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• 75% off Brother P-Touch PT-D210 Label Maker - Deal Alert

  21-02-2017 23:05
  
  The PT-D210 makes it easy to create great-looking labels for your home and office. With convenient one-touch keys, you can quickly access fonts, symbols, frames and templates. Plus, you can preview your work on the display. The highly rated unit is a #1 best-seller on Amazon, where it has been discounted 75%, for what will likely be a limited time. So instead of $40 you'll be paying just $10. See the deal now on Amazon.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Uber’s CEO reacts, but who’s buying it?

  21-02-2017 21:02
  
  Don’t retire your #DeleteUber hashtag just yet. In a blog post dated February 19, Susan Fowler, who joined Uber as a systems reliability engineer in 2015, recounts her repeated attempts to report inappropriate conduct by a manager -- only to be brushed off, ignored, threatened and denied transfers.In a recent blog post titled, "Reflecting On One Very, Very Strange Year At Uber," Fowler alleges that during her first couple weeks at the San Francisco-based tech firm her team manager proposit
  
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• Microsoft still plans to ship two Windows 10 upgrades in 2017

  21-02-2017 20:55
  
  Microsoft this month reaffirmed that it will issue two Windows 10 upgrades this year, twice the number of 2016 but still shy of the firm's original target.
  In a presentation 11 days ago at a Microsoft technical conference held in Australia, Bill Karagounis, a director of program management, pointed to a follow-on upgrade that will appear sometime after the Creators Update, which is expected to finalize and ship next month.[ Related: Windows 10 Redstone: A guide to the builds ]
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• Steam Link Is 60% Off - Mirror Your Gaming Setup to TV at 1080p - Deal Alert

  21-02-2017 20:12
  
  The Steam Link allows existing Steam gamers to expand the range of their current gaming set up via their home network. Just connect your Steam PC or Steam Machine to your home network, plug into a TV, and stream your games to the Link at 1080p. Video and audio data is sent from your computer to the Steam Link, while your controller input is sent back in real time. Virtually every game that your computer runs can be played on your TV. Steam Controller, Xbox One USB wired, Xbox 360 USB wired,
  
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• Best Buy has cut the MacBook Air's price tag to $800

  21-02-2017 19:21
  
  Apple hasn’t updated the MacBook Air since 2015, and many Apple watchers don’t expect to see a refresh of the device. In fact, the 11-inch MacBook Air left the consumer market last October. Nevertheless, Apple still offers the 13-inch Air as the cheapest MacBook option at $999—and today at Best Buy, you can grab one for $200 cheaper than its sticker price.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Biometrics: why play with the next wave of emerging technologies

  21-02-2017 18:58
  
  Privacy, legal issues and the use of biometric and forensic data sets are a few of the challenges that lie just ahead of adoption of biometric identification technologies. But maybe adoption is happening and we just don’t know it. Biometrics are already used in everyday life.Have you used your fingerprint to unlock your house? How often do you use Siri to find the local weather report? Both of those are examples of the many daily uses of biometrics. The beauty is that biometrics seaml
  
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• Java and Python FTP attacks can punch holes through firewalls

  21-02-2017 18:52
  
  The Java and Python runtimes fail to properly validate FTP URLs, which can potentially allow attackers to punch holes through firewalls to access local networks.
  On Saturday, security researcher Alexander Klink disclosed an interesting attack where exploiting an XXE (XML External Entity) vulnerability in a Java application can be used to send emails.
  XXE vulnerabilities can be exploited by tricking applications to parse specially crafted XML files that would force the XML parser to disclose sen
  
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• Cisco deepens enterprise network virtualization, security detection of DNA suite

  21-02-2017 18:43
  
  Cisco today announced a variety of hardware, software and services designed to increase network virtualization and bolster security for campus, branch office and cloud customers.
  The products, which include a Network Functions Virtualization branch office device and improved security network segmentation software, fall under Cisco’s overarching Digital Network Architecture plan. DNA offers integrated networking software—virtualization, automation, analytics, cloud service management
  
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• Intel's Atom is underwhelming no more: New chip packs 16 cores

  21-02-2017 18:33
  
  Intel's Atom was mostly known as a low-end chip for mobile devices that underperformed. That may not be the case anymore.The latest Atom C3000 chips announced on Tuesday have up to 16 cores and are more sophisticated than ever. The chips are made for storage arrays, networking equipment, and internet of things devices.The new chips have features found mostly in server chips, including networking, virtualization, and error correction features.Networking and storage devices don't require a lot of
  
