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	Application performance management hot, hot, hot       Pity the enterprise IT managers who know users are experiencing poor application performance but can't figure out why. It's a gruesome experience, some would no doubt say -- and that's without also contending with heavily virtualized infrastructure and cloud-based services. Read More WHITE PAPER: Blue Coat Systems Blue Coat Web Security Report With this report you'll get a summary of findings from Blue Coat Labs and gain insight into the current state of Web security. Read More In this Issue CA retools automation portfolio Are your skills ready for the opportunities in networking? 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CA retools automation portfolio CA Technologies unveiled its newly reorganized tools for automating the provisioning and management of physical, virtual and cloud-based IT resources. Modular implementation options let companies add capabilities at their own pace. Read More Are your skills ready for the opportunities in networking? Even though the overall economy is still struggling and companies aren't opening the hiring floodgates yet, opportunities for networking professionals with the right skills are looking good today and into the future. Read More What this election means for H-1B, offshoring U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who faces a tough fight for re-election on Tuesday, has been using the issue of offshore outsourcing to attack his opponent, Tea Party-backed Republican Sharron Angle. Read More Windows 7 migration 'sapping resources' The migration to Windows 7 takes up the time of half an IT department's staff, according to managers. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Cloud as the Next Generation of Service Delivery Exceptional growth in data is driving a need to transform the delivery of services. Understand the "road map" to transform and learn how IBM adds value at every step from virtualization, consolidation, automation, and ultimately cloud computing. Learn More What CFOs want IT managers to know now You can't run a company without technology, but you can't invest in technology without the blessings of the finance department. And thanks to the long-stagnant economy, the pendulum of power between Finance and IT is swinging decidedly toward the chief financial officer's door these days. Read More 27 things you need to know about Oracle, SAP and HP The last month has seen a blur of activity in Oracle's corporate theft lawsuit against SAP, which goes to trial in a California district court on Monday morning. SAP has conceded some misdeeds, Oracle has made a meal of it in the press, and HP has somehow been dragged into the kerfuffle. Here's what you need to know to understand what's going on with Oracle, SAP, HP and that now defunct company called TomorrowNow. Read More Broadband stimulus creates computer training centers The broadband stimulus program wasn't created just to deploy broadband in underserved rural areas – it was also designed to create education centers to help train more people in how to use the Web. Read More Database admins raise concerns over multiple systems Almost three-quarters (72%) of database administrators have to manage at least two types of database platform, with 14% being forced to manage five different systems, according to research. Read More WEBCAST: Iron Mountain Are You Ready for Optimized Exchange Migration? Despite what you've heard, not everything is moving to the cloud. For example, BY 2014, 72% OF THE EXPECTED 470 MILLION EXCHANGE SERVER MAILBOXES worldwide WILL REMAIN ON-PREMISE. Tune into this exclusive webinar from Iron Mountain to learn why on-premise archiving can be the right choice for your Microsoft Exchange-hosted e-mail environment. View Now. IT director sentenced for hacking former employer's site A man fired as IT director for a Richmond, Virginia, seller of telecom equipment has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for hacking into his former employer's website and deleting files, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Read More Microsoft's PowerPivot: Five things you need to know It comes free with Office 2010 and allows all of your Excel power users to dabble in business intelligence. Is it a godsend for IT or a new nightmare to manage? Read More Cisco management software vulnerable Cisco this week issued a security advisory for its CiscoWorks management software. Read More Motorola releases mobile device management software Motorola has launched a device-management software platform aimed at IT managers that works with a variety of brands, but excludes Research In Motion devices like the BlackBerry. Read More
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