Hot IT Skills in 2012
Research from two different firms suggests which IT skills are in the greatest demand this year. HTML5 leads the way. What skills are you after?
Office on the iPad? Don't Believe the Hype
Microsoft is denying that it will release Microsoft Office for the Apple iPad, despite a recent screenshot and report from The Daily.
News
- HP Profit Falls 44 Percent Amid Weak PC Sales
- Google Updates Docs on Android and Improves Presentation App
- Adobe to Linux Users: Get Chrome Or Forget Flash
- Wi-Fi Vendor Ruckus Expands Into Hybrid Mobile Networks
- IPad 3 Rumor Rollup for the Week of Feb. 21
- 36 State Attorneys General Question Google Privacy Changes
- Feds Request DNS Changer Extension to Keep 400K Users Online
- Apple to Open Another Data Center in Oregon
- Oracle Lawsuit Alleges 'gray Market Conspiracy' Over Support Services
- How to Go Hybrid
Applications
- Google Updates Docs on Android and Improves Presentation App
- Adobe to Linux Users: Get Chrome Or Forget Flash
- 36 State Attorneys General Question Google Privacy Changes
- Oracle Lawsuit Alleges 'gray Market Conspiracy' Over Support Services
- Expert: Microsoft has Itself to Blame in Browser-Privacy Flap
- Juniper Buys Web Security Company for $80 Million
- SAP Lays Out Product Direction Post-SuccessFactors Deal
- How IBM Sold Business Analytics by Relying Solely on Partners
- RSA Conference 2012 Sneak Peek: Cloud, Big Data, and Mobile
- Symantec: Mobile Adoption has Reached Tipping Point
Careers
- 4 Reasons We Procrastinate Despite Knowing Better
- MIT Offers Free Online Electronics Course
- Big Data Helps Drive Math Ph.Ds to IBM
- Linux Skills in Demand, Wages Up
- How to Manage a Distributed Development Team
- Employment for Security Professionals At All-Time High
- What Would You Give Up to Telecommute? a Raise? Vacation Time? Spouse?
- Chief Mobile Officer: a Job Title Now Timely?
- IT Pay: Premiums for IT Skills Drop as IT Departments Reorganize
- 6 Key Skills New IT Grads Are Lacking
Cloud Computing
- How to Go Hybrid
- Amazon Cloud Service Automates Business Processes
- BSA: the World is Not Yet Cloud Friendly
- RSA Conference 2012 Sneak Peek: Cloud, Big Data, and Mobile
- Ranking 24 Nations by Cloud Policy
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An Agile IT Architecture in Three Easy Steps - (Fill in the Blank)-As-a-Service
- Antenna Software Launches Cloud-Based Mobile App Service
- Microsoft to Tightly Integrate Windows 8 and SkyDrive
- Is Your Cloud Project Ready to be Agile?
Data Center
- Price of DRAM Plunges to All-Time Low of Around $1
- Windows Server 8 to Be Storage-Focused OS
- Microsoft to Tightly Integrate Windows 8 and SkyDrive
- Groupon Acquires Location Services Startup Hyperpublic
- Intel Ponders Solar-Powered CPU Tech in Graphics, Memory
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5 Ways CIOs Benefit From Facetime with Customers
- Security in the Cloud Is All About Visibility and Control
- Slow Smartphone? it's Not the Network, it's NAND Flash
- Readying Ethernet for the Converged Data Center
- SSDs have a 'Bleak' Future, Researchers Say
Mobile
- Wi-Fi Vendor Ruckus Expands Into Hybrid Mobile Networks
- BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0: Four Things IT Needs to Know
- Apple Store Thief Can't Hold Out for IPhone 5
- Verizon Users Whacked with Another LTE Outage
- AT&T Vs. Verizon: LTE Showdown in the Big Apple
- BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 OS: Closer, but Still No Cigar
- RSA Conference 2012 Sneak Peek: Cloud, Big Data, and Mobile
- Groups Ask FCC to Block Verizon Spectrum Deals with Cable Providers
- Symantec: Mobile Adoption has Reached Tipping Point
- Kineto's Smart VoIP Goes Head to Head with Google Voice, Skype
Web 2.0
- 36 State Attorneys General Question Google Privacy Changes
- 9 Ways Google+ Can Help Your Business
- With Google Out, Twitter Inks Search Deal with Yandex
- Twitter Teams with Russian Search Engine
- 10 Questions for Snap Interactive CFO Jon Pedersen Sr.
- Top Brands Dominate Google+ Growth Numbers
- The FBI and the DOJ Want You to Report Suspicious People and Monitor Social Networks. Goodbye Liberty
- Twitter Finally Completes Redesign Rollout for All Users
- Twitter Enables HTTPS By Default
- How to Start Your Business on the Cheap--with Help From the Crowd
Virtualization
- iPad 3: Should It Support LTE?
