Monday, 30 September 2013

8 Hot IT Skills for 2014

10 Steps to Ensure Your IT Outsourcing Deal Fails

CIOs See Big Data as Internet-Like Innovation Platform for Government

CIO Insider
September 30, 2013
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8 Hot IT Skills for 2014

When it comes to overall job prospects for IT professionals, 2014 will look a lot like this year, with 32% of companies expecting to increase head count in their IT shops, compared with 33% in 2013.

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Issue highlights

1. 10 Steps to Ensure Your IT Outsourcing Deal Fails

2. CIOs See Big Data as Internet-Like Innovation Platform for Government

3. Why RMS Built Its Cloud Environment in Iceland

4. NSA Admits Employees Spied on Loved Ones

5. Twitter Users Call for BlackBerry CMO's Head

6. Microsoft's Updated Bing Search Works Better Than You Think

7. Hackers Steal Personal Info of 4M People: Is Your Data at Risk?

8. Tie Photo/Video Notes to Your Calendar with 'Life Noted' for iOS 7

9. BlackBerry Confirms Abysmal Second Quarter Results

WHITE PAPER: KPMG

Transforming IT: Getting to Business Value

A recent IDG survey of IT managers shows that mobility, cloud, and big data are viewed as bringing important benefits to the organization. Among the benefits expected are improving employee productivity and lowering operating costs. Learn More

10 Steps to Ensure Your IT Outsourcing Deal Fails

Even though the state of IT outsourcing has matured, mistakes in flawed deals are often repeated, and the most disappointing deals share common characteristics. Here are 10 steps that are guaranteed to lead to an outsourcing catastrophe. READ MORE

CIOs See Big Data as Internet-Like Innovation Platform for Government

Government IT leaders envision open, machine-readable data sets from across departments and agencies offering a testbed for innovative new applications and services the feds would never create on their own. READ MORE

Why RMS Built Its Cloud Environment in Iceland

While Iceland has long been touted as an ideal spot for a data center, companies have been slow to take advantages of its climate, renewable energy and government incentives. Risk Management Solutions, though, jumped at the chance to put its new cloud environment on the Nordic island. READ MORE

NSA Admits Employees Spied on Loved Ones

The NSA, however, claims this was limited to 12 instances since 2003 READ MORE

WEBCAST: CDNetworks

Reaching China with Your Website & Cloud Application

Reaching customers and employees with cloud applications when they are located in emerging markets (such as Russia, Indonesia, Brazil and China) poses a major challenge. Learn how a CDN can help you not only deliver a fast download of your website and web applications even in China, but can also help you manage content and regulatory issues. View Now

Twitter Users Call for BlackBerry CMO's Head

Twitter users are calling for BlackBerry marketing chief Frank Boulben's job, but CIO.com's Al Sacco says BlackBerry's marketing efforts are actually better than ever before, and there's no one man to blame for the Canadian company's current woes. READ MORE

Microsoft's Updated Bing Search Works Better Than You Think

Bing is a distant number two in the search-engine game, but a colorful new home page and smart new features make it a viable alternative to Google, according to CIO.com blogger Bill Snyder. READ MORE

Hackers Steal Personal Info of 4M People: Is Your Data at Risk?

Hackers hit data brokers LexisNexis and Dun & Bradstreet, according to a recent report, putting the personal information of millions at risk. Should you be worried? READ MORE

Tie Photo/Video Notes to Your Calendar with 'Life Noted' for iOS 7

A new iOS 7 app lets you create and tie text, photo and video notes to your mobile calendar. The free version of the app is limited, though, so you might want to shell out $3 for the premium version, according to CIO.com blogger James A. Martin. READ MORE

BlackBerry Confirms Abysmal Second Quarter Results

BlackBerry confirmed on Friday its $965 million net operating loss in the second quarter, following low interest in the Z10 smartphone. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Crittercism

The 2013 Mobile App Performance Management Report

Most enterprises are looking for ways to leverage their investments in web technology to handle mobile app performance, but between monitoring, OS variants, screen sizes and OEMs, this can be a costly and complex approach. This 2013 Mobile APM Report highlights best practices for meeting mobile app challenges and ensuring mobile app performance. Read more!

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