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IBM launches an appliance for the 'Internet of things' BYOD worries in mind, Novell and NTP bust out secure mobile file sharing Network World Daily News AM April 30, 2013 Share this email Interop quiz: How well do you know the granddaddy of networking events? From strange titles of talks to the use of exotic broadcast media, Interop has been drawing attention for more than two decades READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. IBM launches an appliance for the 'Internet of things' 2. BYOD worries in mind, Novell and NTP bust out secure mobile file sharing 3. INSIDER How IT Innovation Helps International Speedway Engage Racing Fans 4. Consortium takes steps to break multicore programming barriers 5. HP announces Converged Systems business, unifies server divisions 6. Internet taxes: Is the inevitable about to happen? 7. Why you should go to a Linux event 8. Gaming prototypes on display at computer interaction conference 9. 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Register today at: http://events.networkworld.com/CSNL IBM launches an appliance for the 'Internet of things' Preparing its customers to join the emerging "Internet of things," IBM has released a new appliance built to manage and route a voluminous amount of machine-to-machine small data messages READ MORE BYOD worries in mind, Novell and NTP bust out secure mobile file sharing Novell and NTP today announced their own versions of mobile file-sharing applications, both of which take advantage of a corporation's existing infrastructure to offer access to data behind the firewall. READ MORE INSIDER How IT Innovation Helps International Speedway Engage Racing Fans The chief marketing officer at International Speedway offers insights into how innovative technology can improve the guest experience. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology How to effectively troubleshoot your VDI deployment Virtual desktop infrastructure has come a long way since the first steps were taken a decade ago to run desktop workloads in the data center. While more pervasive today, VDI technologies are latency-sensitive, and wholly dependent on the network. Read Now Consortium takes steps to break multicore programming barriers Programming for multicore systems can be complex, so an industry consortium led by Advanced Micro Devices has taken a step ahead in its goal to eliminate development challenges so applications are portable across devices, architectures and operating systems READ MORE HP announces Converged Systems business, unifies server divisions Hewlett-Packard on Monday said it has created a business unit that will deal in purpose-built systems based on specific applications and usage models, and also announced the reorganization of its server unit. READ MORE Internet taxes: Is the inevitable about to happen? Some things never happen the way that us pundits expect. Back on Independence Day in 1999 I wrote this about government taxing the purchase of goods over the Internet: "I fully believe in the ingenuity of the government when it comes to imposing taxes. We will be paying these taxes soon." Well, "soon" has not happened yet, but maybe it is getting closer. READ MORE   Why you should go to a Linux event Every spring I make a pilgrimage up to Bellingham, Washington, for Linux Fest NorthWest. It's a great little, community driven event all about Linux. Okay. "Little" is the wrong word. This last weekend, Linux Fest NorthWest broke 1,500 attendees – their biggest attendance to date. That's over a thousand Linux nerds hanging out, attending sessions, going to tutorials and eating good food. READ MORE Gaming prototypes on display at computer interaction conference Gaming research and prototypes have created a lot of buzz at the Computer Human Interaction conference in Paris this week. READ MORE RIT students win national cyberdefense title after falling in finals past 2 years A team of Rochester Institute of Tecnology students earlier this month won the National Collegiate CyberDefense Competition vs. 9 other regional winners, showing resiliance after being beaten in the finals the past 2 years. READ MORE Twitter's 'Who to follow' feature sometimes gets lost This post is for serious Twitter users, so others should feel free to check their Facebook pages. READ MORE 12 extensions that make Opera sing READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Service-Oriented Performance Management Strategy This white paper is to help IT organizations adopt a management methodology that enables them to improve the user experience by focusing on service delivery management. Learn More. 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