How to prepare for the coming IT skills revolution

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	How to prepare for the coming IT skills revolution The current tech talent gap is just the first sign of a coming revolution in the IT jobs market. Here's how to secure your footing now and brace for what's ahead. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: BYOD & Mobile Device Management Tech Seminar BYOD & Mobile Device Management Tech Seminar - 6/28 During this one-day tech seminar, IT executives, managers and teams will learn how to successfully manage the onslaught of new mobile devices, along with the strategies and policies that can help avoid pitfalls and ensure success. June 28 -Gleacher Center, Chicago Click to continue In this Issue Windows 8's built-in AV to be security of last resort Government role in Stuxnet could increase attacks against U.S. firms Twitter user growth slows but engagement grows Obama expands OPT visa program for foreign students Elgan: Robots will soon deliver pizza Facebook posts its internal C++ software library 'Body Area Networks' should free hospital bandwidth, untether patients Experts differ Oracle's chances of appeal in Android copyright ruling INSIDER BI picks up the pace for faster decision-making Oracle-HP trial will trace an ill-fated partnership Asus shows off ARM-based Windows 8 tablet Acer to launch Windows RT devices in Q1 2013 New Lenovo IdeaPad ultrabooks crack $800 price barrier Preston Gralla: Four ways Windows 8 dumbs down for tablets IT Blogwatch: Galaxy S III (S3) release date: RSN (with LTE, but slower) WHITE PAPER: IBM Commerce 2.0 Strategy with 'Smarter Commerce' Initiative IDC Insight highlights the important elements of the IBM Smarter Commerce announcement and looks at the implications of the announcement in the context of a powerful movement Read More! Windows 8's built-in AV to be security of last resort Microsoft's Windows 8 will activate its built-in antivirus software only if it senses that the PC is not protected by another security program, says McAfee. Read More Government role in Stuxnet could increase attacks against U.S. firms The U.S government's extensive involvement in the Stuxnet attacks against Iran is sure to trigger a sharp increase in state-sponsored cyber attacks against American businesses and critical infrastructure targets, security experts warn. Read More Twitter user growth slows but engagement grows Twitter may not be gaining new U.S. users as fast as it used to, but the users it has are much more engaged, according to a a report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Read More Obama expands OPT visa program for foreign students A program that allows foreign science, technology, engineering and math grads to work in the U.S. for 29 months without a work visa was expanded with little attention in May by the Obama administration. Read More Elgan: Robots will soon deliver pizza Google, as well as car companies and universities are making incredible advances in the technology for self-driving cars, and that technology will enable the robot revolution. Read More Facebook posts its internal C++ software library Facebook has released a library of C++ software components used to help run its site, the social networking company announced Saturday. Read More 'Body Area Networks' should free hospital bandwidth, untether patients Hospitals, whose Wi-Fi networks are clogged with clinician and patient data traffic, are getting some much-needed bandwidth relief with the FCC's approval of radio bandwidth spectrum for wireless medical monitoring devices. Read More WEBCAST: IBM How to Take Business Analytics to the Next Level Live Date and Time: November 29, 2011 - 12:00 PM EST / 9:00 AM PST By attending this webcast you will learn how you can implement an effective BA strategy that will deliver maximum strategic value to your company. Register Now Experts differ Oracle's chances of appeal in Android copyright ruling Oracle has pledged to appeal a judge's ruling Thursday that Java APIs cited in its lawsuit against Google weren't subject to copyright protection, but legal scholars and attorneys not associated with the case expressed mixed opinions whether that would be successful. Read More INSIDER BI picks up the pace for faster decision-making More organizations are developing mature BI infrastructures and practices to analyze data to develop ideas about what will happen in the future so they can craft better strategies to cope with what's ahead. Insider (registration required) Read More Oracle-HP trial will trace an ill-fated partnership After Oracle and Hewlett-Packard enjoyed a long and fruitful partnership in enterprise IT, it's hard to find anything that hasn't gone wrong with their relationship over the past two years. Read More Asus shows off ARM-based Windows 8 tablet Asustek Computer (Asus) on Monday showed off a tablet with an ARM processor and the Windows RT OS, becoming among the first of its type shown by PC makers. Read More Acer to launch Windows RT devices in Q1 2013 Acer plans to release ARM-based devices running Windows RT during next year's first quarter and expects rivals Dell and HP to eventually exit the PC industry, according to company president Jim Wong. Read More New Lenovo IdeaPad ultrabooks crack $800 price barrier Lenovo has cracked the $800 price barrier on ultrabooks, launching thin-and-light IdeaPad U-series laptops with Intel's latest Core processors starting at $749. Read More Preston Gralla: Four ways Windows 8 dumbs down for tablets The just-released Preview Version shows a nearly completed Windows 8 operating system designed more for tablets than for traditional PCs. That's well and good for tablets -- but in some ways Windows 8 has been made less useful by the requirement that it run on both tablets and PCs. Here are four ways it's less useful. Read More IT Blogwatch: Galaxy S III (S3) release date: RSN (with LTE, but slower) The U.S. release date of the Samsung Galaxy S III (aka S3) will be this month, on at least one carrier, if not five. However, as rumored, it will be a dual-core device, in order to support LTE. That means it'll probably be slower than the European version. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers do the SUATMM dance. Read More
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