Apple hires Burberry CEO to run retail, keep brand burnished

Alcatel-Lucent challenges Cisco, Brocade unified access Startup wants to give you a better night's sleep IT News Daily October 16, 2013 Share this email Apple hires Burberry CEO to run retail, keep brand burnished Apple on Tuesday tagged Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts as the company's new head of retail and online stores, filling a spot in the executive top tier that's been vacant for nearly a year. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Alcatel-Lucent challenges Cisco, Brocade unified access 2. Startup wants to give you a better night's sleep 3. Skully fits heads-up display into motorcycle helmet 4. Ethernet's 400-Gigabit challenge is a good problem to have 5. Startup wants to make public Wi-Fi a more social experience 6. HTC pins hopes on China to avoid becoming the next Nokia WHITE PAPER: Citrix Securing Enterprise Info : Android, iOS & Windows Devices Android, iOS and Windows tablets and smartphones play an increasing role in enterprise computing, providing new flexibility and mobility for workers and IT—but creating new challenges around security. This paper describes these issues and explains how they can be addressed effectively with Citrix BYOD solutions View Now Alcatel-Lucent challenges Cisco, Brocade unified access Alcatel-Lucent is offering its enterprise switch users a free software upgrade to converge wired Ethernet networks with wireless from Aruba Networks. READ MORE Startup wants to give you a better night's sleep Gadgets surround us throughout our waking hours, and now they're coming to our sleep. READ MORE Skully fits heads-up display into motorcycle helmet Ask a hundred entrepreneurs where they draw inspiration and you'll probably get a hundred different answers, but few are likely to be as unusual as that of Marcus Weller. The CEO of Skully Helmets came up with his idea for a high-tech motorcycle helmet after smashing into a car on a street in Barcelona. READ MORE WEBCAST: Red Hat How Software Defined Storage Frees Budget for Innovation Learn how open, scale-out storage platform provides a foundation for the future of enterprise data. Key takeaways from this live webcast will show the best approach to drive enterprise growth and agility. View now Ethernet's 400-Gigabit challenge is a good problem to have As it embarks on what's likely to be a long journey to its next big increase in speed, Ethernet is in some ways a victim of its own success. READ MORE Startup wants to make public Wi-Fi a more social experience There's no doubt about it – public Wi-Fi can sometimes be a hassle. The airport wants you to pay a fee. Starbucks makes you buy an expensive mochaccino. What's a frustrated laptop user to do? READ MORE HTC pins hopes on China to avoid becoming the next Nokia Its fortunes in the West having stumbled, HTC is looking to the massive China smartphone market to keep it in business. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Starview Inc. Editorial Report: Where Does the SDN movement stand today? In this exclusive digital report, industry experts catch you up on the status of the Software Defined Networking (SDN) movement and begin to lay out how you get there from here, examining basic planning, what to look for in an SDN controller, and discussing what the Open Networking Foundation hopes to achieve with its new migration group. View now Follow IT News Share this email You are currently subscribed to itnews_daily as garn14.tech@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com To contact IT News, please send an e-mail to online@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2013 IT News, 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. **