4 ways companies can close the legacy tech skills gap

Computerworld Data Center October 21, 2015 INSIDER 4 ways companies can close the legacy tech skills gap One of the best ways to encourage younger IT professionals to learn legacy skills and technology is by starting where they do -- in schools and universities. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. The state of enterprise cloud adoption in 2015 2. How The Weather Channel mastered the cloud 3. Dell targets hyperscale wannabes with its latest bare-bones servers 4. When storms hit, the Weather Company needs the cloud 5. Fujitsu puts Sparc M10 servers in the cloud for big retailers 6. INSIDER Why is Akamai moving its entire IT infrastructure to the cloud? 7. Why visibility and control are critical for container security 8. Microsoft improves security for Azure SQL Database 9. INSIDER Drowning in security data? Here's how to make threat intel work for you White Paper: Nasuni 5 Ways Cloud-integrated Storage Reduces Costs Many companies are considering using cloud storage to reduce costs and the IT burden of storing data in the enterprise. Learn More The state of enterprise cloud adoption in 2015 Consulting partners at the AWS re:Invent show talk with Network World about the rise of enterprise interest in cloud services, plus the most common and evolving use cases for the cloud. READ MORE How The Weather Channel mastered the cloud At the AWS re:Invent show, Computerworld spoke with officials from The Weather Channel, about the challenges and benefits of migrating to cloud services. READ MORE Dell targets hyperscale wannabes with its latest bare-bones servers Dell released a new family of servers on Tuesday for companies that want some of the benefits of hyper-scale data centers without having to do the custom engineering work. READ MORE When storms hit, the Weather Company needs the cloud When major storms hit, the team at the Weather Channel wants to focus on the science behind the weather and getting information out to the people who need it most. That's why the Weather Company has gone all-in with the cloud. READ MORE White Paper: SAS Institute Inc Revolutionizing Business Decision Making Exploring predictive analytics for the first time? Malene Haxholdt, global marketing manager for business analytics at SAS, explains what you need to know to get started. Learn More Fujitsu puts Sparc M10 servers in the cloud for big retailers Fujitsu has launched a managed cloud service for retailers based on the Oracle Commerce Platform and Fujitsu's M10 servers running Solaris. READ MORE INSIDER Why is Akamai moving its entire IT infrastructure to the cloud? Akamai Technologies Inc. is a content delivery network and cloud services provider, so you might think Akamai is totally cloud-based. But, of course, it has the same legacy systems -- HR, sales, marketing, databases – as any company founded in 1998. READ MORE Why visibility and control are critical for container security New tools focus on the integrity of containers, but there's also the challenge of ensuring the code constituting the whole image is free from vulnerabilities READ MORE Microsoft improves security for Azure SQL Database Microsoft announced a suite of new security capabilities for its Azure SQL database service on Tuesday, including support for better encryption and Azure Active Directory implementation. READ MORE INSIDER Drowning in security data? Here's how to make threat intel work for you Many companies think they know what the keys are to their kingdom and where the entry points are located. Unfortunately, they soon find out that the most serious breaches often take place somewhere else. 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