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• From M2M to IoT: Old industries have to learn new tricks

  The Internet of Things may be a new idea, but machines talking to other machines is not.

• Cloud upstarts: Too cheap to trust?

  Hosting provider Atlantic.net launched a $0.99 per month cloud server this fall, which is significantly less expensive than the $0.013 per hour starting price for market-leader Amazon Web Services' on-demand Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) virtual machines.

• Why CIOs Need to Embrace New Norms of the Hybrid Cloud

  Forget viewing yourself as a cloud services broker. In today's hybrid cloud enterprise the CIO's truly high value role is the creation of seamless business flows that bridge cloud and on-premisec infrastructure to help the business operate better, says Intel CIO Kim Stevenson.

• Microsoft goes after Google and Amazon with hybrid Cloud push

  With a series of Cloud announcements on Monday, Microsoft moved to put a stake in the ground with hybrid Cloud computing and emerge from the shadow of Cloud rivals Google and Amazon.

• Fitness Trackers are Changing Online Privacy -- and It's Time to Pay Attention

  Throughout the history of technology, few sectors have expanded and evolved as rapidly as today's burgeoning wearable tech market. Piles of unique and unusual, flashy and fancy -- often goofy and gimmicky -- new wearables are announced every week. There are smartwatches, smartglasses, intelligent socks and "onesies" for infants, rings for public transit payments and even "wearable tattoos."

• IoT is here and there, but not everywhere yet

  The Internet of Things is still too hard. Even some of its biggest backers say so.

• A guide to the confusing Internet of Things standards world

  Google recently announced a new networking protocol called Thread that aims to create a standard for communication between connected household devices.

• University CIO helps boost graduation rates with analytics

  Brian A. Haugabrook, interim CIO at Valdosta State University in Georgia, deployed analytics tools that enable faculty and staff to identify students who need extra help. The effort paid off with higher graduation rates.

• Data manipulation tricks: Even better in R

  Some Excel tips and tricks for manipulating dates, and for getting data into the format you need, are also ready for your R pleasure.

• USB Type-C: Simpler, faster and more powerful

  The next generation of USB cables, the Type-C, will offer faster data streams, an increased ability to power devices, and better ease of use.

• AI gets its groove back

  Thanks to the advent of Big Data, new algorithms and massive, affordable computing power, artificial intelligence is now, finally, on a roll again.

• Intel plays defense against ARM with Cloudera stake

  Intel's US$740 million investment in software company Cloudera will help sell more x86 chips in Hadoop installations, but it could also be a defensive move to maintain its server lead from the emerging threat posed by 64-bit ARM servers.

• Intel vs. ARM: Two titans' tangled fate

  Intel has barely made a dent in the mobile market, while ARM has been wildly successful. Does that spell doom for Intel -- or is ARM's triumph overblown?

• Mindspeed acquisition fuels Intel's hopes for bigger network role

  Intel's acquisition of mobile network assets from silicon vendor Mindspeed Technologies will give the chip giant what it needs to extend the Intel architecture throughout mobile operator networks, helping the carriers upgrade hardware and roll out new services more quickly, according to Intel.

• How Social Analytics Can Improve Enterprise IT Efficiency

  VoloMetrix's enterprise analytics technology uses social engineering to let CIOs quickly identify bottlenecks and pain points in their organization. Using that data, they can better allocate time, energy and resources. The only catch is they have to mine employees email to get that data.