals for Surface, laptops 6. 15 programming productivity killers 7. 10 things we learned - or didn't -- from Cisco's Insieme launch 8. OS X Mavericks tips and tricks you need to learn 9. 20-plus eye-popping Black Friday tablet, computer & tech deals 10. NAS goes outside the box Follow Network World Share this email You are currently subscribed to networkworld_daily_news_alert as aquarianm@gmail.com. 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