Google's barges: Floating data centers or Glass stores?

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	Richi Jennings: Google's mysterious barges: Floating data centers or Glass stores? Who is behind the mysterious By And Large LLC? Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is said to be building a series of floating data centers. One is in the San Francisco bay, another's in Portland. The locations of two more are unknown—perhaps they're lost at sea? However, some sources say the mysterious barges are in fact actually marketing centers for Google Glass. Whatever they are, the secrecy around their purpose is getting Google into hot water with regulatory authorities. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers discern the vessels' purpose. Not to mention: Ancient software, complete with emulators... Read More   WEBCAST: Dell Wyse and VMware   Considerations for Implementing Desktop Virtualization Since the creation of the traditional desktop computer, administrators and end users alike have appreciated the computing power but have been frustrated by the associated expense, complexity, and security issues that result from desktops used in the enterprise. View Now In this Issue Jonny Evans: 5 reasons Angela Ahrendts is right for Apple retail Preston Gralla: Microsoft's latest big earnings reminds the world: We're fat, happy, and successful Antone Gonsalves: Apple gets a pat on the back for Mavericks iCloud Keychain Patrick Thibodeau: A better model for Healthcare.gov is Weather.gov John W. Thompson: Tearing down IT silos Sharon Machlis: Dataviz: Global Gender Gap Nicholas D. Evans: The three waves of disruptive trends Sharky: But it'll look a little different when it's done WHITE PAPER: Network Instruments User Experience: 5 Essential Monitoring Metrics Network teams are increasingly being told by management to track and manage the end user's experience without any clear guidance as to its meaning. This article will address the metrics that best reflect end-user experience and how to configure monitoring solutions to assess what users are really encountering. Learn More Jonny Evans: 5 reasons Angela Ahrendts is right for Apple retail Apple has hired Burberry CEO, Angela Ahrendts to lead its retail operations -- there's at least five good reasons why: Read More   Preston Gralla: Microsoft's latest big earnings reminds the world: We're fat, happy, and successful The only news you read about Microsoft these days is bad, so it may come as a shock to some that Microsoft just announced a blowout quarter of earnings, with revenue of $18.53 billion and net income of $5.24 billion, both well up from a year ago. Is this a one-time blip, or is the company proving the nay-sayers wrong? Read More   Antone Gonsalves: Apple gets a pat on the back for Mavericks iCloud Keychain The new password manager in the latest version of the Mac operating system tackles the problem of people using ridiculously weak passwords for Web sites. Read More   Patrick Thibodeau: A better model for Healthcare.gov is Weather.gov   Instead of beating up the government for its Healthcare.gov rollout, let's look at what the U.S. gets right. Read More   WEBCAST: IBM Corporation   Proof that Smarter Government is also Better Government This videocast on October 23 at noon ET will give you a rare opportunity to hear from your peers & IBM experts about the power of business analytics to make your budgeting and finance processes as fast, accurate and transparent as you need them to be. Learn More. John W. Thompson: Tearing down IT silos Silos. Stovepipes. Ping Pong. Finger pointing. We've all heard these terms when people talk about IT. The silos that plague IT organizations and the constant finger pointing back and forth when issues arise are preventing IT from moving at the speed of business. We need to find a way to bridge the gap between the various functions to ensure that IT keeps up with the business' needs Read More   Sharon Machlis: Dataviz: Global Gender Gap Read More   Nicholas D. Evans: The three waves of disruptive trends It's critical to maximizing the business value of disruptive trends -- such as social, mobile, analytics and cloud -- that we understand their adoption lifecycles and leverage them appropriately at each stage. Read More   Sharky: But it'll look a little different when it's done Pilot fish gets a job performing a site survey for a fast-food chain -- just taking pictures in preparation for a new system install. But for one store, the manager isn't answering the phone when it's time for fish to do the survey. Read More
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