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6 Hot New IT Roles for 2015 (3)

November 3, 2014November 3, 2014 enews

The breakneck pace of change in the IT industry is forcing you to change the way you think about attracting and hiring skilled workers. Here are six new IT roles for 2015 and advice on how to find talent to fill them. Information Insight Enabler Most organizations have an abundance of information, reports and statistics, but aren’t using that effectively to drive business and strategic decisions, says Horne. “And information insight enabler is something of a big data role; they act as coaches, not just technologists, to help business leaders…

When Did Silicon Valley Become ‘Silicon Valley’?

November 2, 2014November 3, 2014 enews

Stand outside a juice bar anywhere in Los Angeles from Silver Lake to Venice and ask the question, “Hey, how’s your screenplay coming along?” to 10 complete strangers and you’ll get 10 very passionate responses. I’ve been in L.A. for a while now and I’ve heard the jokes from my friends in San Francisco about “Hollywood Style.” It’s all about who you know, where you saw them and what outfit you were wearing when you pitched your latest project to their agent. Of course, that’s just a caricature of the…

Microsoft promotes its Band smartwatch platform with plans to license its technology

November 2, 2014November 3, 2014 enews

A company spokesman said the technology, especially the sensor hardware and algorithms, will be made available to other hardware makers. Microsoft plans to license its Microsoft Band smartwatch technology to other manufacturers, with an emphasis on the sensors powering them, a company representative said Friday. Whether Microsoft plans to put in place a formal program, such as it has for Windows Phone, remains unclear. The Band does not run an operating system per se, but on Microsoft’s wearable firmware, optimized for low-power micro devices, the spokesman said in an email.…

IDC Comment: Amazon Web Services Opens German Datacenter

October 30, 2014October 30, 2014 enews

London, 23 October, 2014 – On Thursday, October 23, 2014, Amazon Web Services (AWS) opened a new regional datacenter in Germany. The new “region” is located in the Frankfurt area and offers two availability zones, and each zone has dedicated servers, storage, power and Internet connections — so any problems with one zone should not affect the other. With the existing datacenters in Ireland, this means that AWS now has two “regions” and five (three in Ireland and two in Frankfurt) availability zones in Europe. Although AWS had been planning…

6 Hot New IT Roles for 2015 (2)

October 30, 2014October 30, 2014 enews

Technology Broker The ubiquitous nature of affordable, easy-to-use cloud-based apps has led to an influx of these applications into the enterprise, says Horne. “In the past, IT was in charge of all technology purchase decisions and developed specific vendor negotiation and purchasing skills,” Horne says. “Now, almost every department from marketing to finance has the ability to buy apps they feel will benefit their group, but in some cases these folks are more willing than able.” A technology broker provides buying advice and negotiating support to divisions across a company…

6 Hot New IT Roles for 2015

October 29, 2014October 29, 2014 enews

The breakneck pace of change in the IT industry is forcing you to change the way you think about attracting and hiring skilled workers. Here are six new IT roles for 2015 and advice on how to find talent to fill them. The pace of change in IT has always been brisk, but technology advances such as virtualization, the cloud, service management and a focus on information management and collaboration have forced businesses into a dead sprint to keep up. And as technology changes, so do the skills, knowledge and…

The Sky’s The Limit? Not For AeroMobil’s Flying Car

October 29, 2014October 29, 2014 enews

Kaspersky Lab Survey Discovers What Types of Data-Loss Keep Industrial IT Managers Awake at Night

October 29, 2014October 29, 2014 enews

According to a Kaspersky Lab survey of 3,900 IT professionals worldwide[AK1] , industrial and production businesses have security priorities that are drastically different from service-based industries. Industrial sectors can value (or under-value) certain types of data far differently than other businesses, and even amongst different industrial sectors, security priorities can vary greatly. The adage that “no two businesses are alike” is especially true when comparing businesses in corporate and services sectors (e.g., Education, E-Commerce, Healthcare) to industrial businesses. Kaspersky Lab’s survey classified respondents across 17 different business sectors, including the Manufacturing…

Is Big Data Getting Too Big? The Data Obesity Crisis

October 28, 2014October 28, 2014 enews

We probably all know that obesity is becoming a big (pardon the pun) problem in the developed world and just becoming bigger. While we obviously need food to survive, Westerners in particular have access to so much food now that it has become unhealthy—and we are dying early as a result. It’s a mindset that more is always better — more food, more choices — but that’s not always the case. This is a similar phenomenon to the one I see with businesses and governments that are amassing data (big…

Five affordable page layout tools

October 28, 2014October 28, 2014 enews

If your company is looking for a page layout app that won’t break the bank, check out these five low-cost tools. There are plenty of reasons to have page layout software at the ready. Your business will need professional correspondence, marketing materials, flyers, and much more. But for some businesses, dropping the cash for a page layout app isn’t feasible. Fortunately, for those needing affordable solutions, there are plenty of page layout tools to choose from. I have gathered five such tools that should meet the needs for most users.…