2012 IT budgets, salaries on the rise

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	2012 IT budgets, salaries on the rise IT budgets, salaries and staff turnover rates have returned to pre-recessionary levels, according to a new survey conducted by the Society of Information Management (SIM) that indicates increasing optimism among CIOs and IT executives nationwide. Read More WHITE PAPER: Intel Deploy 10GbE 10GBASE-T with Dell & Intel Virtualization, server and application technologies are shifting bottlenecks from the data center to network I/O. This paper describes how to use 10GBase-T to broadly deploy 10 Gigabit Ethernet and help avoid I/O networking bottlenecks. Click to continue In this Issue CEO Steve Ballmer 'underpaid,' Microsoft says 26 helpful open source network management tools Self-service IT: Are users up to the task? 9 hot IT skills for 2012 IT inferno: The nine circles of IT hell Are CIOs too cocky about security? Two-thirds of firms send jobs offshore, survey shows Google CIO: Don't fight consumerization of IT HP completes Autonomy acquisition Juniper unveils cloud-based lab for customer testing RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: WildPackets Real-Time Visibility in 10G Networks Is your network performance management solution ready for the onslaught of data that's coming? Some extended their 1G solution by adding 10G NICs. As 10G segments are fully utilized, this compromise will fail. WildPackets 10G solutions are purpose-built for 10G traffic, delivering real-time performance visibility and continuous capture. Click to continue CEO Steve Ballmer 'underpaid,' Microsoft says Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer received compensation valued at $1.38 million this year, according to documents filed this week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. His total package is up roughly 2% compared to 2010, when he received compensation valued at $1.35 million. Read More 26 helpful open source network management tools Here are 26 network management tools based on open source and available at little or no cost. Read More Self-service IT: Are users up to the task? Self-service procurement. Self-service business intelligence. Self-service recovery. User provisioning in private clouds. It's a wondrous world for end users these days as IT departments roll out tools that hand them the reins to the data and services they desire, whether it's instant access to their employee benefits account or a deep dive into corporate data stacks that were once off-limits. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Choosing the Right Active Directory Bridge Solution What do you need to know when evaluating AD bridge solutions? In this Quest Software white paper, discover the questions to ask when choosing the best solution for your company. Don't waste time and money with systems that don't play well together! Read this paper today. Read Now! 9 hot IT skills for 2012 Slowly but surely, many U.S. companies are loosening their viselike grips on IT hiring and looking to add new staffers to bolster business growth in the year ahead. Read More IT inferno: The nine circles of IT hell The tech inferno is not buried deep within the earth -- it's just down the hall. Let's take a tour. Read More Are CIOs too cocky about security? The ninth annual Global Information Security Survey conducted by CSO magazine and PricewaterhouseCoopers indicates the vast majority of tech and business execs are overconfident about their security policies. Read More WHITE PAPER: Schooner Information Technology The Short Guide to MySQL High-Availability Options The Short Guide to MySQL High-Availability Options: An analysis of today's MySQL high-availability challenges and what asynchronous, semi-synchronous and fully synchronous replication offer toward reducing downtime, achieving full data consistency, automating failover, and simplifying administration. Read now! Two-thirds of firms send jobs offshore, survey shows Offshoring has become so engrained in IT processes that 65% of businesses now do it for some aspect of their business, according to an annual survey of IT budgets and technology trends by the Society of Information Management. Read More Google CIO: Don't fight consumerization of IT In a Bloomberg Businessweek article, Google CIO Ben Fried reflects on the benefits of letting employees have their way with technology. Forrester Research agrees that IT managers should relinquish control, but not before methodically analyzing workers' wants and needs. Read More HP completes Autonomy acquisition Hewlett-Packard has secured enough shares of Autonomy to take control of the U.K. software company, HP announced Monday. Read More Juniper unveils cloud-based lab for customer testing Juniper is harnessing the cloud to make it easier and less expensive for customers to test its products. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 26 helpful open source network management tools Over the last decade or so, open source development has skyrocketed, and network management software has ridden that wave. Many frustrated IT administrators have turned to free tools to monitor, configure and map their networked devices. Here are 26 examples of open source network management software tools to help you do your job. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET We've got books on System Center and Microsoft training of the winner's choice from Webucator.. Enter here.Also: Please take our survey on certifications and your career MOST-READ STORIES Steve Jobs gave Barack Obama an iPad 2 "a little bit early" What to expect when Apple finally 'talks iPhone' Tuesday iPhone 5 launch day rumor roundup The future of malware Juniper unveils cloud-based lab for customer testing Microsoft kills Google Chrome with bad malware signature Cisco loses out as Brocade wins healthcare software company business Data mine and analyze all college students' online activities Top 9 Firefox fixes Tech debate: Is a tablet a PC?
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