{"id":11948,"date":"2014-12-08T13:32:56","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T13:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/?p=4551"},"modified":"2014-12-08T13:32:56","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T13:32:56","slug":"tech-news-recap-for-the-week-of-1212014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/tech-news-recap-for-the-week-of-1212014\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech News Recap for the Week of 12\/1\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LinkedIn_VDI_Webinar3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4434\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LinkedIn_VDI_Webinar3.jpg\" alt=\"Tech News Recap\" width=\"90\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>Were you busy last week? Here\u2019s a quick tech news recap of articles you may have missed from the week of 12\/1\/2014.<\/p>\n<h2>Tech News Recap<\/h2>\n<p>Microsoft bough Acompli for $200M. The FBI warned US businesses of destructive malware. HP will provide Microsoft O365 business services and support. Bank of America&#8217;s Cathy Bessant won IT Chief of the Year. Bebe Stores confirmed a payment card security breach. Hawaii&#8217;s state government is prioritizing a cloud first strategy for any new IT project. Gartner&#8217;s Data Center Conference wrapped up, and there was a lot of good information that came out of it around cloud, open-source, and software-defined technologies. <span id=\"more-4551\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gartner Data Center Conference Review: Success in the <a title=\"cloud software defined technologies\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/cloud-computing\/gartner-data-center-conference-recap-success-cloud-software-defined-technologies\/\" >Cloud &amp; Software Defined Technologies<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Buys <a title=\"email app acompli\" href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2014\/12\/01\/microsoft-buys-email-app-acompli-for-200m-will-still-support-gmail-and-other-competitors\/\" >Email App Acompli<\/a> for $200M, Will Still Support Gmail And Other Competitors<\/li>\n<li>FBI warns US businesses of <a title=\"destructive malware\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/id\/102213995\" >&#8216;destructive&#8217; malware<\/a><\/li>\n<li>HP to provide <a title=\"microsoft office 365 business services\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/hp-to-provide-microsoft-office-365-business-services-support\/\" >Microsoft Office 365 business services<\/a>, support<\/li>\n<li>IT Chief of the Year: Bank Of America&#8217;s <a title=\"cathy bessant\" href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/strategic-cio\/digital-business\/it-chief-of-the-year-bank-of-americas-cathy-bessant\/d\/d-id\/1317757?_mc=sm_iwk\" >Cathy Bessant <\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fun Facts about <a title=\"microsoft azure\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/cloud-computing\/fun-facts-about-microsoft-azure\/\" >Microsoft Azure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"byod\" href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/article\/2854044\/microsoft-subnet\/byod-is-saving-serious-money-for-it.html\" >BYOD<\/a> is saving serious money for IT<\/li>\n<li>The <a title=\"internet of things\" href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/2854635\/the-internet-of-things-may-bring-a-new-economic-boon.html\" >Internet of Things<\/a> to bring a new economic boom<\/li>\n<li>Amazon&#8217;s <a title=\"new cloud prices\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2014\/12\/google-aws-cloud\/\" >New Cloud Prices<\/a> Show That Google Is Now a Threat<\/li>\n<li>Bebe Stores confirms <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/12\/05\/us-bebe-stores-data-idUSKCN0JJ16B20141205?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=technologyNews\" >payment card security breach<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Around the World With <a title=\"byod\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2854001\/byod\/around-the-world-with-byod.html\" >BYOD<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hawaii&#8217;s state government prioritizes <a title=\"cloud first for new it projects\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pacific\/news\/2014\/12\/04\/hawaiis-state-government-prioritizes-cloud-first.html\" >&#8216;cloud first&#8217; for new IT projects<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Looking for tips around <a title=\"moving data center\" href=\"http:\/\/response.greenpages.com\/White-Paper-8-Point-Checklist-Data-Center-Move-B\" >moving a data center<\/a>? Check out this new whitepaper from GreenPages&#8217; CTO.<\/em> By <a title=\"Ben Stephenson Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenStephenson1\" >Ben Stephenson<\/a>, Emerging Media Specialist<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=kf1bwkG3a58:BRDyRNbRAfw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=kf1bwkG3a58:BRDyRNbRAfw:-BTjWOF_DHI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?i=kf1bwkG3a58:BRDyRNbRAfw:-BTjWOF_DHI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=kf1bwkG3a58:BRDyRNbRAfw:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?i=kf1bwkG3a58:BRDyRNbRAfw:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=kf1bwkG3a58:BRDyRNbRAfw:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/JourneyToTheCloud\/~4\/kf1bwkG3a58\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Were you busy last week? Here&rsquo;s a quick tech news recap of articles you may have missed from the week of 12\/1\/2014. Tech News Recap Microsoft bough Acompli for $200M. The FBI warned US businesses of destructive malware. HP will provide Microsoft O365 business services and support. Bank of America&rsquo;s Cathy Bessant won IT Chief&hellip;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/miscellaneous-it\/tech-news-recap-week-1212014\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,181,1836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-miscellaneous-it","category-tech-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}