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Suits vs ponytailed hipsters: What's next for enterprise IT

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Enrico tells you what you won’t see in 2015 Comment  After all the predictions I read about 2015 (and many of them are pretty ridiculous) I can’t help but make my own, which I will approach in a totally different manner, using common sense first and trying to make an "anti-prediction" for enterprise IT in 2015.…

Think that software library is safe to use? Think again...

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In today's world of agile software development and fast release cycles, developers increasingly rely on third-party libraries and components to get the job done. Since many of those libraries come from long-running, open-source projects, developers often assume they're getting well-written, bug-free code. They're wrong.

Our System Is So Broken, Almost No Patented Discoveries Ever Get Used

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The unspoken reality is that the U.S. patent system creates a market so constricted by high transaction costs and legal risks that it excludes the vast majority of small and mid-sized businesses and prevents literally 95 percent of all patented discoveries from ever being put to use to create new products and services, new jobs, and new economic growth. The post Our System Is So Broken, Almost No Patented Discoveries Ever Get Used appeared first on WIRED.

D-Link significantly expands its connected-home offerings

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D-Link announced plans at CES to widen its footprint in the DIY connected-home market with an all-new hub, several new sensors, and a Wi-Fi siren. The company, which manufacturers Wi-Fi routers, adapters, IP cameras, and other networking equipment for the home and SMB markets, shipped its first smart-home products in 2014.
The D-Link DCH-G020 enables you to integrated Z-Wave devices with your Wi-Fi router.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

The Guide to Securing Your New Tech Toys

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Ho ho ho! It seems that this year, Santa’s sleigh was filled with technology—laptops, smartphones, gaming consoles, etc. Playing with and learning about your new tech toy is fun, but remember to secure your device. It would be a total bummer if your new toy was suddenly compromised by a virus or hacked into.

Is Bigger Better? Not with the Cloud on Your Side

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Content by CloudTweaks.comIs Bigger Better? Growing up, bigger almost always equated to better. The bigger kid hit the baseball farther, threw the ball faster, shot the hockey puck harder and usually won the fight. In school, we were taught that larger companies were better than the smaller ones. Bigger, meant better economies of scale, more market share […]The post Is Bigger Better? Not with the Cloud on Your Side appeared first on CloudTweaks.com.

Apple hit with class action over storage eaten up by iOS 8

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Apple has been hit with a lawsuit alleging that it doesn’t inform users just how much storage its new operating system will eat up – and then prods them to buy more space through its iCloud service. The case, filed in the Bay Area’s federal court on Tuesday, claims iOS 8 can take up as much as 23.1 percent of the advertised storage capacity on Apple gadgets, but few users realize that when they make their purchases.

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