IT hiring forecast optimistic ... for now

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	IT hiring forecast optimistic ... for now Despite the recent lackluster employment figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there's cause for optimism on the IT hiring front, according to Dice.com. In a poll of 800 IT-focused hiring managers and recruiters, the tech jobs site found 73% plan to increase hiring in the second half of the year compared to the first six months of 2012. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Avaya Avaya Mobile Collaboration Read a complimentary Frost & Sullivan white paper: Prepare Your Enterprise for the Mobile Revolution. The world is becoming increasingly mobile., Learn how to keep costs in check, boost user productivity, deliver a consistent experience, and maintain a single, manageable corporate identity for all end-users. 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Read how BMC can help realize goals like reduced cost, top-down visibility, improved SLAs, and a single enterprise view across all platforms. Learn More Today! Gartner: Cloud-based mobile device management (MDM) getting hot To place management controls on mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones used in business, the enterprise has showed preference for acquiring mobile device management (MDM) software where server and management console components are kept on premises. But that's changing, as companies are now buying cloud-based MDM, according to Gartner. Read More NASA Space Shuttles retire by sea/land NASA Shuttle Enterprise makes water to Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Read More IPv6: Five Things You Should Know Today is the day IPv6 finally goes live. For as long as there has been an Internet IPv4 has been synonymous with IP and nobody really stopped to think about which version of the protocol it was. But, IPv4 has outlived its usefulness. Read More AT&T, Verizon, Salesforce.com taking machine-to-machine mainstream When David Rudzinsky, SVP and CIO of women's medical device manufacturer Hologic, thinks about investing in a technology upgrade for his business, it has to do at least one of four things: drive new revenue, help reduce costs, improve customer satisfaction, or increase reliability of the products -- or preferably all four. Read More WEBCAST: SAP Must have Tools and Techniques to Optimize Sales Pipeline In this webcast, Vantage Point Performance's Michelle Vazzana will reveal how to coach your reps to better performing pipelines. Learn More Dept. of Homeland Security to focus on cyber workforce development Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today said the agency will form a cybersecurity workforce task group that will consider strategies such as expanding DHS involvement in cyber competitions and university programs, enhancing public-private security partnerships and working with other government agencies to develop a more agile cyber workforce across the federal government. The new task... Read More Competition, games can bring about enterprise app advances Back in 2006, Jim Lavoie, president of Rite Solutions, a Defense Department software contractor, wanted his employees to play a more active role in innovating new ideas. But he knew a top-down approach from management ordering such behavior wouldn't work. "Organizations that are smart enough to ask employees for ideas know that the best approach is to do it in a fun way," he says. "If it's not fun, it's work; and if it's work, it sucks." Read More Microsoft teams with Quanta for 'private cloud in a box' Microsoft has partnered with Taiwan's Quanta Computer to design a Windows-based system that aims to get business customers up and running quickly on a private cloud. Read More Google warns users of 'state-sponsored' hacks Google began warning users today of its Gmail online email services when it suspects they may be targets of "state-sponsored" attacks. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Denver Your IT Career Roadmap This unique session is designed with you, the IT professional in mind. How can you build your personal brand, and properly design a career plan? How do you work with your staff to create a plan that retains your best talent? Come to IT Roadmap Denver for valuable information on how today's IT leaders build successful careers. Click to continue EMC-Terremark ink joint cloud agreement Terremark, the cloud vendor owned by Verizon, has become a platinum member of EMC's cloud service provider program, solidifying a relationship between the two enterprise service providers. Read More Hacker v. Hacker: When Egos or Motives Clash, Hackers Attack Each Other Read More LinkedIn investigating compromised passwords Professional social network LinkedIn is investigating reports that user passwords have been compromised. Read More Sony hires Steve Wozniak as technical consultant for Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs biopic Not too long ago, it was reported that Sony had finally signed Aaron Sorkin to write a biopic on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. An Academy Award winner known for his highly compelling storytelling and sharp dialogue, Sorkin is the genius behind such gems as A Few Good Men and The West Wing. Read More Once You Go Ipv6 You Won't Go Back In case you didn't already know it, today is the second annual IPv6 day (or IPv6 Launch Day). Last year some of the leading website operators and ISPs switched over to IPv6 for the day. Despite predictions of doom and gloom, the day went off without hardly a hitch. Read More
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