Creating cohesive storage management

	Storage systems get supersized | Predictive analytics go to work
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	Creating cohesive storage management Vendors of storage management tools are moving toward a 'single pane of glass' product that can automatically provision, resize, back up and recover storage across multiple public and private clouds, across systems from different vendors and for virtual machines running hypervisors from multiple vendors. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: The Enterprise CIO Forum The Enterprise CIO Forum Introducing the Enterprise CIO Forum, a community focused on driving business transformation – brought to you by CIO and the CIO Executive Council and lead by CIOs from prominent global enterprises. Link up with like-minded global IT leaders who are driving business transformation at their global enterprise organizations. Connect now! In this Issue INSIDER Storage systems get supersized Predictive analytics go to work The Grill: CME Group's CIO tackles merger integrations, big data Grad schools add big-data degrees INSIDER Microsoft pitches new $10,000 H-1B visas Paul Glen: How CIOs can become more influential American Airlines flight attendants to use Galaxy Note devices Windows Server 2008 gets 18 months of added support Dell supercomputer effort spawns new line of servers Beware of BI vendor hype about Hadoop Career Watch: Noncertified skills pay still has edge over certs Security Manager's Journal: I hired a hacker IT needs to use metrics to move out of the shadows WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Strategic Guide to Converged Infrastructure In addition to other valuable information, this Computerworld guide contains a step-by-step example of how to converge a typical mid-size data center. Read more now. Read Now! INSIDER Storage systems get supersized Old storage architectures with general-purpose controllers that service all the new functions along with the normal I/O workload won't be able to scale. Here's why storage systems will need to become full-scale storage computers. Insider (registration required) Read More Predictive analytics go to work Predictive analytics projects involve both art and science, but getting started isn't for high rollers only. Here's how to ensure a successful outcome. Read More The Grill: CME Group's CIO tackles merger integrations, big data Kevin Kometer started at futures exchange CME group as a lead programmer, but by accepting myriad positions over the past 20 years, he accumulated the knowledge to lead a global company that electronically processes 3 million futures contracts a year. Read More Grad schools add big-data degrees Colleges and universities are moving swiftly to create advanced degree programs aimed at helping to fill an exploding need for specialists who can manage and analyze big data. Read More INSIDER Microsoft pitches new $10,000 H-1B visas Proposals to overhaul the H-1B visa program have re-emerged in Congress -- and a particularly interesting one comes from Microsoft. Insider (registration required) Read More Paul Glen: How CIOs can become more influential The first step is to expand what, for those in IT, is a limited understanding of what influence is. Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed Best Practices for the Hyperconverged Enterprise Network Join Maryam Zand, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Riverbed Technology, as she discusses how you can: Achieve unified communications Realize business short-term ROI Optimize network performance, regardless of end-user location Increase user productivity Learn more. American Airlines flight attendants to use Galaxy Note devices American Airlines plans to buy some 17,000 first-generation Samsung Galaxy Note devices for use by flight attendants on its planes. Read More Windows Server 2008 gets 18 months of added support Microsoft has extended mainstream support for Windows Server 2008 by 18 months. Read More Dell supercomputer effort spawns new line of servers Dell has developed a line of servers based on designs the company is using in an upcoming 10-petaflop supercomputer called Stampede. Read More Beware of BI vendor hype about Hadoop Many BI vendors claim that their products support Hadoop, but Forrester says customers should find out what that support really entails. Read More Career Watch: Noncertified skills pay still has edge over certs Latest report from Foote Partners shows the pay advantage has now been documented for six straight years. Read More Security Manager's Journal: I hired a hacker Our manager has some cleaning up to do after a third party's penetration testing uncovers some disturbing findings. Read More IT needs to use metrics to move out of the shadows The IT department should behave like every other department in the company and forthrightly explain what it is up to. Insider (registration required) Read More
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