According to Cisco Systems, Inc., internet traffic is expected to grow four times its size in the next five years. Due to this predicted growth, more companies are expected to outsource their data storage, increasing the demand for data-center space. The Campos research reported positive news for the U.S. domestic data center market, finding that
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Data Centers Expecting Growth
Monday, August 8th, 2011IT wages stagnated in 2010
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011A recent survey by Global Knowledge, an IT and business training company, and on-line publisher TechRepublic concluded that “the stagnant economic environment held salaries in check for the IT profession.” According to the survey of over 12,000 participants, the average IT worker’s salary was down 3.1 percent year-over-year in 2010, but was up eight percent
Low unemployment persists for IT professionals into 2011
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011The unemployment rate for IT professionals in the first quarter of 2011 was approximately half of the overall unemployment rate, which hovered around nine percent. While the overall demand for IT professionals was strong, the call for analytical skills was particularly high as exhibited by the especially low rates for computer systems analysts, systems managers
Closing the barn door before the cows have gotten out
Monday, April 25th, 2011Tips & Tricks Most enterprises should have detailed procedures and theft recovery solutions to mitigate losses from a misplaced or stolen laptop. As smart phones become a ubiquitous part of corporate life, the need to apply those same rigorous standards has increased. Here are a few suggestions to lessen your risk: Start simple – lock
Backing up the back-up plan
Monday, April 25th, 2011Crucial to every company’s business continuity planning is having an up-to-date IT disaster recovery plan. Recent events in Japan point out the importance of not only having a back-up plan, but perhaps a back-up to that back-up plan. Some experts believe that back-up plans that depend upon resources located in the same geographic area may
Federal IT spending expected to continue but consolidate
Monday, April 25th, 2011While federal IT spending has been relatively flat since 2009, the FY 2012 proposed budget includes a total IT spending of $79.5 billion. This is 1.9 percent increase from FY 2010. Although the projected increase in the FY 2012 IT spending is relatively flat, spending on major IT projects is proposed to increase 9.5 percent.
Software Application Saturation
Friday, April 22nd, 2011As the variety of software applications continue to proliferate, businesses find themselves becoming increasingly over-saturated with excessive applications. According to a recent survey report conducted by HP and Capgemini, a global IT consultancy, nearly 60% of participants claimed “they support ‘more’ or ‘far more’ applications than necessary to run the business.” Retiring applications is often
