Women in IT: No longer a nice-to-have

	HP blade chassis is dense and intense | Cisco invests in $80M Chinese cloud
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	INSIDER Women in IT: No longer a nice-to-have If you're in IT -- and reading this article about women in IT – the odds are that you're male. After all, just 24% of the U.S. IT workforce is female, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, quite a fall from its high point of 36% in 1991, according to the National Center for Women & Information Technology. This is at a time when women make up more than half (57%) of the professional U.S. workforce. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Brocade Communications Systems The Trick to Future-Proofing Your Networking Career Get a leg up on your peers with a free Brocade Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Certification to future-proof your career and your network. This course will help you: Understand sophisticated, multitier networks within virtualized environments and stand out from your peers by becoming an expert within your IT organization Sign up today and get a promo code for the free Brocade Network Functions Virtualization Certification program (a $650 value), and a free 60-day trial of the Brocade Vyatta vRouter. In this Issue HP blade chassis is dense and intense Cisco invests in $80M Chinese cloud Salesforce unveils Wave, its play in cloud analytics Only 14 U.S. states have handheld-while-driving bans Top Linux-o-lanterns from around the Web Slow Internet? Edit your DNS settings IT industry group slams burdens imposed by proposed EU privacy policy What to expect at Salesforce.com's Dreamforce Why are so many reporting that Nadella apologized when he did no such thing? WHITE PAPER: Dell Software The Top 10 Things DBAs Should Know About Toad for IBM DB2 Toad for IBM DB2 is a powerful tool for the database administrator. But it's some of its newer and lesser known features that provide the great productivity benefits in the DBA's day-to-day work. Do you know the top 10 features of Toad for IBM DB2? Download this white paper and find out. View now HP blade chassis is dense and intense If you're looking for the ultimate in computational density, consider the HP C7000 Platinum Blade Server Chassis. The C7000 packs an enormous amount of power into just 10U of rack space, with modular components that can be almost instantly changed out. 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. The joint investment will see TCL and Cisco build a public cloud network delivering on-demand collaboration, online meeting, web conferencing, audio conferencing and videoconferencing applications. Read More Salesforce unveils Wave, its play in cloud analytics The knock against Salesforce.com has long been for its lack of robust analytics, but the company is hoping to change that perception and challenge the competition with Wave, its sixth discrete cloud service. Read More WEBCAST: Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Integrating Mobility with Unified Access Meeting mobility demands of 4500 students, faculty and staff at a university is no small task. Join this Webcast to hear the Director of Enterprise Infrastructure explain the steps Abilene Christian University took to deliver a new level of student-faculty interaction. Learn More Only 14 U.S. states have handheld-while-driving bans Even though use of handheld devices while driving has become a dangerous and growing epidemic in the US, many states still have not enacted nor enforce a usage ban. Read More Top Linux-o-lanterns from around the Web Tux the Penguin and friends geek up Halloween pumpkins. Read More Slow Internet? Edit your DNS settings Do you ever wonder how you can click a link on a webpage and quickly zip to another page on a server halfway around the world? Or send an email message to aunt Alice or uncle Bob, using just their simple email addresses? All this depends on DNS, or the Domain Name System. Read More WEBCAST: Dell and RedHat Realize the benefits of open private cloud solutions Cloud computing is driving a rapid pace of change in the datacenter as enterprises look to develop innovative ways to take advantage of its inherent benefits. Open private cloud solutions are quickly becoming a platform of choice as the foundation for hyperscale cloud deployments Learn More IT industry group slams burdens imposed by proposed EU privacy policy A proposal by EU justice ministers to relax data protection rules for low-risk personal data doesn't go far enough, industry lobbyists say. Read More What to expect at Salesforce.com's Dreamforce Cloud computing buzz, wearables, analytics and celebrities are all on tap. Read More Why are so many reporting that Nadella apologized when he did no such thing? Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella hasn't come within a mea or a culpa of apologizing for his assertion Thursday that women should avoid asking for a raise, yet countless media outlets are reporting that he has in fact done so. Read More
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