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• Category 8 cable will play a major role in 25G and 40G data center Ethernet

  21-11-2016 23:29
  
  This contributed piece has been edited and approved by Network World editors
   By the end of 2016 several cabling manufacturers are expected to release their initial Category 8 cable products. Representing the next generation of twisted pair cabling, Category 8 supports bandwidths of up to 2GHz and will be used initially in data centers for 25G and 40Gb Ethernet for distances of up to 30 meters (100 feet).
  Additionally, cable testing manufacturers will shortly release new Category 8 field t
  
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• Car buyers more willing to share data -- if they get something back

  21-11-2016 23:27
  
  Car buyers and mobility app users around the world are aware about issues involving  data privacy and increasingly willing to share personal info for certain applications, according to a new survey.
  The survey by McKinsey & Company of more than 3,000 consumers across the U.S., China and Germany revealed that 90% know certain data (such as their current location, address-book details and browser history) are openly accessible to applications and shared with third parties.To read this ar
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Teleradiology platforms: the business case for blockchain

  21-11-2016 23:21
  
  Teleradiology, or remote radiology service, is the future of radiology. Information technology has been the genesis of radiology and nuclear medicine. Night-hawk services have changed the future of work for radiology. All but vascular and interventional radiology is protected from outsourcing. As radiology outsourcing moves to low-wage countries, revisiting the fee-per-report reimbursement scheme is in order. How can the in-house radiologist compete?Blockchain technology can assist with improvin
  
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• Customs gives Cisco adversary Arista green light to resume selling network gear in U.S.

  21-11-2016 22:41
  
  After months of wrangling, Arista today said US Customs has given it permission to begin reselling its networking gear in the United States.
  +More on Network World: Ethernet consortia trio want to unlock a more time-sensitive network+
  This past summer the US Trade Representative began an import ban as well as a cease and desist order covering Arista products imposed by the International Trade Commission in June where it ruled that Arista had infringed on a number of Cisco’s technology pat
  
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• 5 things to know about fake news on Facebook, Google

  21-11-2016 22:11
  
  With presidential election signs coming down from front lawns and voters watching protests on the news, many are wondering if fake news stories on Facebook and Google contributed to Donald Trump's winning the presidency.
  And that raises the question of what Google and Facebook plan to do about it.
  Here are some examples of headlines from fake stories posted to the web:
  "Pope Francis endorses Trump"
  "WikiLeaks Confirms Hillary Sold Weapons to ISIS"
  "Donald Trump wins electoral college and popula
  
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• U.S. sets plan to build two exascale supercomputers

  21-11-2016 22:09
  
  The U.S believes it will be ready to seek vendor proposals to build two exascale supercomputers -- costing roughly $200 million to $300 million each --by 2019.
  The two systems will be built at the same time and will be ready for use by 2023, although it's possible one of the systems could be ready a year earlier, according to U.S. Department of Energy officials.
  But the scientists and vendors developing exascale systems do not yet know whether President-Elect Donald Trump's administration will
  
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• 25% off 100-pack iCloth Screen Cleaning Wipes for Electronics - Deal Alert

  21-11-2016 22:09
  
  These screen cleaning cloths from iCloth currently average 4.5 out of 5 stars from over 800 people (read reviews) and its list price is currently discounted 25% to $18.74 for a pack of 100, individually packaged. The aerospace-grade soft fabric wipes are made from high quality and extremely low-linting Dupont Sontara fabric, and are premoistened with a purified water-based formula containing a isopropyl alcohol (not harmful ethyl alcohol) and proprietary ingredients that are safe on all sen
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 5 easy strategies for building an online community

  21-11-2016 21:45
  
  As a marketing strategy, building customer loyalty online seems straightforward enough. You can engage with customers through your brand’s social media channels, get them to participate in your brand’s contests and comment sections, and make sure they have a good experience when they buy from you. But all these relationships exist on one level: an engagement between brands and consumers.There’s another level that can improve the performance of your online marketing campaign and
  
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• 3 ingredients of a successful attack

