IT Careers: Hottest Jobs, Skills in Cloud Computing, Mobile Application Development

The latest IBM Tech Trends survey of IT professionals reveals that cloud computing and mobile application development will provide the most career opportunities, followed by social media and business intelligence. By Meridith Levinson | Mon, October 11, 2010 | CIO.com   Want to lock in some job security in IT over the next five years? […]

10 Cloud Computing Add-Ons To Watch

The Cloud Can’t Stand Alone Sep. 20, 2010 | CRN.com As cloud computing and cloud applications continue to make inroads and cloud adoption climbs, a host of supplementary cloud computing solutions — ones that bolt onto the cloud to add additional functionality like management capabilities, archiving, e-discovery and continuity — have hit the market to […]

IBM is buying data storage company Netezza for about $1.7 billion

September 20, 2010 9:02 AM | Crain’s NY Business (AP) – IBM said Monday it has agreed to pay $1.7 billion for Netezza Corp., a company that helps businesses sort through data on corporate servers. Netezza’s software and hardware systems are designed to help companies use data about their businesses to make strategic decisions. The […]

Cloud Computing’s Benefit: Agility, Not Money

September 14, 2010 – Eric Chabrow, Executive Editor, GovInfoSecurity.com Michigan Chief Information Office Kenneth Theis doesn’t see the main benefit of secure, cloud computing as saving the state money. “Everybody talks about cloud computing and about saving a ton of money,” Theis said in an interview with GovInfoSecurity.com (transcript below). “I don’t think it saves […]