15 Top Cities for Tech Startups

BYOD nightmare: iOS devices hobble Exchange servers when they synch Cloud, SaaS are bright spots in tech's weak M&A market Network World Daily News PM February 13, 2013 Share this email 15 Top Cities for Tech Startups If you're considering working for a tech startup or launching one of your own and need to know where the venture capital is flowing, one of these cities may soon be the place you call home. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. BYOD nightmare: iOS devices hobble Exchange servers when they synch 2. Cloud, SaaS are bright spots in tech's weak M&A market 3. Obama cybersecurity order lacks bite, security experts say 4. What's the best free Reddit app for Android? 5. Deutsche Bank: Big data plans held back by legacy systems 6. Why Office 365 and Office 2013 may not be right for you 7. TechTips: Cyberstalking with LinkedIn 8. Ultimate Google toolbox: 20 tips, tricks, and hacks 9. Quick Review: Xentris Wireless iPhone 5 case 10. INSIDER Career advice that will change your life 11. Products of the week 2.11.13 WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Mobile WAN Optimization Helps Cut Costs and Avoid Upgrades Mobile work, and an increasing reliance on applications such as e-mail and SharePoint, is an increasingly crucial part of their day-to-day business. Learn More. BYOD nightmare: iOS devices hobble Exchange servers when they synch Microsoft and Apple recommend that businesses deny certain iPhones, iPads and iPods access to Calendar items until the companies can clear up a problem that slows Exchange servers to a crawl when the devices try to synch. READ MORE Cloud, SaaS are bright spots in tech's weak M&A market The total value of technology mergers and acquisitions (M&A) fell 35% in 2012 compared to 2011 on concerns of sluggish macroeconomic conditions, but cloud computing represented a bright spot, with software as a service (SaaS) companies specifically being a hot target for activity, according accounting firm Ernst & Young. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Cisco The Total Economic Impact of Desktop Virtualization Forrester interviewed four existing Cisco customers and found that a composite company experienced a risk-adjusted ROI of 72% with desktop virtualization based on VXI. Learn about the potential costs, benefits, and total economic impact. Read Now Obama cybersecurity order lacks bite, security experts say President Barack Obama's cybersecurity executive order elicited guarded praise from several quarters even as it revived calls for more comprehensive bipartisan legislation to address long-term security threats. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: IBM Taking Collaboration to the Cloud The 25-point plan and the Cloud First policy both encourage and pressure Federal CIOs to find cloud solutions that can result in significant cost take-outs in the IT support model. Read Now What's the best free Reddit app for Android? Our look at the pros and cons of eight popular Reddit apps. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Holistic Service Management is Critical to the Growth of IT This paper looks at new approaches to service delivery management to allow IT organizations to deliver better service quality, performance and user experience, and to be more predictive with application performance management and network performance management. Learn More. Deutsche Bank: Big data plans held back by legacy systems Both Deutsche Bank and HMRC are struggling to find a way to unravel data from legacy systems to allow integration with newly created big data systems based on Hadoop technology. READ MORE Why Office 365 and Office 2013 may not be right for you The next generation of Office is here, and while it's not necessarily an essential upgrade for Office 2010 users, it's easily the best Office suite to date. Editing complicated financial spreadsheets has never been so semi-seamless! READ MORE TechTips: Cyberstalking with LinkedIn TechTips: Cyberstalking with LinkedIn Didn't remember to exchange business cards? Don't worry, you can still find someone with only bits and pieces of information. Follow Nick Barber on Twitter for more TechTips @nickjb From: networkworld Views: 12 1 ratings Time: 01:27 More in Science & Technology READ MORE Ultimate Google toolbox: 20 tips, tricks, and hacks Google's search, mail, maps, and cloud services are practically de facto public utilities. Fire up your browser, and there Google is. But don't take Google for granted--there's much more to its core services than meets the eye. READ MORE Quick Review: Xentris Wireless iPhone 5 case Recently freed from my BlackBerry Bold, I'm a new iPhone 5 user. I've nervously been carrying around the unprotected magical device for the past week and today finally bought a case. READ MORE INSIDER Career advice that will change your life These days, free advice can be found everywhere, from your various social networks to your favorite advice column. 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