{"id":12243,"date":"2015-01-18T17:50:14","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T17:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/?p=4698"},"modified":"2015-01-18T17:50:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-18T17:50:14","slug":"tech-news-recap-for-the-week-of-1122015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/tech-news-recap-for-the-week-of-1122015\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech News Recap for the Week of 1\/12\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Were you busy last week? Here\u2019s a quick tech news recap of articles you may have missed from the week of 1\/12\/2015.<\/p>\n<h2>Tech News Recap<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LinkedIn_VDI_Webinar3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4434 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LinkedIn_VDI_Webinar3.jpg\" alt=\"Tech News Recap\" width=\"112\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a>Verizon&#8217;s cloud came back 40 hours after a scheduled outage. The number of attacks against the travel industry continues to grow; this time it was United Airlines MileagePlus accounts. CENTCOM&#8217;s twitter account was also hacked. 80% of online adults are now on a smartphone, however less than 10% use wearables. There were also some good articles around cloud spending, big data, business continuity and some predictions for what&#8217;s in store around end user computing, security and cloud as we head into 2015. <span id=\"more-4698\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>40 hours later, <a title=\"verizon cloud\" href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2015\/01\/11\/40-hours-later-verizon-says-its-cloud-is-back\/\" >Verizon says its cloud<\/a> is back<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"stolen credentials\" href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/2867241\/security0\/stolen-credentials-used-to-access-united-airlines-mileageplus-accounts.html\" >Stolen credentials<\/a> used to access United Airlines&#8217; MileagePlus Accounts<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"cloud spending\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/joemckendrick\/2015\/01\/08\/cloud-spending-up-wheres-the-money-going-now\/\" >Cloud Spending<\/a> Up, Where&#8217;s The Money Going Now?<\/li>\n<li>CENTCOM <a title=\"twitter account hacked\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2015\/01\/12\/centcom-hacked_n_6457050.html?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067\" >Twitter Account Hacked<\/a> By Individuals Claiming To Be Part of ISIS<\/li>\n<li>Report: Cloud Spending Nearly a Third of All <a title=\"IT infrastructure spending\" href=\"http:\/\/virtualizationreview.com\/articles\/2015\/01\/08\/new-idc-cloud-spending-tracker.aspx\" >IT Infrastructure Spending<\/a><\/li>\n<li>4 Ways for IT to <a title=\"connect customers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2867364\/it-management\/4-ways-for-it-to-connect-better-with-customers.html\" >Connect Better <\/a>with Customers<\/li>\n<li>80% Of All Online Adults Now <a title=\"own a smartphone\" href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2015\/01\/12\/80-of-all-online-adults-now-own-a-smartphone-less-than-10-use-wearables\/?ncid=rss&amp;utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+techcrunchIt+(TechCrunch+IT)\" >Own A Smartphone<\/a>, Less Than 10% Use Wearables<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"azure\" href=\"http:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/08\/azure-is-now-bigger-faster-more-open-and-more-secure\/\" >Azure<\/a> is now bigger, faster, more open, and more secure<\/li>\n<li>Cars Steal The Show At CES, Become Newest Front In <a title=\"smartphone wars\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/joeharpaz\/2015\/01\/12\/cars-steal-the-show-at-ces-become-newest-front-in-smartphone-wars\/?utm_campaign=ForbesTech&amp;utm_source=TWITTER&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_channel=Business&amp;linkId=11695495\" >Smartphone Wars<\/a><\/li>\n<li>United, American airlines account frauds highlights <a title=\"hacker focus on travel industry\" href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/2868019\/united-american-airlines-account-fraud-highlights-hacker-focus-on-travel-industry.html\" >hacker focus on travel industry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"big data\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/howardbaldwin\/2015\/01\/12\/big-data-goes-to-las-vegas\/\" >Big Data<\/a> Goes To Las Vegas<\/li>\n<li>Enterprises win as <a title=\"cloud and on site software vendors\" href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/2868103\/enterprises-win-as-cloud-and-on-site-software-vendors-duke-it-out.html\" >cloud and on-site software vendors<\/a> duke it out<\/li>\n<li>2015 Predictions: <a title=\"end user computing\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/featured\/2015-predictions-end-user-computing-and-security\/\" >End User Computing<\/a> and Security<\/li>\n<li>2015 Cloud Predictions &#8211; Starting the Transformation to an <a title=\"agile IT operating model\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.gravitant.com\/2015\/01\/13\/2015-cloud-predictions-starting-transformation-agile-operating-model\/\" >Agile IT Operating Model<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Superior-based tech company unveils <a title=\"wearable data storage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.northlandsnewscenter.com\/news\/local\/Superior-based-tech-company-unveils-wearable-data-storage-288458711.html\" >wearable data storage<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Take <a title=\"business continuity to the cloud\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2871275\/business-continuity\/take-business-continuity-to-the-cloud.html\" >Business Continuity to the Cloud<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>{8-Point Checklist to a Successful <a title=\"data center move\" href=\"http:\/\/response.greenpages.com\/White-Paper-8-Point-Checklist-Data-Center-Move-B\" >Data Center Move<\/a> from CTO Chris Ward}<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By <a title=\"ben stephenson\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenStephenson1\" >Ben Stephenson<\/a>, Emerging Media Specialist<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=FOwsiM6hI8Y:QYN_Q0kCSb0: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=FOwsiM6hI8Y:QYN_Q0kCSb0:-BTjWOF_DHI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?i=FOwsiM6hI8Y:QYN_Q0kCSb0:-BTjWOF_DHI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=FOwsiM6hI8Y:QYN_Q0kCSb0:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?i=FOwsiM6hI8Y:QYN_Q0kCSb0:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=FOwsiM6hI8Y:QYN_Q0kCSb0: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\/FOwsiM6hI8Y\" 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 1\/12\/2015. Tech News Recap Verizon&rsquo;s cloud came back 40 hours after a scheduled outage. The number of attacks against the travel industry continues to grow; this time it was United Airlines MileagePlus accounts. CENTCOM&rsquo;s&hellip;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/miscellaneous-it\/tech-news-recap-week-1122015\/\">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-12243","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\/12243","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=12243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}