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	5 tech pros companies want to hire Networking pros are among the top five tech professionals that companies want to hire, according to Robert Half Technology. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CIO Perspective Taking Business Relationships to the Next Level Want to make your IT department a business influencer and game changer? Here directly from a panel of Houston CIOs how to transcend your "service provider" relationship with stakeholders and become a trusted business peer and partner at CIO Perspectives Houston! Register today! In this Issue A BlackBerry user's first impressions of his new iPhone 4S 6 true and tested IT superstitions Why Windows 8 is Microsoft's 'Apple-like' Slippery Slope Bank adopts 'security data warehouse' to fight persistent security threats After the iPod, ex-Apple engineers built world's coolest thermostat Sprint customers complain of slow network speeds with iPhone 4S IBM turns up Watson-like natural language healthcare analytics Spammers create their own URL shortening services EMC to put hardware in servers, VMs in storage Idaho National Laboratory to move to Google Apps NoSQL Ready For The Enterprise MIT building tracks researchers, visitors USTA Scores Cost Savings, Agility with Amazon Cloud Service WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Application Delivery 2.0 Handbook This comprehensive handbook offers guidance on ensuring application delivery with a systematic approach. Read More A BlackBerry user's first impressions of his new iPhone 4S I've been a BlackBerry user for years but finally decided I needed a device that provided a better Web browsing experience so just made the leap to an Apple iPhone 4S and thought I'd share some impressions. Read More 6 true and tested IT superstitions What dark powers do geeks turn to in times of need? Read More Why Windows 8 is Microsoft's 'Apple-like' Slippery Slope The following is a guest blog by freelance editor and self-confessed keyboard geek Marco Chiappetta. Now that we've been able to spend a little time with the Windows 8 Developer Preview, it's obvious that Microsoft is tailoring many of the interface elements to Touch enabled platforms. This is all well and good since Microsoft has to make a strong play in the ultramobile space, but I fear some... Read More Bank adopts 'security data warehouse' to fight persistent security threats Zions Bancorporation has set up a massive repository for proactively analyzing a combination of real-time security and business data in order to identify phishing attacks, prevent fraud and ward off stealthy hacker incursions known as advanced persistent threats. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Sainsbury's Safeguards Supply Chain for over 800 Stores Sainsbury operates the second largest online food retailer in the U.K. See their approach to gain better visibility to 1,800 devices and ensure high-availability of its network to safeguard the supply chain for over 800 stores and 100,000 online shoppers per week. Read now After the iPod, ex-Apple engineers built world's coolest thermostat So what do you do after you've helped build the IPod? Build wicked cool thermostats of course. That's what ex- Apple engineer Tony Fadell, who is now the founder and CEO of Nest, which this week rolled out its Learning Thermostat. Fadell is considered the creator of the iPod. Read More Sprint customers complain of slow network speeds with iPhone 4S Slow Sprint network performance with the new iPhone 4S has led customers to consider returning the Apple devices before Friday when Sprint's early termination fee of up to $350 takes effect. Read More IBM turns up Watson-like natural language healthcare analytics IBM today said it was rolling out software that will help doctors and insurance companies reduce costs by better analyzing and managing huge amount of patient data. Read More Spammers create their own URL shortening services Spammers have created their own services to shorten URLs (uniform resource locators) in an apparent attempt to circumvent security measures in place at well-known shortening websites, according to Symantec. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Forrester: IT Platform to Optimize and Consolidate In this report, Forrester investigates the reasons why you should consider WAN optimization solutions as the best way to gain better IT performance, cost savings, and greater flexibility for your business. And it's also a smart network improvement investment over the long-term. Get the facts about WAN optimization in this study. Read now! EMC to put hardware in servers, VMs in storage EMC held its user forum last week at the home of the New England Patriots, Gillette Stadium, using the opportunity to expound on its vision for virtualization and the cloud. Read More Idaho National Laboratory to move to Google Apps As many as 5,000 workers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory will be the latest government workers to start using Google Apps. Read More NoSQL Ready For The Enterprise There is no denying that NoSQL database technology has been a major force in the success of web-based powers like Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, etc. Applications that scale to the 10's of millions need the scalability that these non-relational databases offer. However, until now the picture for NoSQL for the enterprise has been a bit fuzzier. Do enterprise database needs outstrip the performance... Read More MIT building tracks researchers, visitors MIT building tracks researchers, visitors New tracking technology inside the MIT Media Lab monitors everything from office thermostats, to social media buzz to the location of workers. From: networkworld Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 02:13 More in Science & Technology Read More USTA Scores Cost Savings, Agility with Amazon Cloud Service USTA CIO Larry Bonfante explains why his organization moved its back-office systems to the cloud, why he selected Amazon Web Services (AWS), and the many benefits the USTA has been reaping from the decision. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 2011 tech industry graveyard Fortunately for the tech industry, there's a lot more living than dying, with 2011 seeing the birth of everything from Apple's iPad 2 to the Google+ social network. But inevitably, 2011 has also seen its share of dead, killed, murdered, offed, obliterated companies, technologies and ideas as well. Here's your chance to pay last respects, and who knows, maybe a few of these will sprout back to life. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET We've got books on System Center and Microsoft training of the winner's choice from Webucator.. Enter here.Also: Please take our survey on certifications and your career MOST-READ STORIES Double security whammy: Killer SSL DDoS attack, XML encryption broken Wi-Fi devices crowd 2.4GHz band; IT looks to 5GHz Week 1: Ubuntu Unity instead of Windows 7 and ready to scream New copper theft foil: Bust the drivers Linux 3.1 is out and supports OpenRISC, NFC, Wii Gartner: 10 key IT trends for 2012 iPad 2 vs. business class tablets Microsoft's YouTube channel gets hijacked and wiped clean High-speed Ethernet planning guide iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Oct. 21
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