Thursday, March 28, 2013

FIRST LOOK: Juniper's earlier-than-expected core SDN switch

Shadow IT: Onetime hidden, often hated, but well worth embracing

Why Diversity Matters in IT Hiring

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March 28, 2013
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FIRST LOOK: Juniper's earlier-than-expected core SDN switch

Earlier than expected, Juniper this week unveiled the EX9200 programmable core switch for 10G, 40G and 100Gbps software-defined networks.

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Issue highlights

1. Shadow IT: Onetime hidden, often hated, but well worth embracing

2. INSIDER Why Diversity Matters in IT Hiring

3. Avaya willing to share customers with Cisco, Microsoft in three-way networking battle

4. BlackBerry's Q4 surprises with a profit

5. HortonWorks: The Hadoop company everyone wants to be best friends with now

6. Gartner: Global IT spending to rise 4.1% to $3.8 trillion in 2013

7. With new 'Classic' mode, forking GNOME 3 is a waste of time

8. White Hat Security: Top 10 most insidious web-based attacks & hacking techniques

9. The night Steve Jobs returned to Apple

10. How to Work With IT Recruiters to Find Top Tech Talent

11. Top 8 Sites for Researching Your Next Employer

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Shadow IT: Onetime hidden, often hated, but well worth embracing

A business user's need to scratch a technical itch can provide great benefit to both company and IT READ MORE

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Why Diversity Matters in IT Hiring

Building a network of diverse IT talent--people who will be ready for your next job opening--is a year-round task with a big payoff, says a former divisional CIO at GE READ MORE

Avaya willing to share customers with Cisco, Microsoft in three-way networking battle

Avaya unified communications products can get along with Microsoft's Lync Server, and many customers will probably choose to deploy both rather than just one, says Avaya's CEO. READ MORE

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BlackBerry's Q4 surprises with a profit

BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) surprised most analysts Thursday by reporting a profit for its fiscal fourth quarter, the first one to include sales of its vitally important new smartphone, the BlackBerry Z10. READ MORE

HortonWorks: The Hadoop company everyone wants to be best friends with now

During the past few years Neustar, an $830 million publicly-traded data analytics company, has undergone a dramatic business transformation, and it's been powered almost entirely by Hadoop. READ MORE

Gartner: Global IT spending to rise 4.1% to $3.8 trillion in 2013

Worldwide spending on IT products and services will grow 4.1% this year to roughly $3.8 trillion, according to new forecast figures released by analyst firm Gartner. READ MORE

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With new 'Classic' mode, forking GNOME 3 is a waste of time

Yesterday, we saw the release of GNOME 3.8. And with it came significant enhancements to searching, application launching, new privacy settings and some seriously major improvements to smoothness and performance of the user interface animations. These are all awesome things. Very awesome, in fact. But let's talk, for a moment, about one new feature in particular... Classic Mode. READ MORE

White Hat Security: Top 10 most insidious web-based attacks & hacking techniques

As you probably know, Grossman has been listing the Top Ten Hacks since 2006, focusing on new and creative web attacks. The number of attacks and the creative methods to create web chaos increase every year. READ MORE

The night Steve Jobs returned to Apple

Steve Jobs returned to Apple on December 20, 1996, more than 11 years after he was ousted from the company he helped co-found with Steve Wozniak back in 1976. That night, Apple evangelist Tim Holmes was in the crowd and captured Jobs' return with his less-than-stellar QuickTake camera - you'll note that many of the photos depict blacks as purples. READ MORE

How to Work With IT Recruiters to Find Top Tech Talent

Searching for the best IT talent can feel like looking for a needle in a haystack, but using a headhunter can help swing the odds in your favor. Learn what it takes to get the most out of this symbiotic relationship. READ MORE

Top 8 Sites for Researching Your Next Employer

Finding a good job these days is tougher than ever. There are so many factors to take into consideration but, thankfully, the Internet provides you with means to figure it all out if you're willing to invest the time. READ MORE

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Forrester - Turn Big Data Inward With IT Analytics

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