{"id":12024,"date":"2014-12-22T14:52:29","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T14:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/?p=4605"},"modified":"2014-12-22T14:52:29","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T14:52:29","slug":"tech-news-recap-for-the-week-of-12152014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/tech-news-recap-for-the-week-of-12152014\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech News Recap for the Week of 12\/15\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Were you busy last week? Here&#8217;s a quick tech news recap of articles you may have missed from the week of 12\/15\/2014.\u00a0<span id=\"more-4605\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GreenPagesSeptember11Webinar_FB1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4422\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GreenPagesSeptember11Webinar_FB1.jpg\" alt=\"Tech News Recap\" width=\"86\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were multiple stories this week about Microsoft around Azure and Orleans. There was also a lot of talk around the Sony breach. As always with this time of year, there were a\u00a0significant amount of articles providing 2014 summaries as well as giving predictions for 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Microsoft announces features and performance improvements for many <a title=\"Azure Service\" href=\"http:\/\/www.citeworld.com\/article\/2859264\/cloud-computing\/microsoft-announces-features-and-performance-improvements-for-many-azure-services.html\" >Azure services<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The FBI Used the Web&#8217;s Favorite Hacking Tool to <a title=\"unmask tor users\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2014\/12\/fbi-metasploit-tor\/\" >Unmask Tor Users<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Worst <a title=\"security breaches\" href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/article\/2861023\/security0\/worst-security-breaches-of-the-year-2014-sony-tops-the-list.html\" >security breaches<\/a> of the year 2014: Sony tops the list<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"security shadow IT\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.co.uk\/insight\/security\/security-shadow-it-2014-cio-review\/\" >Security and Shadow IT<\/a> &#8211; The 2014 CIO Review<\/li>\n<li>AT&amp;T targets <a title=\"SDN\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rcrwireless.com\/20141216\/telecom-software\/att-targets-75-virtualization-software-control-of-network-by-2020-tag2\" >75% NFV, SDN<\/a> control of network by 2020<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft to open source &#8216;<a title=\"Orleans\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/microsoft-to-open-source-orleans-in-early-2015\/\" >Orleans<\/a>&#8216; in early 2015<\/li>\n<li>4 Reasons Why Visibility and Control Are the Key to a Better <a title=\"virtual infrastructure\" href=\"http:\/\/response.greenpages.com\/vSOMGuideDownload-Blog112014\" >Virtual Infrastructure <\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Changing <a title=\"CSO role\" href=\"http:\/\/talkincloud.com\/cloud-computing\/12162014\/changing-cso-role-what-expect-2015\" >CSO Role<\/a>: What to Expect in 2015<\/li>\n<li>How to &#8220;Houdini&#8221; from the Risks of <a title=\"deferred maintenance\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/it-management\/houdini-risks-deferred-maintenance\/\" >Deferred Maintenance<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2015 Predictions: Microsoft Believes in <a title=\"clouds everywhere\" href=\"http:\/\/virtualizationreview.com\/articles\/2014\/12\/16\/microsoft-predictions-2015.aspx\" >Clouds Everywhere<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How NASA launched its web infrastructure <a title=\"into the cloud\" href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2014\/12\/19\/how-nasa-launched-its-web-infrastructure-into-the-cloud\/\" >into the cloud<\/a><\/li>\n<li>5 signs Microsoft is serious about making Azure an <a title=\"enterprise hybrid cloud\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoworld.com\/article\/2860699\/cloud-computing\/5-signs-microsoft-is-serious-about-making-azure-an-enterprise-hybrid-cloud.html\" >enterprise hybrid cloud<\/a><\/li>\n<li>GreenPages Bloggers: 2014 <a title=\"holiday wish list\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/miscellaneous-it\/greenpages-bloggers-2014-holiday-wish-list\/\" >Holiday Wish List<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How Clear is the Future of <a title=\"google glass\" href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2014\/12\/21\/the-future-of-glass-can-you-see-it-clearly\/\" >Google Glass<\/a>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>On-Demand Webinar: How the &#8220;Houdini&#8221; the Risks of <a title=\"deferred IT maintenance\" href=\"http:\/\/response.greenpages.com\/December112014GreenPagesManagedServicesVirtualRoundtable-RECORDING-Blog\" >Deferred IT Maintenance<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By <a 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=Y5dJDBUpQ9M:moknDb4uwWE: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=Y5dJDBUpQ9M:moknDb4uwWE:-BTjWOF_DHI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?i=Y5dJDBUpQ9M:moknDb4uwWE:-BTjWOF_DHI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=Y5dJDBUpQ9M:moknDb4uwWE:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?i=Y5dJDBUpQ9M:moknDb4uwWE:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=Y5dJDBUpQ9M:moknDb4uwWE: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\/Y5dJDBUpQ9M\" 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\/15\/2014.&nbsp; There were multiple stories this week about Microsoft around Azure and Orleans. There was also a lot of talk around the Sony breach. As always with this time of year, there were a&nbsp;significant&hellip;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/miscellaneous-it\/tech-news-recap-week-12152014\/\">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":[179,181,1908],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-miscellaneous-it","category-tech-new-recap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12024","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=12024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12024\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}