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Network World Data Center Alert Mar 08, 2016 Inside Bank of America's IT transformation Over the past couple of years Bank of America has embarked on a strategic plan to embrace a software-defined, incredible agile and flexible infrastructure environment that has reaped simplification and savings. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Cisco issues critical patch for Nexus switches to remove hardcoded credentials • New products of the week 3.7.16 • HPE will take on Nutanix and Cisco with hyperconverged system • Feds find $2.8B in data center consolidation savings – watchdog says could do better • Does your company need an innovation lab? • Scientists working to create book-sized living, breathing supercomputers • Did Google kill a … donkey? • Remember how 'looks goofy' all but killed Google Glass? Video/Webcast: Veeam Software 18 Things NOT to do with your VM Backups There are best practice lists for areas of the modern data center, but do you know what NOT to do to ensure the highest levels of availability? Attend this webinar from Veeam with expert Rick Vanover to learn more. Read More ▶ Cisco issues critical patch for Nexus switches to remove hardcoded credentials Cisco Systems has released software updates for its Nexus 3000 and 3500 switches in order to remove a default administrative account with static credentials that could allow remote attackers to compromise devices. Read More ▶ New products of the week 3.7.16 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Microsoft, EMC and Digium. Read More ▶ HPE will take on Nutanix and Cisco with hyperconverged system Hewlett Packard Enterprise will enter the fast-growing market for hyperconverged systems with a new product that it plans to unveil this month, CEO Meg Whitman said Thursday.. Read More ▶ Feds find $2.8B in data center consolidation savings – watchdog says could do better The massive federal data center consolidation effort has seen $2.8 billion in cost savings and a shuttering or merging of some 3,125 sites but issues remain, according to a report from the watchdogs at the Government Accountability Office. According to the GAO, the 24 agencies participating in the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative have collectively made progress on their data center closures efforts. As of November 2015, agencies identified a total of 10,584 data centers, of which they reported closing 3,125 through fiscal year 2015. Read More ▶ Does your company need an innovation lab? Bi-modal IT may be tech buzzwords du jour, but creating a separate department (often in its own physical space) to do nothing but pure R&D is still an enticing prospect for embracing the innovator's dilemma. Read More ▶ Scientists working to create book-sized living, breathing supercomputers Scientists successfully built a model biological supercomputer that runs on stuff that runs through us; they say book-sized living, breathing supercomputers coming. Read More ▶ Did Google kill a … donkey? A few days ago I needed to know whether Google had actually killed a particular product or merely put it on a back burner, so I typed into the company's search-engine box: "Did Google kill …" Read More ▶ Remember how 'looks goofy' all but killed Google Glass? Looks goofy doesn't seem to be an issue with virtual reality, as we saw again last week with the starring role played by Samsung Gear VR at Mobile World Congress in Spain. Read More ▶ White Paper: BlueWolf 2015-2016 The State of Salesforce The State of Salesforce is Bluewolf's annual report of how the best companies use Salesforce. With data collected from over 1,500 Salesforce customers, this year's report uncovers trends and opportunities specific to each Salesforce cloud. Read More ▶ Join The Network World Communities As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook ▶ Network World on LinkedIn ▶ SLIDESHOWS Best Apple iPhone 7 design concepts of 2016 Four years of Raspberry Pi: In pictures Read More ▶ Most-Read Stories 1. DARPA moves ahead with radical vertical takeoff aircraft 2. iPhone 7 Rumor Rollup: iPhone Pro won't be for amateurs; Slimmed down bodies; Drones on the way? 3. Did Google kill a … donkey? 4. US Marshals warn of ongoing nationwide telephone scam 5. HPE will take on Nutanix and Cisco with hyperconverged system 6. 19 free cloud storage options 7. VMware CEO Gelsinger talks exec changes, Dell deal and his big security focus 8. IBM's one-month severance offer means a bitter end, say laid-off workers 9. FAQ: What the heck happened to Linux Mint? 10. Major Windows 10 update due in June

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