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Thursday, November 01, 2012

12 effective habits of indispensable IT pros

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12 effective habits of indispensable IT pros
Ditch the slackers, take on dirty work, do it with data -- here's how to get the inside track on a highly rewarding career in IT Read More


RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Samsung Enterprise Mobility

Mobile Security. Don't let someone else decide for you.
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RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn

LogMeIn Central: Automate, Monitor and Manage PCs.
LogMeIn lets you Monitor and Manage PCs, deliver patches and updates to multiple PCS simultaneously. Central helps IT deliver seamless support that keeps employees productive and up and running. LogMeIn Central - automate routine tasks and do more. Free Trial

Thin client vendor Pano Logic disappears into thin air
Pano Logic, a maker of virtual desktop infrastructure headed by former Wyse CEO John Kish, has apparently gone out of business ... and I say apparently only out of an abundance of caution. Read More

Security research labels more than 290,000 Google Play Android apps as 'high-risk'
One-quarter of more than 400,000 Android apps examined in the Google Play store pose security risks to mobile-device users, according to new research. Read More

Google unveils free Siri rival for iPhone, iPad
Hey, Siri, you better look behind you. Google on Tuesday upgraded its Google Search app for the iPhone and iPad, giving the feature a voice search functionality that poses a challenge to Apple's Siri. Read More

True Halloween IT Horror Stories
In celebration of Halloween I wanted to bring you some real life horror stories from the IT world. You can listen in below as Nimrod "Nimmy" Reichenberg, VP of marketing and business development at Algosec and Matthew Pascucci, a security researcher and writer share with us some of the more celebrated and interesting horror stories they have seen in IT recently. Read More


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Big Data Done Right
View this on-demand webcast to learn how to reap the benefits of big data through a practical unified architecture; how to improve performance with in-memory technology; and how to lower costs and increase scalability through cloud computing. Register now.

CSU confirms Cisco RFP
Our stories and blog on the California State University network refresh RFP generated many comments - 106 at last count -- both in support of CSU's findings on Cisco's pricing and in disbelief. Read More

Surface resentment aside, OEMs rally behind Windows 8/RT
Save for a single evening mingling with folks at Samsung at the Galaxy Note II launch event, I spent all of last week (and part of the week before) meeting with a number of Microsoft's OEM partners to check out their first batch of Windows 8/RT-ready hardware. I got to see and get some hands-on time with a myriad of notebooks, Ultrabooks, tablets, and all-in-ones from some large OEMs, and I think the... Read More

After Sandy, communications slowly improve
Some wireless and wired communications services downed by Hurricane Sandy have been restored over the past 24 hours, but FCC officials said Wednesday afternoon that several serious outages remain in New York, New Jersey and some other hard hit areas. Read More

Stanford researchers develop all-carbon solar cell
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a solar cell made entirely from carbon-based materials, they said Wednesday. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Oracle

Optimizing the Datacenter
By embracing application and server consolidation strategies, IT managers can gain real efficiencies that lower costs and streamline operations. Oracle's servers offer the scalability required to tackle consolidation projects. Learn More

Privacy experts criticize moves to sidestep IE10's default Do Not Track settings
When it comes to consumers' rights to control their own browsers, everybody wants to sound like they're pro-choice. But with many millions of advertising dollars on the line, the definition of pro-choice tends to align with the financial interests of those doing the defining. Read More

Apple offers up to $1 per device for Motorola Mobility patents
Apple has offered to pay Google's Motorola Mobility unit up to one dollar per device for a license to its patents covering cellular and Wi-Fi technologies. Read More

Blackberry 10 devices with carriers, launch on track for Q1 2013
The first wave of devices running BlackBerry 10, Research In Motion's new smartphone operating system, have entered carrier certification labs around the world, the company said Wednesday. Read More

Live Blog: How Enterprise IT is coping with Hurricane Sandy
[View the story "Live Blog: Enterprise IT copes with Hurricane Sandy" on Storify] Read More

8 Best Cities to Find Cloud Computing Jobs
Looking for a new job in the growing cloud computing market? Open to a change of scenery? Get on the road to one of these 8 cities where cloud jobs are hottest. Read More

 
 
 

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