The 9 Most Endangered IT Career Paths
Darwinism is no stranger to IT. Given the pace of innovation, today's plum post is almost always one shift away from becoming tomorrow's pink slip.
Windows 8 First Impressions for CIOs
Get past the missing Start menu and the 'ribbonized' File Explorer, and you'll likely find a faster OS that should make workers more productive.
Editor's Picks
IT professionals who have learned to work across traditional borders are the hot ticket in the current cloud-crazy job market. According to Dice.com, here is a list of the top 10 most available jobs in the cloud.
Today's IT worker is mobile and traditional ideas about brick-and-mortar offices no longer apply. This shift is a good thing as companies are already reaping benefits such as reduced costs, better productivity and a larger pool of IT talent. Of course, there are challenges managers need to overcome.
How do job seekers from Gen Y, Gen X and the Baby Boomer generation approach their career searches? Turns out social networking knows no age restrictions. Read on for CIO.com's infographic to see where your generation fits--and where you may be missing out.
CIO.com sat down with two BlackBerry executives last week to discuss the company's brand new BlackBerry 10 mobile OS and the upcoming BES 10 management software, as well as what they will mean to enterprises that use BlackBerry smartphones and tablets and the ones that use iOS and Android devices.
With the current state of the economy, IT workers face a dog-eat-dog environment filled with downsizing and outsourcing. CIO.com spoke with Modis CEO, Jack Cullen, to shed light on what IT roles remain in steady demand.
Sys admins are from Mars, developers are from Venus, and legal is from hell -- here's how to heal friction among IT factions.
IT executives and project management experts share their tips for avoiding some of the most common--and costly--project management mistakes.
Be sure to have these apps to get the most office productivity possible from your iPad.
Mobile security software company Good Technology recently piloted an NFC-based physical-access system using Samsung Galaxy S III smartphones and HID Global readers. The company says the pilot not only boosted building security and employee satisfaction, it also required little strain on IT.
Encrypted storage, malware scanners, missing-phone-finders and more: Here are 20 apps to help protect your smartphone, your privacy and your data.
News
- Reports: Japan's Softbank Eyeing MetroPCS As Well As Sprint
- New Microsoft Office Hits 'RTM' Milestone
- AMD Cuts Sales Forecast, Blames Weak Economy
- US Senator: Use of Location Data Not Well-disclosed
- Experts: Military Still Catching Up to the Benefits of the Internet
- Mozilla Releases Firefox 16.0.1 to Address Four Vulnerabilities
- Embrace Consumerization of IT and Stop Saying No
- BMC to Package Amazon Cloud Services as Part of Expanded Partnership
- PC Sales Down, Windows 8 Shares the Blame
- Mobile Payments Adoption in U.S. Could Take Years
Applications
- New Microsoft Office Hits 'RTM' Milestone
- Mozilla Releases Firefox 16.0.1 to Address Four Vulnerabilities
- Apache Lucene/solr Expands Across Many Servers
- Time has Come for Chief Analytics Officers
- Berners-Lee Brings Tech Rivals Together to Work on HTML5
- Mozilla Yanks Firefox 16 One Day After Release
- 12 Industry Disaster Scenarios
- Firefox 16 Removed From Installer Page After Vulnerability Found
- Microsoft Terms Talk of Office on iPad 'Inaccurate'
- Apple Maps Accidentally Reveals Highly Sensitive Taiwanese Radar Installation
Careers
- Wanted: Job Candidates with Diverse Backgrounds to Fill Severe Big-Data Jobs Shortage
- 'Underpaid' Microsoft CEO Ballmer Sees Pay Slip 4% to $1.32 Million
- Colleges Incorporate Data Science Into Curriculums
- Acqui-Hire Trend Turns Startups Into IT Talent Pools
- IT Workers Staying Put, CIOs Staying Longer
- CIO Succession Plans Lacking, Study Finds
- Hiring Preferences Favor Mature Workers Over Millennials: Study
- Good News for Job Hunters in Android, Linux, and Open Source
- Report Alleges Job Bias, Visa Fraud at Huawei
- How the Generations Use Social Media to Job Search (Infographic)
Cloud Computing
- BMC to Package Amazon Cloud Services as Part of Expanded Partnership
- The Enterprise Cloud Adoption Framework
- Doctor's Orders: Healthcare in the Cloud
- 12 Industry Disaster Scenarios
- Ballmer: Microsoft's a 'Devices and Services' Company Now
- Looking to Cloud Shop? Marketplaces are the New Place to Do it
- IT Workers Staying Put, CIOs Staying Longer
- HP Cloud Challenges Amazon and Google