  21-11-2016 21:44
  
  The field of computer security has been around since the 1960s, and since then, practitioners have developed "a good understanding of the threat and how to manage it," say the authors of Security in Computing, 5th edition.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Future Windows 10 phones could run full-fledged PC programs

  21-11-2016 21:42
  
  When the HP Elite x3 launched earlier this year, we lamented its likely legacy as the last great Windows 10 phone. It stood alone as the embodiment of Microsoft’s PC-as-phone vision at a time when Microsoft was ruthlessly burning its mobile hardware division to the ground and gutting what few Nokia remnants lingered. But now it appears that the HP Elite x3’s highlight feature—the ability to run PC software on a phone—may actually find its way into Windows 10 Mobile&
  
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• Symantec acquisition has lawsuit-filled past

  21-11-2016 21:37
  
  LifeLock, the identity protection vendor that Symantec today said it would acquire for $2.3 billion, has been the frequent target of lawsuits filed by customers, state attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
  Less than a year ago, LifeLock paid $100 million to settle a contempt complaint brought by the FTC. That complaint originated when the agency charged LifeLock with failing to comply with a 2010 order and settlement over accusations that the Arizona company had again engage
  
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• Microsoft embraces open source in the cloud and on-premises

  21-11-2016 21:28
  
  With the announcement of a broad swathe of new data products and services at Microsoft Connect in New York City last week -- including that the next release of SQL Server will support Linux (and Docker) --  the software giant has signaled a renewed focus on customer choice and flexibility, underscoring the increasing importance of cloud computing as a central pillar of its business."We've been on this journey for the last few years now," says Rohan Kumar, general manager, Database Systems,
  
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• Microsoft puts quantum computing higher on its hardware priority list

  21-11-2016 21:11
  
  Microsoft is accelerating its efforts to make a quantum computer as it looks to a future of computing beyond today's PCs and servers.Microsoft has researched quantum computing for more than a decade. Now the company's goal is to put the theory to work and create actual hardware and software.To that effect, Microsoft has put Todd Holmdahl -- who was involved in the development of Kinect, HoloLens, and Xbox -- to lead the effort to create quantum hardware and software. The company has also hired f
  
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• IBM is on a push to offer IoT from development to production

  21-11-2016 20:52
  
  The internet of things is so complex that some enterprises would rather turn to one vendor to determine the business case for an IoT deployment, design the system, roll it out, and operate it as a service.At least that’s what IBM believes. The company’s combining several of its products and services into what it calls the IoT Solutions Practice. The move, announced Monday, is designed so customers can find all of IBM’s IoT offerings in one place.Turning IoT into a service isn&r
  
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• Facebook trolls should learn from Amazon's new Prime ad

  21-11-2016 20:27
  
  Four years ago, my friend Tiffany barely knew there was an election. Today, she wakes up extra early before work so she has time to check out the latest news on TV and the internet. She is well informed and the kind of engaged, independent Millennial voter that Republicans and Democrats swoon over.
  So why did Tiffany stop posting political commentary on her Facebook feed? "I found myself being treated like a bad guy," she told me the week after the election. "Private messages, text messages, ev
  
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• Poachers and fish beware, this ocean drone is on your trail

  21-11-2016 20:21
  
  We don't usually think of drones as operating over open water, but Aerovel's Flexrotor drone was designed to do just that.Flexrotor can land and take off vertically like a helicopter, without the need for any additional infrastructure on the deck of a ship. This gives the vehicle the ability to operate from almost any vessel. Once airborne, Flexrotor transitions to horizontal flight, which allows the vehicle a much longer range of operation. 
  "What they were intended for was to go out
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: The 7 strategies of the future-ready CIO

  21-11-2016 20:03
  
  As the election is over and radical change is in the air, I thought it would be an excellent time to get CIOs ready for the next quantum leaps on the horizon.I have had a long career forecasting, for right or wrong, tech trends that shape the future of CIOs and their enterprises. In all fairness, tech disruptions (and my forecasts) have not always been popular because innovation changes the fundamental game of business. The reality is no one likes change. Yet we are defined by change. And our ef
  
