6 strategies for cancelling a major IT project

Abort, Retry, Fail: The curious histories of 10 common computer messages Buying the next generation of coders: Microsoft's Minecraft gamble ITworld Today September 11, 2014 6 strategies for cancelling a major IT project Sometimes it's better to walk away from an IT project, even a big one, than to fall further down the rabbit hole. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Abort, Retry, Fail: The curious histories of 10 common computer messages 2. Buying the next generation of coders: Microsoft's Minecraft gamble 3. German court requires Google to stop ignoring customer emails 4. Here are the security questions raised by Apple Pay 5. Dense server battle to heat up with Intel's Xeon D next year 6. 5 things made irrelevant by the iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch 7. OneDrive now allows files of up to 10GB 8. These are the tools Google is using to try and beat Amazon at its own shopping game 9. GIVEAWAY: Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours (Learning Lab) White Paper: Electric Cloud, Inc. Crush Build Times Using Your Team's Unused CPU's Insanely fast build and test acceleration no longer means dedicated enterprise-sized datacenter, power and cooling costs. Huddle taps into teams' unused CPU capacity to form a virtual build acceleration pool, complete with a high-performance on-demand virtual filesystem. Read on to learn about Huddle's other features. Learn more >> Abort, Retry, Fail: The curious histories of 10 common computer messages You may know what these messages mean, but do you know where they came from? READ MORE Buying the next generation of coders: Microsoft's Minecraft gamble Is it just about the games? Or is there more to Microsoft's rumoured $2 billion bid for Minecraft? READ MORE German court requires Google to stop ignoring customer emails A German court has required Google to stop ignoring customer emails and start offering a way to communicate with the company. READ MORE Here are the security questions raised by Apple Pay Security pros reacted positively to Apple Pay, but withheld their full endorsement until the mobile payment system could be tested outside of the company's laboratories. READ MORE White Paper: 8x8, Inc Business Growing Pains: 5 Ways VoIP Helps If your business is growing, you probably already know that growth also means continually expanding needs. In particular, communication systems often become a stumbling block for small businesses trying to expand. View now Dense server battle to heat up with Intel's Xeon D next year Ahead of competition from ARM servers, Intel is putting more weight in the server space with a new Xeon D family of chips, which will be in systems next year. READ MORE 5 things made irrelevant by the iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch Plus one gadget they can't replace ... yet. READ MORE OneDrive now allows files of up to 10GB Addressing an issue often overlooked by cloud storage users when choosing a service, Microsoft has increased the maximum size for files uploaded to OneDrive from 2GB to 10GB. READ MORE These are the tools Google is using to try and beat Amazon at its own shopping game Google is building its own shopping empire by pulling together several services and its massive amount of data. READ MORE GIVEAWAY: Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours (Learning Lab) Five will win. Enter the drawing today! READ MORE White Paper: Red Hat Data Warehouse Builds More Agile, Private Cloud Find out how a large enterprise data warehouse company used Red Hat CloudForms to create a private cloud that including automated provisioning and self service for developers and testers, enabling them to build, test, and release new product versions faster. Learn more DON'T MISS... Why many programmers don't bother joining the ACM Top 25 free tools for every Windows desktop 10 amazing (and bizarre) drone discoveries Just their type: 10 keyboards beloved by programmers   11 colorful characters seen at Comic-Con International 2014 Follow ITworld You are currently subscribed to itworld_today as garn14.tech@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy Learn about INSIDER When accessing content promoted in this email, you are providing consent for your information to be shared with the sponsors of the content. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information. If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2014 ITworld, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@itworld.com. **