5 hot IT certification picks for 2010; Hardware to drive spending growth

	Hardware to drive IT spending growth in 2010 | Start-up founded by HP vets targets cloud computing deployments
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	5 hot IT certification picks for 2010 Industry organizations and vendors are broadening their IT certification training catalogs to address emerging technologies and market needs. Vendor-specific (Cisco, Microsoft) and technology-specific (network, security and open source) certifications can help advance IT careers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Internap Picking an Enterprise Hosting Provider Selecting the right managed hosting provider for your business is a critical part of your success. The white paper Nine Considerations When Choosing a Managed Hosting Provider provides a roadmap for choosing a provider. It is also designed to address some of the common misconceptions about hosting. Click here for the white paper In this Issue Hardware to drive IT spending growth in 2010 Start-up founded by HP vets targets cloud computing deployments Review: HP's StorageWorks IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class IBM ties Salesforce.com, UPS to LotusLive WHITE PAPER: Dell Windows 7 Early Adopter Case Study Learn how Dell helped a leading business services firm complete an enterprise-wide Windows 7 migration. Learn More Now Hardware to drive IT spending growth in 2010 Industry watchers forecast an increase in computer hardware and equipment purchases, followed by investments in software, which both will contribute to a strong economic environment in 2010. Read More WHITE PAPER: Double-Take Software Virtualization and Disaster Recovery The need to protect virtualized systems is paramount but organizations may not understand how vulnerable they are to disaster. This whitepaper discusses the challenges of protecting virtualized workloads and how Double-Take Software's solutions can help. Read Now. Start-up founded by HP vets targets cloud computing deployments Cloud storage start-up TwinStrata launches with software designed to ease cloud computing deployments with Amazon and other providers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks Network Rightsizing Best Practices Guide Network Rightsizing is an evolutionary approach to network design that significantly reduces costs while simultaneously increasing mobility for campus and enterprise users. This guide provides a methodology to enable IT to break away from the status quo of port-based network architectures, allowing an unprecedented reduction in cost and complexity. Read More! Review: HP's StorageWorks IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class HP's StorageWorks IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class: High performance, low latency Read More IBM ties Salesforce.com, UPS to LotusLive IBM is integrating its LotusLive SaaS (software as a service) collaboration suite with a range of other business applications and services, including Salesforce.com, UPS shipping, Skype and the Silanis e-signature service. Read More
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