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ITworld Today Apr 27, 2016 New products of the week 4.25.16 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Ctera and Ipswitch. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • IBM lines up all-flash storage to help power cognitive computing • Up to 30% off Amazon Kindle and Fire Tablets - Deal Alert • Microsoft gives OneDrive users until July to shrink their storage • OpenStack users talk benefits, challenges of open source clouds • 5 years into the 'cloud-first policy' CIOs still struggling • India makes it compulsory for phones to have 'panic buttons' • First look: Microsoft's Windows 10 Anniversary Update preview • Nintendo's mysterious 'NX' gaming platform to be launched in March 2017 • Financial analysts forecast first-ever year-over-year decline in iPhone sales • Logitech Harmony app arrives with smart controls for Android TV • Apple stumbles in the world's biggest smartphone market • Is Facebook playing catch-up with possible camera app? • Google, carmakers join forces to speed self-driving car adoption White Paper: AT&T Maximize your VPM to Enhance Cloud Connectivity: ITworld White Paper In this paper, we evaluate the impact of cloud on various enterprise applications; which is, in turn, driving the demand for secure private network connectivity to cloud. Read More ▶ IBM lines up all-flash storage to help power cognitive computing IBM is expanding its flash storage lineup to power cloud data centers that carry out so-called cognitive computing. Read More ▶ Up to 30% off Amazon Kindle and Fire Tablets - Deal Alert Through May 7, Amazon has discounted various models of Kindle and Fire Tablets. Read More ▶ Microsoft gives OneDrive users until July to shrink their storage Microsoft has given users of its OneDrive cloud storage service a 90-day notice that their free allowance will be scaled back from 15GB to 5GB in late July, according to emails and reports from customers. Read More ▶ OpenStack users talk benefits, challenges of open source clouds Users of OpenStack express no regrets about using the open source IaaS software, but say there are significant challenges that must be overcome to manage a successful deployment. Read More ▶ 5 years into the 'cloud-first policy' CIOs still struggling Government tech chiefs see challenges in management and ownership aspects of cloud contracts, while security concerns persist. Read More ▶ India makes it compulsory for phones to have 'panic buttons' India has prescribed that starting next year mobile phones in the country should have buttons that can be quickly used by women to alert police and close relatives if they are in distress. Read More ▶ First look: Microsoft's Windows 10 Anniversary Update preview A rundown of the Microsoft's upcoming Windows 10 Anniversary Update, due this summer, including some new features available in the latest Insider build. Read More ▶ Nintendo's mysterious 'NX' gaming platform to be launched in March 2017 Nintendo's new 'NX' gaming platform will be launched worldwide in March next year, the company said Wednesday without providing details on the new console that has been shrouded in secrecy. Read More ▶ Financial analysts forecast first-ever year-over-year decline in iPhone sales Apple will announce downbeat results from the first quarter of 2016 later today, according to nearly three dozen financial analysts. Read More ▶ Logitech Harmony app arrives with smart controls for Android TV Your TV can become the master control center for all your home's smart devices. Read More ▶ Apple stumbles in the world's biggest smartphone market Last year, Apple was on a gravy train in China. Sales of the iPhone were booming, and the country looked poised to overtake the U.S. in terms of its contribution to Apple's business. Suddenly, things don't look so rosy. Read More ▶ Is Facebook playing catch-up with possible camera app? Facebook may be developing a stand-alone camera app, but industry analysts say it's likely too late for the company to displace Snapchat, the highly popular photo-messaging app. Read More ▶ Google, carmakers join forces to speed self-driving car adoption Google's Alphabet company has formed a lobbying group with Ford, Volvo and other carmakers to press the U.S. government on regulations to help move the self-driving car industry to market. Read More ▶ White Paper: Neustar Inc The Drivers And Inhibitors Of Cloud-Based External DNS: ITworld White Paper In December 2015, Neustar commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate the rates at which midmarket and enterprise firms are deploying their external DNS to the cloud, as well as the factors that both encourage and discourage such migrations. Read More ▶

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