Alibaba's business model and the Chinese market make its IPO hot

Amid staff shortage, tech leaders want more computer education in California schools HP jumps into OpenStack fray with new Helion distribution IT News Daily May 07, 2014 Share this email Alibaba's business model and the Chinese market make its IPO hot Alibaba Group is the e-commerce player from China that you may have never heard of. But it's set to make one of the biggest initial public offerings in the U.S., possibly raising over US$20 billion, analysts say. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Amid staff shortage, tech leaders want more computer education in California schools 2. HP jumps into OpenStack fray with new Helion distribution 3. IoT will stump IT until clouds and big data come aboard, EMC says 4. Dropbox fixes flaw that exposed user documents 5. 2014 Women in Technology Hall of Fame inductees include suits, coders and entrepreneurs 6. Is that Twitter account a bot? Researchers make app to find out Amid staff shortage, tech leaders want more computer education in California schools Leaders of key technology companies including Microsoft, Google, Twitter and Salesforce.com have written to the Governor of California Jerry Brown offering to partner with the state to increase computer education in kindergarten to 12th grade schools. READ MORE HP jumps into OpenStack fray with new Helion distribution Joining Red Hat, Oracle, Canonical and others, Hewlett-Packard is releasing its own distribution of the OpenStack cloud hosting software. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Bromium Redefining Endpoint Security With Isolation Technology Find out how to secure your enterprise and empower your users to click on anything, anywhere without the fear of being compromised. View Now>> IoT will stump IT until clouds and big data come aboard, EMC says The IT systems of the past 20 years won't be able to handle the emerging Internet of Things, which will call for cloud computing, virtualization, efficient storage and big-data analysis, according to EMC. READ MORE Dropbox fixes flaw that exposed user documents Dropbox has patched a vulnerability that made it possible for unauthorized people to view documents that had been shared through the online file-sharing service. READ MORE RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IDG TV IDG.tv is now live! Watch all the latest videos from IDG's global network of technology experts, all teed up in searchable channels with a fun, fresh look. Click to continue 2014 Women in Technology Hall of Fame inductees include suits, coders and entrepreneurs WITI (Women in Technology International) has named five new inductees for its Hall of Fame, including executives with IBM, AT&T and EMC, a well-known serial entrepreneur and a force in the move to code for public good. READ MORE Is that Twitter account a bot? Researchers make app to find out They spread lies. They push products you don't care about. They make unpopular people look popular. Sometimes, they take over your machine with malware. READ 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) 2014 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. **