3 Trends That Will Make Life Harder for CIOs in 2014

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	3 Trends That Will Make Life Harder for CIOs in 2014 Robots, 3-D printers and wearable tech are indeed cool, but they should raise red flags for IT leaders. Here's how these emerging technologies will cause operations, privacy and user policy headaches for CIOs in 2014. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Verizon Wireless   A Winning Strategy to Control Growth IT professionals are under pressure to keep up with data growth while providing workers access to the data they need to do their jobs. Yet the volume, velocity and variety of data keep growing. Learn More In this Issue Japanese robot crushes rivals at DARPA challenge The PC's hope hinges on tablets, but it's 2014 or bust Google seeks to commercialize humanoid robots NASA's robot competitor is cousin to Mars Curiosity rover Richi Jennings: BlackBerry on life-support: Ailing phone firm loses $4.4B in Q3 Tech pit crews prep for robot speedway showdown The Challenges of Humanoid Robots Tech luminaries we lost in 2013 13 benchmarking sins WHITE PAPER: Nasuni Corp   Increasing Productivity of Distributed Teams The Walsh Group, with close to 20 offices worldwide needed a global file share that could deliver the same information to all their offices without sacrificing performance or data security. Learn More Japanese robot crushes rivals at DARPA challenge A Japanese team dominated its 15 competitors at DARPA's Robotics Challenge in Florida this weekend. Read More   The PC's hope hinges on tablets, but it's 2014 or bust   The downturn in the PC industry may soon reach rock bottom, where it could stabilize even as cheap tablets stay hot, an analyst said today. Read More   Google seeks to commercialize humanoid robots Google executives showed up at the Homestead Miami Speedway in Florida to show support for their new team and to get a look at the Atlas robot, built by Boston Dynamics, and one of the stars of the challenge. Read More   NASA's robot competitor is cousin to Mars Curiosity rover The rover that NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab has competing in DARPA's Robot Challenge today is something of a distant cousin to the robotic rover working on Mars. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Mitel Networks   The Business Case for Cloud-Based Unified Communications This detailed guide helps leaders develop a clear understanding of how to gain the full benefits of unified communications while minimizing all three of these investment parameters. Learn More Richi Jennings: BlackBerry on life-support: Ailing phone firm loses $4.4B in Q3 Crikey! Canadian company can't keep this up much longer. BlackBerry looks set for an ugly, hard landing. It lost almost 20 times the amount analysts were expecting. However, its new CEO sounds optimistic, pointing to green shoots in other businesses. But then, he would say that, wouldn't he? Seriously, how long can QNX and services keep this zombie alive? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers prepare to say goodbye to Old Yeller. Read More   Tech pit crews prep for robot speedway showdown A team of engineers, students and professors from Worcester Polytechnic Institute spent hours last night working in a garage normally reserved for NASCAR pit crews, tweaking code and making sure their robot can climb a steep flight of stairs. Read More   The Challenges of Humanoid Robots At the 2013 DARPA Robotics Challenge in Homestead, Fla., officials discuss the difficulties of building humanoid robots and what the future holds for rescue-based robots. Read More   Tech luminaries we lost in 2013 These 14 individuals left lasting impressions on the industry -- some by creating innovative technologies, and others by building game-changing companies. And all left their marks by challenging the status quo. Read More   13 benchmarking sins Avoid these benchmarking boners if you want to get useful data from your system tests. Read More
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