10 trends shaping IT hiring in 2013

How to avoid BYOD disasters Products of the week 3.11.13 Network World Daily News PM March 11, 2013 Share this email INSIDER 10 trends shaping IT hiring in 2013 Concerns about the economy and budget battles on Capitol Hill have put a damper on the IT job scene, but not enough to thwart expansion. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. How to avoid BYOD disasters 2. Products of the week 3.11.13 3. DNA hack could make medical privacy impossible 4. Microsoft on the wrong side of privacy controversy in China 5. Transparency report reveals Google receives less than 1,000 NSLs yearly 6. Surface Pro is making people crazy 7. Microsoft seeks to capture a generation of Office 365 users 8. HBO seeks to alleviate "Game of Thrones" pirates by making the show more accessible 9. AT&T to sell BlackBerry Z10 for $200 under contract March 22 10. iPad sales collapse? iPad mini leads to changes in buying behavior 11. Dell, Icahn in confidentiality agreement as buyout opposition grows 12. NASA exploring groundbreaking space network to sustain large data dumps and trips to the moon, Mars WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Reduce Data Protection Complexity Choosing the right data protection solution should not add to the complexity and challenges of meeting the everyday demands of the business. Data protection can be simple to deploy, use and fit into IT's budget, but more importantly make systems, applications and data available 24/7. Learn More How to avoid BYOD disasters Imagine an organization where employees are given several consecutive months of vacation every year. It sounds like a dream, but in the era of BYOD, it could also be an IT exec's worst nightmare. READ MORE Products of the week 3.11.13 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as HP and Check Point READ MORE DNA hack could make medical privacy impossible It may now be possible for anyone, even if they follow rigorous privacy and anonymity practices, to be identified by DNA data from people they do not even know. READ MORE Microsoft on the wrong side of privacy controversy in China The Internet has been a wonderfully subversive tool for fighting authoritarian governments. It was integral to Egypt's revolution, it played a part in Iran's almost-but-not-quite revolts in 2009, and it is currently being used by Syrian rebels. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Riverbed End-To-End Application Acceleration Technologies Download this 7-page survey-driven analysis by Forrester to learn how to overcome cloud-related performance issues by extending optimization to SaaS applications. Read now. Transparency report reveals Google receives less than 1,000 NSLs yearly Despite that a national security letter comes with a gag order, forbidding recipients of NSLs to tell targeted customers about the government requesting their records, Google released a new transparency report about NSLs the company has received. READ MORE Surface Pro is making people crazy I understand that Microsoft is a divisive company. I get it; I really do. Over the years, they've won over a few fans and created more than a few enemies - and both sides are constantly at war. But what's happened since the release of the company's Surface Pro tablet PC was nothing short of incredible. It seemed that an as-yet-unknown feature of Surface Pro was making some journalists a bit crazy.... READ MORE Microsoft seeks to capture a generation of Office 365 users Microsoft is offering college students its cloud-based Office service free for six months, a move that could help solidify Office as a package they'll want to keep using once they graduate. The offer gives eligible students Office 365 for three months plus an additional three months if they share the offer on their Facebook pages. READ MORE HBO seeks to alleviate "Game of Thrones" pirates by making the show more accessible It's undoubtedly a heated topic of debate amongst media executives - does piracy help popularize a product and encourage consumers to spend money or does it simply encourage freeloading? READ MORE WHITE PAPER: AccelOps Unified Infrastructure Management Examined AccelOps' Unified Infrastructure Management Examined: How network and security administrators can monitor performance, availability and events with just one application. Managing a More Dynamic and Complex World. Read More>> AT&T to sell BlackBerry Z10 for $200 under contract March 22 AT&T will sell the BlackBerry Z10 touchscreen smartphone on March 22 for $199.99 with a two-year contract, the carrier confirmed. READ MORE iPad sales collapse? iPad mini leads to changes in buying behavior In light of speculation that the sales of the full-size Apple iPad have "collapsed," an informal and non-scientific poll of "iPad enterprises" and consultants shows instead some changing buying behaviors. READ MORE Dell, Icahn in confidentiality agreement as buyout opposition grows Dell on Monday said it had signed a confidentiality agreement with investor Carl Icahn, who has vocally opposed the company's proposed plan to be acquired for US$24.4 billion in a leveraged buyout. READ MORE NASA exploring groundbreaking space network to sustain large data dumps and trips to the moon, Mars What kind of network can support future commercial and government space trips around Earth and support bigger distances to the moon and Mars? READ MORE WHITE PAPER: F5 2012 Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers The application delivery controller has evolved into a key component of the data center architecture, and enterprises should evaluate ADCs based on how they integrate with this architecture and support more advanced features, such as user and traffic control and monitoring. This report provides insights into vendors' strengths and weaknesses. Read More. SLIDESHOWS How different tech degrees measure up Here's our list of lucrative tech degrees, ranked from lowest to highest starting salary. 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