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Private clouds gain traction with early adopters
Private cloud computing is growing more popular, though management tools are immature.
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DirectAccess and UAG: Better Together
Here are some of the key reasons why you would want to run Unified Access Gateway with DirectAccess
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Report says the leading cause of software project failures is complexity
Software architect Roger Sessions says the cure for IT project failure — which costs the U.S. an estimated $1 trillion a year — is a big dose of simplicity.
Helsinki to recycle excess heat from data center
A new data center in Finland will be cooled by seawater and send excess heat into a district heating system that warms Helsinki buildings and houses.
Nanotech used to build batteries out of paper
Stanford researchers have built bendable, paper batteries that can be soaked in acid and still hold a charge.
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Some companies encouraging employee-owned notebooks
A survey finds that, on average, 10% of a company’s notebook computers are employee-owned, and IT managers expect that percentage to creep upward next year.
Tips for providing low-cost security training
A resourceful CISO arranges low-cost training for his staff by working with a local security company. Another tip: Take a cop to lunch.
Book review: IT gets boiled down to 5 core principles
A new book lays out five basic principles for running corporate IT, and offers lots of metrics for measuring performance.
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Computerworld Briefing: Staffing for Intelligence
As organizations are becoming more customer-focused, they are increasingly making decisions based on facts, evidence and analytics. Successful business analytics begins with solid analytic resources, structure and technology and more importantly, a cross-functional analytics team with qualified data professionals. With the right staffing and structure in place, business analytics can be your key to success.
U.S. moves to strengthen H-1B enforcement
A year after an internal study found widespread fraud in the federal H-1B program, U.S. immigration officials are moving to take enforcement from the desk to the field with a plan to conduct 25,000 on-site inspections of companies hiring foreign workers this fiscal year.
‘War of innovation’ will change face of search
The increasingly heated battle between Microsoft and Google is bringing an avalanche of innovations that should quickly change the face of the search business.
The Grill: John Golden
Former insurance industry CIO John Golden takes on mountain climbing after overcoming injuries and learns lessons about life, business and even IT along the way.
Opinion: Has Microsoft become toothless, or a friendly partner?
Microsoft isn’t feared and loathed in Silicon Valley the way it was when it first arrived in 1999.
Union Pacific Railroad ditches its mainframe for SOA
Union Pacific moves from a legacy mainframe system to a more nimble SOA-based network that cuts staff training time and gives customers more shipment visibility
Security Manager’s Journal: Not all patches are created equal
No all patches are for operating systems, and not all deserve the same priority.
Opinion: All Google, all the time, everywhere
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols sees Google making a preemptive strike to take over mobile computing with its three new search features.
Career Watch: A professor challenges the conventional wisdom on offshoring
Rochester Institute of Technology professor Ron Hira thinks offshoring is bad for the well-being of the nation.
Opinion: IT relief will lag economic recovery
The economy may well be recovering in earnest. But you can’t expect IT to enjoy the fruits of recovery for another year at least.
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Computerworld’s Salary Survey: What’s your earning power?
How does your salary compare with your peers? Computerworld’s 24th Annual Salary Survey will feature the latest IT salary trends and advice on where to find the best-paying jobs. This year’s survey participants can enter a drawing to win one of 10 new 8GB Apple iPod Nanos. The drawing is open to legal U.S. residents, age 18 or older. Take our annual Salary Survey today!
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Looking back at Y2k
It’s hard to believe, but we’re coming up on Y2k’s tenth anniversary. For a feature article commemorating that nutty time, Computerworld is asking pilot fish to share their stories of crazy user (or boss!) behavior. So tell us: in the weeks and months leading up to Jan. 1, 2000, what were the wackiest, least well-informed questions you fielded from the public at large?
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