Friday, May 10, 2013

10 more of the world’s coolest data centers

Nothing funny about how The Onion got hacked

Interop: SDN, SDN, SDN...but coulda been worse

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May 10, 2013
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10 more of the world's coolest data centers

From a repurposed chapel to inflatable modules, data centers don't fit the same mold

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Issue highlights

1. Nothing funny about how The Onion got hacked

2. Interop: SDN, SDN, SDN...but coulda been worse

3. FCC moves toward new airplane broadband service

4. Microsoft Patch Tuesday targets multitude of Internet Explorer faults

5. Backlash begins against Adobe's subscription-only plan

6. Reports: Icahn, Southeastern make alternative bid for Dell

7. Space station has ammonia leak; crew reported in no danger

8. Skylab: NASA's first space station marks 40 years

9. Bill would put mobile app vendors on the hook for privacy

10. World Tech Update, May 9, 2013

11. Why your next big IT project is doomed

12. New York man pleads guilty to illegally selling Intuit software

WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel

HP reference configuration for Premium OLTP

This paper describes a hardware and software reference architecture for using HP hardware to deploy very large and highly transactional Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 OLTP database systems in tier 1 enterprise application environments. Learn More!

Nothing funny about how The Onion got hacked

The technical team that runs The Onion's online operation has issued a detailed explanation of how the Syrian Electronic Army managed to gain control of the satirical website's Twitter account earlier this week by first coaxing Google Apps credentials out of a few employees. READ MORE

Interop: SDN, SDN, SDN...but coulda been worse

I thought for sure by now, 2.5 days into my Interop Las Vegas adventure, I'd be sick to death about hearing of SDN. In actuality -- and despite Cisco SVP Rob Soderbery's pre-emptive apology during the opening keynote on behalf of his colleagues inundating attendees with software-defined networking this and that -- the hype wasn't bad at all. READ MORE

FCC moves toward new airplane broadband service

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has taken a major step toward helping more airlines offer in-cabin wireless broadband, with the agency voting Thursday to explore using new spectrum for air-to-ground broadband service. READ MORE

Microsoft Patch Tuesday targets multitude of Internet Explorer faults

Microsoft is issuing critical security bulletins this Patch Tuesday that affect all versions of Internet Explorer and deal with an exploit that attackers are actively working. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Tripwire

Five Tips for Outsmarting the Information Age Adversary

Today's attackers vigilantly wait for you to slip up before they strike your information systems and compromise your data. Learn five actions you can take to improve your information risk management and security strategy and stay one step ahead of the information age adversary. Read More

Backlash begins against Adobe's subscription-only plan

A petition on Change.org demanding that Adobe back away from its subscription-only model for its creativity software, including PhotoShop, has collected over 4,400 signatures by late Thursday. READ MORE

Reports: Icahn, Southeastern make alternative bid for Dell

Investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management have made a counter-offer for Dell that would keep the computer company still publicly traded, according to reports. READ MORE

Space station has ammonia leak; crew reported in no danger

NASA ground engineers and astronauts aboard the International Space Station are working together to fix an ammonia leak on the station. READ MORE

Skylab: NASA's first space station marks 40 years

NASA's first space station was a pacesetter for current International Space Station and a trendsetter for scientific experiments in space READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: IBM Corporation

IBV Study: the Business of Social Business

The IBM Institute for Business Value produced this executive report. Learn how social business has a significant impact on the way organizations create valuable customer experiences and accelerate innovation across the entire organization. Learn More

Bill would put mobile app vendors on the hook for privacy

The mobile industry's efforts to convince lawmakers that self-regulation alone is the best way to address growing concerns over privacy-invading mobile applications appears to be running into some headwind. READ MORE

World Tech Update, May 9, 2013

World Tech Update, May 9, 2013 Coming up on WTU this week Sony bounces back, Intel debuts new chip architecture and a solar plane sets off on a historic journey. Follow WTU and host Nick B... From: networkworld Views: 9 0 ratings Time: 06:56 More in Science & Technology READ MORE

Why your next big IT project is doomed

Have you had a IT project go astray? Maybe you were lucky and it was a brief hiccup with minimal financial consequences. Or maybe you had a disaster of biblical proportions, such as the one that befell Levi Strauss in 2008. READ MORE

New York man pleads guilty to illegally selling Intuit software

A former support employee in Rochester, New York, has pleaded guilty to illegally selling Intuit software through eBay, taking advantage of the software company's policy to supply free replacement disks of its products at the request of customers. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology

Adopt SDNs without Losing Network Control

Riverbed Technology and VMware have joined forces to help address these problems and make it easy to deploy and manage VXLAN overlay networks in highly virtualized data centers. Learn more.

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