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	Recommended Reading: Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Update Cisco provided an update to its annual Visual Networking Index (VNI), predicting that IP Traffic will triple from 2014 to 2019 with much of the growth driven by increasing mobile access and demand for video services. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: XO Communications Infographic: The PBX Dilemma: Hosted or Premises-Based? This infographic weighs the pros and cons of hosted and premises-based PBX solutions and shows you why more businesses of all sizes are choosing to go hosted. Learn More In this Issue Google kicks Google+ off its homepage CA names Xbox cofounder its new CTO Pure says users can upgrade the same all-flash array for a decade INSIDER As collaboration tools multiply, here's how to avoid overload INSIDER Internet of Things breathes new life into RFID technology WHITE PAPER: Dell Inc. What Makes a Private Cloud a Cloud Private clouds are the means for IT to re-establish its value back to the business— enabling productivity, competitive advantage, and increased customer service. To attain true private cloud capabilities, you must also deploy a systems management framework, optimize application delivery, and drive visibility. Learn Now Google kicks Google+ off its homepage Nothing says you’ve fallen out of favor quite like being banished from the most exclusive and uncluttered piece of real estate on the Internet: the Google search homepage.It’s been known for some time that Google is at the very least deemphasizing Google+, but perhaps nothing the company has said to date more emphatically confirms this than the recent disappearance of a direct link from Google’s homepage to its long-struggling social media platform, a platform Google originally touted as central to its future. Here’s what I see on Google’s homepage this morning: There had been a link to Google+ where I’ve placed the circle below:To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Inc. Mobile Security: Confidence Ebbs as BYOD Booms Download this two-page paper detailing the IDG Research results and for expert advice on securing your organization's data in an increasingly mobile world. View more CA names Xbox cofounder its new CTO Xbox cofounder Otto Berkes may have spent the bulk of his recent years focusing on consumer technology, but his next career move will be set squarely in the enterprise arena, as CA Technologies on Monday announced that it recruited him to serve as its next CTO.Most recently, Berkes was CTO at HBO, where he was responsible for the development of HBO Go as well as all of the company’s technology efforts including media production, internal business systems and technology operations.Before that, Berkes—who has been awarded seven patents and is one of the four original founders of Xbox—spent 18 years at Microsoft, where he held a number of senior-level positions including senior software developer, partner-level architect and general manager.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Inc. Mobile Security: Confidence Ebbs as BYOD Booms Download this two-page paper detailing the IDG Research results and for expert advice on securing your organization's data in an increasingly mobile world. View more Pure says users can upgrade the same all-flash array for a decade Enterprise storage is a long-term bet. Pure Storage, a growing maker of all-flash arrays, is reshuffling the deck on that gamble in a way that might save IT departments time and money.Pure’s plan is to let customers keep the same system for a decade, upgrading various components as improved versions come out but never having to migrate the data from an older array to a new one. For some organizations, this could eliminate an expensive and time-consuming effort every few years.The elements of the new approach have been coming together for a while. But the company formally introduced the strategy and gave it a name—Evergreen Storage—as it unveiled its fourth-generation product on Monday. Evergreen Storage applies to all generations of Pure hardware already shipped as well as versions yet to come.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More INSIDER As collaboration tools multiply, here's how to avoid overload Collaboration is a way of life in The Vanguard Group's institutional investors unit. For one thing, it uses the agile software development method, which requires collaboration among self-organized cross-functional teams. Vanguard also employs the scrum product development methodology, where interaction over documentation is a founding principle.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More INSIDER Internet of Things breathes new life into RFID technology About a decade or so ago, it was almost impossible to find a tech analyst who wasn't predicting that radio-frequency identification (RFID) would soon change the world. While RFID eventually became a useful tool in retail, logistics, healthcare and a handful of other enterprise sectors, the technology largely lurked in the shadows while other truly transformative concepts, such as social media and streaming entertainment, grabbed the spotlight.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More
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