12 IT jobs getting biggest raises in 2014

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	12 IT jobs getting biggest raises in 2014 The average salary for newly hired IT pros is expected to increase 5.6% in the coming year. Pre-sales engineers and mobile application developers are in line for the biggest raises, says staffing firm Robert Half. Read More WHITE PAPER: Exablox How to Leverage New Storage Strategies This ebook covers some of the key challenges organizations are encountering with storage management, data protection and cost containment. It also shows how IT organizations can effectively address these difficulties while getting the most out of their valuable information assets. Read now! In this Issue Review: NAS goes outside the box 10 things we learned – or didn't -- from Cisco's Insieme launch D-Wave pitches quantum co-acceleration to supercomputing set Can a celebrity news team help revive Yahoo? Nokia lays groundwork for next-generation virtualized mobile networks Apple acquires 3-D sensing technology company PrimeSense Holiday shoppers are expected to buy more online, and be more mobile, this year An HPC champion helps Trek Bicycle shift gears HP private cloud service leads the pack, followed by Cisco and Microsoft, Forrester says Big Data offers means to combat health care hacker attacks RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds New Video: How to Configure NetFlow v9 on a Cisco Router Networks can grow fast—really fast. This rapid growth leads to increased network traffic, more endpoints, and new IPs consuming bandwidth. Key to a complete understanding of network behavior at your growing organization is the ability to collect and analyze NetFlow data in your routers. SolarWinds new video shows you how, in less than 5 minutes! Looking to enable Flexible NetFlow on your Cisco routers? In less than 5 minutes, SolarWinds lead Sales Engineer demonstrates how to enable NetFlow v9 on Cisco routers with custom flow records. Watch the short how to video now! Review: NAS goes outside the box Earlier this year we tested Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances. Now we're reviewing software-based NAS that you can load onto your own equipment—whether it's a PC, server, virtual machine, or in the cloud. We looked at FreeNAS, Openfiler, Open-E DSS, NexentaStor, and SoftNAS. All offer some sort of free solution or service, with some being fully open sourced. Read More 10 things we learned – or didn't -- from Cisco's Insieme launch Cisco's introduction of the Insieme Networks product line and strategy was the most anticipated networking announcement in almost two years. It represents Cisco's response to the software-defined networking trend pervading the industry, and threatening Cisco's dominance and profits. While not a watershed moment – Insieme didn't change Cisco's modus operandii, as explained below -- Insieme is nonetheless one of the most important events and product introductions in Cisco's history. Here are 10 things we learned or have yet to learn from the Insieme launch. Read More D-Wave pitches quantum co-acceleration to supercomputing set Controversial quantum device maker D-Wave is hoping to find a home for its cutting-edge technology in the high-performance computing (HPC) market. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Application Performance in a World of Cloud and Mobility Cloud, mobility, and networking have shifted the dynamics of application performance. As a result, IT is under more pressure than ever to improve application performance. Learn how to ensure that employees and customers can access applications effectively without being forced to expend more resources on network upgrades. Read more >> Can a celebrity news team help revive Yahoo? Yahoo has been hiring hotshot journalists to boost its news cred, and Monday's addition of Katie Couric could help with the company's efforts to reinvigorate itself. But it has to get the content just right. Read More Nokia lays groundwork for next-generation virtualized mobile networks Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN) and Korean operator SK Telecom have demonstrated the potential for virtualizing the core of a mobile network, which will make it easier for operators to roll out new services. Read More Apple acquires 3-D sensing technology company PrimeSense Apple has acquired PrimeSense, a developer of 3-D sensors that allow devices to respond to the environment in three dimensions. Read More WHITE PAPER: Ipanema Technologies Don't Let App Performance Problems Drag You Down Check out this exclusive IDG-Ipanema survey to learn about the far-reaching impacts of poor application performance, and what you can do about it. Learn More. Holiday shoppers are expected to buy more online, and be more mobile, this year Holiday e-commerce is expected to jump 14% to 17% this year compared to 2012, and increasing numbers of shoppers are doing their shopping from mobile devices. Read More An HPC champion helps Trek Bicycle shift gears Trek Bicycle has turned to high performance computers to help develop new bicycles, and the effort is seeing results. Read More HP private cloud service leads the pack, followed by Cisco and Microsoft, Forrester says Enterprises are expected to significantly ramp up their pursuit of internal private clouds within the next year and HP, Cisco and Microsoft have the strongest product offerings for those deployments, according to a new Wave report by research firm Forrester. Read More Big Data offers means to combat health care hacker attacks Despite the aggressive efforts of government regulators, the health care industry's reputation for security hasn't been stellar. Multiple breaches are reported on a weekly basis and with health care exchanges popping up under the federal Affordable Care Act, the situation could get worse before it gets better. Read More
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