EdX, the online learning platform, uses gamification to facilitate learning. Gamification may transform how this emerging market attracts and motivates students, and could have lessons for IT as well.
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Gamification Goes To College
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Kaspersky launches all-in-one security tool for SMBs
Companies have to manage security across a wide range of issues and threats. Operating systems and applications have to be patched and updated. Active monitoring needs to be in place to identify and block malware threats. Data needs to be protected to prevent exposure or compromise. Mobile devices and the BYOD (bring your own device) trend represent a new frontier of concerns.
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Super Bowl Web Traffic Blitzes Advertisers
Super Bowl Web traffic crushed sites from Coca-Cola, Doritos and other brands that blended interactive marketing with televised commercials. Online statistics show that site design proved just as important as network capacity.
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Cloud Implementation Costs, Complexity Surprise Companies
Cloud computing is of growing interest to companies around the globe, but many are finding greater costs and greater obstacles to integration with existing IT infrastructure than they anticipated.
Those are two of the conclusions that emerge from a survey by consulting firm KPMG International, “The Cloud Takes Shape, which carries the subhead “Global cloud survey: The implementation challenge.”
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Why Microsoft and Dell should team up on tablets
Dell is in the process of buying back its shares to become a privately held companyonce again. Microsoft helped facilitate Dell’s $ 24.4 billion deal, with a $ 2 billion investment that makes the two tech giants partners of sorts. This is either the last gasp of desperation for PCs as we know it, or a sign that Dell and Microsoft still have innovative tricks up their proverbial sleeves.
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Readers Respond: F5 Firewall Challenges Cisco, Check Point
Network Computing readers weighed in on F5’s entry into the firewall market and how its strategy of integrating firewall software into its load-balancing platform might play out with customers and competitors.
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Open Spectrum Does Not Mean Free Internet
There’s a common misconception that a plan to open up more unlicensed, unmanaged spectrum will mean free Wi-Fi for all. Expect a lot of wonderful things, including competition for cellular carriers, but not for free.
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HP Spectre XT Pro Ultrabook Ideal for the Road
HP’s Spectre XT Pro ultrabook is a versatile, compact computer that’s light enough to take on the road but can also serve as a day-to-day desk machine. It offers a long battery life, a fast startup, and high-quality sound and video.
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VMware Vs. Microsoft: The Next Chapter
VMware’s fourth-quarter earnings, reported Jan. 28, set a record and came in ahead of analyst expectations. The next day, its stock, which had been trading at $ 99.10 just before the announcement, took a stunning hit, losing 20% of its value within a short time after the opening of trading.
Several analysts had predicted VMware’s fourth-quarter earnings would disappoint because the market for virtualization products was nearly saturated and Microsoft was moving in to steal the customer base.
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Oracle to Acquire Acme for $1.7B
Oracle Corp. opened the week with a US$ 1.7 billion bang by announcing an agreement to acquire IP networking systems specialist Acme Packet Inc. for $ 29.25 per share, a 22 percent premium over Acme’s closing price Friday of $ 23.93.
The deal values Acme Packet at $ 2.1 billion, but Oracle will be shelling out about $ 1.7 billion once the value of Acme’s cash, short-term investments and other assets are taken into account.
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