Networking World: As IPO nears: Do Twitter’s active user claims add up?

Biggest Tech Industry Layoffs of 2013

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November 05, 2013

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As IPO nears: Do Twitter's active user claims add up?

With one of the most highly hyped Internet IPOs only days away, an independent developer who is intimately familiar with the makeup and behavior of Twitter users says his analysis of 1 million random accounts does not support the company's claims of 215 million active monthly users and 100 million active daily users.

Issue highlights

1. Biggest Tech Industry Layoffs of 2013

2. Who's using OpenStack?

3. FBI adds five lawbreakers to Cyber Most Wanted list

4. Open Text buys cloud B2B integrator GXS in $1.17 billion deal

5. Sensible API testing

6. Rackspace Aims for a More Flexible Public Cloud

7. Cloud news: Amazon targets high-speed graphics; Rackspace boosts VM performance

8. Chinese professor builds Li-Fi system with retail parts

9. INSIDER 5 ways that BYOD is shaking up tech support

10. Microsoft offers industry templates, special pricing for Dynamics CRM

Biggest Tech Industry Layoffs of 2013

HP, IBM, Cisco and Juniper among those slimming down this year READ MORE

Who's using OpenStack?

We don't typically track user surveys, but the annual state of the OpenStack questionnaire provides some interesting insights into this still emerging open source cloud computing platform. Here are some key takeaways: -Really small and really big companies are most likely to be using OpenStack READ MORE

FBI adds five lawbreakers to Cyber Most Wanted list

The FBI said today it had added five people wanted for a variety of cyber crimes - ranging from domestic and international hacking to fraud - to its Cyber Most Wanted list. Rewards of up to $100,000 are offered for information leading to their arrests, the FBI says. The criminals are responsible for hurting hundreds of thousands of victims and incurring tens of millions of dollars in losses, the FBI... READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc.

Adopt a More Service-Oriented Management Strategy

The survey results in this report demonstrate dramatic changes happening in IT service management delivery and highlight best practices to assure performance of business processes, deliver exceptional end-user experiences, optimize existing infrastructure, and speed the deployment of new technologies and services. Learn More.

Open Text buys cloud B2B integrator GXS in $1.17 billion deal

Open Text is acquiring GXS Group for US$1.17 billion in a deal that will give the information management software vendor a widely used cloud-based business-to-business trading platform. READ MORE

Sensible API testing

This blog-post is loosely based on a session on "API Testing and Debugging" that I was part of at a major API conference a couple of weeks ago. This time around, instead of telling the audience about new and old cool tools for API testing and quality out there, I wanted to take a step back and talk about testing and quality at a higher level and give insight into an important debate in the testing... READ MORE

Rackspace Aims for a More Flexible Public Cloud

Rackspace Hosting says it has rearchitected its public cloud with a workload-oriented framework designed to deliver optimal performance and price based on the workload. It now comes in two flavors and the company says more are on the way. READ MORE

WEBCAST: Comcast

Comcast Voice Overview-Stay in Control

Comcast Voice Services keep you responsive to change with unmatched flexibility, scalability and affordability. They built and own their fiber network, are committed to high quality, and are committed to resolving problems on the first call. Managed Business-Class Voice is rated "best" in call clarity, with affordable unlimited nationwide calling. Learn more

Cloud news: Amazon targets high-speed graphics; Rackspace boosts VM performance

Two of the leading cloud computing providers today announced significant revisions to their on-demand virtual machines, with Rackspace rolling out new higher performing SSD-based VMs, and Amazon Web Services reducing the prices on one class of its VMs and introducing a service for graphics processing. READ MORE

Chinese professor builds Li-Fi system with retail parts

The equipment is big and expensive, with the research costs at almost US$500,000. But by just using retail components, Chinese professor Chi Nan has built her own Li-Fi wireless system that can use LED lights to send and receive Internet data. READ MORE

INSIDER

5 ways that BYOD is shaking up tech support

Amid the clamor of "bring your own device" (BYOD), a question lurks in the background: "What happens to technical service and support?" Concerns for the tech support function encompass the extremes, from agents being overwhelmed with calls, to their becoming inhabitants of a help desk ghost town. READ MORE

Microsoft offers industry templates, special pricing for Dynamics CRM

Microsoft is hoping to differentiate its Dynamics CRM (customer relationship management) software from the likes of Salesforce.com with a new set of 18 industry templates that fit the application to verticals including sports management, health care and more specialized areas such as prison inmate data. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Mobiquity Inc.

Not Getting Real Value Out of Mobile? Think Beyond the App.

Mobility promises to drive real competitive advantage. But why hasn't it happened yet? Because it's about true innovation, not just building an app. Find out more. Learn More

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