Friday, October 25, 2013

Startup offers hefty storage with pay-per-use pricing

10 things that scare the bejeezus out of IT pros

Salesforce + Ostrich Pillow = pretty good marketing gimmick

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October 25, 2013
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Startup offers hefty storage with pay-per-use pricing

The model of buying cloud computing resources is different from that of buying traditional hardware and software. Instead of buying licenses and investing in equipment, in a cloud computing model, users pay for the resources they use – no more, no less. That model has been proven out extensively on the compute side, with services like Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), and a variety of other IaaS offerings on the market. But storage has been slow to catch up.

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Issue highlights

1. 10 things that scare the bejeezus out of IT pros

2. Salesforce + Ostrich Pillow = pretty good marketing gimmick

3. Android Roundup: Samsung takes its medicine in astroturfing, defective phone flap

4. Network spending patterns unchanged in 3 years

5. Bryan Cranston, aka Walter White, narrated Apple's new iPad Air commercial

6. Why IBM Will Be Saved by Analytics -- and Steven Mills

7. The 9 hardest things programmers have to do

8. In search of the mythical computerized SynthAxe

9. Beginner-friendly Linux distro SolusOS to shut down

10. Why wireless carriers are discounting Windows Phones

11. PHP.net maintainers to reset user passwords, change SSL certificate

12. Enterprise Security Professionals Offer Their Suggestions for U.S. Governement Cybersecurity Programs

13. After first day, OS X Mavericks on 1 in 18 Macs

14. Best Halloween musical light shows

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10 things that scare the bejeezus out of IT pros

If long hours and failed projects terrify you, these sentences will chill you to your core. READ MORE

Salesforce + Ostrich Pillow = pretty good marketing gimmick

One of the perks of being a tech journalist is that every once in a while a company will send you some marketing gimmicks. Well, today I got an Ostrich Pillow. Check it out: If you need proof of how ridiculous people looking wearing these, check out Network World's Facebook page (while you're there, 'Like' it!). READ MORE

Android Roundup: Samsung takes its medicine in astroturfing, defective phone flap

Samsung made a lot of headlines this week, though probably not for the reasons it would like. READ MORE

Network spending patterns unchanged in 3 years

Less than half of the respondents to a recent survey say their networking budgets are increasing this year and next from 2012 levels. The InfoPro Networking Survey from 451 Research found that 40% of the 155 networking professionals interviewed note a spending increase in 2013, while only 38% expect a budget increase in 2014. READ MORE

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Bryan Cranston, aka Walter White, narrated Apple's new iPad Air commercial

Breaking Bad fans might have noticed a familiar voice in Apple's new iPad Air commercial. In case you missed it, the new ad slyly touts the new svelte nature of Apple's latest iPad. And narrating throughout is Emmy award winning actor and everyone's favorite Meth dealer, Walter White. READ MORE

Why IBM Will Be Saved by Analytics -- and Steven Mills

It's easy to tell executives exactly what they want to hear, even if it makes you like the violin player on the Titanic. Luckily, today's analytics technology gives executives real-time insight into how their firms are performing. At IBM, leaders such as Steven Mills are making sure Big Blue eats its own dog food and continues to reinvent itself in an ever-dynamic market. READ MORE

The 9 hardest things programmers have to do

Software developers have all sorts of hard tasks - most of which don't involve writing code READ MORE

In search of the mythical computerized SynthAxe

Interesting post from the curator of the Computer History Museum who says that of all the possible historical items he'd like to get his hands on for the museum would be a computerized, pseudo-guitar device called a SynthAxe. READ MORE

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Beginner-friendly Linux distro SolusOS to shut down

Developer Ikey Doherty announced this week that work on SolusOS, a Debian-based distro aimed at beginning Linux users, would come to a halt. READ MORE

Why wireless carriers are discounting Windows Phones

Sales of Windows Phone are weak because of a shortage of apps, but carriers also need to move inventory to make room for a crush of new iPhones and other devices. READ MORE

PHP.net maintainers to reset user passwords, change SSL certificate

The PHP Group will reset the passwords for accounts on php.net, the official website of the PHP programming language, and will change the site's SSL certificate after attackers compromised two servers and injected malicious code into the website. READ MORE

Enterprise Security Professionals Offer Their Suggestions for U.S. Governement Cybersecurity Programs

According to ESG research, 66% of enterprise security professionals believe that the U.S. federal government should be doing "significantly more" or "somewhat more" to help the private sector cope with the current cybersecurity situation and threat landscape. Okay but what exactly should the feds be doing? Here is some additional research on enterprise security professionals' suggestions... READ MORE

After first day, OS X Mavericks on 1 in 18 Macs

In its first 24 hours, Apple's OS X Mavericks tripled the uptake of its predecessor Mountain Lion, ending the day on about 1 out of every 18 Macs, an online advertising network said Thursday. READ MORE

Best Halloween musical light shows

Techies wire up spooky home light shows to scare/entertain the neighborhood. READ MORE

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