Wednesday, November 09, 2011

iPhone apps: A DIY skill that's in big demand

IT job listings plateau | Bloodiest tech industry layoffs of 2011

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iPhone apps: A DIY skill that's in big demand
iPhone developers are in demand across the United States and Canada, causing salaries to skyrocket for those with experience creating complex, mobile applications on Apple's iOS platform. Read More


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Application Performance Management
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The Application Grid Approach to a Modern Data Center
An application grid approach significantly automates the process of adding, reducing, or modifying existing IT deployments in support of highly scalable systems that have less downtime and lower resource consumption. Learn More!

IT job listings plateau
Compared to a year ago, the IT job market looks healthy. As of November 1, Dice.com listed 81,680 available tech jobs, up 12% from 72,673 jobs in November 2010. But a look at Dice's stats from the last five months shows that growth in the IT jobs market has stalled. Read More

Bloodiest tech industry layoffs of 2011
Job cuts in the U.S. technology industry in 2011 are down significantly from a year ago and turnover levels in IT shops have returned to pre-recessionary levels, but that doesn't make the tens of thousands of people in the United States who have been laid off from electronics, telecommunications and computer industry jobs feel much better. Read More

IT must prepare for Hadoop security issues
Corporate IT executives need to pay attention to numerous potential security issues before using Hadoop to aggregate data from multiple, disparate sources, analysts and IT executives said at the Hadoop World conference here this week. Read More


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Optimize virtualization with HP & Intel
Virtualization has become a powerful enabler for consolidating servers, running applications in multiple operating system environments, simplifying administration and lowering operating costs. This paper describes how to optimize server virtualization using enterprise-class HP Multi-Port Server Adapters and Intel® Ethernet technology. Click to continue

A startup tech job fair with beer, music, 80 employers
When Frank Sinatra sang 'If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere' about New York, he wasn't singing about startup tech businesses. Those startups are most associated with Silicon Valley, not Manhattan. Read More

CIOs, CTOs shed yet more techie cred
Should any doubts linger, CIOs and CTOs are techies first no more. Read More

Cisco invests in Korean venture for smart buildings and cities
Cisco is acquiring a minority stake in a subsidiary of KT, a South Korean telecommunications services company, which will offer managed services for smart buildings and smart city projects from January. Read More


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Building the Next Generation Data Center
Virtualization promotes flexible utilization of IT resources, reduced capital costs, high energy efficiency, highly-available applications, and improved business continuity. Learn More

Salesforce.com launches Do project management app
Salesforce.com's reach is about to get wider both in terms of functionality and target audience with the arrival of Do, a project management application announced in public beta. Read More

Adobe to reduce enterprise software investment
Adobe will cut 750 jobs and reduce its investment in enterprise software as part of a broader plan to target the fast-growing markets for digital media and digital marketing products, the company said Tuesday. Read More

Tablets get snappier with Nvidia's quad-core Tegra 3
Tablets and smartphones will soon get quad-core processors with Nvidia's new Tegra 3 chip, which will eclipse the application and graphics performance provided by dual-core processors found on tablets like Apple's iPad and Motorola's Xoom. Read More



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