- Enterproid to Enable Work and Personal Numbers on One Phone
- Four Keys to Successful BYOD
- Citrix Simplifies Cloud Service Management
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Cisco's John Stewart on the Latest Security Threats and What Enterprises Can Do to Fight Back
- F5 Gear Bought to Optimize WAN Also Helps with VDI
- Google to Launch Cloud Storage 'Drive' Soon - Reports
- EMC to Flesh Out VFCache with VMware Integration, Other Additions
- Nicira Debuts with Its SDN Baby
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The Future of Hypervisors
Security
- 36 State Attorneys General Question Google Privacy Changes
- Feds Request DNS Changer Extension to Keep 400K Users Online
- Symantec: New ZeuS Botnet No Longer Needs Central Command Servers
- FCC Chairman Calls on ISPs to Adopt New Security Measures
- Expert: Microsoft has Itself to Blame in Browser-Privacy Flap
- Juniper Buys Web Security Company for $80 Million
- Researcher: 200,000 Windows PCs Vulnerable to PcAnywhere Hijacking
- Google's New Privacy Policy: How to Stay Off the Grid
- Industry on Cybersecurity Act of 2012: Not So Fast
- RSA Conference 2012 Sneak Peek: Cloud, Big Data, and Mobile
Outsourcing
- How IBM Sold Business Analytics by Relying Solely on Partners
- Adopting ITIL, COBIT Is Not Always the Best Practice
- How to Save the IT Industry in 4 (Not So Easy) Steps
- Growth in Indian IT Services Exports to Slow Down, Says Nasscom
- Obama's H-1B Answer in Forum May Haunt Him
- Outsourcer Cognizant Posts Strong Revenue and Profit Growth Despite Uncertain Market
- India Builds a Mega Data Center
- Unilever in Major SAP Usage Expansion
- Engineer's Wife 'Ferocious' in Obama Q&A on H-1Bs
- H-1B Workers Are Better Paid, More Educated, Study Finds
Operating Systems
- Adobe to Linux Users: Get Chrome Or Forget Flash
- Oracle Lawsuit Alleges 'gray Market Conspiracy' Over Support Services
- Three Ways Windows 8 Improves Language Support
- UK Gets Its Own Version of English in Windows 8
- Windows Server 8 to Be Storage-Focused OS
- Three Cool Ways You'll Benefit From SkyDrive in Windows 8
- What You Should Expect From Windows 8
- Apple Moves Toward Digital Unity with Mountain Lion
- FAQ: What's What in OS X Mountain Lion?
- Microsoft Doubles Support Lifespan for Consumer Windows 7, Vista
Data Center Definitions & Solutions
What is a data center? How are data centers managed? What data center technologies should I be aware of?
CIO 100 2011
The 2011 CIO 100 Awards honor 100 companies that are accelerating business results by innovating with technology. Find out who they are.
DDoS attacks are larger, stealthier, more targeted, and more sophisticated than ever. In this whitepaper, Verisign has identified a set of best practices that enables organizations to keep pace with DDoS attacks while minimizing impact on business operations.
Sponsored by Verisign Inc.
Few companies can afford the damage - financial and otherwise - that can result from a DNS failure. Yet, the latest Verisign State of the DNS Availability Report shows that DNS availability was a problem for many of the Internet's top-ranked sites. Read more about the risks and potential impacts of network downtime to revenue generation, business
Sponsored by Verisign Inc.
This document provides a valuable overview of key cyber security trends during 2011 and how those trends and others might unfold in 2012. iDefense intends for this report to serve as a reference and a strategic complement to daily tactical intelligence reports for the purpose of providing IT security and business operations with actionable and relevant decision support.
Sponsored by Verisign Inc.
In this report, Yankee Group Research outlines the pros and cons of in-house, ISP and managed service provider DNS management options.
Sponsored by Verisign Inc.
Virtualization initiatives are underway at most small and midsize businesses, but some unexpected challenges have prevented many organizations from achieving original goals. This virtualization Knowledge Vault has expert resources to move past the most common obstacles.
Sponsored by Dell
How "mobile ready" is your infrastructure? This Mobility Knowledge Vault provides a wide variety of expert advice on how to strike a balance between end user ease-of-use and security. Prepare your organization with primers on data encryption and user authentication, device disablement and devising an employee-liable device strategy that makes both IT and users happy.
Sponsored by Dell
As greater numbers of datacenter servers transition from the physical to the virtual world, the components of virtualization success come to the fore. What scores of organizations have discovered is that success is derived from an optimal pairing of the right software platform with the right hardware platform.
Sponsored by AMD
Join guest speaker, Rohit Mehra, IDC Director of Enterprise Communications Infrastructure, to explore current trends, discuss best practices for optimizing Data Center and enterprise campus network infrastructures for the Cloud, and identify ways to better allocate network resources, reduce operating costs and improve application performance.
Sponsored by HP
Executive Women in IT (EWIT) Webcast - March 22, 2012
Join Pamela Rucker, co-chair of the CIO Executive Council's EWIT community of practice, for a webcast featuring practical tips on how to manage your career in today's marketplace. From broadening your current set of responsibilities to looking externally for a new challenge, Pamela, founder of The Rucker Group and former vice president of IT at PSC, will discuss how advancing your career means more about getting to the place you ultimately want to be, not necessarily just moving up the corporate ladder. Register: Packaging Yourself to Move Your Career Forward
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