Tech's future up in the clouds at DEMO Fall '11

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	Tech's future up in the clouds at DEMO Fall '11 For years we've been subjected to endless amounts of PR describing the wonders cloud computing will bring. At this year's DEMO Fall, we finally got to see some of them. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Zyrion CIOs demand visibility to IT service performance Cloud, Virtualization, Mobility, Unified Computing and more, are all creating new, complex IT management challenges. Organizations want integrated service-centric monitoring solutions, like Zyrion, for service impact visibility and SLA compliance, executive dashboards, datacenter manager operational reporting, and service problem analysis. Read More. In this Issue Survey ranks best IT departments in financial services Who's made a buck developing a mobile app? Wanted: BI stars Symantec CEO nets $8.5 million pay package Measuring impact of Wi-Fi denial-of-service attacks How to join the gold rush for mobile apps Site builders: Drupal vs. Joomla vs. WordPress Microsoft cracks live migration problem Tufin automates policy changes and compliance for next-generation firewalls US Energy Dept. finds myriad challenges to building culture of network security Researcher discloses zero-day flaws in SCADA systems WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. A Perspective from the Edge of the Cloud Akamai Chief Scientist and co-Founder Tom Leighton explores the major forces and technology layers driving the cloud computing movement, the types of architectural approaches emerging and an assessment of the challenges that must be overcome for cloud computing to broadly succeed. Read now Survey ranks best IT departments in financial services Goldman Sachs came out on top in a ranking of the best IT departments in the financial services sector, as determined by a survey of 144 tech pros who work in that industry. Read More Who's made a buck developing a mobile app? If you're an IT pro with solid mobile skills, job openings are plentiful. But what if you're not? Turns out at least a few part-time mobile developers and hobbyists are making a buck off their mobile apps -- though just how much money they're making is a mystery. Read More Wanted: BI stars Many businesses are looking to train or hire BI specialists who will be able to cull valuable insights from vast amounts of data. But some are finding that recruiting people with the right mix of IT and business skills is difficult, as is training in-house staffers to take on the role of BI specialist. Read More WHITE PAPER: GFI Software Email Security in Small and Medium-sized Businesses No organization can afford to operate without an email security strategy. The risk landscape is constantly changing with new threats surfacing every day. This white paper looks at email security in small and medium businesses, the solutions available and what features SMBs cannot do without. Read now Symantec CEO nets $8.5 million pay package Symantec CEO Enrique Salem netted an $8.5 million pay package this year, down 6% from the $9 million he received in 2010. The company grew revenue by 3% while income suffered a 16% decline during Symantec's 2011 fiscal year. Read More Measuring impact of Wi-Fi denial-of-service attacks A research team at North Carolina State University has proposed a way of measuring the impact of wireless denial-of-service attacks on Wi-Fi networks. It's a step toward building focused counter-measures that can make such attacks costly to pull off. Read More How to join the gold rush for mobile apps As demand surges for apps to run on iOS, Android and whatever operating system will power the next wave of smart mobile devices, companies are facing a dearth of mobile development talent. For IT professionals with programming skills, that gap represents a fresh opportunity to embark on a career makeover. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies CA Technologies Newsletter featuring Gartner Research This publication, enhanced by Gartner research, reveals how to take a proactive IT approach which ensures visibility and control during the adoption of virtualization and cloud environments. Read now Site builders: Drupal vs. Joomla vs. WordPress Building a website has never been easier. Gone -- mostly -- are the days of having to hand-code HTML and PHP scripts in order to get a slick, fully functional website, thanks to the capabilities of content management systems that do most or all of the heavy lifting for site creators. Read More Microsoft cracks live migration problem With the next release of Windows Server operating system, Microsoft has conquered one of the thorniest problems in virtualization: moving an operational virtual machine (VM) across a wide area network (WAN). Read More Tufin automates policy changes and compliance for next-generation firewalls Next-generation firewalls are a big leap forward in terms of knowing who is using what Web-based applications, but tracking the configurations, changes and policies can be a huge task that requires automation tools. Tufin Technologies just announced product enhancements that may make a firewall administrator's job a little easier. Read More US Energy Dept. finds myriad challenges to building culture of network security When it comes to securing the nation's critical energy networks, the Department of Energy says much work remains. Key to that work are the engineers, network administrators, vendors and others behind the security technology -- but they will be leaving the industry in droves in the next five years, according to a Department of Energy security roadmap issued this week. Read More Researcher discloses zero-day flaws in SCADA systems An Italian security researcher this week disclosed details of several zero-day vulnerabilities he discovered in SCADA products from multiple vendors, a disclosure likely to reinforce concerns about critical infrastructures. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS Cloud companies to watch: A product sampler Our Cloud Companies to Watch story gives you the lowdown on a handful of startups looking to make their mark in a business so far dominated by the likes of Amazon, Google, Rackspace and VMware. Here's a closer look at some of the products and services being rolled out by these newcomers. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET We've got books on System Center Opalis Integration Server and Microsoft training of the winner's choice from Webucator.. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES Buzzblog: Blue screen of death gets a new look in Windows 8 Has Google's CEO stopped using Google+? Enterprise WAN connectivity: MPLS VPN vs. Public Internet Windows 8 coming in 2012? 6 reasons why this could derail Windows 7 now Bot army being assembled, awaiting orders Facebook's new friend lists: 5 things you need to know Stevie Wonder thanks Steve Jobs for making the iPhone and iPad so accessible Survey ranks best IT departments in financial services Windows Server 8: The Microsoft server fork Server 8 benefits from lessons learned with Azure
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