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• Best small to midsized cities to land a cybersecurity job

  21-11-2016 19:40
  
  Looking for a change of scenery in 2017? Image by ThinkstockWhile cybersecurity positions are plentiful in most major cities, thousands of cyber positions at all levels are waiting to be filled in less populated and often more scenic locales – and most offer a lower cost of living.Although larger corporations usually post the most job openings, “you’re most likely to find that you’re working at a smaller company” in these smaller cities, says Tim Herbert, senior vic
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Customer satisfaction is your biggest marketing weapon

  21-11-2016 18:28
  
  A company can use all the marketing strategies and meticulously designed campaigns in the world, but those efforts may only go so far as to make people visit the company's online store and maybe make one purchase. Keeping a customer for life is a different proposition altogether. It costs five times as much to acquire a new customer as it does to retain an existing one. While this figure is well researched and acknowledged, still around 44 percent of companies will focus on customer acquisition
  
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• 46% off Foval 150PSI Car Digital Tire Pressure Air Gauge - Deal Alert

  21-11-2016 18:26
  
  This tire pressure guage from Fovsal features a lighted nozzle and display screen for ultimate visibility in low light, and doubles as a vehicle emergency tool with LED flashlight, car window breaker, seat belt cutter, and red safety light.  It averages 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon, where its typical list price of $20 has been reduced 46% to just $10.87. See it now on Amazon.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• IT leaders struggle to sway business stakeholders

  21-11-2016 18:19
  
  CIOs agree that aligning IT activities with the business strategy is essential to success but only 5 percent believe that they have exceeded expectations on that score, according to 1,217 CIOs surveyed by Deloitte. You can blame the antiquated expectations of the CIO role for this one.Business leaders are laser-focused on serving customers and fostering innovation, but rather than bringing IT along for this journey, they expect CIOs to only maintain and secure IT systems, create efficiencies and
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Why is Apple abandoning the AirPort Extreme, AirPort Express and AirPort Time Capsule?

  21-11-2016 16:46
  
  Something strange seems to be going on inside of Apple. The company recently exited the stand-alone monitor business, and now it has quietly killed its wireless router business.This means that you can say goodbye to the convenience and reliability of Apple’s AirPort Express, Airport Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule devices. While the devices are still available in Apple's online store, it's only a matter of time until they are no longer in stock.Jeff Gamet reports for the Mac Observer:
  The
  
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• Oracle to buy DNS, cloud infrastructure provider Dyn

  21-11-2016 16:37
  
  Oracle plans to acquire internet performance and DNS provider Dyn in an effort to pump up its cloud-based offerings and challenge infrastructure and platform service leaders like Amazon and Microsoft.Dyn, in the news last month when it was targeted in a massive distributed denial-of-service attack, operates a global network that makes 40 billion traffic optimization decisions each day for more than 3,500 enterprise customers, including Netflix and Twitter.Dyn monitors and optimizes internet
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How to drive digital customer experiences with your CMS and CRM

  21-11-2016 16:05
  
  You might be asking, “What is driving digital,” or more broadly, “what is digital transformation?” Most importantly, how should CIO approach this opportunity to either lead the enterprise’s digital strategy or at least have a significant role in driving the transformation? How can CIO expand their role beyond back office technology steward to front office growth enabler? Understanding the difference between these two objectives is critical for CIO to be successful i
  
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• 6 ex-CIOs reveal lessons learned, biggest regrets

  21-11-2016 15:49
  
  Regrets? These former CIOs have a few. In exit interviews, six ex-CIOs say they wish they’d spent more time engaged with business strategy, studied human psychology or gotten an MBA.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• In tech recruiting, playing it safe is risky business

  21-11-2016 14:48
  
  The Silicon Valley version of the American Dream goes something like this: a dishwasher, a bike messenger, an actor, a waiter (insert totally-unrelated-to-technology job title here) leverages his or her hobbyist-level coding skills to land a hot programming job and becomes a "rockstar developer."
  And nearly everyone who works in tech, from CEOs, venture capitalists, startup founders, and programmers themselves will tell you they don't care what a candidate's background is; where they went to sch
  
