200 virtual line jumpers created 'technical backdoor' to score Burning Man tickets

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	200 virtual line jumpers created 'technical backdoor' to score Burning Man tickets Nearly 80,000 people were waiting in a virtual line queue to purchase 40,000 Burning Man 2015 tickets. About 200 techies allegedly 'exploited' a backdoor in the ticketing system to cut in front of other Burners in line and buy the much-coveted tickets. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Five Levers to Lower Mainframe MLC Costs This paper discusses five levers you can use to lower your mainframe MLC costs by up to 20 percent or more. Explore best practices and real-world examples of dramatic savings through a mainframe MLC optimization strategy based on higher visibility, predictability, and automation. Learn More In this Issue Google to buy mobile wallet technology from Softcard Think you know your competitors? This tool helps uncover some you don't Google fear a factor behind Orbitz-Expedia deal Expedia to buy Orbitz for $1.6 billion WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Best Practices Guide to Manage Mainframe Software Charges Monthly license charges (MLC) are rising by 7% or more each year, and account for 30% of total mainframe costs. Yet managing MLC costs is an inexact science. This best practice guide provides a step-by-step process to reduce mainframe MLC costs up to 20% without compromising business critical services. Learn More Google to buy mobile wallet technology from Softcard Google has reached a deal with three big U.S. wireless carriers to acquire "technology and capabilities" from Softcard, a competing mobile wallet app developed jointly by the carriers. Read More Think you know your competitors? This tool helps uncover some you don't A new tool from marketing-intelligence company GinzaMetrics called Competitor Discovery, is a SaaS tool that gives companies a way to identify new competitors by analyzing the content, targeted topics and keywords from their own marketing efforts. Read More WHITE PAPER: Spanning 3 Ways to Restore Salesforce Data Data loss in Salesforce can be disastrous for your organization. Understand the three options for restoring lost data so you're ready when the worst happens. In this paper learn: -3 methods for restoring lost Salesforce data -Challenges and benefits of each method -Best practices for backup and restore Learn More Google fear a factor behind Orbitz-Expedia deal After acquiring a competitor and announcing plans to buy another one, Expedia may look like the dominant player in online travel, but its CEO argues the deals are necessary to battle another rival: Google. Read More Expedia to buy Orbitz for $1.6 billion Cheaper air travel is making the world seem smaller -- and that's increasingly the case for the online booking market too, with Expedia planning to swallow up rival Orbitz Worldwide barely a month after buying the smaller Travelocity. Read More
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