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• Verizon IoT, Swiftmile pilot smart bike-sharing in Santa Clara

  18-11-2016 22:23
  
  Verizon announced a pilot project with solar-powered bike-sharing company Swiftmile on Friday to aid commuters in Santa Clara County, Calif.
  The Internet of Things-based pilot project is designed initially to help Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority workers use one of Swiftmile's four ebikes for short bike trips, including commutes from work to home and back again.
  Next year, the project will be expanded to 80 bikes at the Stanford Research Park, according to Swiftmile CEO Colin Roche.
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• 5 steps to ensure success when migrating unified communications to the cloud

  18-11-2016 22:02
  
  This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach.
  Ready or not, unified communications is starting to move to the cloud. A recent survey by BroadSoft predicts that cloud UC market penetration will jump almost six times in the next four years, from 7% percent today to 41% of the overall UC space by 2020.
  According to Gartner, “the UC-as-a-Service market
  
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• With CIA choice, Trump picks a foe of Silicon Valley's encryption stance

  18-11-2016 21:55
  
  In his nomination of Representative Mike Pompeo to head the CIA, President-elect Donald Trump has picked someone who has supported NSA surveillance programs and has criticized Silicon Valley's stance on encryption.Pompeo, a Republican from Kansas, is a former cavalry officer in the U.S. Army and a graduate of West Point military academy. He currently serves on the House Intelligence Committee and is perhaps best known for his role on the Benghazi committee that investigated Hillary Clinton.
  
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• Are you an accidental IT project manager? Here’s how to succeed

  18-11-2016 21:17
  
  This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach.
  There are two types of project managers: those who have completed courses to become certified project managers and the rest of us.
  In a 2015 survey of 200 North Americans who manage or participate in projects, two thirds of participants were not project management certified.  But with proper strategy and
  
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• Attacks to make Ask.com Toolbar a conduit for malware are nipped in the bud

  18-11-2016 21:09
  
  Attackers who were trying to turn the Ask.com Toolbar into a malware dispensary got caught early on when their scheme was picked up by security services that were looking for anomalies.
  The malicious actors are unknown but they managed to get the legitimate Ask.com toolbar update feature to place a dropper/uploader into the browsers of several customers of security firm Red Canary.
  Once installed, the dropper would bring in secondary malware including banking Trojans and other online-fraud code
  
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• CIO Career Coach: 6 tips for working with executive recruiters (video)

  18-11-2016 20:59
  
  This is episode seven of "CIO Career Coach," a video collaboration between Heller Search Associates, CIO.com and IDG.tv, the video division of CIO's parent company IDG.All of the videos included in this first season of "CIO Career Coach" focus on how to effectively run an IT executive job search. Whether you are a CIO, CTO, CISO, a vice president, a director in the IT organization, or you aspire to one of these roles, the advice in these videos will help you win your next great job in technology
  
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• IoT attacks could bring real-world damage

  18-11-2016 20:39
  
  Members of Congress received a dire warning this week about security vulnerabilities in the so-called internet of things (IoT), as cyber experts cautioned that with billions of new devices coming online, coordinated hacking attacks could become -- literally -- a matter of life and death.House lawmakers convened the hearing on IoT security in response to last month's distributed denial-of-service attack on the internet addressing provider Dyn, which resulted in temporary outages at popular sites
  
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• Alabama to build its largest solar farm, with enough power for 15K homes

  18-11-2016 20:24
  
  The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) today commissioned Alabama's largest solar energy project -- the River Bend Solar Energy Center -- which will eventually generate 75 million watts (megawatts, or MW) of electricity.
  The River Bend Solar Energy Center will have more than 300,000 solar panels that sit atop motorized platforms that can track the sun from east to west each day to maximize energy production.
  Once up and running, the solar farm will be able to produce enough energy to power more t
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Abby Kearns named Executive Director of Cloud Foundry Foundation; Sam Ramji headed to Google

  18-11-2016 20:21
  
  Cloud Foundry foundation has promoted Abby Kearns, former VP of strategy, to the role of Executive Director. Chip Childers is taking over as the CTO of the foundation.
  Sam Ramji heading to Google
  As important as Kearns’ appointment to Executive Director, it’s equally important to note where Cloud Foundry's former CEO Sam Ramji is heading. Ramji is joining Google in a yet-to-be-announced position, but he did tell TechCrunch that “Cloud Foundry is pretty damn important to the Go
  
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• When Airbnb asked users to pledge to treat people equally, a lot refused

