Financial services firms scrimping on IT pay?

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	Financial services firms scrimping on IT pay? At a time when most IT hiring managers are mulling pay increases to attract in-demand talent, there's a trend among financial services firms to reduce IT pay, according to one IT staffing firm. "Some of the larger financial institutions are trying to cut some rates," says Jack Cullen, president of IT staffing and recruiting firm Modis. "That's the only industry we're seeing this in." Read More WHITE PAPER: Splice Communications Offloading Telecom Delivers a Big Payback for IT Inaccurate invoices, complicated contracts, slow provisioning and poor support from Telecom carriers wastes time, money and resources. Learn the difference a custom data network solutions provider can deliver. Read Now! In this Issue 12 geekiest snow and ice sculptures The skinniest, thinnest, most emaciated products of CES 2012 Virtual-security appliances winning users over traditional messaging-security software Who are the go-to cybersecurity help groups? HP Spectre ultrabook differentiates with NFC, wireless audio CES 2012: IDG Daily, Jan. 10 'The Joy of Books' tap dances all over your Kindle Oracle partners with Cloudera for Hadoop appliance Father's attempt at parental control resulted in hacked German police system Anti-SOPA crew woos gaming giant Electronic Arts WHITE PAPER: IBM Smarter, Faster Endpoint Management Because IT administrators have access to data that is typically unavailable to other departments, they are often perceived as the "keepers" of intelligence in an enterprise. Read now 12 geekiest snow and ice sculptures Not all tech weenies hunker down indoors when the snow starts piling up and the ice coats the streets. Some put on their mittens and boots and go to work creating fantastic snow and ice sculptures celebrating their tech favorites. Read More The skinniest, thinnest, most emaciated products of CES 2012 Sitting here in Framingham, Mass., I'm 2,700 miles away from CES 2012 in Las Vegas, but even from this vantage point I can see that one of the biggest themes of this year's event is simply: Thin is in. Read More Virtual-security appliances winning users over traditional messaging-security software There's no question enterprises want messaging security -- the market for products and services worldwide reached almost $3.2 billion last year, up from $2.7 billion in 2010, and will grow to $4.78 billion in 2015, according to research firm IDC. But a fundamental shift is occurring that foresees businesses favoring virtual-security appliances over more traditional messaging security software. Read More WHITE PAPER: EdgeWave 6 important Steps to Evaluating a Web Filtering Solution Today's uncertain economic climate demands that you do a thorough assessment before you invest. Here's a concise list of steps that will help you achieve the best return on your Web filtering dollar. Read Now! Who are the go-to cybersecurity help groups? There are a ton of groups out there that offer cybersecurity help and guidance, the trick, it seems is finding the right one for your organization. Read More HP Spectre ultrabook differentiates with NFC, wireless audio Hewlett-Packard on Monday announced the Envy 14 Spectre ultrabook, which the PC maker is trying to distinguish from competition with fresh features such as NFC (near-field communications) and wireless audio. Read More CES 2012: IDG Daily, Jan. 10 Today at CES we'll take a closer look at the gadgets and products we saw during Monday's press conferences. We'll also hear from Ford about their Evos concept car. Read More WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Get a 35% Virtual System Speed Boost Virtual infrastructures must be dynamic, efficient and above all else, fast because they process the most critical company data. But underlying resource use must be optimized or the platform can slow to a crawl. V-locity 3 brings an unprecedented depth of resource awareness and new technology for peak performance in any virtual environment. Download Now! 'The Joy of Books' tap dances all over your Kindle I don't recommend many videos here, but this paean to books – bookshelf books -- is worth your minute and 51 seconds (and, if you have more time, there's a geeky anniversary-gift "controversy," courtesy of the same artist, at the end of the post). First, "The Joy of Books": Read More Oracle partners with Cloudera for Hadoop appliance Oracle has partnered with Cloudera to bring Apache Hadoop to its Oracle Big Data Appliance, which the company officially released Tuesday. Read More Father's attempt at parental control resulted in hacked German police system The course of events that led to the July 2011 compromise of a computer server used by German authorities for GPS surveillance might have started with a police official monitoring his daughter's online activities, according to reports in German media. Read More Anti-SOPA crew woos gaming giant Electronic Arts A new petition on Change.org, whose previous petitions have brought about policy reversals at Bank of America and Verizon regarding proposed new fees, is urging gaming powerhouse Electronic Arts to oppose the Stop Online Piracy Act. Read More
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