Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Farewell My Friend: Instagram's Eulogy

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate the life of Instagram.  Instagram's death was sudden. I remember hearing the news and just I couldn't believe it -- so young, so vibrant and full of life, how could it all be over this quick? I was overwhelmed by sadness, but I remembered that in such a short amount of time, Instagram lived a full life.

I met Instagram through mutual friends and we quickly hit if off and developed our own friendship. When I was bored or sad, I could always count on Instagram to be there to give me something constructive to do and lift my spirits; a true friend indeed. Instagram was always the life of the party and best of all knew how to keep things private; well until it started hanging around with the wrong crowd. Their influence proved to be too strong, and that was when things started to go downhill.

They didn't care much about Instagram's friends and started spying on every single person linked to Instagram. Being such a manipulative jerk, that so called friend talked Instagram into focusing solely on money and sacrificing its friends to do so. They even talked Instagram into allowing others to use their photos as a means to making money. No one is really sure how those guys got to Instagram, some say they bought out Instagram but what's known for sure is the strain they caused on all of Instagram's friends was unbearable and people began to drop one by one; and I know that began to kill Instagram slowly. I'm sure it was a slow, and agonizing death, but the truth of the matter is it wasn't necessary at all.

I believe in my heart if Instagram needed money, it could have suggested products or shown us ads from time to time we would have been more than happy to help out, but it never gave us that chance. So -- loved by many and known as a true friend. I am forever grateful for Instagram coming into my life when it did, and I will cherish the memories we shared. Now go on my friend, and rest....rest until we met again in that big photo book in the sky.


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Monday, December 10, 2012

Gamer's Corner: 12/10/12

Take a journey into one of the largest grossing segments in the world of I.T. and enjoy upcoming video game trailers, walkthroughs, reviews, and much more!

























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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Upcoming Webinar: Top 10 Considerations for Data Deduplication

Top 10 Considerations for Data Deduplication

Date: December 19, 2012
Time: 11AM PST / 2 PM EST
Speakers: Josh Gingold, Ziff Davis; Daniel Mellinger, Ziff Davis

Summary: "In this interactive webinar, join Ziff Davis’ Daniel Mellinger and Josh Gingold as they discuss topics you need to consider before choosing a storage strategy.
Join this live webinar to discover:
  • Different strategies for data deduplication and which is best for your organization
  • How to get the most out of your current storage and how to know when it’s time to expand
  • How data deduplication will save your business time and money"source

Upcomimg Webcast: Security To Protect Vs. BYOD, Constant Software Updates

Security To Protect Vs. BYOD, Constant Software Updates

Date: December 6, 2012
Time: 10am PT/ 1pm ET
Presented by: Steve Kovsky, Contributing Editor, InformationWeek/TechWeb; Phil Owens, Senior Sales Engineed, GFI; Mike Davis, CISSP, Platform Chief Engineer, SPAWAR

Summary: "Enterprise IT faces a big security challenge from two forces every day: continuous software updates pushed to end users automatically, and proliferation of smart devices (think BYOD) with their own unique software configurations and update practices. 

Attend this webcast to learn:

  • How increased commitment cyber hygiene will make it harder for the bad guys to hack systems and steal your data
  • The latest in antivirus technologies that can automate patching and keep your systems up to date
  • Why you must include mobile device management in your security framework" Source

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Upcoming Webinar: Big Data – How Retailers Benefit from Q&I more than Q&A




Big Data – How Retailers Benefit from Q&I more than Q&A

Date: Wednesday, January 9th
Time: 2:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 am PT
Presented by: ShiSh Shridhar, Global Director, Business Intelligence Solutions, Microsoft; 
Simon Thompson, Director, Commercial Solutions, Esri


Summary: "In this webinar you will learn why you can’t afford to ignore this trend, including:
  • What’s driving Big Data growth and adoption
  • How to correlate and overlay social, mobile and location data to gain valuable retail insight
  • Why hyper-local personas are a must for improved assortment and demand planning
  • Why today’s Big Data is the Normal Data of tomorrowsource 


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Upcoming Webinars: Customizing the in-store experience by lifestyle segment


Customizing the in-store experience by lifestyle segment

Date: January 7, 2013
Time: 2:00pm ET/ 11:00am PT 
Presented by: Amy Wilde, Geo-Targeting Manager, Marketstar, Simon Thompson, Director, Commercial Solutions, Esri


Summary: "In this webinar, Amy Wilde, Geo-Targeting Manager with MarketStar, will discuss how they use store-level geotargeting and lifestyle segmentation to:
  • Generate insight about each store location
  • Train brand advocates of sales associates
  • Engage the shopper
  • Build loyalty
Simon Thompson, director of global commercial solutions with Esri will talk about tools and best practices that could help your company gain an edge with store-level lifestyle targeting. source 


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