8 classic IT hiring mistakes and how to avoid them

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	INSIDER 8 classic IT hiring mistakes and how to avoid them From writing dated, irrelevant job descriptions to accepting a less-than-ideal candidate because the work is piling up, classic hiring mistakes are just waiting to trip up managers. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! In this Issue Tablets to dominate laptops in 2013, but not without a fight 12 must-watch security startups for 2013 Vint Cerf: Nobody's too old for tech Tech pioneer John McAfee uses low-tech social engineering to spy on Belize heavyweights Apple's Safari turns 10 Microsoft exec defends Windows 8 sales pace Ransom, implant attack highlight need for healthcare security Mozilla lights JavaScript fire under Firefox 18 SAS and IBM at forefront of growing Big Data predictive analytics market: Forrester WHITE PAPER: HP Building modern, virtualization-optimized data centers HP offers a flexible, virtualization-optimized data center network architecture that requires far fewer devices, interconnections, layers, and discrete appliances. HP Networking solutions streamline network operations and accelerate application and service delivery; reduce space, power, cooling, and capital requirements. View Now Tablets to dominate laptops in 2013, but not without a fight Asus, Lenovo, Intel and Nvidia are using CES to show off their latest tablet and PC innovations headed to store shelves later in 2013. But gadget makers would be better off focusing on slates rather than notebook PCs, one market research firm suggests. Read More 12 must-watch security startups for 2013 Despite security concerns, businesses are growing more confident in adopting cloud-based services, and in addition are investing more in corporate mobile devices while also allowing employees to use their own in bring-your-own-device mode at work. So it's not surprising that recent security startups are zeroing in on things such as encrypting data held in the cloud or how to safeguard corporate data on BYOD devices. Read More Vint Cerf: Nobody's too old for tech Vint Cerf, known as the father of the Internet, says technology has not only changed the way we communicate but it's changing the way we live our lives. Read More 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 Tech pioneer John McAfee uses low-tech social engineering to spy on Belize heavyweights Antivirus pioneer John McAfee spins tales of a Hezbollah plot to smuggle toxic powder into the U.S. that he uncovered when he spied on Belize officials in hopes of getting dirt on them in retaliation for their raiding his island home there, shooting his dog and stealing his stuff. Read More Apple's Safari turns 10 Ten years ago Monday, Apple co-founder and then-CEO Steve Jobs introduced Apple's first, and so far only, browser. Read More Microsoft exec defends Windows 8 sales pace Defending Windows 8 against reports that sales have been sluggish, one of Microsoft's top executives said it will take time for customers to digest the new operating system and for device makers to ramp up production of the hardware users want: Touch-enabled PCs and tablets. 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 Ransom, implant attack highlight need for healthcare security Healthcare data breaches are all bad, and reaching epidemic levels. But the raw statistics are only a piece of the story. Read More Mozilla lights JavaScript fire under Firefox 18 Mozilla on Tuesday shipped its newest browser, Firefox 18, which sports a revamped JavaScript engine and support for Macs with Apple's higher-resolution Retina displays. Read More SAS and IBM at forefront of growing Big Data predictive analytics market: Forrester SAS and IBM are at the forefront of a "highly competitive" Big Data predictive analytics market, a report from analyst firm Forrester has claimed. Read More
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