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	2014 technology industry graveyard Microsoft, Google, Intel, BlackBerry and others bid farewell to brands, projects and more. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Dell Software   Optimization Strategies to Better Support Mobile Grow your mobile workforce without risking security or increasing administrative complexity. This new white paper explains how Dell Mobility Solutions can help you increase mobile/BYOD performance and capacity while protecting company resources and streamlining IT management. Learn more In this Issue Please Follow Network World on LinkedIn Patent company trolls four The software defined enterprise WAN is now a business imperative 6 free network vulnerability scanners How Adobe Is Moving on From Flash to Embrace HTML5 80s video game updated with Oculus Rift, Kinect Cracked: The infamous Atari E.T. game mystery Voice phishing campaign hits customers at dozens of banks SDN start-up targets enterprise WAN complexity CHI 2014: iPad, Oculus Rift, Kinect paired with 80s video game Mobile security tools win over IT pros The 9 Most Difficult-to-Fill IT Roles WEBCAST: Brocade Communications Top 3 Network Challenges Limiting IT Agility Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2014, 11:00 AM PDT / 2:00 PM EDT Are technical challenges preventing you from building cloud infrastructures? This Webinar will explain the top three challenges facing network architects today, along with the key steps for improving IT agility. View Now>> Please Follow Network World on LinkedIn Catch Network World coverage of the latest tech industry events as part of your LinkedIn stream Read More   Patent company trolls four As Arista Networks grapples with its co-founder's lawsuit, the company and three other networking vendors are fending off litigation filed last week by a patent company. Read More   The software defined enterprise WAN is now a business imperative It seems that we in the networking industry have been talking about evolving the WAN for well over 20 years now. The traditional "hub and spoke" WAN that we've all grown accustomed to was ideally suited for client/server computing, where users were in branches and applications were located in the data center. Read More   6 free network vulnerability scanners Though you may know and follow basic security measures on your own when installing and managing your network and websites, you'll never be able to keep up with and catch all the vulnerabilities by yourself. Read More   How Adobe Is Moving on From Flash to Embrace HTML5 Adobe Flash is still widely used, but it's seen as obsolete in the face of HTML5. In response, Adobe is taking several steps to adapt and contribute to a HTML5 future without browser plugins. Read More   80s video game updated with Oculus Rift, Kinect What do you get when you combine an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, a Kinect motion tracking sensor, multiple computers and a video game from the 1980s? PaperDude VR, a project presented at the Computer Human Interaction conference in Toronto that combines a real bicycle and a virtual world where gamers gain points by delivering newspapers. Read More   Cracked: The infamous Atari E.T. game mystery Microsoft Xbox group finds long buried stash of Atari E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial games Read More   Voice phishing campaign hits customers at dozens of banks   Cybercriminals stole debit card information from customers of dozens of financial institutions in a phishing campaign that combined rogue text messages and with VoIP calls. Read More   SDN start-up targets enterprise WAN complexity An SDN start-up this week emerged from stealth mode to propose a software-defined answer to challenges vexing administrators of an enterprise WAN. Read More   CHI 2014: iPad, Oculus Rift, Kinect paired with 80s video game Researchers at the Computer Human Interaction conference presented a bootstrapped immersive video game that pairs cutting edge hardware with a Paperboy from the 80s. Follow reporter Nick Barber on Twitter @ nickjb Read More   Mobile security tools win over IT pros When we asked about tech favorites, several IT pros cited tools they've acquired to help address mobile device management, data security and application control. Read More   The 9 Most Difficult-to-Fill IT Roles Competition for IT workers is fierce in the tech world and skills shortages abound. How fierce? Using data from TEKsystems, we look at what organizations describe as their most difficult-to-fill IT roles. Read More
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