{"id":16661,"date":"2015-08-17T13:37:54","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T13:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/?p=5382"},"modified":"2015-08-17T13:37:54","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T13:37:54","slug":"tech-news-recap-for-the-week-of-8102015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/tech-news-recap-for-the-week-of-8102015\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech News Recap for the Week of 8\/10\/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 8\/10\/2015. <span id=\"more-5382\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Google announced a corporate restructuring, forming an umbrella company called Alphabet and naming a new CEO to the core business of Google. Symantec has agreed to sell its data storage unit, Veritas, for $8 billion. Microsoft dropped a new Windows 10 Mobile build for &#8216;fast ring&#8217; subscribers of its Insider program. Global SMB IT spending is heading towards\u00a0the $600 billion mark.<\/p>\n<h2>Tech News Recap<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Meet <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2015\/08\/10\/technology\/alphabet-google\/index.html\" >Google Alphabet <\/a>Google&#8217;s new parent company<\/li>\n<li>Symantec to sell\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2015\/08\/12\/us-symantec-divestiture-carlyle-group-idUSKCN0QG15A20150812\" >Veritas<\/a> for $8 billion to focus on security software<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-switch\/wp\/2015\/08\/11\/hackers-who-breached-corporate-wires-made-millions-off-insider-trading\/\" >Hackers<\/a> who breached corporate wires made millions off insider trading<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/08\/11\/datagravity-defends-stored-data\/\" >DataGravity<\/a> update promises to help protect your stored data<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.channelnomics.com\/channelnomics-us\/news\/2421407\/global-smb-it-spend-heading-towards-usd600-billion\" >Global SMB IT spend<\/a> heading towards $600 billion<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Drops New <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2015\/08\/12\/microsoft-drops-new-window-10-mobile-build-promises-faster-release-cadence-moving-forward\/\" >Windows 10<\/a> Mobile Build, Promises Faster Release Cadence<\/li>\n<li>Enterprise data storage provider <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/enterprise-data-storage-provider-pure-storage-files-ipo\/\" >Pure Storage<\/a> files IPO<\/li>\n<li>Build-Operate-Transfer Model: Creating a Valuable <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/featured\/build-operate-transfer-model-creating-a-valuable-framework-for-it\/\" >Framework for IT<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2969332\/cloud-apps\/how-microsoft-and-google-cloud-tools-make-it-more-productive.html?utm_content=buffer71ad3&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" >Microsoft<\/a> and Google cloud tools make IT more productive<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/mobile\/mobile-business\/alphabet-rewrites-googles-script\/d\/d-id\/1321716?_mc=sm_iwk&amp;hootPostID=012ee572c0de91ff525074a4952159c7\" >Alphabet<\/a> Rewrites Google&#8217;s Script<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/08\/11\/microsoft-cloud-google\/\" >Microsoft cloud guru<\/a>: We don&#8217;t notice Google much<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com\/news\/4500251597\/BYOD-mobile-app-strategy-improves-healthcare-quality\" >BYOD Mobile App Strategy<\/a> Improves Healthcare Quality<\/li>\n<li>33 Productivity Tools for <a href=\"http:\/\/xchange-community.com\/communities\/midmarket_it\/midmarket_slideshow\/33_productivity_tools_for_cios\" >CIOs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/response.greenpages.com\/WhitePaperDocker2015-Blog\" >Download this whitepaper<\/a> to learn how Docker can help you save time, money &amp; avoid production bugs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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=faub_--WzKs:_2vVkO55Q0I: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=faub_--WzKs:_2vVkO55Q0I:-BTjWOF_DHI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?i=faub_--WzKs:_2vVkO55Q0I:-BTjWOF_DHI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=faub_--WzKs:_2vVkO55Q0I:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?i=faub_--WzKs:_2vVkO55Q0I:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=faub_--WzKs:_2vVkO55Q0I: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\/faub_--WzKs\" 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 8\/10\/2015. Google announced a corporate restructuring, forming an umbrella company called Alphabet and naming a new CEO to the core business of Google. Symantec has agreed to sell its data storage unit, Veritas, for&hellip;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/miscellaneous-it\/tech-news-recap-for-the-week-of-8102015\/\">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":[179,181,1930],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-miscellaneous-it","category-tech-news-recap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16661","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=16661"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16664,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16661\/revisions\/16664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}