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• BrandPost: Five best practices for remote asset management with edge analytics

  21-02-2017 17:59
  
  Across a wide range of industries, the emergence of the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has ushered in many new capabilities for increasing the performance, reliability and efficiency of remote assets while optimizing operational intelligence and predictive maintenance. Increasingly, these use cases leverage analytics at the network edge, where the data is generated.Leveraging real-time sensor data with increasingly powerful on-site analytics and management, edge intelligence solutions are
  
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• Don’t wait for 5G: LTE could be your key to IoT

  21-02-2017 17:56
  
  One of the many whiz-bang features promised in 5G is a new way of connecting millions of small, low-powered IoT devices. But there's no need to wait: Two forms of LTE tuned for IoT have entered a market that's already heating up with rapidly expanding specialist networks.The new standards, LTE-M and NB-IoT, were completed last year and will share the spotlight at Mobile World Congress next week with an array of network miracles envisioned for the next generation of cellular, due for commercial l
  
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• Facebook's latest Snapchat attack: WhatsApp status updates

  21-02-2017 17:27
  
  As Snapchat prepares to go public with its hotly anticipated IPO, it already has a formidable foe. Facebook has been launching digital missiles at the image messaging app for years, building a copycat feature into Instagram, stickers and effects in Messenger, and even testing a Direct Share option for photos in Facebook itself. Now Snapchat has yet another Facebook-backed competitor, and it may prove to be the most formidable at all.
  WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging app, just announced th
  
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• LTE speeds outpace home internet with new Qualcomm and Intel modems

  21-02-2017 17:22
  
  With every new generation of smartphone, LTE connections get faster. That's because the devices have faster modems that can transfer data at unprecedented download speeds.The top modem providers are Intel and Qualcomm, whose cellular chips are used in the iPhone. On Tuesday they both announced modems that will push LTE connections to speeds well over those of regular home internet connections.Qualcomm unveiled the X20 LTE chipset, which can transfer data at speeds of up to 1.2Gbps. Intel announc
  
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• Fingerprint scanning is coming to Chromebooks

  21-02-2017 17:17
  
  Later this year, Chromebook owners with the appropriate hardware may be able to unlock their laptops with their fingerprint. Chrome Story recently spotted a new flag in Chrome OS Canary that discusses “Quick Unlock (Fingerprint).”
  Mentions of fingerprint security features are also scattered throughout the changelog for Chrome OS 58.0.3007.0 that was released to the Dev Channel on February 14. Google routinely adds new features (or parts of them) to Dev Channel releases without fanfa
  
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• ARM buys Mistbase and NextG-Com to extend its reach in IoT

  21-02-2017 17:12
  
  Chip designer ARM has a new strategy for the internet of things: to offer complete solutions "from application software to antenna."ARM has typically left it to licensees of its microprocessor designs to add their own wide-area radio modems and other circuitry essential for the chips at the heart of smartphones and other connected devices. That's the case with Qualcomm, for example, which packages ARM's processor core with its own LTE modems to deliver the chips at the heart of Apple's iPhones.B
  
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• Soon your Samsung Galaxy's fingerprint reader will unlock your Windows 10 PC

  21-02-2017 16:32
  
  Samsung is telling Galaxy device users they’ll soon be able to use their phone’s fingerprint sensor to unlock nearly any Windows 10 PC.
  The Samsung Flow app currently lets users unlock a Galaxy TabPro S 2-in-1 with the fingerprint sensor on a Galaxy S7, S7 Edge, S6, S6 Edge and Edge+, Note 5, and A7 and A5 devices.
  After the Windows 10 Creators Update, however, that login feature will expand to all Windows 10 PCs that have the hardware to support it, as first reported by SamMobile.T
  
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• Amazon Prime Members Get 20% off Halo Wars 2 Ultimate Edition For Xbox One - Deal Alert

  21-02-2017 16:15
  
  For a limited time, if you're an Amazon Prime Member (or have a free trial -- get one here) you'll see the price drop an extra 20% on Halo Wars 2 Ultimate Edition for Xbox One. Price drop activates when you add it to your cart, and sinks the price from $79.88 to $63.99. Combining tactical combat with card-based strategy, your deck is your army in all new Blitz mode as you build collections of powerful Halo vehicles and troops and command those units in fast-action matches. See the discounte
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How CIO-CMO Partnerships Leverage Omni-Channel Marketing Strategy to Drive Business Value

