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	Mobile networks limber up for the Internet of Things    Virtualization is expected to help carriers serve new devices and demands Read More    WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems 10 Reasons to Strengthen Security  Data security has become an increasingly critical concern for all organizations. In this paper, we explore 10 reasons why app and desktop virtualization should be the foundation for your layered approach to information security. Learn More In this Issue Avaya extends SDN offerings California firefighters battle blazes with data from the cloud Centrify extends identity management to Hadoop clusters IBM channels stadium rock at its new Interconnect conference IBM's cloud pitch aims for the gut ARM, IBM offer starter kit for making IOT devices WHITE PAPER: IBM 2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Client Management Tools  IBM is positioned in the leaders quadrant. The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Client Management Tools evaluates tools that manage configurations and support system administration tasks for client devices.These tools automate system administration and support functions that would otherwise be done manually. Learn More Avaya extends SDN offerings  Avaya this week extended its SDN arsenal with an architecture and supporting products designed to simplify enterprise connectivity and application provisioning. Read More  California firefighters battle blazes with data from the cloud  Crews on the ground use mobile devices to access digital images and data streams as they plan their strategies for responding to California wildfires. Read More  Centrify extends identity management to Hadoop clusters  Seeking to provide an to enterprise security requirements for big data initiatives, unified identity management specialist Centrify this week unveiled a privileged identity management solution for Hadoop created in partnership with leading Hadoop distribution companies Cloudera, Hortonworks and MapR Technologies."Hadoop was built historically from the open source side really to scale out," says Mark Weiner, chief marketing officer of Centrify. "It wasn't necessarily from the get-go viewed that you've got to run it in secure mode."[Related: MapR Offers Free Hadoop Training and Certifications ]To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More  IBM channels stadium rock at its new Interconnect conference  For the opening of its largest user conference in recent memory, IBM wanted to show attendees the power of cloud computing and the Internet of Things. So it asked everyone in the MGM Grand auditorium to don a plastic wristband with an embedded chip and some LED lights.As the master of ceremonies recited various statistics—“41 percent of CIOs say the cloud is transforming their businesses!”—a corresponding percentage of wristbands lit up, filling the darkened arena in Las Vegas with a twinkle of green and red dots, turning the audience into a “human bar chart,” as the MC put it.It was a flashy move for the normally conservative company, one that showed IBM willing to take a some chances as it tries to expand in the world of cloud computing.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More  IBM's cloud pitch aims for the gut  LAS VEGAS - IBM on Monday made its case as the enterprise cloud vendor, and it did so without overtly criticizing other vendors. On a large stage in a big arena, IBM officials seemed low key, almost humble, in a presentation that nonetheless ended with a jab to the heart.The last part of a two-hour presentation at InterConnect 2015, entirely devoted to the cloud, included a lengthy segment on how Watson, its machine learning, cognitively-capable platform is being used to tackle cancer. It used real-life examples of cancer victims in the same age range of its audience. You could detect a ripple of angst in the crowd after a large image of a well-dressed man with a lung cancer diagnosis appeared on the screen. This was IBM at its best.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More  ARM, IBM offer starter kit for making IOT devices  ARM and IBM want hobbyists to make their own connected devices in a matter of minutes with a new development kit announced Monday.The ARM mbed IoT Starter Kit—ethernet Edition will allow users to make cloud-ready Internet of Things products that could receive or transmit data for analysis or alerts. The development kit will come with ARM’s mbed OS and connect into IBM’s BlueMix cloud, which will help in the development of applications and services.The kit is for those with little to no experience in embedded or Web development. Prototype designs will guide enthusiasts through the process of making a device and connecting to IBM’s BlueMix cloud service.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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