IBM discovers its inner Kickstarter via enterprise crowdfunding

iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending August 28 Famous social firsts: The earliest days of your favorite social networks Network World Daily News AM August 30, 2013 Share this email IBM discovers its inner Kickstarter via enterprise crowdfunding IBM is readying its fourth internal Kickstarter-like crowdfunding effort over the past year or so to inspire employees to innovate and collaborate, often across departments and the globe. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending August 28 2. Famous social firsts: The earliest days of your favorite social networks 3. Toyota Goes All-in With Social Media Monitoring 4. INSIDER Cloud Helps Financial Company Spin Up a New IT Operation 5. Time to Bridge the Gap between Identity and Security 6. World Tech Update, August 29, 2013 7. Report: Application delivery controller sales up, but WAN optimization slipping 8. Microsoft sets $100 Surface Pro discounts in stone 9. What is a vulnerability? 10. Windows 8.1 won't rescue PC market this year, IDC says 11. 10 Sorriest Technology Companies of 2013 WHITE PAPER: CDW Can You Benefit from Social CRM? Social tools and strategies are now crucial to building a successful CRM strategy. Learn how to take advantage of social CRM to improve business processes and enhance customer loyalty without a complete "rip-and-replace" of traditional CRM tools. Read Now iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending August 28 Still more photographs purporting to show exteriors of the Apple iPad 5 and iPad mini 2 were posted this week. But they only underlined how little the iOSphere actually knows about the Next iPads. READ MORE Famous social firsts: The earliest days of your favorite social networks Wondering who sent the first Tweet or posted the first pet photo to Instagram? The answers may surprise you (and are definitely cute, when it comes to pets) READ MORE Toyota Goes All-in With Social Media Monitoring Toyota's CIO says the carmaker analyzes social media commentary to learn what customers think of specific vehicles, identify quality problems and increase the accuracy of sales predictionsa(c). READ MORE RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Right Size Your Network Performance Management Solution Paying too much for network monitoring? This white paper follows four organizations in their search for the most cost-effective network performance management tool. See the challenges they encountered along the way and how they used product fit and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to make the switch from bloated, overpriced solutions to SolarWinds. Click here to get this FREE whitepaper from Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) and learn how four organizations benefitted from choosing SolarWinds award winning Network Performance Monitor. INSIDER Cloud Helps Financial Company Spin Up a New IT Operation Another company acquired about 75 percent of Lincoln Trust, along with its technology, which left the CTO with a pressing need for a new technology platforma(c). READ MORE Time to Bridge the Gap between Identity and Security Lots of security vendors play in the identity space. IBM is a leader in both areas while McAfee, RSA Security, and Symantec have acquired identity technologies over the past few years. These vendors present a compelling vision of tighter alignment between identity and security that is sometimes referred to as "contextual security." By unifying identity, network security, device identity, and... READ MORE World Tech Update, August 29, 2013 Nintendo cuts the price of its Wii and debuts the 2DS handheld, NASA plans to bag an asteroid and we get ready for IFA next week. Follow WTU and host Nick Barber @nickjb and facebook.com/worldtechupdate 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 Report: Application delivery controller sales up, but WAN optimization slipping A report on data center networking equipment says that sales of WAN optimization gear fell in the second quarter, but application delivery controllers were on the rise. READ MORE Microsoft sets $100 Surface Pro discounts in stone Microsoft yesterday made permanent the $100 price cut to its Surface Pro tablet that it ran as a temporary sale through most of August. READ MORE What is a vulnerability? Judging by initial appearances, our security testing turned up a ton of vulnerabilities – nearly 150 of them. In reality, however, none represented actual issues in the Huawei switch. READ MORE Windows 8.1 won't rescue PC market this year, IDC says The PC market will weaken even further this year and Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8.1 OS will be unable to reverse the drop in shipments, IDC said on Thursday. READ MORE 10 Sorriest Technology Companies of 2013 Microsoft, Apple and Samsung among those issuing mea culpas READ MORE WEBCAST: HP & Intel® Cloud Knowledge Vault According to market research, more than 60 percent of enterprises will have adopted some form of cloud computing by 2013. Learn how your organization can benefit from the scalability, flexibility, and performance that the cloud offers through the short videos and other resources in this HP & Intel® Cloud Knowledge Vault. 