  21-02-2017 16:01
  
  Today’s forward-thinking CIOs form strategic partnerships with CMOs to create innovative marketing solutions that result in new customers, markets, and revenue streams. Forbes identified Zeta Global as one of America’s most promising companies because it understands how to leverage the CIO-CMO relationship to drive competitive advantage. Dr. Jeffry Nimeroff, CIO at Zeta Global, shared his insights on the value of this partnership in a recent interview.To read this article in full or
  
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• How to fix 3 common resume mistakes

  21-02-2017 15:48
  
  Your resume is the first impression you will make on a potential. How can you make sure that your resume stands out enough to a recruiter or hiring manager to make it to the interview stage?Unfortunately, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all template for resume writing, but there are a few steps you can take to make the process easier. These are three of the biggest – and most common – mistakes people make on their resume, and how to fix them.Resume mistake #1: You use too many buzz
  
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• Verizon knocks off $350M from Yahoo deal after breaches

  21-02-2017 15:41
  
  Verizon Communications will pay US$350 million less for Yahoo after two major data breaches reported by the struggling internet pioneer.Verizon will pay about $4.48 billion for Yahoo's operating business, and the two companies will share any potential legal and regulatory liabilities arising from two major data breaches announced in late 2016. The companies announced the amended terms of the deal Tuesday.Back in October, one news report had Verizon seeking a $1 billion discount after the first b
  
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• Why Huntsville will be one of the most connected cities in the U.S.

  21-02-2017 15:13
  
  If you don’t live in Huntsville, Alabama, you probably don’t know that it will soon be one of the most connected cities in the country. A community of about 180,000, Huntsville is a prime example of how a municipally owned fiber network can enhance competition among private broadband providers and make access at all speeds significantly cheaper.Last year, Huntsville Utilities began installing a fiber network in the city and announced a deal with Google Fiber to deliver gigabit broadb
  
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• Why you need a bug bounty program

  21-02-2017 15:06
  
  Every business needs to have a process in place for handling security vulnerability reports, but some organizations take a much more proactive approach to dealing with security researchers.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Intel's mobile future is in blazing modems as it buries Atom failure

  21-02-2017 15:05
  
  Apple's iPhone has twice been linked to Intel's mobile future. The chip maker bungled it up once, but is coming on strong the second time.Intel passed on the opportunity to make chips for the first iPhone, and in May discontinued Atom smartphone chips after wasting billions trying to get them in handsets. The chip company instead started building a new mobile identity around its modems and wireless connectivity assets.Intel's had success, and some iPhone 7 smartphones are already using the chip
  
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• Kubernetes is now generally available on Azure Container Service

  21-02-2017 15:00
  
  Microsoft and Google don’t get along all that often, but they do agree on using Kubernetes for cloud container orchestration.Kubernetes is generally available for use with Azure Container Service, Microsoft’s managed cloud container hosting offering, as of Tuesday. ACS support for Kubernetes comes along with the service’s existing support for the Apache Mesos-based DC/OS and Docker Swarm.Containers provide an isolated, portable and consistent runtime for applications that&rsquo
  
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• Intel takes on IoT complexity with carrier-approved boards

  21-02-2017 15:00
  
  Getting cellular devices certified for carriers’ networks is an expensive, complicated process that’s even harder in the new field of IoT.Smartphone and tablet makers have been dealing with certification for years, spending as much as US$1 million on the process for just one device, GlobalData analyst Avi Greengart says. It’s gotten harder as carriers add new frequency bands.But at least phone makers have been through this before. When enterprises have new ideas about how to us
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Underrated at work? Here’s why

  21-02-2017 14:00
  
  A widely quoted statistic about people at work goes something like this: “a significant majority of workers believe their capability and performance is above average for people in their jobs.” To anyone with experience of working life, that sounds vaguely plausible. But the mind-numbing insanity implicit in this statement — which, incidentally, research has broadly confirmed — is typically just ignored. The topic is placed into the “too difficult to cope with&
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How Twitter is working to win the fight against trolls

  21-02-2017 13:50
  
  It’s a common and growing problem social media, people who are not interested with engaging in meaningful dialogue, but rather just commenting in order to demean and insult. But tackling the problem of “trolls” is a lot more of a complex issue that teeters upon challenging free speech rights.Just how does a social media platform like Twitter weed out the offensive and inappropriate from the legitimate dissent?There are those users after all, who are quick to scream “troll
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Your as-a-service playbook for large enterprise has arrived

