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Careers: Hot Skill Areas You Can Bank On (Part 3 of 3)

You don’t have to be certified to enjoy job security -- demand for many uncertified skills is up

T-Bits vs. B-Bits: What You Need to Know

Think you're getting the space your storage vendor says you're getting? Think again.

Q&A: New Technology For Encrypting Sensitive, Stored Data

New approaches make it easier than ever to add network-wide transparent data encryption

SAS Teaches Its Old Analytics Dog Some New Tricks

WebHound learns to fetch, correlate customer click-through conversation rate

Security Briefs

Vulnerabilities target mobile devices, RealPlayer; Tivoli adds .NET support

Actuate 8 Takes Spreadsheets to the Next Level

Company touts new release as a “silver bullet to kill feuding spreadmarts”

Four Criteria for Evaluating a Security Vendor

When evaluating security products for your enterprise, make sure you also evaluate the vendors themselves using these criteria.



Microsoft Tightens Ties Between Office, CRM

Software giant to leverage ubiquity of Office 2003 in upcoming CRM release

Top Five Errors Enterprise Windows Administrators Make

Keep an eye out for these five common mistakes

Blade Servers: Big Iron in a Small Form Factor

Blade server success founded on key mainframe concepts

2004 IT Salary Survey: Salaries Stagnant For IT Staff

Salaries and bonuses for IT pros have stabilized or are growing slightly. In one position, they actually declined.

Offshore's Impact on Salaries, Certifications (Part 2 of 3)

Security, project management, and Linux skills are all still valuable

Storage Testing: Beyond Interoperability

Testing is absolutely required to ensure that storage “solutions” will actually resemble the pretty picture in the vendor brochure. But what's really needed is the ability to test storage products before you buy them—and under real workloads.

Security Briefs

New vulnerability erases hard drives; open source tool at risk; Oracle SQL exposure

Used Laptops Offer Secrets for Sale—Cheap

Even laptops with hard drives that had been erased and defragged were easily hacked to reveal company secrets

Q&A: Top Tips for Outsourcing Security

Symantec's head of Managed Security Services offers his perspective on what you should look for when considering a move to outsourced security

Q&A: Siebel Shows It's Serious about CRM on Demand

When it comes to hosted CRM, Siebel puts its money where its mouth is

Pitney Bowes Changes the Rules of the Data Quality Game

Company threatens to transform the data quality space, for large and small vendors alike, with its acquisition of Group 1.

Business Objects Rounds Out Analytics Suite

New financial analytics module addresses compliance management

Improving Quality without Six Sigma

Here's one low-cost technique that's easily implemented and can substantially improve the quality of both systems and services.