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Why your app should offer a free trial 10 hottest IT skills for 2015 ITworld Today November 18, 2014 The 10 mightiest supercomputers on the planet China retains top spot for fourth consecutive Top500 list. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Why your app should offer a free trial 2. 10 hottest IT skills for 2015 3. INSIDER Review: Microsoft's hybrid cloud storage -- overpriced, underwhelming 4. How to fetch a file from FTP and import into SQL Server automatically 5. WIN THIS BOOK: Responsive Mobile Design: Designing for Every Device 6. Mobile payments to tally just 1% of all U.S. consumer spending in 2019 7. 6 ways to maximize your IT training budget (CIO.com) 8. Nearly a billion records were compromised in 2014 (CSOonline.com) 9. Adobe can now send customized messages to beacon apps 10. Intel to combine PC and mobile divisions as market shifts White Paper: Dell Software 30 Tips and Tricks for Toad for Oracle You Need to Know For more than 10 years Toad for Oracle has been the number one productivity tool for Oracle developers. This white paper will step you through over 30 proven tips and tricks to get more out of Toad. Test your knowledge and see how many you know. Read now! Why your app should offer a free trial New research shows that, in theory, alternative app pricing schemes, such as pay-per-use and free trial periods, could make both consumers and producers happier. READ MORE 10 hottest IT skills for 2015 Programmers and project managers rejoice: Your skills are bankable assets. READ MORE INSIDER Review: Microsoft's hybrid cloud storage -- overpriced, underwhelming Microsoft's Azure StorSimple backup and DR solution offers compelling Azure integrations, but the high price and absence of local management hold it back. READ MORE How to fetch a file from FTP and import into SQL Server automatically The importance of automating processes can't be overestimated. Most things start out as a manual procedure until you work out exactly how things should happen, but many times they stay that way permanently. READ MORE WIN THIS BOOK: Responsive Mobile Design: Designing for Every Device Learn how to create Web designs that work on any device. We've got 5 copies to give to some lucky readers. Enter now for your chance to win! READ MORE White Paper: OutSystems Mobile App Backlog New research conducted by Opinion Matters reveals that 85% of enterprises have a mobile app development backlog because they can't cope with business demands. With the average application taking anywhere between three and 12 months to get out the door, this slow approach to app development is resulting in competitive disadvantage. Learn More Mobile payments to tally just 1% of all U.S. consumer spending in 2019 Forrester Research threw something of a wet blanket on mobile payment growth, calling it an "evolution — not a revolution." READ MORE 6 ways to maximize your IT training budget (CIO.com) Customized, in-house training often zeros in on topics relevant to your business. However, it comes with an equally high price tag. If your employees simply need to fill in knowledge gaps or get up to speed with a specific software package, there is a plethora of affordable, flexible options for even the most limited budgets. READ MORE Nearly a billion records were compromised in 2014 (CSOonline.com) Many of the incidents reported in 2014 were record setting, including twenty of them that resulted in the compromise of more than a million records each. READ MORE Adobe can now send customized messages to beacon apps The company is hoping its customers will use analytics features to prevent messaging fatigue. READ MORE Intel to combine PC and mobile divisions as market shifts Its PC and mobile products will be developed by the new Client Computing Group. READ MORE White Paper: CommVault 5 Steps to Application-Aware Data Protection Application Owners need to know that they'll be able to recover their data at the application level when disaster strikes, and yesterday's solutions are simply not up to this job. It's time for modern, application-aware data protection - and here's how to get there. Learn more about how to create application-aware protection. Learn More>> NOVEMBER GIVEAWAYS Now, here's something to be thankful for... We've got 5 copies of each of these books to give to some lucky ITworld readers. Enter now for your chance to win! Effective Ruby: 48 Specific Ways to Write Better Ruby If you're an experienced Ruby programmer, Effective Ruby will help you harness Ruby's full power to write more robust, efficient, maintainable, and well-performing code. 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