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	15 job titles getting big salary boosts in 2015 Competition for technical talent is on the rise – and so are salaries. Companies in hiring mode say there's a shortage of tech talent, and IT pros are upping their expectations for pay and benefits. Overall, the jobs outlook is positive for IT pros as the new year gets underway. Read More   WEBCAST: Fortinet Increase Revenue with WiFi & Retail Presence Analytics Many WiFi Retail Presence Analytics platforms promise the world, but provide little more than a collection of reports and meaningless data. Fortinet Presence Analytics is different, delivering a platform that helps you better understand customer behavior, engage more closely with your customers and actually influence their purchasing decisions. Learn more >> In this Issue Recruiting challenges spur higher salaries, better perks INSIDER CheckPoint, Watchguard earn top spots in UTM shootout Google discloses unpatched Windows vulnerability Your Android device needs these 5 apps Hot Tip: You've lost your only Windows 7 password, what now? Biggest browser news of 2014 FCC to vote on net neutrality rules in February "Weight" of the average webpage continues to increase Predictions for Unified Communications in 2015, Part 2 WHITE PAPER: IBM Accelerate Marketing with Cloud CMOs are becoming more tech-savvy out of necessity: customers have more access to information, and are always connected—especially on social and mobile platforms. CMOs must quickly analyze, understand and engage each customer as an individual across channels. Learn More>> Recruiting challenges spur higher salaries, better perks Skilled job seekers are in an enviable position in the simmering tech industry, as hiring managers compete for talent, boost job offers, and improve on-the-job perks to keep existing employees from looking elsewhere. "It's really the technologists' choice right now. They can be very picky," says Jack Cullen, president of IT staffing and recruiting firm Modis. Read More     INSIDER CheckPoint, Watchguard earn top spots in UTM shootout When it comes to unified threat management appliances aimed at the SMB market, vendors are finding a way to fit additional security features into smaller and more powerful appliances. Read More   Google discloses unpatched Windows vulnerability   A Google researcher has disclosed an unpatched vulnerability in Windows 8.1 after Microsoft didn't fix the problem within a 90-day window Google gave its competitor. Read More   WHITE PAPER: IBM Selecting a Web Content Management Solution According to Ovum, selecting an appropriate web content management (WCM) system has become a challenge for organizations due to the array of products available. Read their latest report and find out: -How the WCM market is evolving -Why IBM Customer Experience Suite is considered a market leader Learn More Your Android device needs these 5 apps Android devices need a kit of essential tools just as much as contractors and tinkerers do. But instead of drills and hammers, they're apps that are installed and consistently updated so that they're always ready to use. Read More   Hot Tip: You've lost your only Windows 7 password, what now? Long-time reader and Way-Out-West Gearhead correspondent Miles Baska recently dropped me a note about how to perform a password reset on Windows 7 which, if you've lost the password to the only active account, will come in pretty handy. Here's the method. Read More   Biggest browser news of 2014 There were no earthshaking browser announcements in 2014, suggesting that the world of web browsers has entered a state of relative maturity. But there were a number of interesting, incremental changes relative to all three of the major browsers – Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer. Read More   WHITE PAPER: IBM IBM Value-based Archiving Solutions This solution brief highlights IBM Value-based Archiving Solutions, which help enable organizations to apply specific archiving logic—including content-based analytics and classification, records declarations, and metadata processing—to address the requirements of archiving projects. View Now>> FCC to vote on net neutrality rules in February The U.S. Federal Communications Commission plans to vote on new net neutrality rules during its February meeting. Read More   "Weight" of the average webpage continues to increase Sometimes it almost feels as if we're bearing witness to a never ending race which pits faster and more advanced computers against increasingly cumbersome webpages. While one would think that browsing the web in 2015 would be an overwhelmingly smooth and incredibly fast experience, that isn't always the case. Read More   Predictions for Unified Communications in 2015, Part 2 Welcome to 2015, and to part two of our annual predictions for Unified Communications in the coming year. Read More
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