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Tech News Recap for the Week of 12/22/2014

With the holidays last week, chances are you weren’t able to stay up-to-speed on all of the industry news. Here’s a quick tech news recap of articles you may have missed from the week of 12/22/2014.

 

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Tech News RecapNorth Korea’s internet went down for 9 hours before being restored. Salesforce introduced its file sharing service. Microsoft and Google joined in the opposition against hotels attempting to block wi-fi. Disney world now accepts Apple Pay and Google Wallet. Security breaches continue to impact retail stores in the US.

 

 

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Tech News Recap for the Week of 12/15/2014

Were you busy last week? Here’s a quick tech news recap of articles you may have missed from the week of 12/15/2014. 

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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 significant amount of articles providing 2014 summaries as well as giving predictions for 2015.

 

 

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Tech News Recap for the Week of 11/24/2014

Tech News RecapWith a short week due to Thanksgiving, here’s a quick tech news recap of articles you may have missed.

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New Malware has been used for surveillance in 10 countries including Russia and Mexico. A study has found that Internet of Things in the enterprise is up three-fold since 2012. VMware is currently offering a 25% discount on vSOM. Computerworld provided its 2015 predictions around IT spending. The adoption of cloud computing continues to accelerate in the enterprise space. Ebay pulled it’s app from the App Store and InformationWeek provided a list of 10 Windows Tablets and Laptops that are under $200 to keep in mind as the holidays approach.

 

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Tech News Recap for the Week of 11/3/2014

Were you busy last week? Here’s a quick tech news recap of articles you may have missed from the week of 11/3/2014.

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Microsoft is eliminating the fee to use most functions of its mobile aps for Office 365. Google cloud cuts prices yet again. Splunk is playing a major part in the Internet of Things. IDC is predicting the public cloud will be a $127 billion industry by 2018. ZDnet provided a review of smartwatches for work and for play. Drones could end up taking off in Europe before the US. There were also some good articles around converged/hyper-converged infrastructure, shadow IT, Microsoft Azure, mobile development and secure storage infrastructure.

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Tech News Recap for the Week of 10/20/2014

Were you busy last week? Here’s a quick tech news recap of articles you may have missed from the week of 10/20/2014.

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Tech NewsA top story in the industry this week is that EMC bought out Cisco’s stake in VCE. A study shows that consumers think Apple Watch is the most exciting piece of wearable technology on the market. Microsoft is offering cloud tools in the fight against Ebola. The Pentagon’s VDI environment reaches 18,000 computers. Google is rolling out Inbox – its new email set up. There were also a couple of good articles around cloud predictions for 2020, trends in the transformation of enterprise IT, and the potential impact the internet of things has on healthcare costs.

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Tech News Recap for the Week of 10/13/2014

Were you busy last week? Here’s a quick tech news recap of articles you may have missed from the week of 10/13/2014.

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Tech News Recap Another week with some big stories from the industry. EMC bought cloud management vendor Cloudscaling. Meg Whitman faced questions about HP-EMC merger talks. VMware expands its vCloud Air offering. Google widens the downloads lead over App Store. Apple patched 144 security flaws across seven products. VMware’s AirWatch Secure Content Locker was named a leader in Aragon Research Globe for MCM. There have also been some important updates around Cisco’s ASA line.

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