Networking World: Big data's biggest challenges

10 reasons to upgrade to Windows 8.1

This is how Amazon cleans its servers when customers are done with them

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November 20, 2013

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Big data's biggest challenges

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Issue highlights

1. 10 reasons to upgrade to Windows 8.1

2. This is how Amazon cleans its servers when customers are done with them

3. SC13: Experts debate thorny exascale memory issues

4. Microsoft reveals Black Friday deals for Surface, laptops

5. Cryptolocker: Ransomware on the loose

6. Upgrade Android to KitKat? Not so fast

7. How Healthcare.gov changed the conversation about software testing

8. Cupid Media gets shot by hacker's arrow

9. LG Smart TV spying, owner claims his USB filenames posted on LG servers

10. Experts applaud Google completion of SSL certificate upgrade

11. GitHub bans weak passwords after brute-force attack results in compromised accounts

12. Data centers play fast and loose with reliability credentials

13. From the 2110 to the Lumia 1020, Nokia's most iconic phones

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10 reasons to upgrade to Windows 8.1

Microsoft has responded to the feedback from Windows 8 with some useful upgrades in Windows 8.1. READ MORE

This is how Amazon cleans its servers when customers are done with them

Every day thousands of customers spin up and down virtual machines and make billions of requests for processes on the storage being held in the Amazon Web Services cloud. But what happens when a customer is done renting that hardware? READ MORE

SC13: Experts debate thorny exascale memory issues

An expert panel at SC13 Tuesday said that solving the issues posed by modern memory technology will prove key to achieving exascale performance in supercomputing – but there was little agreement on the road map needed. READ MORE

Microsoft reveals Black Friday deals for Surface, laptops

Microsoft is whacking prices on Black Friday for its first generation Surface Windows RT tablets as well as for Windows 8 laptops and Xbox consoles. READ MORE

RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds

New Video: How to Configure NetFlow v9 on a Cisco Router

Networks can grow fast—really fast. This rapid growth leads to increased network traffic, more endpoints, and new IPs consuming bandwidth. Key to a complete understanding of network behavior at your growing organization is the ability to collect and analyze NetFlow data in your routers. SolarWinds new video shows you how, in less than 5 minutes! Looking to enable Flexible NetFlow on your Cisco routers? In less than 5 minutes, SolarWinds lead Sales Engineer demonstrates how to enable NetFlow v9 on Cisco routers with custom flow records. Watch the short how to video now!

Cryptolocker: Ransomware on the loose

[View the story "Cryptolocker: Ransomware on the loose" on Storify] READ MORE

Upgrade Android to KitKat? Not so fast

What you need to know about upgrading to Android 4.4 KitKat. READ MORE

How Healthcare.gov changed the conversation about software testing

The website problems that plagued the rollout of Obamacare shone an important light on software testing. READ MORE

Cupid Media gets shot by hacker's arrow

Hackers stole 42 million passwords to dating site accounts that weren't even encrypted. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: AT&T

Managing Mobile Access to the Cloud

Use of mobile personal cloud services is proliferating on personal and enterprise-owned mobile devices. Organizations are considering controls that appear to conflict with the spirit of BYOD and wonder if their approach is correct. Learn More

LG Smart TV spying, owner claims his USB filenames posted on LG servers

LG Smart TVs are in the crosshairs thanks to one owner who discovered LG is purportedly uploading his personal file names from a USB drive to LG servers. READ MORE

Experts applaud Google completion of SSL certificate upgrade

Google's faster-than-expected upgrade of all its SSL certificates to an RSA key length of 2048 bits will make cracking connections to the company's services more difficult without affecting performance, experts say. READ MORE

GitHub bans weak passwords after brute-force attack results in compromised accounts

Popular source code repository service GitHub has recently been hit by a brute-force password-guessing attack that successfully compromised some accounts. READ MORE

Data centers play fast and loose with reliability credentials

How reliable is your data center service provider? Perhaps not as reliable as you think. READ MORE

From the 2110 to the Lumia 1020, Nokia's most iconic phones

Between 1994 and 2013 Nokia released five phones that deserve to be remembered READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Novell

Mobile Zen: Balancing End-User Productivity and IT Control

Mobility is often seen as a zero-sum game: either end users or IT can win, but never both. Learn how users can have the convenience and mobile productivity they need, while IT retains control over enterprise goods. Victory for both sides. Learn More

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