Age bias in IT: The reality behind the rumors

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	Age bias in IT: The reality behind the rumors IT workers over 50, or even 40, are having a tougher time than their younger colleagues staying fully employed. Is it age bias or something more complex? Read More WHITE PAPER: Mimecast Keep your Blackberry Workforce Agile With the rising numbers of mobile workers, today's businesses can't afford an email outage. Given the nature of the risks involved, as well as the way that wireless email is evolving, firms today need to consider the additional benefits gained by using third-party BlackBerry availability services. Read now In this Issue Kelley Blue Book taps data analytics tools to improve car valuation Age bias in IT: Should you sue? In fortified data center, NYSE runs 'gated' trading cloud University tests ERP on new Dell cloud Hackers break into Linux source code site IBM to buy risk analysis company Algorithmics for $387M Why big data is a big deal From CIO.com: iPad's starring role in sci-fi movies Is Transcend planning a 2TB USB thumb drive? Mac OS X can't properly revoke dodgy digital certificates QuickPoll: Should AT&T be allowed to take over T-Mobile? Photo could be Nokia's first Mango phone, the 703 VMware strives to expand security partner ecosystem Apple offers to talk with Chinese environmental group IT Blogwatch: iPhone 5 lost in bar -- or just a stunt? WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Corporation NEW Diskeeper 2011 EnterpriseServer FREE 30-day trialware Bring your largest and most mission-critical server operations to a new level of efficiency and reliability. Diskeeper 2011 EnterpriseServer provides uncompromising peak performance continuously and without requiring downtime or further management. Learn more. Kelley Blue Book taps data analytics tools to improve car valuation Kelley Blue Book is using sophisticated data analytics tools to sift through volumes of historical and current data to arrive at what company executives say are far better car valuations. Read More Age bias in IT: Should you sue? Age discrimination lawsuits are on the rise, but they don't always come out in favor of the older worker. Here are points to consider before you call a lawyer. Read More In fortified data center, NYSE runs 'gated' trading cloud Hurricane Irene didn't matter to NYSE Euronext's large data center, which is built on land high enough to avoid 100-year floods and just about everything else. Read More University tests ERP on new Dell cloud University of Kentucky CIO Vince Kellen is considering moving some of the university's SAP work to a cloud environment, which would make him a relatively early adopter of ERP in the cloud. Read More Hackers break into Linux source code site As Linux fans know, there are two kinds of hackers: the good guys who develop free software, such as the Linux kernel, and the bad guys who break into computers. Read More IBM to buy risk analysis company Algorithmics for $387M IBM plans to acquire risk analytics company Algorithmics for $387 million, a deal that IBM said on Thursday will bolster its risk management offerings in light of increasing regulation in the financial markets. Read More Why big data is a big deal Like 'the cloud,' the concept of 'big data' is the subject of a lot of hype and means different things to different people. Here's what it really means, who's really doing it, and what it could mean for the future of data mining. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CIO Perspective CIO Perspectives Chicago CIO Perspectives is coming to Chicago on September 14, 2011. Join your fellow Chicago senior IT executives to discuss the latest strategies and technologies affecting organizations today. This is your best opportunity of 2011 to gain important insight on your most pressing IT and business issues. Register today! From CIO.com: iPad's starring role in sci-fi movies The cozy relationship between sci-fi and tech gadgets just got a little tighter. Check out how life imitates art, and vice versa. Read More Is Transcend planning a 2TB USB thumb drive? A video posted on YouTube of memory card maker Transcend and Industrial Technology Research Institute says they have teamed up to produce a USB 3.0 flash drive with up to 2TB of capacity. Read More Mac OS X can't properly revoke dodgy digital certificates A programming glitch in Apple's OS X operating system is making it hard for Mac users to tell their computers not to trust digital certificates, exacerbating an ongoing security problem with a Dutch certificate authority that was recently hacked. Read More QuickPoll: Should AT&T be allowed to take over T-Mobile? The DOJ has moved to block AT&T's takeover of T-Mobile USA. Critics say the acquisition would reduce competition and drive up prices. AT&T argues it needs the buy to build out its network. Should AT&T be allowed to take over T-Mobile? Read More Photo could be Nokia's first Mango phone, the 703 A leaked photo purportedly showing Nokia's first smartphone using Mango, the latest version of the Windows Phone operating system, depicts the handset as a full touchscreen device with no physical buttons on the front. Read More VMware strives to expand security partner ecosystem VMware said it has added more security vendor partners to its vShield product-development program in which security firms work with the company to develop data protection specifically designed for VMware's flagship virtualization platform, which today is vSphere 5.0. Read More Apple offers to talk with Chinese environmental group Apple has requested a Chinese environmental group to hold talks on a report that accuses the company's suppliers of polluting the environment and endangering the lives of residents. Read More IT Blogwatch: iPhone 5 lost in bar -- or just a stunt? Apple is said to have lost another iPhone field-test unit in a bar. And so the Web goes into "iPhone 5 release date" overdrive. This time, the portable prototype was left in a San Francisco watering-hole by an errant employee, who is presumably seeking a new position as we speak. However, there do seem to be some holes in the story. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers smell a rat. Read More
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