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Cutting the Cord on WANs
Cutting the Cord on WANs
Traditional network design dictated that each branch was connected to headquarters or the datacenter where mission critical applications were hosted with
May 7, 2014
Why IT Leaders Stand to Benefit from the Natural Process of Network Programmability
Why IT Leaders Stand to Benefit from the Natural Process of Network Programmability
The programming of network resources is not just a trend, but also a way to future-proof IT and business needs. This blog series examines how infrastructure programmability is providing a...
May 7, 2014
Cisco is a Premier Sponsor at OpenStack Summit Atlanta 2014
Cisco is a Premier Sponsor at OpenStack Summit Atlanta 2014
The Spring OpenStack Summit will be held in Atlanta, May 12-16, 2014.  The Summit will take place over five days, Monday - Friday, at the Georgia World
May 7, 2014
Alpha-funded Steam game Towns abandoned by devs
Alpha-funded Steam game Towns abandoned by devs
A day after Valve was forced to remove a game from Steam for deceitful marketing, the company now has another dilemma on its hands, as the team behind a well publicized alpha game has decided to pull the plug.
May 7, 2014
China's mobile game market is about to surpass the U.S. market
China's mobile game market is about to surpass the U.S. market
According to SuperData Research, consumer spending in the Chinese mobile games market will overtake the U.S. market next year, making Android game development all the more relevant.
May 7, 2014
Nintendo swings back to losses, as the Wii U pulls it down
Nintendo swings back to losses, as the Wii U pulls it down
Nintendo saw its revenues slump and its profits swing to heavy losses during the last fiscal year, due to terrible Nintendo Wii U sales -- in fact, just 2.72 million hardware units were sold over the last 12 months.
May 7, 2014
Source code released for Crytek's Renderdoc graphics debugger
Source code released for Crytek's Renderdoc graphics debugger
Crytek today released the complete source code for its Renderdoc graphics debugger, in a bid to get the development community more involved with improvements to the utilities.
May 7, 2014
King profits are up from last year, but down from recent quarters
King profits are up from last year, but down from recent quarters
Candy Crush Saga creator King today released its first quarter results for the 2014 fiscal year, recording flat revenues and a drop in profits compared to the previous quarter.
May 7, 2014
New Pokemon on the way: Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
New Pokemon on the way: Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Nintendo has just announced Pokemon Omega Ruby and Pokemon Alpha Sapphire, the next titles in the Pokemon franchise, and a throwback to the original 2003 Ruby and Sapphire releases.
May 7, 2014
Get a job: Firaxis Games is hiring a Graphics Programmer
Get a job: Firaxis Games is hiring a Graphics Programmer
Firaxis Games is looking to hire an experienced graphics programmer to work alongside the rest of the team in its Baltimore, Maryland office.
May 7, 2014
Video: What's next for empathetic games?
Video: What's next for empathetic games?
Papa & Yo designer Vander Caballero shares tips and techniques for building better empathetic games and expounds upon the value of exploring empathy in game design during GDC 2014.
May 7, 2014
Nintendo: 'We're not trying to provide social commentary' with Tomodachi Life
Nintendo: 'We're not trying to provide social commentary' with Tomodachi Life
Nintendo says it is "absolutely not trying to provide social commentary" with its life sim Tomodachi Life, and has no plans to allow same-sex relationships in the game.
May 7, 2014