News - Archives - October 2010

Data center hiring set to grow

Date: 10/29/2010
Typically, data center revenues are closely tied to the income of the companies employing their services. While that trend remains true, new technologies encourage companies to make use of data centers in more encompassing ways, hastening growth in the sector beyond rates in the rest of IT.

IT training critical to launching a career

Date: 10/29/2010
Individuals interested in developing an IT career are served well by completing training programs and achieving IT certifications.

IT industry wide open for women

Date: 10/29/2010
Getting women interested in IT has stumped experts, academics and IT departments for years. While there are opportunities for women in IT, and there is no reason why women cannot handle the job, there is an almost mysterious lack of feminine influence in the IT industry.

Microsoft software dominating top IT skills

Date: 10/29/2010
IT Web recently released its list of top 10 skills in the current IT job market in light of the growing demand for professionals with specialized IT training. Microsoft products firmly led the list, taking the top three designations.

XenDesktop 5 to create difficult decision for IT departments

Date: 10/29/2010
Citrix has decided to facilitate the transition from XenDesktop version 4.0 to version 5.0 with minimal scaling. This is leaving many IT departments worried about the updates necessary to prepare for the new virtualization platform.

Microsoft Server overhauled

Date: 10/29/2010
Microsoft has officially announced the first service pack for Windows 7, which will also include updates for Microsoft Server 2008 R2.

Cisco proposing IT job expansion

Date: 10/28/2010
Multinational companies based in the U.S. currently have approximately $1 trillion dollars in funding they could repatriate to stimulate the economy and create job growth. However, efforts to bring those funds into the country are being stymied by harsh tax laws, charging 35 percent on all repatriated money.

New multimedia suite coming from Adobe

Date: 10/28/2010
Project Rome is currently underway as Adobe works to develop its recently announced all-in-one multimedia software solution.

Specialists in high demand in IT departments

Date: 10/28/2010
An IT recruitment consultancy is reporting an increased demand for IT professionals with specialized skills.

Adobe encouraging collaboration in the enterprise

Date: 10/28/2010
With the release of Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite version 2.5, Adobe is showing a clear focus on creating opportunities for file sharing, collaboration and communication within businesses.

Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac is a boon for IT professionals

Date: 10/28/2010
IT experts have been struggling for years when it comes to integrating Macs into their company's infrastructure. While many software applications could be transferred between PCs and Macs, Microsoft had never designed a version of Outlook that was compatible with Apple computers.

Increased use of online video creating network volatility

Date: 10/28/2010
Cisco recently released its annual Visual Networking Index, finding that broadband use has grown by 31 percent since last year.

Cisco reaches sales milestone

Date: 10/27/2010
Cisco has officially sold 30 million IP phones to businesses throughout the world. The company currently holds a 33.4 percent market share, making it the clear leader in IP phone technology.

Cisco certifications inspiring others

Date: 10/26/2010
Cisco's certification programs have become something of an industry standard, as businesses looking for workers in networking IT or data centers often consider Cisco training as a prerequisite for applicants.

Cisco updating data center services

Date: 10/26/2010
As virtualization technology becomes a mainstream tool in data centers, network service providers such as Cisco Systems are updating their products to support and enhance server virtualization.

IT job ratio moving towards pre-recession totals

Date: 10/26/2010
IT jobs in some sectors were hit hard during the recession, with an increase in the employment of contractors and decrease in full-time job openings. That trend is starting to change with new full-time job openings on the horizon.

The government needs cyber security help

Date: 10/25/2010
The recession is something of a non-factor in cyber security, where the balance of jobs is wildly out of skew. Private organizations and the federal government are in desperate need of cyber security workers and are facing a major job surplus.

Cisco bringing more video to the workplace

Date: 10/22/2010
Video is becoming the new way to collaborate in the office, as businesses are increasingly deploying teleconferencing systems to facilitate worker collaboration.

Windows 7 selling fast

Date: 10/21/2010
As it nears its first birthday, Windows 7, the most recent operating system from Microsoft, has sold approximately 240 million licenses.

Cyber security to enter a golden age for jobs

Date: 10/21/2010
Recently, CompTIA President and CEO Todd Thibodeaux joined CIOL.com for an interview on the state of IT. Over the course of his time with the news source, Thibodeaux said cyber security skills would be in high demand in the IT industry.

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