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	For 2012, power-efficient servers could get a shot in the ARM In 2012 a fundamental change in server architecture could be on tap as companies look to cut data center costs with the help of technologies like ARM processors and graphics chips, analysts said. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: VCE (Virtual Computing Environment) Simplify Desktop Virtualization VCE has integrated best-of-breed technology from industry leaders Cisco, EMC and VMware. This solution helps automate desktop and application management by reducing VDI trial and deployment times, scaling easily to support thousands of users, rapidly provisioning and decommissioning desktops and providing seamless support to include VMware View™. Click to continue In this Issue Cisco impresses with UCS Cisco UCS pricing: It's complicated CIOs describe their ideal job candidates How to Increase IT Staff Skills 10 Things We Love and Hate about Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot 11.10 'LAN-party house' guy spills important cost details RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cyrusone Plan your capacity needs with CyrusOne. Are you running out of data center space? Sign up for a free data capacity analysis and let a CyrusOne expert help you plan for the future. We've helped Fortune 1000s reduce capital costs and improve security with colocation solutions that grow with you. Don't be caught off guard. Start planning with Cyrus One. Click to continue Cisco impresses with UCS If you're tempted to think of Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) as just another blade server — don't. In fact, if you just want a bunch of blades for your computer room, don't call Cisco — Dell, HP, and IBM all offer simpler and more cost-effective options. Read More Cisco UCS pricing: It's complicated As with any server product, there are lots of ways to configure UCS, including different levels of CPU, memory and storage. Cisco has a 29-page document to help you get it right, and 29 pages are not overkill. To get an idea of what this might cost, we configured two separate systems: one with 40 dual-socket blades, and another with 80 of the same blades. Read More WHITE PAPER: McAfee The Total Economic Impact Of Data Loss Prevention Solution This study highlights the benefits and costs of deploying the McAfee DLP solution across the enterprise of a sample organization. The findings in this study are in large part based on in-depth interviews conducted by Forrester with four organizations currently using McAfee DLP solutions. View Now CIOs describe their ideal job candidates IT professionals have been through the wringer when it comes to managing their careers. They've had to keep up with ever-changing technology, endure the often painful aftermath of offshoring and outsourcing decisions, and learn new skills -- including communication and other so-called soft skills -- because of the blending of IT with the business. And those are just the biggest challenges they've faced over the years -- and continue to face today. Read More How to Increase IT Staff Skills Scenario We are just finishing a two-year redesign of our job families, and we're now ready to look at other support structures that help lock in both technical and soft skills. I have a variety of pilot mentorship programs and am starting two summer projects to create a development activities guide and an improved onboarding program. The last piece in the puzzle is an experiential job rotation program for my 300 staff and managers. For staff, rotating to a different job for a set amount of time could let them practice new skills and get a realistic preview of what a new job would entail. For managers, job rotations would give them greater appreciation for the challenges of other parts of IT and foster more efficiency when working across teams. Read More WHITE PAPER: McAfee The Total Economic Impact Of Data Loss Prevention Solution This study highlights the benefits and costs of deploying the McAfee DLP solution across the enterprise of a sample organization. The findings in this study are in large part based on in-depth interviews conducted by Forrester with four organizations currently using McAfee DLP solutions. View Now 10 Things We Love and Hate about Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot 11.10 Read More 'LAN-party house' guy spills important cost details Yesterday we brought you the story and pictures of Google software engineer Kenton Varda's new "LAN-party house," which has left gamers both slack-jawed and thirsting for more information, specifically: How much does a set-up like that cost? Read More
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