IT job numbers decline for first time in 25 months

	'Underpaid' Microsoft CEO Ballmer sees pay slip 4% to $1.32 million | Hiring preferences favor mature workers over Millennials: study
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	IT job numbers decline for first time in 25 months After sustained jobs growth -- including 36,300 jobs added in July and August alone -- the IT industry lost 1,700 jobs in September, according to Foote Partners' analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CA Technologies The power of convergence. CA Infrastructure Management Solutions brings all of your performance data together for actionable insight. The result? As much as 25x faster problem resolution, a better customer experience and up to 50% lower total cost of ownership. Take your business service to the next level with CA Infrastructure Management Solutions. Learn how In this Issue 'Underpaid' Microsoft CEO Ballmer sees pay slip 4% to $1.32 million Hiring preferences favor mature workers over Millennials: study CIO succession plans lacking, study finds Looking to cloud shop? 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'Underpaid' Microsoft CEO Ballmer sees pay slip 4% to $1.32 million Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer received a $685,000 salary and a $620,000 bonus -- which is less than half the possible maximum bonus of $1.37 million for which he was eligible. Read More Hiring preferences favor mature workers over Millennials: study A reputation for reliability and professionalism is tipping the job scales in favor of mature workers. Hiring managers surveyed on behalf of Adecco Staffing said they're three times more likely to hire a mature worker than they are to hire a Millennial. Read More CIO succession plans lacking, study finds IT pros are accustomed to handling unexpected crises, such as when hardware fails or a cloud service has an outage. But 79% of IT leaders haven't considered what will happen if they're suddenly unavailable to work, according to a survey by Robert Half Technology. 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Read More New Akamai service optimizes content delivery for device, network conditions Akamai Technologies will announce on Tuesday a new service for improving website performance that determines the type of device and network a user has -- and whether the device has an IPv4 or IPv6 address -- and then improves the delivery of Web content accordingly. Read More 10 reasons why the desktop PC will live forever Steve Jobs piqued consumer curiosity when he unveiled the iPad and declared "the post-PC era has begun." And now with the imminent release of Windows 8 RT tablets--low-powered slates running a touch-friendly version of Office--it might seem that perhaps the world actually can live without desktop computers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Join the scale revolution for cloud ready networks Today's cloud evolution requires a full scale revolution. Citrix TriScale technology transforms enterprise data centers into highly scalable enterprise clouds. Download this whitepaper and learn how to scale your cloud network for more elastic performance, seamless expansion and simple consolidation. Learn More Mobile device management missing in small businesses A survey of small business IT managers and mobile device end users revealed most are not familiar with mobile device management tools, even though they said smart phones and tablets are critical to performing their jobs. Read More Huawei customers defend their security after congressional report Three U.S.-based service providers that use equipment from Huawei Technologies said on Tuesday they take strong precautions to ensure the security of their networks, responding to a congressional report on Monday that said carriers should not buy from Huawei or ZTE. Read More Google upgrades Search Appliance, aims for large enterprises Google has released a new version of its Search Appliance with new and improved features intended to make the enterprise search device more useful in large enterprises. Read More Finally, an IT governance, risk and compliance solution that any company can deploy Traditional IT governance, risk and compliance (GRC) platforms help large enterprises gain insight to and mitigate risks in their IT environments. Now there is a new cloud-based GRC solution from TraceSecurity designed to help any size organization manage its risk and compliance posture. Read More
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