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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

CIOs share must-have cloud skills

Cisco reorgs trimming SVP ranks | CIOs face cloud computing challenges, pitfalls

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CIOs share must-have cloud skills
As the clouds roll in, IT organizations are recasting their tech talent requirements. 'You don't need people to build servers anymore. You need somebody good at managing another organization responsible for doing that. That's a different skill,' says Josh Jewett, CIO at Family Dollar. Jewett is one of 16 CIOs who spoke to us about the move to cloud computing. Read More


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The Top 10 Things DBAs Should Know About Toad for IBM DB2
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Case Study: From Edge to Core, Across Multiple Locations
The Sisters of Charity Health System faced the challenge of offering the best technology support while keeping operational expenditures in line with budgetary constraints. They sought Curvature to develop a best-of-breed networking solution, leading to cost benefits as well as increased efficiency. Learn more

Cisco reorgs trimming SVP ranks
What's prompting many senior vice president-level executives to leave Cisco is the company's previously announced layoff of 6,000 employees, and a restructuring in the product development and engineering organization affecting 25,000 employees. Read More

CIOs face cloud computing challenges, pitfalls
What's the hardest part about migrating to the cloud? Giants talk security, vendor lock-in, shadow IT and other common challenges. Read More

VCE rolls out an all-in-one system with EMC's all-flash XtremIO array
VCE is expanding its line of all-in-one cloud systems, adding one with all-flash storage and offering more options for enterprises that want an easier path to the cloud. Read More


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The State of IT Infrastructure & Operations
The challenge that IT decision-makers face is the pressure to reduce costs paired with the pressure to progress digital maturity. Curvature analyzes why businesses miss significant CapEx and OpEx cost savings and how to refocus IT strategy. View now

How giant companies see the cloud
16 large enterprises talk about their use of the cloud, their plans, challenges they've run into and how they're approaching the skills issues. Read More

Linksys Expands its WRT Product Line With a Slick, Stackable Ethernet Switch
The WRT SE4008 8-port gigabit switch is the perfect mate for the Linksys WRT1900AC Wi-Fi router. Read More

Holograms, VR and telepresence: Experts herald the coming Gigabit Age
The widespread availability of Gigabit Internet connectivity by 2025 will open a brave new world of killer apps, according to the more than 1,400 experts who contributed to the Pew Research Center's latest study. Read More


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Solve Mobile Conflicts between IT and Users
Effective mobile security does not have to be a battlefield between IT and users. Join this Webcast to hear how to strike a balance between users' mobile desires and IT's need for control Learn More.

13 tips to achieve cloud success
We interviewed 16 CIOs and IT leaders about their public and private cloud deployments, usage trends, skills requirements, lingering obstacles and future plans. Here are some nuggets of advice from these cloud giants. Read More

BrandPost: Now is the Time to Migrate to an All IP Network
If it's not broke, don't fix it, right? That makes sense, except in the case of your network. Legacy networking technologies, such as ATM and frame, typically cannot support the connectivity requirements of highly-distributed workloads and applications. Advanced IP networks can facilitate seamless communications between multiple business and data center locations. Read More

Cisco invests in $80M Chinese cloud
Cisco is investing in the development of an $80 million cloud services platform with Chinese telecom vendor TCL. Read More


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