Hadoop wins over enterprise IT, spurs talent crunch

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	Hadoop wins over enterprise IT, spurs talent crunch Hadoop is coming out of the shadows and into production in enterprise IT shops. But the relative newness of the open-source platform and a shortage of experienced Hadoop talent pose hurdles that enterprise IT teams need to address as they advance deeper into the world of Hadoop. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Dell IT 2012: New Cornerstones Experts dig deep into today's most important IT trends: big data, virtualization, the cloud, mobility and social media. This special NetworkWorld issue will become a valuable 2012 resource as you manage the challenges that these technologies present. Click to continue In this Issue HP to release server management apps for iOS, Android IT's worst addictions (and how to cure them) HP Readies Open-Source webOS Release First White House CTO Chopra Resigns Startup launches array tuned for unstructured, structured data Cisco's John Stewart on the latest security threats … and what enterprises can do to fight back IT Pay: Premiums for IT Skills Drop as IT Departments Reorganize Hard drive prices to remain high through 2014 HP hopes to cut data center costs with new Gen8 servers Intel's 10G 'Romley' server to spur Ethernet switch growth HP's new x86 servers attack management, power costs Valentine's Day Google Doodles through the years RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Palo Alto Networks It's Time to Evolve Data Center Network Security Palo Alto Networks, Brocade and featured guest Forrester Research, Inc. cordially invite you to a morning of discussion on the evolution of data center networks, and how leading-edge organizations are implementing next-generation data center network security to address these concerns. In the afternoon, we invite the architects and technologists to stay for a technical session of five innovative ways to integrate next-generation network security into the data center. Register for this free event here. HP to release server management apps for iOS, Android Hewlett-Packard will be showing new smartphone and tablet applications for Apple's iOS and Google's Android that will allow system administrators to remotely control and configure servers, the company said on Monday. Read More IT's worst addictions (and how to cure them) Jargon, data, power -- the first step to IT recovery is recognizing the monkey on your back Read More HP Readies Open-Source webOS Release Hewlett-Packard announced plans to release the code behind webOS in September under the Apache License 2.0. Read More First White House CTO Chopra Resigns Aneesh Chopra, who served for almost three years as the first CTO for the U.S. government, has resigned. It is rumored that he will run for lieutenant governor in Virginia, according to The Washington Post and other sources. Read More WHITE PAPER: VMware Performance Analytics: How Normal is Your Data This VMware paper takes a technical look at a variety of IT performance data (operating system metrics, quality-of-service metrics, business performance metrics, etc.) to determine how well these metrics can be modeled as "normally distributed." Read Now! Startup launches array tuned for unstructured, structured data Startup Starboard Storage Systems came out of quiet mode with its first product: a storage array that discerns between structured and unstructured data in order to tailor I/O performance. It's also targeted at virtualized server environments. Read More Cisco's John Stewart on the latest security threats … and what enterprises can do to fight back Freelance writer Susan Perschke recently sat down with Cisco Vice President and Chief Security Officer John N. Stewart for an in-depth discussion of the state of enterprise security. Read More IT Pay: Premiums for IT Skills Drop as IT Departments Reorganize The premiums companies pay to IT professionals on top of their annual salaries or contract rates to acquire a specific, desired skill have been declining for a year, according to research into IT pay premiums conducted by Foote Partners. The research firm expects this downward trend to continue through 2012 before reversing in 2013. Read More Hard drive prices to remain high through 2014 Hard disk drive supplies will continue to languish due to last year's floods in Thailand and prices will continue to remain high through 2014, according to two different research firms. Read More WEBCAST: HP Cloud and the IT Infrastructure Join guest speaker, Rohit Mehra, IDC Director of Enterprise Communications Infrastructure, to explore current trends, discuss best practices for optimizing Data Center and identify ways to better allocate network resources, reduce operating costs and improve application performance. View Now! HP hopes to cut data center costs with new Gen8 servers Hewlett-Packard on Monday introduced Gen8, its next generation of servers, which integrate new technologies designed to cut overall maintenance and power costs in data centers while maintaining high server uptimes. Read More Intel's 10G 'Romley' server to spur Ethernet switch growth When Intel ships its long-awaited 10G-enabled server platform later this quarter, it's expected to have a significant impact on the Ethernet switching market. Read More HP's new x86 servers attack management, power costs Hewlett-Packard's new x86 server line generation, announced Monday, aims to wring out as much management overhead as possible through automation and improved energy management. Read More Valentine's Day Google Doodles through the years Google goes all hearts and flowers on Feb. 14, at least most years Read More
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