  18-11-2016 19:45
  
  Stung by ongoing criticism and evidence that some of its hosts discriminated against non-white guests, Airbnb this month began asking users to pledge to treat everyone equally.
  A lot have refused.
  The so-called "community commitment" has been presented to Airbnb hosts and users since Nov. 1 and asks them to make a simple promise: to "treat everyone —regardless of race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or age — with respect, a
  
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• Aerovironment's Quantix drone is all about the data

  18-11-2016 19:37
  
  In the age of technology, businesses are all chasing efficiency. That's exactly what AeroVironment promises to deliver with its new Quantix drone.The technology, a combination of a drone and cloud-based analysis service, can be useful for farmers, says Steve Gitlin, vice president of corporate strategy at AeroVironment.“In many cases, farmers rely on themselves or their people to walk the fields, and if they’re managing large fields in excess of 100 acres or so, then it’s
  
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• How a CEO assessment model might predict Trump’s success or failure

  18-11-2016 19:29
  
  I do a lot of CEO assessments. However, when it comes doing a CEO turnaround there is a prescribed process that typically leads to success that might actually apply to the U.S. presidency. While it is far too early to assess Trump’s performance, because he doesn’t have the job yet, I can provide milestones that could be used to measure whether he is likely to eventually be a success or failure. Let’s talk about that this week.[ Related: How Trump defeated Clinton using analytic
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Client wants a website? It’s time to learn how

  18-11-2016 19:15
  
  Marketing firms get asked a lot of questions that don’t relate to what they do. While your focus may center on content, branding and advertising, it’s not uncommon for a client to ask for a new website. While you may want to say, “We don’t do that — go find a web design firm,” proceed with caution. Even if web design isn’t your forte, it is something you should be willing to take on to keep your clients satisfied.The truth about business websitesUnless
  
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• This new Ubuntu Linux laptop has a 4K screen and Nvidia Pascal GPU

  18-11-2016 18:55
  
  System76's Ubuntu-based Oryx Pro is a Linux laptop loaded with features also found in some of the fastest Windows laptops.
  The Oryx Pro can be the ultimate Linux gaming laptop. It can be configured with a 15.6-inch 4K screen and Nvidia's latest Pascal GeForce GTX 1070 GPU.
  The laptop with those features starts at $1,987, and goes higher as more storage and memory are added. The ultimate 4K Oryx Pro configuration with 9TB of SSD storage prices out at $7,012. It comes preloaded with Ubuntu 16.04
  
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• Subway launches digital unit to revamp mobile app and stores

  18-11-2016 18:29
  
  Earlier this summer Subway CIO Carman Wenkoff added chief digital officer (CDO) to his title and took the helm of a new division governing core capabilities such as the sandwich chain's website, mobile application and payment systems, and its loyalty program.Directing both back-office IT and customer-facing technologies should help Wenkoff gain insights as he looks to incorporate the kind of digital capabilities consumers are using to interact with competitors like Panera Bread and other quick-s
  
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• UK mobile operator loses phones following data breach

  18-11-2016 17:48
  
  In a twist, thieves in the U.K. hacked personal data to steal high-end smartphones, rather than hacking phones to steal personal data.The thefts came to light after mobile network operator Three noticed a recent increase in levels of handset fraud, the company said Friday.By accessing the system Three uses to manage handset upgrades, the perpetrators were able to intercept new high-end handsets on the way to the operator's customers.Three, however, said only eight devices have been illegally obt
  
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• 45% off Bestrix Universal Tablet Car Headrest Cradle - Deal Alert

  18-11-2016 17:24
  
  Road trip this holiday season? The Bestrix universal headrest tablet mount provides an easy solution for using your tablet while mobile. It's designed for easy installation and removal, and instantly turn your car’s backseat into an entertainment center without blocking any of your tablet’s buttons or jacks. The mount can hold all tablets including all versions of Apple iPads, Samsung Tab and all tablets up to 11’’. Its 360 degree rotation feature allows al
  
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• Hyper convergence leads to humanless datacenters: Nutanix CEO Pandey

  18-11-2016 17:08
  
  An enterprise cloud platform company, Nutanix helps companies thread the path of hyper converged infra. ComputerWorld India had an extensive chat with Dheeraj Pandey, Co-founder & CEO, Nutanix on hyper convergence, IPO debut, and competitive landscape. "Hyper convergence is a pit stop in the true journey towards an invisible infrastructure for companies. One can spin up a firewall or storage array through a written code than buy the hardware for the humans to rack and stack it," said Pandey
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Will Trump cause a Y2K moment for outsourcing?

