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Look for Cloud Certifications in 2014

The impact of the cloud on IT and business is unquestionable. Unfortunately, when it comes to hiring individuals with the correct skill-set or showcasing cloud proficiency to future employers, questions can arise in abundance. For the New Year we offer nine cloud certifications to look for in 2014.

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Why Curiosity Makes for an Excellent Software Tester

What makes for an excellent software tester? Even more important than what a tester knows is how a tester thinks. A consistent quality of the best software testers is a curious, inquisitive mind. Even if you think you've outgrown curiosity, there are ways you can get it back in your testing.

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Beth Romanik
Text Messages by Molecular Communication

Alcohol has occasionally been the catalyst for communication, but now it can claim to be the medium for it. Read more to see how scientists have been testing out continuous communications of generic messages over a distance of several meters—by way of vodka.

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Man Arrested in First Electric Car-Related Case of Siphoning

Charges are reportedly going to be dropped in the case against a Georgia man accused of stealing four cents’ worth of electricity from a school parking lot. But the incident has set off a national discussion as electric car users realize there are very few laws that govern charging their vehicles.

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Kirill Bensonoff
Pricing as a Service: A New Trend to Watch in 2014

As we get ready for 2014, early views into trend reports indicate a continued and stronger presence for cloud computing, including a newer manifestation—pricing as a service. The need to determine the right pricing for a product has forced organizations to bring in newer pricing strategies.

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Mukesh Sharma
Have You Become Complacent at Work?

Complacency refers to a feeling of satisfaction with the way things are, accompanied by a lack of awareness of potential or actual problems or dangers. Complacency signifies a missing spark. You can’t simply make it go away. Instead, you have to replace it with something equally powerful.

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Naomi Karten
Lessons Learned from Twitter’s Success in Japan

Twitter enjoys massive popularity in Japan, and this was evident from the recent tweets per second record set in Japan. Anuj Magazine examines some possible explanations for the significant rise of Twitter in Japan and the lessons we can learn from this.

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Anuj Magazine
The Downside of Green Power: Eagle Deaths

The growth of wind farm deployments in the United States has been second only to gas-powered electrical plants in the past six years. Using alternative energy sources is a popular concept, but the growing use of wind farms has a downside—the killing of eagles and other wildlife.

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Pamela Rentz