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	IT salaries rise, bonuses get bigger | Plane crash claims life of Micron CEO Steve Appleton
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	Apple forcing IT shops to "adapt or die" Many IT departments are struggling with Apple's "take it or leave it" attitude, based on discussions last week at MacIT, which is Macworld|iWorld's companion conference for IT professionals. Read More WHITE PAPER: PC Mall Networking eGuide: Optimizing Efficiencies Today's IT business climate is all about savings. One of the easiest ways for IT professionals to accomplish this goal is by building a more efficient network. This eGuide will help IT professionals explore the newest ways to optimize existing infrastructure and best practices to build new networks. Learn More! In this Issue IT salaries rise, bonuses get bigger Plane crash claims life of Micron CEO Steve Appleton 20 Most Anticipated Tech Products of 2012 Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Bank of America team to wipe out phishing Cisco Ethernet switches make big leap to 40/100G Must-have iPhone/iPad apps for Super Bowl XLVI Obama web site crushed by Republicans' when it comes to download speeds 13 Windows 8 features worth knowing about Short Take: Facebook's IPO filing RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CloudPassage CloudPassage Secure your Rackspace cloud servers with CloudPassage Halo. CloudPassage is the award winning cloud server security platform that has everything you need. Get Free Halo Basic Today! IT salaries rise, bonuses get bigger IT pros in Austin, Texas and Portland, Ore. saw the biggest salary gains, according to new data from Dice.com, a career site for technology and engineering professionals. Read More Plane crash claims life of Micron CEO Steve Appleton Micron CEO Steve Appleton, 51, was killed this morning when the "experimental" plane he was piloting crashed at the airport in Boise, Idaho. In 2004, Appleton, a professional stunt pilot, had been seriously injured in a small-plane crash that raised questions about the propriety of a corporate CEO taking such risks, according to Associated Press. Read More 20 Most Anticipated Tech Products of 2012 From Apple's iPhone 5 to next-gen thermostats to OLED TVs, here are 20 tech products we're looking forward to seeing in 2012. Read More WEBCAST: Oracle Reduced TCO for Communications Applications Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 10:00 AM PST Learn how using Oracle Solaris 11, the industry's leading carrier grade OS, with new SPARC systems can speed OSS/BSS application performance and enable you to efficiently consolidate your data center. Register Now! Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Bank of America team to wipe out phishing Can industry heavyweights Google, PayPal, Microsoft and AOL -- along with 11 others in high-tech such as Facebook and LinkedIn, as well as the financial world's Bank of America and Fidelity Investments -- succeed in stopping phishing attacks right in their tracks? In uniting behind an effort called DMARC.org unveiled today, the group says it can through policy-based steps filter out spoofed email that attackers use for phishing. Read More Cisco Ethernet switches make big leap to 40/100G Cisco this week unveiled significant extensions to both of its major switching lines with the addition of 40/100G Ethernet capabilities. Read More Must-have iPhone/iPad apps for Super Bowl XLVI All the iPhone and iPad apps you'll need for the big game Read More WHITE PAPER: Quantum Big Data: Managing Explosive Growth Are you experiencing a data explosion? The trend toward leveraging Big Data for competitive advantage helps IT professionals successfully meet business goals. Learn how to reliably manage, store and access vast amounts of archived data while protecting it and keeping costs low. View Now Obama web site crushed by Republicans' when it comes to download speeds If the presidential election were determined by how fast the candidates' Web pages download, President Obama would lose to any of his Republican challengers, according to a review by the president of Web optimizing vendor Strangeloop. Read More 13 Windows 8 features worth knowing about Upgrades, system migration, support headaches -- IT folks are probably dreading the next major Windows rollout. Yet Windows 8, which is scheduled to move to the beta stage in late February and will likely launch in the fall, does offer several compelling new features for both IT and end users. Read More Short Take: Facebook's IPO filing Keith Shaw and CIO.com's Kristin Burnham discuss some of the numbers revealed by Facebook's $5 billion IPO filing Wednesday, and what this means for the social media giant. Read More
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