  18-11-2016 16:30
  
  Today we are in a similar situation as we were at the time of Y2K (the 2000 date problem for computers). We have a set of disruptive capabilities in technologies such as automation, analytics, cloud and cognitive computing, which companies have been experimenting with for some time. These technologies are now at a stage of maturity where they can support a completely different volume and level of work and capable of driving a different business model. However, the services market is constrained
  
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• Ransomware victims able to thwart attacks, report says

  18-11-2016 15:07
  
  The vast majority of companies hit by ransomware attacks were able to stop the attacks by either preventing the malware from getting to their files, by successfully decrypting the files, or by restoring the files from backups, according to a report released today.
  In a Vanson Bourne survey of 500 cybersecurity decision makers conducted last month, 48 percent said their organizations had been hit by at least one ransomware attack in the last 12 months, with the average victim hit six times.
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• 7 reasons cloud migrations fail (free online course)

  18-11-2016 15:07
  
  Cloud migrations can fail for a variety of reasons, such as a cloud strategy that isn’t aligned with business goals, cultural resistance or lack of a viable cloud security plan. Managing these migration risks is the focus of a free online course presented by training company Logical Operations Inc., in partnership with IDG Enterprise.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Hottest Android Black Friday 2016 deals on tablets, phones & more

  18-11-2016 15:03
  
  It’s a lot easier to find Black Friday 2016 deals for Android smartphones and tablets than it is for competing Apple products, so if you’re a fan of Google’s Linux kernel-based mobile OS or willing to give it a shot, then Best Buy, Target and others are more than happy to accommodate on Nov. 25.
  Here’s where to look if you want to compare Android products to those from Apple or running Windows. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Battling global DDoS attacks requires coordinated response

  18-11-2016 14:42
  
  Service providers that run the backbone of the internet need to have a coordinated response to deal with a global distributed denial of service attack, security experts say.
  There's only so much that individual enterprises can do when attackers go after critical infrastructure, such as last month's attack on Dyn.
  And it would take cooperation between a relatively small number of parties, said Oded Gonda, vice president of technology and innovation at Check Point Software Technologies, in a rece
  
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• Google, LinkedIn leaders on tech's responsibility for lost jobs

  18-11-2016 14:01
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — The pressing issue of modern technology's negative impact on jobs was largely ignored during the 2016 presidential election, according to California's Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who spoke this week at the Code Enterprise conference. Today's society has deficiencies in education and regulation, and it lacks the collective mindset necessary to transform tech challenges into opportunities, Newsom said. 
  The roles large technology companies play in eliminating jobs, and the r
  
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• Op naar de bedrijfskritische multicloud

  18-11-2016 13:14
  Flexibiliteit, snel businessinnovatie realiseren, schaalbaarheid, betalen naar gebruik en verregaande automatisering van IT-beheer: de cloud biedt zowel zakelijk, financieel als technisch veel voordelen. Vraagstukken als dataveiligheid, privacywetgeving, kosten en de complexiteit van de integratie maken dat cloud... lees meer
  
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• How to integrate disruptive technologies with IT outsourcing contracts

  18-11-2016 12:58
  
  In the era of digital disruption, the ability to successfully implement new technologies such as mobility, big data and analytics systems, cloud computing options, or robotics for competitive advantage is critical. In some cases, going to an existing IT service provider may not be the best way to do so. However, in many cases, there are advantages to working with incumbent supplier. Doing so may enable IT outsourcing customers to leverage existing contractual commitments and terms to accelerate
  
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• How to integrate disruptive technologies into IT outsourcing contracts

  18-11-2016 12:58
  
  In the era of digital disruption, the ability to successfully implement new technologies such as mobility, big data and analytics systems, cloud computing options, or robotics for competitive advantage is critical. In some cases, going to an existing IT service provider may not be the best way to do so. However, in many cases, there are advantages to working with incumbent supplier. Doing so may enable IT outsourcing customers to leverage existing contractual commitments and terms to accelerate
  
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• Interneteconomie Nederland goed voor 345.000 banen

  18-11-2016 12:49
  De ‘digitale economie’ is goed voor 345.000 banen, gelijk aan 4,4% procent van de totale werkgelegenheid, en groeit jaarlijks met 7 tot 9%. De digitale infrastructuur maakt Nederland tot een aantrekkelijk vestigingsland. Daarop duidt een rapport door Deloitte, opgesteld in opdracht van onder andere... lees meer
  