  21-02-2017 13:43
  
  At the busy and chaotic intersection of cloud computing and the as-a-service economy, spinning up sophisticated technology or enough computing power to compete with the largest companies now takes little more than the swipe of a credit card. Startups and smaller companies that are lean, nimble and can change trajectory or shift competency on a dime respond well, but traditional enterprises find it difficult to change course.How can cloud and the as-a-service economy be practically applied by lar
  
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• Changes to Windows 10's data-gathering not enough to satisfy EU privacy watchdogs

  21-02-2017 13:33
  European Union privacy watchdogs are still not happy with Windows 10's gathering of data about its users, over a year after they first wrote to Microsoft to complain.
  While the company has developed ways to give users more control over what data is collected, their consent to its collection cannot be valid without further explanation, according to the Article 29 Working Party, an umbrella body for the EU's national privacy regulators.
  The working party welcomed Microsoft's introduction of five
  
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• Changes to Windows 10's data-gathering not enough to satisfy EU privacy watchdog

  21-02-2017 13:33
  European Union privacy watchdogs are still not happy with Windows 10's gathering of data about its users, over a year after they first wrote to Microsoft to complain.While the company has developed ways to give users more control over what data is collected, their consent to its collection cannot be valid without further explanation, according to the Article 29 Working Party, an umbrella body for the EU's national privacy regulators.The working party welcomed Microsoft's introduction of five new
  
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• Add Bluetooth 5 to Raspberry Pi 3 or create gadgets with this new chip

  21-02-2017 13:30
  
  One of Raspberry Pi's weaknesses is a lack of wireless technologies, which limits its communications capabilities with other devices. One new chipset from Qualcomm could help fill that gap.The QCA4020 chipset packs in Bluetooth Low Energy 5, ZigBee 3.0, WiFi 802.11n, and OpenThread wireless communications protocols.The chipset is like a mini-developer board -- an integrated chipset with an ARM-based CPU. It can be used to create smart home or industrial devices.It can also serve as a wirele
  
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• The ultimate guide to increasing your Android phone's battery life

  21-02-2017 13:00
  
  We all use our phones differently. And while the batteries inside them should be plenty big enough to last all day without worry, that’s not always the case. With bigger screens, more powerful apps, and streaming everything, it’s rare when we make it from morning till night without a quick charge along the way. Let alone actually last as long as the spec sheets claim.
  But it doesn’t have to be that way. There are quite a few ways your phone’s battery can adapt to your pa
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Yahoo has become a junk account

  21-02-2017 13:00
  
  We began to hear about security breaches at Yahoo more than a year ago. But they went back as far as 2013. The largest compromised around a billion user accounts. Mine was certainly one of those.
  I’ve had a Yahoo email account since the beginning of time, and I used to use it for a few things, like buying movie tickets. But long before we heard at last that it had been hacked, I had begun to migrate away from it.
  I had already changed the password a few times, making it stronger each roun
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Free Amazon Alexa app for Mac and iOS devices

  21-02-2017 13:00
  
  Amazon’s Alexa device has proven to be quite popular with many home users, and some already consider it to be a better voice assistant than Apple’s Siri. Now there is an app that will let you use Amazon’s Alexa on your iOS device or Mac.iOS: Get the free Reverb app for Amazon’s Alexa
  Reverb for iOS is a free app that lets you use Alexa anywhere. Here’s the official description from the iOS App Store:
  Reverb allows you to interact with Alexa from anywhere. Via Alexa,
  
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• 8 steps to regaining control over shadow IT

  21-02-2017 12:56
  
  A dangerous practice on the riseImage by Pexels“Shadow IT” refers to the too-common practice whereby managers select and deploy cloud services without the consent or even the knowledge of the IT department. These services act as extensions of the corporation but are steered entirely by groups that lack the knowledge or process to ensure they follow necessary guidelines, introducing security, compliance, and brand risk throughout the enterprise. Gartner predicts that by 2020, one-thir
  
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• Shell verlengt contract met T-Systems

  21-02-2017 12:55
  Oliemaatschappij Shell heeft het sinds 2008 bestaande contract met T-Systems voor wereldwijde datacenterdiensten voortijdig tot 2022 verlengd. De ICT-dienstverlener ontwikkelt voor Shell Information Technology International een op maat gemaakt servicemodel voor hosting- en storagediensten en gaat de mate van... lees meer
  