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• How a project manager can smooth interdepartmental conflict

  21-11-2016 14:14
  
  The causes of interdepartmental conflict are numerous, but how much can a PM do to resolve the issues? Let's take a look at some of the more common conflicts today's project managers might be forced to deal with and what, if any, actions they can take to improve the situation.
  Leadership conflict that trickles downIf interdepartmental conflict is rooted at the top of an organization, it's virtually impossible for a project manager to help undo this. It's likely this type of conflict is so deep-r
  
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• Security basics for the holiday season, and the year to come

  21-11-2016 13:00
  
  Let's go shopping!Image by Diariocritico de VenezuelaAs far as theft and fraud are concerned, consumers face (and willingly accept) a moderate amount of risk when they shop online or out in their local neighborhoods. This holiday season is no different, but the risk is elevated some, because criminals are looking for easy marks and low-hanging fruit.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Thankful things

  21-11-2016 13:00
  
  Thank you, Sir, may I have another?— Kevin Bacon as "Chip" in Animal HouseSince this is Thanksgiving time in the United States, I wanted to share with you my list of those IT things for which I am thankful:It is possible to work from just about anywhere. There are few remaining excuses that should prevent you from taking that well-deserved and long-deferred vacation. The key is being able to choose NOT to work from everywhere as well.
  There are fewer barriers to finding information. It's e
  
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• Network managers should be checking their list twice

  21-11-2016 12:52
  
  Make sure it is a holly jolly time of the yearAs IT Ops teams begin preparation for the upcoming holiday season, which in retail is the busiest time of the year for web traffic, the team at BigPanda along with some other vendors have prepared a checklist of the key factors IT Ops teams need to consider to ensure their IT infrastructure is ready.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Master Class: Digital Edge 25 honorees pioneer the digital-centric enterprise

  21-11-2016 12:30
  
  Digital transformation is a popular buzzphrase with various definitions. But while there may be confusion about what the term means, the bottom line for the initiatives it’s used to describe is always the same: Did the project deliver results? At these 25 organizations, the answer is yes.
  IDG's Digital Edge 25 awards recognize digital transformation initiatives with significant, measurable business impact. We enlisted a panel of executives, including past winners, to evaluate projects on
  
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• Top 5 cities for workplace diversity in IT

  21-11-2016 12:16
  
  5 cities for workplace diversity in ITImage by ThinkstockThe tech industry is widely criticized for a lack of diversity in the workplace. Companies like Twitter, Google and Facebook were forced to a lack of minority employees in their ranks and vowed to make a change. Diversity is important for tech companies, not only for the social implications, but because it's difficult for a company designing products for the masses if only one demographic is sitting at the table.Paysa, a company that focus
  
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• What we talk about when we talk about 5G wireless

  21-11-2016 12:00
  
  So what is 5G, exactly, anyway?
  Well, if you’re asking about “exactly,” it doesn’t exist yet.
  Oh, that helps me a lot.
  Sorry. But the best answer to your question is probably that 5G is sort of a catch-all name to describe the next generation of carrier wireless technology that’s going to be slinging tweets and videos and connected home signals from the internet to your smartphone or your smartwatch or, really, any smart object you’ve got handy.
  So why’
  
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• Pandora FMS wins open-source management shootout

  21-11-2016 12:00
  
  Doing more with less remains an ongoing challenge for IT execs. Making sure everything keeps humming along to meet service-level agreements can be challenging for resource-stretched IT departments. For all but the smallest shops, effective monitoring requires tools that provide a meta view of the entire infrastructure with drill-down capabilities.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Just how partisan is Facebook's fake news? We tested it

  21-11-2016 12:00
  
  It was only a few minutes after my imaginary Trump supporter “Todd White” began exploring Facebook that he learned filmmaker Michael Moore was staging a coup d’etat against president-elect Donald Trump. Todd also learned that Trump won the popular vote. And that there were people paid to protest at Trump rallies.None of that is true, of course. That’s the sort of fake news that’s being disseminated by Facebook—bogus content that many believe was written by par
  