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• 8 awesome gifts for PC gamers

  18-11-2016 12:30
  
  Play on!PC gamers are a tough, discriminating crowd to shop for. And if you don’t know the difference between an SSD and a GPU, it makes shopping even harder—can you imagine browsing for LED fans and power supply cables without knowing what you’re looking for? Yikes.But don’t worry—to make it easier for you, we’ve assembled a list of the best gifts for PC gamers that won’t break the bank. This is the gear that our gaming-obsessed staff is pining over thi
  
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• Microsoft partnert met OpenAI

  18-11-2016 12:14
  Microsoft gaat een partnerschap aan met OpenAI, een door vooraanstaande tech-innovators opgerichte non-profit onderzoeksorganisatie voor kunstmatige intelligentie. De samenwerking is gericht op significante vorderingen op het gebied van KI.
   
  Beide partijen willen de democratisering van kunstmatige intelligentie... lees meer
  
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• VMware taps Angular 2 for rapid web dev framework

  18-11-2016 12:00
  
  VMware has released at GitHub its open source Clarity design system to create web applications based on the Angular 2 framework. Clarity packages user-experience guidelines, design patterns, and view-layer UI components.
  This packaging means that developers “can now shift their focus from building UI components to building the application itself, giving them more time and energy to craft workflows and experiences unique to their product,” said Jehad Affoneh, a st
  
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• Computerworld's holiday gift guide 2016: Top-notch tech for $150 or more

  18-11-2016 12:00
  
  Find the perfect tech giftImage by Stephen SauerWe all love buying tech toys for ourselves, but it can be even more fun to pick out the perfect device for a friend or family member, then watch their eyes light up when they open the package.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Top reasons for network downtime

  18-11-2016 11:00
  
  New research paints a somewhat bleak picture of network performance. Outages are frequent. Hours typically pass before an issue is reported and resolved. Protective measures are manual and error prone.
  The source of the data is a survey of 315 network pros at midsize and large enterprises. The survey was sponsored by Veriflow, a San Jose, Calif.-based startup that aims to minimize the risk of network vulnerabilities and outages. Veriflow’s software is designed to catch network problems be
  
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• US lawmakers introduce bill to delay enhanced government hacking powers

  18-11-2016 07:03
  
  U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation to delay the coming into force on Dec. 1 of a rule change that aims to expand the government's ability to search computers and other digital devices across many jurisdictions with a single warrant.The new Review the Rule Act aims to delay for discussion proposed amendments to rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure until July 1 next year. The changes to the rule have already been approved by the Supreme Court in April, and if Congress doesn&r
  
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• Without tech industry guidance, U.S. may resort to weakening encryption

  18-11-2016 04:14
  
  Apple may have refused to help the FBI unlock an iPhone used by the San Bernardino shooter, but the tech industry is still better off working with the U.S. government on encryption issues than turning away, according to a former official with the Obama administration.
  “The government can get very creative,” said Daniel Rosenthal, who served as the counterterrorism director in the White House until January this year. He fears that the U.S. government will choose to “go it alone
  
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• Apple offers to repair iPhone 6 Plus devices with 'touch disease'

  18-11-2016 03:57
  
  Apple is offering to repair at a reduced price iPhone 6 Plus smartphones with display flickering or multitouch issues.The problem, described in August as “touch disease” by repair guide website iFixit, is characterized by a gray, flickering bar at the top of the display and an unresponsive touchscreen. The issue affects both the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus, according to iFixit.Apple appears to consider it a problem with the way users handled the phone rather than a defect. It said
  
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• Freshly-funded Message.io buddies up with Microsoft on chatbots

  18-11-2016 02:37
  
  Starting from behind the likes of Slack and HipChat with its new workplace collaboration Teams service, Microsoft can use all the help it can get. Startup Message.io is among those coming to its aid.
  Message.io, a bot translation tool and syndication service provider founded last year, enables developers to quickly port and scale their bots to work on numerous enterprise messaging platforms without making coding changes. It is partnering with Microsoft so that bots built for other messaging pla
  
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• Look what GE can do with industrial IoT

  18-11-2016 01:58
  
  Look what GE can do with industrial IoTImage by Stephen LawsonGeneral Electric showcased its industrial internet of things solutions and partnerships this week at its annual Minds + Machines conference in San Francisco this week. The industrial powerhouse is transforming itself into an IoT software and services company focused on improving customers' efficiency, productivity and revenue streams.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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