25 free open source projects IT pros will love

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	25 free open source projects IT pros will love We asked SourceForge's new community manager and longtime open source coder, Rich Bowen, to sniff out a few of the cool, lesser-known SourceForge projects he thinks IT folks will love. Here are his picks, along with a few of our own. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Alcatel-Lucent Discover the new currency for the networked-community age Alcatel-Lucent's Allison Cerra and Christina James spent a year pursuing the essence of identity in the virtual world and beyond. With Identity Shift, they examine how technology, identity and expectations intersect, offering a compelling look at how we present and protect ourselves, build trust, and find value in the networked-community age. Click to continue In this Issue CIO Q&A: How Citrix supports more workers with lower IT budget Desire for Windows 8 tablet shrinking, Forrester says Two-thirds of firewall managers lack confidence in their security posture Microsoft: Office 365 a hit, especially with small businesses Mohawk Fine Papers builds integration-in-the-cloud Survey: IT certifications lead to jobs, higher pay NetApp, Iron Mountain team up on medical archive service HP pairs Autonomy and Vertica software Customer sues Epicor after ERP software project attempt ends in 'big mess' WHITE PAPER: Dell Mobility KnowledgeVault The resources in this Mobility KnowledgeVault provide expert guidance, peer advice, survey results and best practices to help you protect your mobile infrastructure. From determining a policy for employee-owned devices and data encryption to supporting the six major mobile operating systems, securing mobile devices and data is a top priority. View now CIO Q&A: How Citrix supports more workers with lower IT budget Citrix CIO Paul Martine is the poster child for everything that Citrix markets to other CIOs. Read More Desire for Windows 8 tablet shrinking, Forrester says Interest in tablets with Microsoft's Windows 8 is plummeting, Forrester Research says. Read More Two-thirds of firewall managers lack confidence in their security posture In its annual firewall management survey, Tufin Technologies uncovered some disheartening details. For example, 1 in 4 firewall managers have never conducted an audit, and 66% of the managers think their processes put them at risk of a security breach. The alarm is sounding for a giant wake-up call. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splice Communications The Real Cost of Dealing with Carriers What is the TCO for your company's data network services and solutions? If you work with one of the large carriers, it's probably a lot higher than you think. Read Now! Microsoft: Office 365 a hit, especially with small businesses Office 365, Microsoft's cloud collaboration and communication suite for organizations, is selling eight times faster than its predecessor, the Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), and has been particularly successful among small businesses, which make up over 90% of its customer base, the company announced on Tuesday. Read More Mohawk Fine Papers builds integration-in-the-cloud Just two weeks after Mohawk Fine Papers made the decision to sell its products on Amazon.com, integration work was complete, connections to its ERP system lit up and sales started rolling in. "Amazon generated tens of thousands of dollars in revenue immediately," says Paul Stamas, vice president of IT at the $83 million, 725-employee manufacturer of premium papers. Read More Survey: IT certifications lead to jobs, higher pay In this survey of 700 IT professionals, most say certifications have led to raises and better jobs, busting the myth that certs are nothing but a scam. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Create a Solid Backup Strategy The simpler a backup plan is to plan and execute, the more likely it is to be done. Read Now! NetApp, Iron Mountain team up on medical archive service NetApp is teaming up with Iron Mountain to offer its StorageGRID object storage software with two Iron Mountain medical data archiving services: the Digital Record Center for Medical Images and its vendor-neutral archive offering. Read More HP pairs Autonomy and Vertica software Hewlett-Packard is quickly putting to use its recent acquisitions of Autonomy and Vertica, integrating the software from these companies into a single software package, called the HP Next Generation Information Platform. Read More Customer sues Epicor after ERP software project attempt ends in 'big mess' A would-be Epicor customer is taking the ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor to court over a "big mess" of a software project that it says ended up battering its bottom line instead of improving operations. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS Top IT Turkeys of 2011 You know, it just doesn't feel like Thanksgiving to me unless I have mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, and an iPad with the annual Network World Top IT Turkeys slideshow all arranged on the table for the feast. So let's sharpen our knives and get to the carving, because these turkeys are getting cold. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET Everyone who enters will win free training from Webucator. Grand prize: a SharePoint training class worth $2,375. All who enter will be awarded a self-paced class of their choosing. Enter here: http://www.networkworld.com/community/contests. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES 25 free open source projects IT pros will love Free software activists to take on Google with new free search engine iPhone self-combusts over Australian skies Cisco tells HP to lose that suit Hackers target IPv6 iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending Nov. 25 Privacy to be punted again when 'balanced' against need for govt spying Open source tools for worship Cisco reorgs again, folds net management into new cloud group Windows 8 coming in 2012? 6 reasons why this could derail Windows 7 now
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