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by Kevin Fogarty

Kevin Fogarty writes about enterprise IT for ITworld.

DR vendor offers to move virtual machines anywhere

Posted Mar 02, 2011 - 09:09 pm

Clouds are good for lots of things:
Running your apps in a high-security, high-reliability, high-performance data center without having to pay for a high-security, high-reliability, high-performance data center.
Desktop virtualization gets airline-magazined

Posted Oct 25, 2010 - 12:30 pm

Real virtualized desktops are looking more and more like an exception in a user base that will largely remain traditional, but use SAAS and streamed apps rather than virtualizing their OSes.
IT hiring may be back on track, but Santa is out of luck

Posted Dec 20, 2010 - 11:46 am

Surveys predict IT hiring will be far higher than other job specialties in 2011, though some employment questions remain. Why can good Santas not find a job?
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- Careers, economy
Angst could drive Android developers to focus on far fewer mobile OSes

Posted Apr 26, 2011 - 04:53 pm

Mobile-device buyers are hot as ever for Android, but developers are getting more frustrated and less interested, according to an IDC survey of mindshare among mobile developers.
Microsoft will pay $250K for a botnet (er...the controllers of one -- Rustock)

Posted Jul 18, 2011 - 03:18 pm

Want to make some quick money? Have some shady friends and lots of experience on the slimy(er) side of Internet marketing? Do you eat Spam, Spam, eggs and Spam, or Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam and Spam? If the latter get medical help.
Dell entry shows cloud computing is becoming a commodity

Posted Nov 05, 2010 - 11:35 am

Entry into the cloud market by commodity IT king Dell shows cloud has gone from leading-edge to must-have, even for customers who don't really understand it.
Citrix aims to own the cloud and desktop

Posted Feb 10, 2011 - 01:01 am

Following a rigorous January survey of customers – that confirmed priorities and product roadmaps it revealed to analysts in December – Citrix announced the megatrends it believes will shape 2011 and knows for sure will shape updates and new product it will ship this year.
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- Citrix, open cloud
Astonishing anthropological find enabled by Internet technology

Posted Nov 08, 2010 - 06:37 am

Imagine those teeth coming at you, and it's terrible wakka-wakka hunting cry.
Critical security flaws could lurk in smart devices from a quarter of all manufacturers

Posted Aug 12, 2011 - 01:51 pm

Being an engineer at a consumer products company is tough.
IT hiring stays woefully slow, except network and virtual specialists

Posted Nov 16, 2010 - 08:07 pm

In an effort to get the skills they need to offer good IT services, providers are competing harder than ever for the skilled IT workers companies would most like to hire.

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