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• Best open source management tools

  21-11-2016 12:00
  
  Open source holds up to commercial productsOpen source software provides an attractive alternative to more costly commercial products, but can open source products deliver enterprise-grade results? To answer this question we tested four open source products: OpenNMS, Pandora FMS, NetXMS and Zabbix. All four products were surprisingly good. We liked Pandora FMS for its ease of installation and modern user interface. In general, we found configuration to be easier and more intuitive with Pandora t
  
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• 2016 – the year 5G wireless testing really took off

  21-11-2016 12:00
  
  The concept of 5G wireless has been around for a long time, but only recently have meaningful moves taken place to bring the new technology to customers.
  5G stakeholders – which include silicon giants such as Qualcomm and Intel, infrastructure players like Ericsson and Nokia, and, of course the major wireless carriers – have been unsurprisingly bullish on the technology’s rapid advance, announcing numerous breakthroughs and field trials over the past several months. We’v
  
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• 20 ways to hate Windows 10 less

  21-11-2016 12:00
  
  Windows 10 -- your wayNo matter who you are and where you stand on the raging Windows 10 issues, I bet there are some things you love about your new operating system, along with other things you wish were better, had stayed the same, or simply went away.In this slideshow, I take you through the parts of Win10 that irk me the most, giving you quick tips on how to set things right ... or at least, right-er. Your opinion will vary, of course, and if you have other beefs (and solutions!) post them i
  
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• Ultimate guide to setting up a small business Wi-Fi network

  21-11-2016 11:56
  
  A peek inside a typical small business today will likely reveal lots of wireless devices, with little, if any, wired hardware in evidence. Problems could occur, however, if the small business deploys consumer-centric access points targeted at home users.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• 10 top holiday phishing scams

  21-11-2016 11:30
  
  Scams to keep an eye out forImage by ThinkstockIt always happens this time of year, an influx of holiday related scams circulating the interwebs. Scams don't wait for the holidays, but scammers do take advantage of the increased shopping and distraction when things get busy to take your money and personal information. Jon French, security analyst at AppRiver, warns you of six holiday threats to watch out for.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Apple offers new battery for iPhone 6s phones that suddenly shut down

  21-11-2016 08:44
  
  Apple has said that a few iPhone 6s smartphones are unexpectedly shutting down, confirming a problem reported last week by a Chinese consumer protection group.The company said the problem is restricted to a small number of phones within a limited serial number range that were manufactured between September and October last year.Apple said it was not a safety issue, and appeared to suggest that the problem would be resolved by a replacement battery which the company offered free. It did not say h
  
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• Symantec will acquire identity protection firm LifeLock in $2.3B deal

  21-11-2016 05:57
  
  Aiming to boost its consumer security business, Symantec is acquiring LifeLock, a vendor of identity protection services, for US$2.3 billion in enterprise value.
  The deal will create what the two companies described as the world’s largest consumer security business with over $2.3 billion in annual revenue based on last fiscal year revenue for both companies.
  The immediate opportunity for Symantec comes from the large number of consumers worldwide that have been victims of cybercrime, gene
  
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• Facebook working with fact-checkers to weed out fake news

  21-11-2016 04:12
  
  Returning to the controversy over fake news on the social networking site, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said over the weekend that the company was working with fact-checking organizations to put in place third-party verification of the authenticity of news on its site.Facebook has been criticized for fake news on its site, which is claimed to have tilted the recent U.S. presidential elections in favor of Republican candidate Donald Trump.Zuckerberg warned in his post late Friday that the website
  
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• 50-plus jaw-dropping Black Friday 2016 tech deals

  21-11-2016 00:01
  
  Some have begun referring to this month as Black November since pre-Black Friday, Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales have all blended together. Not all the supposed deals are actually deals at all – in many cases, the retailers are just trying to offload stuff – but there are plenty of bargains to be had on the hottest smartphones, tablets, PCs and gaming systems. Here’s a look at some of the best deals.
  Websites such as BFads.net, BlackFriday.com and Best
  
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