- IBM, AT&T Team on Cloud Services
- Creating Cohesive Storage Management
Data Center
- Russian Startup Working on Intel to ARM Software Emulator
- Box Seeks Broad Integration with Third-party Web Apps, Sites
- IBM, AT&T Team on Cloud Services
- Why Putting Your Data Center in Canada Makes Sense
- Chip Maker Calxeda Receives $55 Million to Push ARM Chips Into the Data Center
- Creating Cohesive Storage Management
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Storage Systems Get Supersized
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NAS Appliances: Not Just Raw Storage Anymore
- Online Life After Death Faces Legal Uncertainty
- Dell Supercomputer Effort Spawns New Line of Servers
Mobile
- Reports: Japan's Softbank Eyeing MetroPCS As Well As Sprint
- US Senator: Use of Location Data Not Well-disclosed
- Embrace Consumerization of IT and Stop Saying No
- Mobile Payments Adoption in U.S. Could Take Years
- Softbank Driven By Investments, Acquisitions
- LG Optimus G Quick Review: New Smartphone Offers Great Business Features
- iPad Mini: Expert Predictions and Challenges
- Sprint Confirms Acquisition Talks with Softbank
- Sprint Confirms it is Negotiating with Softbank
- MIT's Newest Research Center to Focus on Mobile Technologies
Web 2.0
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Social Media Gains in Regulated Industries
- Facebook Patches Security Hole That Allowed Mass Harvesting of Phone Numbers
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Crafting a Social Media Policy
- A 'Want' on Facebook Could be Just What Your Business Ordered
- Facebook Tests 'Want' and 'Collect' Buttons: How to Get Started
- Watch Out, Pinterest, Facebook Tests Collections Tool
- More Regulation Only Way to Stop Social Networks Learning More Than We Wish, Says Researcher
- What's a Facebook 'Like' Worth?
- How the Generations Use Social Media to Job Search (Infographic)
- Facebook's Phone Search Can Be Abused to Find People's Numbers, Researchers Say
Virtualization
- Legal and Technical BYOD Pitfalls Highlighted At RSA Security Conference
- Pivot3 Integrates VDI Appliance with VMware's View Storage Accelerator
- Symantec Adds Disaster Recovery Capabilities to Veritas Cluster Server
- Creating Cohesive Storage Management
- City of Barcelona Consolidates VDI with Windows Server 2012
- Cloud Will Never be Cheaper Than On-Premise: Claranet
- Major Enhancements Coming for Cisco Catalyst 6500
- Riverbed Reshapes WAN Optimization Strategy with Juniper Partnership, Products
- Tracesecurity Rolls Out Cloud-based Risk, Compliance and Audit Tool
- Openstack Releases Folsom with Heavy Dose of Virtual Networking
Security
- US Senator: Use of Location Data Not Well-disclosed
- Mozilla Releases Firefox 16.0.1 to Address Four Vulnerabilities
- Facebook, Gmail, Skype Conversations Monitored and Decoded By German Police
- Microsoft Move Hints at the Death of Windows Service Packs
- Mozilla Yanks Firefox 16 One Day After Release
- 12 Industry Disaster Scenarios
- After Congress' Report, What Next for China's Tech Firms?
- Iphone Hacker Dream Team Edges Closer to iOS6 Jailbreak
- Conficker Worm Still Being Tracked, but Evidence Collection Slows
- Firefox 16 Removed From Installer Page After Vulnerability Found
Outsourcing
- Avaya Doubling Down on Communications Outsourcing
- IT Workers Staying Put, CIOs Staying Longer
- Report Alleges Job Bias, Visa Fraud at Huawei
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Microsoft Pitches New $10,000 H-1B Visas
- GM Bets on Insourcing, Brings Back 10,000 IT Jobs
- Job Ad for Student Visa Stirs Debate
- 7 Tips to Offshore Agile Development
- Gartner: India Will Become The World's Fastest Growing Enterprise Software Market Through 2016
- Trying to Fill 6,000 Jobs, Microsoft Pitches $10,000 H-1B Visa
- Microsoft Calls for $5 Billion Investment in U.S. Education
Operating Systems
- PC Sales Down, Windows 8 Shares the Blame
- Juniper Fortifies Network Edge with New Routers
- Microsoft Move Hints at the Death of Windows Service Packs
- New Android Version Rolled Out to AOSP, Nexus 7 Devices
- TV Ads Touting Microsoft's Windows 8 Leak to Internet
- Microsoft Exec: Windows Store to Stock 100,000 Apps in Three Months
- Windows 8 First Impressions for CIOs and IT Pros
- Microsoft: Users Trying to Get Something for Nothing Wind Up with Malware
- Good News for Job Hunters in Android, Linux, and Open Source
- The Shocker That Wasn't: Intel CEO Disses Windows 8
Data Center Definitions & Solutions
What is a data center? How are data centers managed? What data center technologies should I be aware of?
