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Which IT jobs will survive the credit crunch?

Monday, September 29th, 2008

The economic downturn will see an increase in demand for tech professionals specializing in IT architecture as businesses consolidate their operations. The economic downturn will see an increase in demand for tech professionals specializing in IT architecture as businesses consolidate their operations. According to analyst…
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What the credit crunch means for IT

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

The credit crunch has dominated the front pages in 2008, and claimed a number of high-profile scalps, such as that of the 158-year-old Lehman Brothers bank. As job losses mount, and with HP announcing it will lay off tens of thousands of workers following its purchase of…
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Top five issues your IT staff wants to address but is afraid to tell you

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

If you?re an IT manager or CIO, you may want to gather the troops before you begin the Web 2.0 modernization process as even the best laid plans can go awry says Nexaweb Technologies Jeremy Chone. Commentary–The proliferation of enterprise Web 2.0 has created new…
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Torvalds attacks IT industry ’security circus’

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

The Linux creator has some harsh words for creators of the OpenBSD operating system, as part of a wider critique of what he sees as self-centered behavior in the IT security industry Linux creator Linus Thorvalds has labeled makers of the OpenBSD operating system a “bunch of masturbating monkeys”,…
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New hybrid delivery security architecture

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Secure Computing’s Ken Rutsky tells how to integrate Software-as-a-Service SaaS, virtualization and appliance security offerings to let users get exactly what they want. ?In the past, CIOs deployed their own self-contained application architectures on their own servers and storage systems. This old model is giving way to a hybrid…
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IT work is ‘boring,’ students

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

IT jobs in the UK have the worst label possible–they’re “boring” according 63 percent of students who took part in a careers survey. Plus, the study that the gender divide will worsen. The majority of non-computing students perceive that information technology as a career would…
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How to maximize performance in virtualized environments

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Virtualization so far has found a home within pre-production and less-than-critical use–and has yet to find its way into more business-critical area, says OpTier’s Motti Tal. Commentary–There?s no doubt about the great potential of virtualization to cut IT hardware and management costs, and utilize…
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One in three IT staff snoops on colleagues: survey

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

One in three information technology professionals abuses administrative passwords to access confidential data, according to a survey. FRANKFURT–One in three information technology professionals abuses administrative passwords to access confidential data such as colleagues’ salary details, personal emails or board-meeting minutes, according to a survey. U.S….
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How IT can save us from recession

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

IT staff to the rescue. They have to both identify and solve business needs to lift the country out of a financial downturn, says Gartner analysts. IT innovation will be a key factor in helping the US to get out of recession, said a Gartner analyst on Monday. …
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Top 5 compliance challenges in a virtualized world

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Despite the naysayers, virtualization is showing some extremely compelling ROI and transforming the way corporate IT provisions and administers not only the data center but also the user desktop experience, says Fortisphere’s Chris Farrow. Commentary–News flash! Virtualization is here to stay. Despite…
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Beyond compliance: Keys to effective user access risk management

Monday, February 25th, 2008

The demands of regulatory compliance are among the factors driving corporate IT and security managers to improve their access governance processes, but that’s not the whole story, says Aveska CEO Deepak Taneja. Commentary–The stakes involved in access-related risk have risen dramatically…
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Recession fears squeeze tech budgets

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Tech budgets are starting to feel the heat on the back of the credit crunch crisis and fears of a recession according to a jury of CIOs. A near crash in the global markets last week caused economic panic and heightened fears the UK and other economies are heading…
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Poll: Businesses in U.S. warm to Vista

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Almost half IT decision makers are using or evaluating the OS, and 35 percent are in the process of migration, a CDW poll shows. Adoption of Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system is starting to pick up among businesses in the U.S. Just under half–48 percent–of IT decision…
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