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Top 11 metro areas for tech jobs

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Top 11 metro areas for tech jobs
IT staffing firm Modis reports the top 11 metro areas for tech jobs Read More


WEBCAST: HP

Storage in the Cloud
Cloud will impact your storage environment. Hear what a HP Storage expert has to say. View Now!

WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors

HP 3PAR Storage: Optimizing I/O Service Levels
According to ESG, making solid-state usable is "job number one." This report explores how 3PAR Storage optimizes the SSD tier with multiple, smaller-capacity that can be characterized as a clustered SSD implementation. Learn how this architecture spreads SSD benefits across more data to improve service level and I/O costs. Learn more.

Facebook pushes a new model for buying servers
Facebook has proposed a new model for designing servers that it says will give businesses more choice in selecting components and a smarter way to upgrade systems when needs change, though it remains to be seen how widely its method will be adopted. Read More

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New task for CIOs: Make money
As tech infiltrates every corner of the business, it's only natural that some IT departments are producing revenue-generating products and services. Insider (registration required) Read More

Consultant: Oracle's newest "cloud" strategy isn't cloud at all
Oracle's latest advancement of its cloud computing strategy is being called out as a "faux cloud" by a consultant and author, and as the latest example of cloud-washing, or the practice of vendors misusing the ubiquitous technology term. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

Is the Cloud a Performance Management Crap Shoot?
To prevent unforeseen obstacles in a cloud deployment, it is important to have WAN-based measurement capabilities established before moving applications to a private or public cloud. This paper explains how to gain the visibility needed to manage performance in a cloud. Read now!

Security Holy Grail anyone?
It sometimes feels like the entire planet is working on some sort of security technology to protect the networked world from insiders, outsiders and just plain nasty ne'er do wells. The researchers at the government's "high-risk, high-payoff research" group, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) want to go beyond the mundane security research and development and get right to the... Read More

Cisco virtual desktop users to get access to Jabber HD voice and video
Users of Cisco's virtual desktop system will soon be able to engage in voice and video communications with their colleagues using the Jabber instant messaging tool. Read More

Registration opens for IEEE wireless certification
The next exam for IEEE wireless engineering certification will start in April, and registration is now open. Read More


WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel®

High Performance Computing eGuide
In this eGuide, articles from Computerworld and InfoWorld offer case studies, examples and opinions of how HPC can be applied to real-world problems today, and what the future of the technology is likely to hold. Read Now!

Tony Fadell on the unique nature of Apple's design process
Often referred to as the godfather of the iPod, former Apple executive and current Nest CEO Tony Fadell played an instrumental part in Apple's resurgence. Indeed, Fadell joined Apple in February 2001 where he got to work designing the original iPod. Less than one year later, on October 23, 2001, Steve Jobs introduced the iPod to the world and the rest as they say is history. Read More

Phys.Org Hacked, serving up malware? Google blocks site, but Bing doesn't
Starting this morning, if you tried to access Phys.org from either Chrome or Firefox, you were greeted with: Firefox also warned of Phys.org being an attack site and blocked access. Read More

Major flaw in Java-based Spring Framework allows remote-code execution by attackers
There's a major flaw in the Java-based Spring Framework open-source development code that allows remote-code execution by attackers against applications built with it, according to the security firm which identified the flaw. Read More

Intel prepares to use lasers, light to shuffle data between computers
Intel is taking the first steps to implement thin fiber optics that will use lasers and light as a faster way to move data inside computers, replacing the older and slower electrical wiring technology found in most computers today. Read More

Day after patch, Java zero-day sold to highest bidders
Less than a day after Oracle issued a patch for a vulnerability in its Java browser plug-in software that was allowing attackers to get control of Windows PCs, yet another zero-day exploit for an unpatched Java security hole was being marketed on the Underweb. Read More

 
 
 

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