CIO 100 2012
The 2012 CIO 100 Awards honor 100 companies that are accelerating business results by innovating with technology. Find out who they are.
A recent survey conducted by IDG Research Services suggests many senior IT decision-makers understand the growing strategic value of HR. They also understand the need for IT to work closely with HR to ensure HR solutions are secure, well-integrated and fully optimized. This paper explores the evolving relationship between IT and HR and showcases one of the leading providers of cloud-based HR solutions.
Sponsored by SuccessFactors
Is your organization currently among nearly half of all SAP customers (43%) who are dissatisfied with response times across all components? A recent survey indicated that 40% of businesses said they could NOT detect SAP issues in real-time, and instead relied on user feedback to try to remediate and resolve performance issues. Now is the time to gain the insight and recommendations needed to identify and eliminate common SAP application performance, adoption, and training challenges. Published by Aternity, the paper includes 8 real-world cases detailing how Aternity empowers SAP customers with a user-centric approach to proactive IT management.
Sponsored by Aternity
In-depth whitepaper provides a roadmap to help enterprises navigate through many of the key challenges associated with desktop consolidation projects.
Sponsored by Aternity
Are you currently in the process of making line-of-business applications accessible from mobile devices or do you have plans to deploy custom mobile applications in the near future? "The Rise of the Mobile Workforce: Gain Control of End User Experience" will provide you and your team with the use cases, insight, and best practices you need for gaining control of end user experience of mobile applications. Topics covered include:
* How mobile end user experience impacts business performance
* Measuring and determining the impact of iOS and Android mobile applications on end user experience
* Reduce MTTR of your critical mobile business applications and enable proactive management
Sponsored by Aternity
EMA provides research and analysis of today's End User Experience (EUE) and Application Performance Management (APM) technologies along with a thoughtful presentation on the Top 10 Myths to dispel before purchasing any monitoring tool. Guest speakers include Julie Craig, EMA Research Director, and Trevor Matz, President and CEO of Aternity.
Sponsored by Aternity
In virtually every industry, software is now a driver of competitive advantage. Learn how companies can grow revenue and cut costs by building custom applications that streamline customer interactions and business operations. Delivering these applications is far from easy and demands a modern approach to application infrastructure.
Sponsored by VMware
Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT / 11:00 AM PST
Organizations today are faced with the challenge of satisfying both end-users and IT. While end-users require flexible and reliable access to their data and applications, IT organizations need to meet those demands while keeping budgets under control and company assets secure.
Sponsored by Riverbed
Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Time: 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT
We live in an age of digital fluidity, where technology has made it possible for people to stay connected to any network, anywhere, through any device. The explosion in rich media applications and innovations in virtualization, cloud computing and most recently Software-Defined Networking (SDN)-are changing the way business is conducted and impacting the way organizations view networking.
Join IDG Enterprise Editor, Joyce Chutchian, and networking experts from Hewlett-Packard in this roundtable discussion. In addition to exploring the IT trends driving this fundamental shift, the experts will discuss emerging technology, real-world use cases for SDN capabilities and best practices that will allow you apply business logic to network behavior in a dynamic fashion.
The session will cover:
- What Software-Defined Networking is and what it isn't
- Why embracing an open SDN ecosystem is a critical success factor
- How SDN eliminates "human middleware" to deliver scalable, programmable clouds
- Steps you can take today to begin deploying cloud applications in minutes vs. months
Don't miss this opportunity to learn a more about simplifying, scaling and automating your network.
Sponsored by HP
Executive Women in IT (EWIT)
The CIO Executive Council launched an initiative dedicated to advancing women in IT and in business. The Executive Women in IT (EWIT) Leadership Connection provides access to peer advice, events, resources and tools to help women on their journey to success. Learn more
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CONTENT DOWNLOAD - Executive Women in IT (EWIT): Packaging Yourself to Move Your Career Forward - Webcast Recording & Presentation
The Evolution of Enterprise IT from Systems of Record to Systems of Engagement
This one hour webcast will discuss the emergence of consumer-driven, social collaboration networks that are forcing companies' IT infrastructure to evolve and become the foundation of a new way of doing business. For the past 30 years, corporate leaders have spent trillions of dollars on "systems of record" that carry out critical functions, from supply chain management to financials. Now they must learn how best to layer "systems of engagement" on top their current enterprise IT infrastructure.
Join us for a presentation by business strategist and advisor Peter Moore, who will discuss the overall dimensions of this transformative change and how CIOs can take a leadership role in helping their companies get out in front of it.
Learn more
Content Download – Youth in IT Webcast: Internship Program Best Practices & Lessons Learned
The Future-State CIO®
The Future-State CIO® will be accountable for IT function success and business process transformation by adopting a more company-external focus and concentrating on using information to drive innovation and strategic advantage in pursuit of business goals. Learn more
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