Global Forum welcomes new era of open innovation

High-gain patch antennas boost Wi-Fi capacity for Georgia Tech 6TB helium-filled hard drives take flight, bump capacity 50% IT News Daily November 04, 2013 Share this email Global Forum welcomes new era of open innovation The historic industrial port city of Trieste hosted the 22nd Global Forum conference last week, where the focus was on innovation in information and communication technologies as catalysts for economic and community development. Invitation-only delegates this year came from 36 countries and international organizations such as the European Commission and the U.S. government, augmented by delegates from corporations and global government agencies. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. High-gain patch antennas boost Wi-Fi capacity for Georgia Tech 2. 6TB helium-filled hard drives take flight, bump capacity 50% 3. Tech spending slows, thanks to Congress 4. Linux 4.0 may have only bug fixes, no new features 5. Windows 8 uptake slows, ditch-XP movement decelerates 6. Open-source software projects need to improve vulnerability handling practices, researchers say WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Embracing BYOD Through Secure App and Data Delivery The proliferation of personal devices in the workplace is creating huge challenges for IT. To meet the challenge, go beyond traditional point solutions. Discover how you can secure and manage devices, apps and data with enterprise mobility management. Download the white paper. Learn More High-gain patch antennas boost Wi-Fi capacity for Georgia Tech To boost its Wi-Fi capacity in packed lecture halls, Georgia Institute of Technology gave up trying to cram in more access points, with conventional omni-directional antennas, and juggle power settings and channel plans. Instead, it turned to new high-gain directional antennas, from Tessco's Ventev division. READ MORE 6TB helium-filled hard drives take flight, bump capacity 50% Western Digital Monday started shipping a 6TB, helium-filled hard drive that represents a 50% increase in drive capacity over today's largest hard drives. READ MORE Tech spending slows, thanks to Congress Forrester Research has lowered its projection for tech spending growth this year from 5.7% to 3.9%, and it attributes the slowdown mostly to moves in Congress. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: CDW DCIM: Total Management Insight The pace of change in the data center continues to accelerate. At the same time, organizations are demanding more from IT. The ever-growing stores of data they collect equate to more storage requirements as well as faster and more agile servers and networking equipment to process and transmit the information. Read Now Linux 4.0 may have only bug fixes, no new features Linux operating system creator Linus Torvalds has proposed that Linux 4.0, an upcoming release of the open-source software, should be dedicated to stability and bug fixing. READ MORE Windows 8 uptake slows, ditch-XP movement decelerates Windows 8's user share in October climbed past the 10% milestone for the first time since the launch of the radically-overhauled OS a year ago, an analytics company said Friday. READ MORE Open-source software projects need to improve vulnerability handling practices, researchers say Due to incorrect information from a security company, Wednesday's story "Open-source software projects need to improve vulnerability handling practices, researchers say" misstated the number of software projects that patched the security issues in their products. The number is three. READ MORE WEBCAST: PC Connection EMC VSPEX Helps Optimize Business Performance Businesses need to be as efficient as possible today and need solutions that will help them move to the cloud when and if they are ready. Learn how EMC's VSPEX solution lets you optimize business performance and accelerate your organization's journey to the cloud. Learn More 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. **