http://www.itwire.com – Written by: Stuart Corner | Published in: SecurityTrend Micro's latest security roundup report has identifed a fivefold increase in the number of high risk and dangerous Android apps, to 175,000 in September, as the bad guys respond to market trends. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – Publishing giants Pearson and Bertelsmann have announced they are creating a joint venture to pool their respective consumer publishing businesses, Penguin and Random House, in a bid to go the distance in the digital age. Penguin and Random House will combine to form a JV named Penguin Random House, the pair said today, with Bertelsmann owning 53 percent of the new JV and Pearson owning 47 percent (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – With the November elections right around the corner, education reform is a hot topic these days, thanks to a flood of reports indicating that the U.S. has fallen behind its peers on a number of educational fronts — from enrollment and high school graduation rates to achievement and teacher salaries. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.itwire.com – Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: C LevelAt its US Symposium Gartner has highlighted its top ten technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organisations in 2013. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.thevarguy.com – Some of the biggest concerns for businesses today – and the best opportunities for channel partners – relate to mobility. With so much information being stored and accessed in the cloud, organizations are racing to make sure that the information is safe and available. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.itwire.com – Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: PeopleChanging business demands and technology trends, such as Cloud computing, mobility and the consumerisation of IT, are “profoundly” changing the role of CIOs and redefining the skills needed to be successful, according to a new report out today. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – Mayfield Fund is announcing an Indian investment today, out of its Mayfield India fund. The venture firm is backing AngelPrime, a Bangalore-based incubator. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – This just in: online recommendations and listings site Yelp is stepping up its international push and buying its biggest rival in Europe, Qype. It will pay €18.6 million for all of Qype’s shares and is adding another 970,000 shares of Yelp’s Class A common stock, for a total purchase price of approximately $50 million. Qype is headquartered in Germany, with operations across Europe. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.thevarguy.com – At VMworld 2012 (Aug. 26-30, San Francisc0), VMware is expected to share an expanded vision — one that involves virtualization driving private and public cloud initiatives. Amid a CEO transition, VMware (NYSE: VMW) is expected to explain how its software will power converged data centers that are elastic and scalable. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.thevarguy.com – Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) wants to lead the market for software defined data centers and software defined networks. But Cisco must balance relationships with EMC (NYSE: EMC) and VMware (NYSE: VMW) — which recently acquired Nicira in the network virtualization market. How will Cisco move forward? (IT news)
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