Networking World: Amazon hiring 'top secret' IT staff as it fights for CIA work

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September 04, 2013

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Amazon hiring 'top secret' IT staff as it fights for CIA work

The U.S. isn't doing a good job keeping secrets. Think Edward Snowden. But demand for trustworthy IT professionals is strong, especially if they want to work for Amazon Web Services.

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1. Top 6 Microsoft insider CEO candidates

2. INSIDER 6 tips for finding mobile app talent

3. Cisco one of investors in log management startup Loggly

4. Microsoft's fatal attraction to mobile hardware

5. 4 billion call records added daily to AT&T database for DEA phone surveillance

6. Nokia acquisition: Too little, too late for Microsoft

7. Linux and Desktop Environments: Change is uncomfortable

8. Getting revenge via promoted tweets, $1,000 ... embrarassing British Airways for losing luggage, priceless

9. EMC optimizes VNX hybrid array for flash

10. Could this be Cisco's Internet of Everything core switch/router?

11. What we love/hate about Springpad

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Top 6 Microsoft insider CEO candidates

There are at least six internal candidates to replace retiring Steve Ballmer READ MORE

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6 tips for finding mobile app talent

To understand what's hot in the IT job market today, just ask yourself a simple question: When is the last time you checked your mobile device or used the mobile Web? READ MORE

Cisco one of investors in log management startup Loggly

Log monitoring platform company Loggly today announced that it has acquired more than $10 million in venture capital funding, and that one of its new investors is none other than Cisco. READ MORE

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Microsoft's fatal attraction to mobile hardware

Why the Nokia acquisition is the wrong move for Microsoft, and how it should approach mobile. READ MORE

4 billion call records added daily to AT&T database for DEA phone surveillance

AT&T works for a secret DEA Hemisphere surveillance project, storing phone call records and adding four billion daily call records to a database that is even bigger than the NSA's. READ MORE

Nokia acquisition: Too little, too late for Microsoft

Microsoft's decision to acquire Nokia's mobile assets wasn't a bad move, but it's not likely to be a game-changer either. READ MORE

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BI Checklist for IT Pros

Learn the key selection criteria required to provide your organization with the capability to address structured data, unstructured data and mobile demands so that employees can view and manipulate data on their own, from virtually any location. Read Now

Linux and Desktop Environments: Change is uncomfortable

Just as Windows 8 and MacOS X 10.0 users in the past, Linux users are facing some change to the status quo in their desktop environments. READ MORE

Getting revenge via promoted tweets, $1,000 ... embrarassing British Airways for losing luggage, priceless

I wrote yesterday about what Twitter user Hasan Syed did when British Airways lost his luggage on Monday: He turned to Twitter to vent but he also reached into his pocket and had Twitter promote his tweets to all BA followers. The cost: $1,000 ... READ MORE

EMC optimizes VNX hybrid array for flash

EMC's VNX hybrid storage line is now built for flash first, with revamped software that can take full advantage of multicore processors, producing what the company calls a major boost in performance. READ MORE

Could this be Cisco's Internet of Everything core switch/router?

NCS 6000 said to feature high-density 100G, tightly converged packet/optical; presents apparent conundrum with CRS line READ MORE

What we love/hate about Springpad

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11 Usability Rules for IT Developers

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