Open source's people problem

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	Open source's people problem More companies are turning to open source, but they're also struggling to develop in-house open-source skills while keeping training costs down. INSIDER (registration required) Read More WHITE PAPER: Argent What's the biggest bottleneck in VMware? Do more CPUs improve VMware?    Using VMware NIC Teaming?    Does TCP/IP affect VMware? (You'll be surprised)    Get this essential FREE white paper now    11 pages of technical details, not sales fluff     Click to continue In this Issue World's servers process 9.57ZB of data a year White iPhone sparks skirmish at Beijing Apple Store Elgan: How to pop your Internet 'filter bubble' Cisco's mass of acquisitions spawned growth, competition Open-source use goes unmeasured, unchecked Apple tops Google as most valuable brand, report says Dell hopes to speed virtualization with four-socket blade OWC offers 480GB SSD for 2010 MacBook Air Index Engines extends e-discovery appliance to Data Domain HP adds 3G mobile broadband service for laptops Sen. Rockefeller to introduce online do-not-track bill Preston Gralla: Microsoft and Google take off the gloves in their war over the cloud Glyn Meek: IT consultants: A little advice to the aspiring professional ..., part 2 DOWNLOAD: Citrix Free Download: Citrix® NetScaler® Now you can get the ultimate in dynamic, cost-effective Web app delivery with Citrix® NetScaler® VPX. Simply download the free Express Edition of this virtual appliance and you'll experience infinitely flexible L4-7 load balancing, Web app acceleration and security from a single, virtual appliance. Click to continue World's servers process 9.57ZB of data a year In 2024, the world's business servers will annually process the digital equivalent of a stack of books extending more than 4.37 light-years to Alpha Centauri, according to a study. Read More White iPhone sparks skirmish at Beijing Apple Store The long wait for Apple products in Beijing turned ugly over the weekend when a skirmish erupted outside one of the company's stores. Read More Elgan: How to pop your Internet 'filter bubble' The Internet you see is not the Internet I see, writes columnist Mike Elgan. Companies using personalization algorithms are presenting you with a custom version of the world online that they think you're interested in. Read More Cisco's mass of acquisitions spawned growth, competition Cisco says its success rate with acquisitions is 70% while 90% of them fail for the rest of the industry. Read More Open-source use goes unmeasured, unchecked As open-source use runs rampant, IT must get a grip on governance and figure out if it's really saving money. INSIDER (registration required) Read More Apple tops Google as most valuable brand, report says Apple has topped Google as the most valuable brand in the world, according to a study released over the weekend by brand consultancy Millward Brown. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Microsoft Is Microsoft Desktop Virtualization for you? Desktop Virtualization provides a comprehensive suite of solutions that enables companies to give their employees flexibility to work everywhere; simplifying compliance and management through a centralized and unified infrastructure. Learn how IT is empowering users with Desktop Virtualization with this on-demand roundtable. Click to continue Dell hopes to speed virtualization with four-socket blade Dell on Monday announced a four-socket blade server with up to 48 processor cores for deployment in virtualized environments. Read More OWC offers 480GB SSD for 2010 MacBook Air Other World Computing (OWC) has announced the Mercury Aura Pro Express 480GB, which the company says is the largest high performance solid state drive available for the 2010 MacBook Air. Read More Index Engines extends e-discovery appliance to Data Domain Index Engines announced on Friday that its e-discovery appliance has been integrated with EMC's Data Domain backup and deduplication product to allow searches for legal discovery and regulatory compliance purposes. Read More HP adds 3G mobile broadband service for laptops Hewlett-Packard said on Monday it will start offering pay-as-you-go 3G mobile broadband services for its business laptops as the company looks to package more services with PCs. Read More Sen. Rockefeller to introduce online do-not-track bill A U.S. senator says he plans to introduce an online do-not-track bill. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft and Google take off the gloves in their war over the cloud Microsoft and Google, never the best of friends, are starting to get nasty in their fight over whether enterprises should use Microsoft Exchange and Office, or move to Google Apps. Microsoft this week claimed that enterprises who move to Google Apps pay a hefty "Google Tax," while Google claims that businesses can save money and be more innovative by using Google Docs. Who's right? Insider (registration required) Read More Glyn Meek: IT consultants: A little advice to the aspiring professional ..., part 2 ... Last time I gave an example of a truly atrocious consulting engagement. This time, a more general set of seven points of advice that ALL 'business' and 'strategic' IT Consultants should pay attention to. Read More
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