Friday, April 16, 2010

IT News HeadLines (IT World Canada) 16/04/2010



Career advice: Explain the gap in your resume
Manish Shah, senior vice-president for information technology at the SymphonyIRI Group, is this month's Premier 100 IT Leader, answering questions about résumé gaps, educational needs and moving out of consultancy
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U.S. IT employment dips, H-1B visa demand sluggish
Critics of the H-1B visa see it primarily as a tool to outsource IT jobs overseas and to displace U.S. workers with younger and lower paid visa workers
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Personal branding tactics that scream 'Hire me!'
Zeroing in on your unique personal brand and communicating it consistently and effectively in your job search is a surefire strategy for attracting employers' attention
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OPINION: Don’t abandon password changing policies
And to do that means ignoring a Microsoft Research paper which argues regularly scheduled password change mandates are a waste of time. Find out why forcing your staff to update their log-in details is still a great security practice
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Trade group wants techie in Supreme Court
President Obama should appoint a justice with a background in technology issues to fill an upcoming opening at the Supreme Court, a tech trade group said. The CCIA suggests California lawmaker for opening in the nation's highest court.
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Understanding your 'most important' data
Channel partners must help their end-user customers realize that they can't treat all data the same, Symantec's CEO tells the company's annual Vision conference
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SAS introduces social media analytics to enterprises
There are dozens of social media measurement tools out there, but this one might be the first to comprehensively tackle the space. An in-depth look at SAS’s new Social Media Analytics solution, unveiled at the SAS Global Forum in Seattle
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Waterloo IT companies to hold job fair in Ottawa
The goal of the ‘Get a Life in Waterloo Region’ job fair, hosted by Communitech, on April 21 is to draw Ottawa-based IT talent to Waterloo. One employer, PostRank, is hoping to fill two developer positions
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Researcher shows new clickjacking methods
At the Black Hat Security conference in Barcelona, security consultant Paul Stone revealed four new methods, including one that uses the drag and drop API in Web browsers to trick users into dragging items on to Web pages.
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Juniper gets into content delivery solutions
In buying Ankeena Networks, the maker of switches and routers broadens its portfolio. An industry analyst says it’s a good move, but Juniper will have to convince the industry it's now in the content management business
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Java developers OK with Oracle … for now
Java developers voice what they think about Oracle taking over Sun’s prized Java techs. They don't see anything to worry about … but they haven't relaxed yet, either
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Rally adds Kanban tool to agile offerings
The company buys AgileZen, maker of a visual project collaboration tool, and will migrate its functionality to its Rally platform
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How widespread are iPad Wi-Fi problems?
Many users of Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet PC have reported a problem with the wireless connection, including a failure to re-connect when waking up from sleep. So far, it appears the risk is small. Find out about the workarounds
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VMware, Salesforce to unveil mystery cloud service
The companies are expected to announce details end of April regarding a new site called VMforce.com. Here's a guess: an extension to Salesforce's platform-as-a-service offering, powered by VMware
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Cloud computing isn’t just Hosting 2.0
OPINION: Bernard Golden tells why some companies who think cloud computing is the same as Hosting 2.0 are running into problems putting apps on platforms like Amazon
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Career advice: Explain the gap in your resume
Manish Shah, senior vice-president for information technology at the SymphonyIRI Group, is this month's Premier 100 IT Leader, answering questions about résumé gaps, educational needs and moving out of consultancy
Read More ...

U.S. IT employment dips, H-1B visa demand sluggish
Critics of the H-1B visa see it primarily as a tool to outsource IT jobs overseas and to displace U.S. workers with younger and lower paid visa workers
Read More ...

Personal branding tactics that scream 'Hire me!'
Zeroing in on your unique personal brand and communicating it consistently and effectively in your job search is a surefire strategy for attracting employers' attention
Read More ...

OPINION: Don’t abandon password changing policies
And to do that means ignoring a Microsoft Research paper which argues regularly scheduled password change mandates are a waste of time. Find out why forcing your staff to update their log-in details is still a great security practice
Read More ...

Trade group wants techie in Supreme Court
President Obama should appoint a justice with a background in technology issues to fill an upcoming opening at the Supreme Court, a tech trade group said. The CCIA suggests California lawmaker for opening in the nation's highest court.
Read More ...

Understanding your 'most important' data
Channel partners must help their end-user customers realize that they can't treat all data the same, Symantec's CEO tells the company's annual Vision conference
Read More ...

SAS introduces social media analytics to enterprises
There are dozens of social media measurement tools out there, but this one might be the first to comprehensively tackle the space. An in-depth look at SAS’s new Social Media Analytics solution, unveiled at the SAS Global Forum in Seattle
Read More ...

Waterloo IT companies to hold job fair in Ottawa
The goal of the ‘Get a Life in Waterloo Region’ job fair, hosted by Communitech, on April 21 is to draw Ottawa-based IT talent to Waterloo. One employer, PostRank, is hoping to fill two developer positions
Read More ...

Researcher shows new clickjacking methods
At the Black Hat Security conference in Barcelona, security consultant Paul Stone revealed four new methods, including one that uses the drag and drop API in Web browsers to trick users into dragging items on to Web pages.
Read More ...

Juniper gets into content delivery solutions
In buying Ankeena Networks, the maker of switches and routers broadens its portfolio. An industry analyst says it’s a good move, but Juniper will have to convince the industry it's now in the content management business
Read More ...

Java developers OK with Oracle … for now
Java developers voice what they think about Oracle taking over Sun’s prized Java techs. They don't see anything to worry about … but they haven't relaxed yet, either
Read More ...

Rally adds Kanban tool to agile offerings
The company buys AgileZen, maker of a visual project collaboration tool, and will migrate its functionality to its Rally platform
Read More ...

How widespread are iPad Wi-Fi problems?
Many users of Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet PC have reported a problem with the wireless connection, including a failure to re-connect when waking up from sleep. So far, it appears the risk is small. Find out about the workarounds
Read More ...

VMware, Salesforce to unveil mystery cloud service
The companies are expected to announce details end of April regarding a new site called VMforce.com. Here's a guess: an extension to Salesforce's platform-as-a-service offering, powered by VMware
Read More ...

Cloud computing isn’t just Hosting 2.0
OPINION: Bernard Golden tells why some companies who think cloud computing is the same as Hosting 2.0 are running into problems putting apps on platforms like Amazon
Read More ...

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