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August 21, 2013 MUST READ Amazon.com Suffers Hour-Long Retail Site Outage Cloud services remained in operation as Amazon.com online retail site disappeared Monday afternoon. Cloud Adoption: 4 Human Costs Moving to the cloud imposes changes on your IT workforce. Think in terms of changed expectations, education, migration and maintenance. New York State Chooses Office 365 Microsoft's Windows 8 might be struggling, but Office 365 is a cloud juggernaut. Its latest customer: New York State, which will move 120,000 employees to the popular cloud office suite by the end of the year. Groklaw Shuts Down, Cites Government Surveillance Website founder plans "to get off of the Internet to the degree it's possible" due to the absence of online privacy. Amazon Web Services: What's It Good For? A lot, even if it still gets damned with faint praise for its enterprise cloud services. MORE CLOUD NEWS DIGITAL EDITION InformationWeek August 19, 2013 Issue   FEATURED REPORTS and FEATURED WHITEPAPERS Research: Data Center Decision Time Is your glass house a sparkling hub of IT innovation or a financial albatross? For many, it's the latter. Worse, we often lack agility, 67% say application and hardware philosophies frequently or occasionally conflict business demand, and just 27% say a private ... Strategy: Advanced Persistent Threats: The New Reality For most organizations, the imminent danger that advanced persistent threats pose has been relatively low. That's changing as attackers' target base widens, their knowledge grows and their cyber weapons trickle down to the hacker masses. In this Dark Reading report, ... MORE REPORTS Mobile Security Guide As mobile devices become more common, cybercriminals see them as having huge profit potential, and aim to gain access to the users' confidential personal and financial information. In this Mobile Security Guide, we will walk you through the mobile malware ... How to Engage Mobile Customers While Protecting Sensitive Enterprise Data With the proliferation of mobile devices, the development of intelligent and composite applications, the number of multi-device users, and the shift to BYOD, businesses are challenged to effectively capitalize on mobile opportunities. Download this white paper to explore how to ... MORE WHITEPAPERS   MOST POPULAR NEWS 10 Cool Back-To-School Tech Tools College students tote a ton of technology when they head off to school. Here are 10 more gadgets and apps worth throwing in the backpack. Samsung Galaxy Mega Phablet Debuts Samsung's newest device earns its name with many features of its Galaxy S4 on an oversized screen. 10 Hidden Android Tips, Tricks Learn some new tricks for your Android smartphone with our tips on maps, storage, data plans and more. 10 Top Password Managers Tired of being stuck in password hell? Consider these password managers that balance security with convenience. Hubble Telescope's New Images: Galaxies Through Time The newest images from Hubble help scientists see how galaxies evolve -- comparing present day to 11 billion years ago. MORE NEWS     WEBCASTS Vulnerability Management Challenges and Best Practices Revealed During this webinar, IBM Security Systems will discuss the issues and obstacles many encounter as they attempt to identify and prioritize security risks and exploitable vulnerabilities. They will also share details on the newest member of the QRadar Security Intelligence ... MORE WEBCASTS   This e-mail was sent to sojo.blo@gmail.com Cloud Computing From InformationWeek -- Published By InformationWeek 600 Community Drive Manhasset, NY 11030 To update your profile, change your e-mail address, or unsubscribe, click here. Thoughts about this newsletter? Give us feedback. Keep This Newsletter Out Of Your SPAM Folder Don't let future editions of go missing. 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Facebook Mobile Payment Push Faces Big Hurdles Cracking the mobile payments market won't be easy, say analysts. Here's where Facebook might stumble. LinkedIn University Pages Debut LinkedIn teams with 200 universities who want to connect with potential students, education colleagues and alums. 5 LinkedIn Tips: Avoid Job Search Mistakes If your job search is floundering, you might be committing one or more of these common offenses. Here's how to use LinkedIn to nail interviews and more. Twitter Expands Context With Related Headline Links Known for breaking news, Twitter now lets users quickly learn more about newsworthy tweets. SLIDESHOWS 10 Tech Tools To Engage Students Websites, apps and devices help teachers teach and kids learn in new ways. Check out these 10 great education tech choices.   RESOURCES & EVENTS Next Generation Networking & SDN his program provides information needed to develop a plan to evaluate and implement SDN. The primary ways that SDN is being defined, the key enabling technologies and the initial set of use cases will be discussed. Cloud Connect 2013: Amazon Web Services & Eucalyptus Attend the Cloud Connect Chicago AWS & Eucalyptus Track for real world examples and an in-depth case study featuring the good, the bad and the ugly of AWS. This e-mail was sent to sojo.blo@gmail.com © UBM TechWeb 2013. All Rights Reserved. Published By InformationWeek, 600 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030. UBM TechWeb, InformationWeek, and associated design marks and logos are trademarks owned or used under license by United Business Media LLC, and may be registered in the United States and other countries. Other names mentioned may be the trademark or service mark of their respective owners. Keep This Newsletter Out Of Your SPAM Folder Don't let future editions of InformationWeek Education go missing. 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