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• .nl-domeinnamen financiële sector slecht beveiligd

  21-02-2017 12:43
  Beveiliging van Nederlandse domeinnamen met DNSSEC is nog lang geen gemeengoed. Daarop duidt een rapport dat inzicht geeft in de mate van DNSSEC-beveiliging op Nederlandse domeinnamen door SIDN, dat toezicht houdt op de uitgifte van .nl- domeinnamen.Nog niet de helft (46%) van alle .nl-domeinen is voorzien van een... lees meer
  
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• Would killing Bitcoin end ransomware?

  21-02-2017 12:06
  
  Ransomware is running rampant. The SonicWall GRID Threat Network detected an increase from 3.8 million ransomware attacks in 2015 to 638 million in 2016. According to a Radware report, 49 percent of businesses were hit by a ransomware attack in 2016. Quite often the attacker asks for some amount of cybercurrency – usually Bitcoin – in exchange for providing a decryption key.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Renewed effort begins to save Calif. university’s IT jobs

  21-02-2017 12:02
  
  At least 10 U.S. lawmakers have written University of California officials about their plan to move IT jobs offshore. It has been called it "ill-advised" and "dangerous," and some have demanded its reversal. But the letters have had no apparent impact, and employees are slated to be laid off Feb. 28.
  The next step in the fight is legislation.[ Join our H-1B/Outsourcing group on Facebook to discuss this story. ]
  California Assembly member Kevin McCarty, (D-Sacramento), introduced a bill (AB 848)
  
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• Who needs Gmail? 5 built-in Windows 10 apps that do the job (with video)

  21-02-2017 12:00
  
  The touch-friendly apps built into Windows 8 and Windows 10 (originally called Metro apps and now just called Windows apps) were, for a long time, roundly denounced by many reviewers as being underpowered -- and justifiably so. The first release of Mail in Windows 8, for example, didn't have threaded messaging, and the first release of Calendar made it confusing to do something as simple as changing the view to a day, week or month.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please clic
  
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• True privacy online is not viable

  21-02-2017 12:00
  
  Privacy-concerned consumers desperately want a magic bullet, some simple thing they can use that will protect their identities and their web activity. And although there are a plethora of offerings today that make such a claim — VPNs, privacy-focused browsers such as Tor, privacy search engines such as DuckDuckGo, quite a few services that claim to anonymize anyone’s activity — the practical realities of human behavior make such privacy claims bogus.
  Let me stress that almost
  
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• 5 open source security tools too good to ignore

  21-02-2017 12:00
  
  Open source is a wonderful thing. A significant chunk of today’s enterprise IT and personal technology depends on open source software. But even while open source software is widely used in networking, operating systems, and virtualization, enterprise security platforms still tend to be proprietary and vendor-locked. Fortunately, that’s changing. 
  If you haven’t been looking to open source to help address your security needs, it’s a shame—you’re missing
  
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• Top 10 recruiting software platforms

  21-02-2017 11:00
  
  Finding a good recruiting software platform shouldn't be guesswork, and selecting a option can't just be based on features, bells and whistles. Ease of use, scalability and the capability to customize solutions to meet your individual company's needs also are critical factors best discerned by talking to your peers and industry experts.That's where G2 Crowd comes in. The business software review site uses feedback from its user community, social media and other online sources, as well as anonymo
  
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• Snel van ontwikkeling naar productie met hyper-converged

  21-02-2017 09:35
  Voor veel bedrijven is de snelheid waarmee ze applicaties kunnen ontwikkelen of verbeteren essentieel. Hoe sneller ze immers bedrijven in staat zijn om te vernieuwen en daarmee inspelen op veranderingen, hoe sterker hun marktpositie.Bedrijven die (regelmatig) eigen software en applicaties ontwikkelen gaan dus op zoek... lees meer
  
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• Facing sexism charges, Uber says Eric Holder will investigate

  21-02-2017 05:28
  
  Uber Technologies scrambled on Monday to counter the sexism charges raised by a former employee, and said it would appoint former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to the panel that would investigate allegations by the engineer that the company mishandled her complaint of sexual harassment.The company, which did not release diversity data when asked by civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, also said Monday that 15.1 percent of its employees in engineering, product management, and scientist rol
  
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