IT slowly hiring back after layoffs
WASHINGTON -- The IT industry shed employees last year at a much faster pace than they are now hiring them, but at least the industry is hiring.
The employment hole that the tech industry created during the recession is deep. Beginning in January, 2009, tech companies shed 215,000 jobs, says TechAmerica Foundation, an industry group.
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Brocade to release unified IP, Fibre Channel network management
Brocade has announced a new application aimed at managing storage-area networks (SAN) that use the Internet or Fibre Channel protocols through a single user interface.
Brocade Network Advisor will offer network administrators the ability to configure, monitor, and report on all Brocade switch-enabled SANs, including those using Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), wireless networks, and multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), according to Ajay Nilaver, Brocade's director of product management and marketing.
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SAP rolls out real-time business analytics apps
In a sign of SAP's stepped-up attention to the business analytics market, the company released a set of real-time analytics products on Tuesday that are customized for use in various industry sectors and business functions.
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The new Twitter: What's good and what's missing
If you use third-party Twitter apps like Seesmic or TweetDeck, you might start visiting Twitter.com more often. In an announcement that came as a surprise to many, Twitter on Tuesday revealed a site revamp that changes the interface, introduces new features, and promises to be "faster, easier, and richer."
What are the highlights and lowlights of the new Twitter? Here's a preview of what you can expect and our take on the top two missing features that users wanted.
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IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series: BMC CEO Bob Beauchamp and CTO Kia Behnia
As if managing your current IT operations wasn't challenging enough, along comes cloud computing to plaster on another layer of complexity. How does your current management strategy need to evolve to support private cloud? How do you seamlessly control a hybrid private-public cloud?
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Mozilla suspends Firefox security updates
Mozilla has stopped providing security updates to Firefox users as it investigates a bug that caused computers to crash last week.
Computerworld blogger Michael Horowitz first reported on the problem last Sunday after he tried to update older editions of Firefox on several different machines.
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Get cracking on your IPv6 transition plan
If you haven't started deploying IPv6 -- or at least begun planning your IPv6 deployment -- you have fallen behind schedule compared to the majority of network operators worldwide, according to the latest survey about global readiness for IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.
Verizon's phone rings off the hook with IPv6 questions
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It's raining Android tablets
Many Android tablets will soon reach shelves to compete with Apple's iPad, which has not faced a worthy challenger yet. Samsung, Toshiba, ViewSonic, and Archos recently announced tablets with screen sizes ranging from 7 inches to 10 inches. These tablets are not just cheap knockoffs, but legitimate competitors that outdo the iPad on certain features.
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Intel invests in cloud management company
A company that makes a cloud management system is getting a $14 million investment from Intel and others, which it will use to hire new employees.
Adaptive Computing intends to use this money to add "dozens" of people to its staff, which now number around 75 employees, said Michael Jackson, COO and president of the Provo, Utah-based firm.
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