Friday, August 27, 2010

IT News HeadLines (IT World Canada) 27/08/2010



Dell ups offer for 3PAR to US$1.6B, tops HP
The company's bidding war with HP continued to escalate on Thursday. Dell increased its bid to match HP's offer for the virtual storage vendor
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U.S. tech works with 'pent-up animosity' plan to bolt
Polling firm Harris Interactive surveyed 4,367 employed tech workers, including 241 in IT operations, in the second quarter of 2010 and found many of them are job-hunting
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The shape of the IT worforce in 2010
Somewhere in the mid-'90s, work became very complicated. IT work in particular became semi-indefinable. Is someone who translates medical notes into insurance codes an IT worker?
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Ready for 2020? Advice for every career stage
We've gathered some ideas on the actions that IT workers at three distinct stages of their careers need to take to prepare for the next 10 years
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Hackers post attacks for Windows DLLs
This week dozens of exploits to subvert Firefox, Chrome, Word, Photoshop, Skype and other programs have been posted. They are designed to exploit dynamic link libraries in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system
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Carrier in Sweden to launch LTE in over 200 cities
The pace of adoption of the 4G wireless data technology is about to dramatically increase in Europe
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Ethernet switch, router revenue strong so far: IDC
Sales might beat the research company's forecast for 2010, an analyst says, a comeback from a dismal 2009
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Dot-co sets example for dot-ca, says lawyer
A lawyer running for a seat on CIRA’s board of directors says the dot-ca domain has fallen behind in value and prominence, but CIRA's CEO says dot-ca is doing very well, with growth rates stronger than top-level domains like dot-com
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Disband the ITU's IPv6 Group, says expert
So few organizations have adopted IPv6 that government's shouldn't be pushing the protocol, argues a former ITU member. Besides, he says, there's a simpler alternate protocol available
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Oracle might still live up to 2007 Java pledge: Gosling
"Lightning might strike and they might live up to their 2007 commitment to create an independent Java foundation," Gosling said in a blog post Tuesday
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Accenture, SAP execs talk analytics trends
Businesses are getting increasingly creative with how they perceive, manage and apply their analytics functions, discussed some execs at a roundtable in Toronto. Plus, the four pillars of SAP's analytics strategy. WITH VIDEO
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Red Hat pushes cloud vision, new Azure-like service
Find out how the new platform-as-a-service offering fits into the open source company’s cloud computing strategy. Plus, Red Hat name drops Microsoft as the only other company that can offer the entire cloud stack
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Dell ups offer for 3PAR to US$1.6B, tops HP
The company's bidding war with HP continued to escalate on Thursday. Dell increased its bid to match HP's offer for the virtual storage vendor
Read More ...

U.S. tech works with 'pent-up animosity' plan to bolt
Polling firm Harris Interactive surveyed 4,367 employed tech workers, including 241 in IT operations, in the second quarter of 2010 and found many of them are job-hunting
Read More ...

The shape of the IT worforce in 2010
Somewhere in the mid-'90s, work became very complicated. IT work in particular became semi-indefinable. Is someone who translates medical notes into insurance codes an IT worker?
Read More ...

Ready for 2020? Advice for every career stage
We've gathered some ideas on the actions that IT workers at three distinct stages of their careers need to take to prepare for the next 10 years
Read More ...

Hackers post attacks for Windows DLLs
This week dozens of exploits to subvert Firefox, Chrome, Word, Photoshop, Skype and other programs have been posted. They are designed to exploit dynamic link libraries in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system
Read More ...

Carrier in Sweden to launch LTE in over 200 cities
The pace of adoption of the 4G wireless data technology is about to dramatically increase in Europe
Read More ...

Ethernet switch, router revenue strong so far: IDC
Sales might beat the research company's forecast for 2010, an analyst says, a comeback from a dismal 2009
Read More ...

Dot-co sets example for dot-ca, says lawyer
A lawyer running for a seat on CIRA’s board of directors says the dot-ca domain has fallen behind in value and prominence, but CIRA's CEO says dot-ca is doing very well, with growth rates stronger than top-level domains like dot-com
Read More ...

Disband the ITU's IPv6 Group, says expert
So few organizations have adopted IPv6 that government's shouldn't be pushing the protocol, argues a former ITU member. Besides, he says, there's a simpler alternate protocol available
Read More ...

Oracle might still live up to 2007 Java pledge: Gosling
"Lightning might strike and they might live up to their 2007 commitment to create an independent Java foundation," Gosling said in a blog post Tuesday
Read More ...

Accenture, SAP execs talk analytics trends
Businesses are getting increasingly creative with how they perceive, manage and apply their analytics functions, discussed some execs at a roundtable in Toronto. Plus, the four pillars of SAP's analytics strategy. WITH VIDEO
Read More ...

Red Hat pushes cloud vision, new Azure-like service
Find out how the new platform-as-a-service offering fits into the open source company’s cloud computing strategy. Plus, Red Hat name drops Microsoft as the only other company that can offer the entire cloud stack
Read More ...

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