Data visualization gone wrong: Sometimes pretty can be perilous

7 mobile hard drives: More portable and more powerful Gimme shelter: Wall Street braces for next superstorm ITworld Today August 20, 2013 Share this email Data visualization: Beneficial but perilous There's something about data visualizations that make people trust them more than they should. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. 7 mobile hard drives: More portable and more powerful 2. Gimme shelter: Wall Street braces for next superstorm 3. Win $500? Survey says YES! 4. Dell Foglight vanquishes zombie VMs 5. Microsoft updates Windows Phone App Studio after developer projects soar 6. Gamescom 2013: What Microsoft and Sony have planned 7. Outlook.com and Skype integration starts to roll out 8. Getting a Cisco certification or a college degree 9. Intel, Unisys partner on a new range of servers Resource compliments of: Canon Document management made simple, with Canon. Canon's next-generation imageRUNNER ADVANCE gives your users simple, seamless ways to do more in less time: Like one-touch printing, sharing and accessing documents --in the office or remotely via mobile devices. And it gives your business a powerful document management platform that's easy and painless to run, upgrade, and expand. LEARN MORE 7 mobile hard drives: More portable and more powerful If you want to back up and carry all your data with you, these lightweight hard drives let you do it easily and with style. READ MORE Gimme shelter: Wall Street braces for next superstorm In the wake of Sandy, data centers, exchanges and trading firms grapple with system backup plans. READ MORE Win $500? Survey says YES! Take our short tech survey (just 10 minutes, we promise) and enter the drawing for a chance to win $500. READ MORE Dell Foglight vanquishes zombie VMs With an update to its Foglight for Virtualization software package, Dell can now help organizations rid their systems of resource-sucking zombie virtual machines. READ MORE Webcast: HP & Intel® Cloud Knowledge Vault According to market research, more than 60 percent of enterprises will have adopted some form of cloud computing by 2013. Learn how your organization can benefit from the scalability, flexibility, and performance that the cloud offers through the short videos and other resources in this HP & Intel® Cloud Knowledge Vault. View Now Microsoft updates Windows Phone App Studio after developer projects soar Microsoft integrates Flickr and improves scalability. READ MORE Gamescom 2013: What Microsoft and Sony have planned Sony is live-streaming their big Gamescom press event today, while Microsoft is holding a smaller event and skipping the stream. Word is that both companies will reveal launch dates! READ MORE Outlook.com and Skype integration starts to roll out Users in the US, the UK, France, Germany, Brazil and Canada can tap Skype functions and contacts from within the interface of the webmail application. READ MORE Getting a Cisco certification or a college degree Both would be of professional advantage to you in different ways and for different reasons. But if you have the opportunity and the means, go to college for a BS in Computer Science first. READ MORE Intel, Unisys partner on a new range of servers Unisys isn't known as a major player in servers, but it will be first out of the gate with new custom chips from Intel. READ MORE White Paper: CommVault Enterprise Storage eGuide Storage professionals today are dealing with the ramification of a number of new technologies. Trends such as cloud, virtualization, mobility and big data are having a significant impact on how enterprises store data today. Learn More DON'T MISS... 10 overhyped tech products that crashed and burned Running Linux on a Windows PC: Your getting started guide 11 signs your IT project is doomed Up all night: How the tech elite pushes a crazy workaholic culture Top open-source PCs BOOK GIVEAWAY We've got a some great new books to give away this month. Enter now for your chance to win! The U.S. Technology Skills Gap Essential reading for those eager to see America remain a relevant global power in innovation and invention in the years ahead. Consider it your how-to-get involved guidebook. Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners Scrum expert Ilan Goldstein helps you translate the Scrum framework into reality to meet the Scrum challenges your formal training never warned you about. Follow ITworld Share this email You are currently subscribed to itworld_today as garn14.tech@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy Learn about INSIDER If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2013 ITworld, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@itworld.com. **