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: Symantec.cloud Managed Chaos: IT Security Management Information security and compliance officers face numerous challenges. Complexity may be the biggest. This white paper discusses the growing number and diversity of technologies, responsibilities and regulations faced by IT and how the SaaS model can help bring order and simplification to these new challenges. Read Now In this Issue Pharma companies go on an iPad buying spree China's outsourcers poised for growth Phishing emerges as major corporate security threat Visa, Gap send discount offers to mobile phones Amazon EC2 service outage reinforces cloud doubts Google Apps beats Microsoft Exchange at Cinram The Grill: Cheryl Whitis Preston Gralla: IT is caught in crossfire when it comes to smartphone privacy Open-source use goes unmeasured, unchecked Startups offer tools to ease IT's pain Data centers experiment with new power sources Hallmark's website gets a reboot Data center workloads continue to rise Security Manager's Journal: Webmail gets hacked, corporate passwords exposed Bart Perkins: What suppliers can tell you about your own business Career Watch: IT hiring on rise in Rust Belt Thornton May: It's the data, stupid 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 Pharma companies go on an iPad buying spree Pharmaceutical companies are buying large quantities of iPad tablets for 'a quicker, lighter and more attractive way of displaying drug-related information' during sales calls, an IDC analyst says. Read More China's outsourcers poised for growth China's IT outsourcing industry is small relative to India's, but it's in a good position to grow in the decade ahead, according to outsourcing consultancy TPI. Read More Phishing emerges as major corporate security threat Highly targeted phishing emails have become the preferred method for illegally breaking into corporate networks. Read More Visa, Gap send discount offers to mobile phones Clothing retailer Gap is using SMS text messages to deliver promotions and discounts to customers' mobile phones. Read More Amazon EC2 service outage reinforces cloud doubts The days-long partial outage of Amazon.com's EC2 cloud service has heightened fears that the technology doesn't meet the security and performance needs of large businesses. INSIDER (registration required) Read More Google Apps beats Microsoft Exchange at Cinram When manufacturing firm Cinram International migrated from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps, the company saw 'a night-and-day difference' in the cost of the systems and the vendors' customer service. INSIDER (registration required) Read More The Grill: Cheryl Whitis Cheryl Whitis, vice president and CIO for Raytheon's Network Centric Systems group, worked with her peers to gain control of her department's budget and set up governance for large investments. Read More Preston Gralla: IT is caught in crossfire when it comes to smartphone privacy Normally, anything done on a company's hardware is considered rightfully accessible to the business. But should that include location data? Read More DOWNLOAD: Hitachi Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer Pinpoint root cause of network issues up to 90% faster. Automated Root Cause Analysis speeds remediation. FREE video and 30-day trial. Download free 30-day trial Open-source use goes unmeasured, unchecked More than two-thirds of respondents to Computerworld's recent open-source survey reported that they don't have a written open-source governance plan. Yet experts say that, without one, hidden costs can multiply. INSIDER (registration required) Read More Startups offer tools to ease IT's pain Four startups offer fresh ideas for reducing enterprise IT headaches in the areas of IT service chargeback, Web backup, mobile device protection and database virtualization. Read More Data centers experiment with new power sources A few data center managers are boldly using alternative power sources, such as solar arrays, gas turbines and fuel cells. Read More Hallmark's website gets a reboot Hallmark saw a 30% increase in its customer conversion rate when it built a new website whose response time was 370% better than that of the previous site. Read More Data center workloads continue to rise New studies indicate that IT workloads are increasing as more technology is added without staff increases. Read More Security Manager's Journal: Webmail gets hacked, corporate passwords exposed An executive's webmail account is compromised, and it contains plain-text passwords for corporate apps. Read More Bart Perkins: What suppliers can tell you about your own business Because suppliers exist outside of your corporate structure, their fresh perspective on your IT processes could be helpful. Read More Career Watch: IT hiring on rise in Rust Belt The fastest-growing metro area for tech jobs in February was Detroit. Read More Thornton May: It's the data, stupid Today, it's inexcusable -- if not anachronistic -- for CEOs to make decisions without data. INSIDER (registration required) Read More
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