A matchmaker for cloud services

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	A matchmaker for cloud services Networking professionals know they need to be on the cloud. But which cloud? Or more precisely, which cloud services should they use? As is usually the case in enterprise computing, there are no simple answers. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Network Instruments VoIP issues? 10 Gb problems? VM troubles? App breakdowns? Get to the core of your network, applications, and infrastructure problems from the inside out. Download the free demo and three popular white papers now. In this Issue IT recruiting a casualty of the recession Early OpenFlow user details 'exciting' benefits 9 tech superstars as comic book characters What's next for ERP? Tear down the walls In Texas heat, servers take dip to keep cool Outsourced and fired, IT workers fight back Research in game theory tackles IT complexity IT hiring remains strong despite economic fears Change the labels, shift perspectives of security Get control over your cross-platform identity management issues WHITE PAPER: F5 Virtual Clustered Multiprocessing (vCMP) Virtual Clustered Multiprocessing (vCMP), the industry's first purpose-built hypervisor, completes this functionality by allowing administrators to completely segment those resources into independent, virtual ADCs. Read Now! IT recruiting a casualty of the recession In the face of a lousy economy, hiring freezes and expense cuts, many companies have decimated their recruiting teams. But as IT staffs ramp up efforts to fill open positions and compete for key talent, this lack of recruiting resources could hurt them. Read More Early OpenFlow user details 'exciting' benefits OpenFlow promises to make networking more programmable, and one early user is reaping the initial benefits. Read More 9 tech superstars as comic book characters Ever wonder what superpowers Steve Jobs or Bill Gates would have in a comic book? Check out our slideshow of what-if tech superheroes (and supervillains). Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Case Study – Petrobas Download the case study to learn how Riverbed deployed Steelhead® appliances to reduce Petrobras' backup window from 34 hours to four hours, improve application performance for remote workers to LAN-like speeds, and more. Read now! What's next for ERP? Tear down the walls Few systems are more efficient at managing internal data than enterprise resource planning (ERP), but business today happens between companies, and when it comes to managing external information and relationships, ERP falls short. To fill this gap, many organizations are turning to open, hosted platforms that can be more easily accessed and shared. Read More In Texas heat, servers take dip to keep cool It may take a leap to believe that computers can function in fluid, but at the Texas Advanced Computing Center in Austin that's exactly what's being done. Read More Outsourced and fired, IT workers fight back On the day they were fired early last year, about 40 IT employees at Molina Healthcare Inc. had been gathered in a conference room for what they were told would be a planning meeting. At the same time, laptop computers were being collected from the assembled workers' desks. Read More WHITE PAPER: CenturyLink Business Qwest Cloud-Based Services: On-Demand Access to IT Resources More and more IT leaders are turning to outsourced, cloud computing services to fulfill their growing technology needs—and do more with less. See how you can grow your business with on-demand, scalable applications and cloud-computing infrastructure—and pay only for what you need. Read now! Research in game theory tackles IT complexity As IT systems are getting more complex, designing them correctly is getting more difficult, too, says computer scientist Krishnendu Chatterjee. For his work on game theoretic models for the synthesis of correct systems he has now won both a $1.7 million grant from the European Research Council and a $200,000 Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship. Read More IT hiring remains strong despite economic fears IT professionals looking for new jobs need not fear that the recent spate of bad economic news will hamper their job searches. IT staffing industry executives agree that IT hiring in the U.S. will remain robust through the end of the year, bucking renewed fears of a double dip recession recently brought on by stock market corrections, the ongoing debt crisis in Europe and the U.S., and Standard &Poor's downgrade of America's credit rating. Read More Change the labels, shift perspectives of security When hired into an organization, each person has a defined responsibility, set of skills and sphere of influence. In essence, each individual is an expert contributing to the success of the organization. Read More Get control over your cross-platform identity management issues According to the Gartner 2010 CIO Survey, identity management is the No. 1 IT security priority through 2011. This will be an ongoing concern well beyond 2011 as companies grapple with increasingly complex and disparate infrastructures and a multitude of new mobile access devices. New tools offer help in gaining control across heterogeneous platforms, even into the cloud. Read More
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