Gartner: 10 critical IT trends for the next five years

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	Gartner: 10 critical IT trends for the next five years Trying to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to IT issues is not a job for the faint of heart. That point was driven home at Gartner's IT annual IT Symposium fest here where analyst David Cappuccio outlined what he called "new forces that are not easily controlled by IT are pushing themselves to the forefront of IT spending." Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Fluke Networks Turn Technicians Into Fiber Experts with a Free Trial OptiFiber® Pro OTDR has the fastest industry trace times to accelerate fiber certification, so any technician can become a fiber expert with a free trial. Built from the ground up, its' advanced features include a smartphone interface, EventMap™ for simplified trace analysis, and "DataCenter OTDR™" improving technician productivity. Request demo! In this Issue Country's largest 4-year university expels Cisco, saves $100 million Security Analytics Tools Need to Understand Normal Behavior across IT Gartner: Do you have a Chief Digital Officer? You're gonna need one Windows 8 launch is a non-event for businesses HP betting big on cloud to help company turn around Enterprise tools added to Google Search Appliance Attack of the (mostly) cool robots Top 10 tech gadgets of 2012 Products of the week 10.22.12 What's the big idea? Top 10 technologies of the past 45 years WHITE PAPER: Brocade Scaling Out Data Centers Organizations of all sizes are facing daunting challenges as they struggle to adapt their data center networks to new technologies and applications. The move toward cloud architectures in particular is demanding a high-performance network interconnect that can host servers potentially numbering in the thousands. Read Now Country's largest 4-year university expels Cisco, saves $100 million A decision to oust Cisco in favor of Alcatel-Lucent is saving California State University $100 million. Read More Security Analytics Tools Need to Understand Normal Behavior across IT When I look toward the future of security analytics, there are a few predictions I can make with absolute certainty. In the very near future, security analytics tools will: 1. Collect, process, and store terabytes of data on-line at all times. 2. Correlate data instantly and simultaneously from all layers of the technology stack. 3. Associate data patterns with users and devices. 4. Provide greater... Read More Gartner: Do you have a Chief Digital Officer? You're gonna need one ORLANDO -- Do you have a Chief Digital Officer? The gurus at Gartner think you should, and soon. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T Voice Transformation: Taking the First Steps Voice has been - and will continue to be - a foundational component in business communications. But the aging, disconnected voice infrastructures of today are doing more than just impeding productivity, they're impeding progress. Find out in this AT&T article how to transform voice communication in your enterprise today. Click Here Windows 8 launch is a non-event for businesses Windows 8 is going to get hammered in the next few weeks as consumers try out the new operating system for the first time. Their reactions will likely differ little from those of reviewers who found much to complain about. The bottom line is that Windows 8 – particularly on a tablet – does not behave much like any previous Windows PC operating system. Read More HP betting big on cloud to help company turn around A few weeks ago HP's Meg Whitman braced tech watchers with sobering warnings that earnings for one of the pioneering companies of Silicon Valley may fall 10% next year, and may not grow for another two years. Read More Enterprise tools added to Google Search Appliance Google upgraded its Search Appliance for the enterprise to help workers find information stored anywhere in their organizations. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Delivering game-changing productivity & dependability By creating one contiguous, end-to-end Fabric, Avaya is empowering businesses to achieve unprecedented levels of infrastructure productivity, service agility, and network dependability, the very essence of the fast, flexible, and secure design aspirations. Read Now Attack of the (mostly) cool robots New robots pick grapes, go after snakes, improve health and measure Antarctic ice Read More Top 10 tech gadgets of 2012 Read More Products of the week 10.22.12 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as F5, CheckPoint and Watchguard Read More What's the big idea? It seems the public and private industry are more frequently being asked to come up with ideas for what might best be called "the Next Big Things." The main driver of this trend is the U.S. government but there are a number of private enterprises looking to pay you good money for your ideas. Read More Top 10 technologies of the past 45 years A look at some of the products that have helped push rapid change in the IT industry over the past few decades. Read More
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