Friday, February 19, 2010

IT News HeadLines (IT World Canada) 19/02/2010



The deepening data centre skills crisis
PwC is looking for IT professionals to fill vacancies on its network operations, security and facilities staffs, for example. Some positions are suitable for those with just a bit of experience while others require a much richer IT background
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No such thing as job security: Recruitment expert
An online survey conducted by Hays IT found that career progression was considered most important by job seekers post-global financial crisis. An expert says it all comes down to three essential elements
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Philippine game developers ready for big players?
The Asian country’s fledgling computer game and animation outsourcing sector has the talent but not yet the scale. This could change if foreign firms are willing to pay big bucks
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ROI expectations at heart of virtual desktop war
Executives from VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix were in Toronto on Wednesday to present their unique views on the desktop virtualization market. Here's what they had to say
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SAS and Accenture form predictive analytics group
Business analytics vendor SAS Institute and consulting firm Accenture are joining forces to help customers manage business intelligence. Analysts think the move puts SAS/Accenture in competition with IBM.
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Cloud security: Root of trust
With cloud computing, you not only are vulnerable to attacks from the Internet or other tenants of your provider, but you have to trust your provider’s staff.
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Salesforce.com launches private beta for Chatter
The on-demand CRM vendor's push into social collaboration takes aim at IBM Lotus Notes and Microsoft SharePoint. Chatter has profiles, status updates, document sharing, and integration with Facebook, Twitter and Google Buzz
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Social networking unveils tacit knowledge: PwC
Tacit knowledge is the most valuable distributed database in organizations and social networking provides new ways of unlocking it, said PricewaterhouseCoopers. A Richard Ivey prof and former Microsoft SharePoint expert weigh in on how to share knowledge that's hard to communicate
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The deepening data centre skills crisis
PwC is looking for IT professionals to fill vacancies on its network operations, security and facilities staffs, for example. Some positions are suitable for those with just a bit of experience while others require a much richer IT background
Read More ...

No such thing as job security: Recruitment expert
An online survey conducted by Hays IT found that career progression was considered most important by job seekers post-global financial crisis. An expert says it all comes down to three essential elements
Read More ...

Philippine game developers ready for big players?
The Asian country’s fledgling computer game and animation outsourcing sector has the talent but not yet the scale. This could change if foreign firms are willing to pay big bucks
Read More ...

ROI expectations at heart of virtual desktop war
Executives from VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix were in Toronto on Wednesday to present their unique views on the desktop virtualization market. Here's what they had to say
Read More ...

SAS and Accenture form predictive analytics group
Business analytics vendor SAS Institute and consulting firm Accenture are joining forces to help customers manage business intelligence. Analysts think the move puts SAS/Accenture in competition with IBM.
Read More ...

Cloud security: Root of trust
With cloud computing, you not only are vulnerable to attacks from the Internet or other tenants of your provider, but you have to trust your provider’s staff.
Read More ...

Salesforce.com launches private beta for Chatter
The on-demand CRM vendor's push into social collaboration takes aim at IBM Lotus Notes and Microsoft SharePoint. Chatter has profiles, status updates, document sharing, and integration with Facebook, Twitter and Google Buzz
Read More ...

Social networking unveils tacit knowledge: PwC
Tacit knowledge is the most valuable distributed database in organizations and social networking provides new ways of unlocking it, said PricewaterhouseCoopers. A Richard Ivey prof and former Microsoft SharePoint expert weigh in on how to share knowledge that's hard to communicate
Read More ...

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