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	INSIDER Unisys going on offense in server and security markets CEO Ed Coleman says a new software-focused data center strategy and powerful new security technology will enable Unisys to take up the attack in vital market segments and shake up customer views about the usually quiet company. Read More WEBCAST: HP Intel VMware The Cloud: Why the Hybrid Cloud May Be Best A combination of the public and private cloud, the hybrid cloud fits the needs of a broad range of enterprises. View Now! In this Issue Hot products from VMworld 2013 Facebook report on government data requests a reminder there is no privacy Three types of DNS attacks and how to deal with them Anonymous responds to FBI claims of victory with record leaks Next Microsoft CEO faces rocky road in easing NSA-fueled privacy worries VMware spotlights key NSX security tool for deploying security software and services Developers hack Dropbox, show how to access to user data Tesla Model S vulnerable to hackers, kind of Hackers may cash in when XP is retired Sept. 23 deadline looms for business compliance with HITECH Act on patient privacy How technology is transforming the NFL WHITE PAPER: Condusiv Technologies IDC: I/O Optimization Boosts Virtualization Performance In this Tech Spotlight, IDC highlights the plague of unnecessary I/O in virtual environments, the need for software intelligence to remove it, the importance of I/O optimization at the top of the stack and why Condusiv should be considered as an alternative to hardware for performance. Read now! Hot products from VMworld 2013 Click through to see all the latest from the show in San Francisco. Read More Facebook report on government data requests a reminder there is no privacy Facebook, others cannot refuse legitimate requests, so users should think twice before posting and follow employers' policies for social networks Read More Three types of DNS attacks and how to deal with them The Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-Assad hacking group, altered the DNS records used by the New York Times, Twitter, and the Huffington Post. The changes forced one site offline and caused problems for the others. Here are three ways such attacks happen, and how they can be mitigated Read More WHITE PAPER: Mitel Networks Computerworld Report: Wrangling Your Mobile Devices This report looks at how IT executives at companies large and small are learning to embrace the mobile device trend, by rethinking their strategies, hammering out new policies and locking down their critical data. Learn More Anonymous responds to FBI claims of victory with record leaks Anonymous leaks thousands of records days after FBI claims it dismantled the hacktivist group Read More Next Microsoft CEO faces rocky road in easing NSA-fueled privacy worries Ballmer's replacement will have to build trust overseas, especially after report Germany advised to not use Windows 8 because of backdoor Read More VMware spotlights key NSX security tool for deploying security software and services VMware's NSX network virtualization platform, expected out by year end, will have a key security tool for deploying security software and services to VMware-based virtual machines. Read More WHITE PAPER: Verizon Secure, Stable Cloud Computing Business-critical applications in the cloud require the highest level of multilayered security. Learn how Terremark's secure, advanced data centers and clustered grid architecture provide the redundancy needed to keep critical systems up when hardware goes down while also providing monitoring, backups, patching and incident management. Learn More Developers hack Dropbox, show how to access to user data Developers who were able to bypass Dropbox's security by reverse-engineering Python applications -- the language used by the cloud storage provider -- described their technique in a published paper. Read More Tesla Model S vulnerable to hackers, kind of It's the curse of the connected car – once it's linked to the Internet, it's, well, on the Internet. In the case of the Tesla Model S, this means that malicious hackers could, in theory, control some functions of the vehicle and even track it without the owner's knowledge. Read More Hackers may cash in when XP is retired Hackers may bank their Windows XP zero-day exploits and cash them in after Microsoft stops patching the aged operating system next April. Read More Sept. 23 deadline looms for business compliance with HITECH Act on patient privacy Organizations handling protected health information have until Sept. 23 to comply with new security and privacy requirements that were included as part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009. Read More How technology is transforming the NFL Read More
	SLIDESHOWS Hot products from VMworld 2013 Click through to see all the latest from the show in San Francisco. JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook Network World on LinkedIn MOST-READ STORIES 1. Juniper kills MobileNext mobile packet product line 2. IBM starts restricting hardware patches to paying customers 3. Old electronics don't die, they pile up 4. School starts mass social media surveillance of students for their 'safety' 5. Developers hack Dropbox, show how to access user data 6. Spear phishing led to DNS attack against the New York Times, others 7. Cisco in for a virtual fight 8. Apple's iPhone trade-in program is a game changer 9. Hot products from VMworld 2013 10. Linus Torvalds celebrates 22 years of Linux with nostalgic message
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