18 Hot IT Certifications for 2014

Experimental malware uses inaudible sound to defeat network air gaps BlackBerry upgrades BES to improve Android, iOS management Network World Daily News PM December 03, 2013 Share this email 18 Hot IT Certifications for 2014 For years premium pay for IT certifications has been on the decline, but top pay for IT certifications has increased for two consecutive quarters and is up 1.5 percent; the largest quarterly increase since 2006. Read along as we look at the IT certifications predicted to grow in early 2014. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Experimental malware uses inaudible sound to defeat network air gaps 2. BlackBerry upgrades BES to improve Android, iOS management 3. BlackBerry CEO's Open Letter to Enterprise Customers: The Word Cloud edition 4. 300-pound crime-predicting mobile robot: Crime-preventing precog or 'R2D2's evil twin'? 5. What did Apple do in 2013? We evaluate what Apple achieved and ask if it fulfilled the prophesy 6. Alcatel-Lucent helps mobile operators find cell sites to improve network coverage 7. Google's Nexus lineup may not sell well, but still challenges Android makers 8. Nokia wins UK sales ban on the HTC One Mini 9. Ultrabook, laptop, hybrid or Chromebook? How to pick the best portable PC 10. Products of the week 12.2.13 WHITE PAPER: VCE The Sky's the Limit for Eclipse Aerospace and VCE Learn how Eclipse was able to virtualize the entire data center without any business disruption, dramatically reduce IT infrastructure hardware costs and easily migrate SAP business applications, Siemens Teamcenter and NX CAD server software. Learn More Experimental malware uses inaudible sound to defeat network air gaps In a development likely to concern those who believe that a system that's not connected to a network is safe from surveillance, researchers have demonstrated that microphones and speakers built into laptops can be used to covertly transmit and receive data through inaudible audio signals READ MORE BlackBerry upgrades BES to improve Android, iOS management BlackBerry has upgraded its management platform Enterprise Server 10 (BES10) with more features for managing Android and iOS smartphones and has also improved scalability to lower overall costs. READ MORE BlackBerry CEO's Open Letter to Enterprise Customers: The Word Cloud edition BlackBerry interim CEO John Chen issued an open letter to enteprise customers and partners on Monday. NW's John Cox has his analysis of it here. And here, for you enlightenmight, a graphical representation of what Chen highlighted in the letter. EMM, if you're wondering, is Enterprise Mobility Management, a relative of MDM, mobile device management. BES10 is the latest version of BlackBerry Enterprise... READ MORE WHITE PAPER: IBM Proactively Manage Business Applications and User Experience The comprehensive, integrated IBM portfolio of application performance management solutions enables IT to move beyond basic resource monitoring to optimize infrastructure performance and availability through the use of best practices for identifying and resolving infrastructure problems. Read Now 300-pound crime-predicting mobile robot: Crime-preventing precog or 'R2D2's evil twin'? Imagine a five-foot-tall, 300-pound mobile robot, which has a striking resemblance to R2D2, "that can see, hear, feel and smell" as it predicts and prevents crime. But not everyone thinks the surveillance-machine on wheels is cute; in fact, Marc Rotenberg, director of the Electronic Privacy and Information Center, told The New York Times that the Knightscope K5 Autonomous Data Machine "is like R2D2's... READ MORE What did Apple do in 2013? We evaluate what Apple achieved and ask if it fulfilled the prophesy As the year draws to a close, it's our chance to reflect on what happened in the year just closing. Looking back to what we wrote at this time last year is enlightening. Just how many of our predictions made it into reality? READ MORE Alcatel-Lucent helps mobile operators find cell sites to improve network coverage Mobile operators looking for somewhere to place small base stations to improve network performance in metropolitan areas can now turn to Alcatel-Lucent, which has set up a clearing house for information about available sites. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors Top Reasons to Choose HP BladeSystem With continuously changing business requirements and technology playing a strategic role in day-to-day business, your organization needs a server infrastructure that enables you to take advantage of new opportunities while containing cost and complexity. Learn More Google's Nexus lineup may not sell well, but still challenges Android makers Google has been selling its Nexus series of smartphones and tablets for nearly four years. While the devices aren't big sellers, they are still challenging other Android makers. READ MORE Nokia wins UK sales ban on the HTC One Mini Nokia has won a sales ban on the HTC One Mini smartphone in the U.K., but its Taiwanese rival can keep on selling its HTC One flagship model pending the outcome of a possible appeal, the England and Wales High Court ruled Tuesday. READ MORE Ultrabook, laptop, hybrid or Chromebook? How to pick the best portable PC Just a few years back, buying a laptop was as easy as walking into a Wal-Mart or Best Buy, strolling past the netbooks, plunking down a few hundred bucks on a Windows machine with a trackpad that didn't completely suck, and coming home, if not happy, at least with a notebook that could get the job done. READ MORE Products of the week 12.2.13 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as EiQ Networks and Catbird Networks READ MORE WHITE PAPER: IBM IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud integration IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud integration is a low-cost, plug-and-play solution that enables system-to-system and B2B communication with no coding. It can be fully operational in days, providing end-to-end connectivity for, and between, on-premise and third-party information systems. Learn More. 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