Mainframe Still Key to Enterprise Strategy

A new survey by CA Technologies, Mainframe as a Mainstay of the Enterprise 2012, reveals just how important the mainframe remains (and will continue to be) in IT’s computing strategy.

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Security Threats from Mobile Apps Revealed

Zscaler, a secure cloud gateway solutions provider, has released results of analysis from its research arm, ThreatLabZ. It’s not pretty.

The study reveals that “up to 10 percent of mobile apps expose user passwords and login names, 25 percent expose personally identifiable information, and 40 percent communicate with third parties.”

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IT Loses Jobs for First Time in 25 Months, Foote Partners Reports

It came as somewhat of a surprise to many that after 25 months of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports showing IT job growth, September’s report “reveals a net loss of 1,700 jobs across four industry job segments commonly associated with IT professionals -- the first monthly decline since August 2010 ... not associated with a labor strike or similar temporary market anomaly.” That analysis, from Foote Partners LLC, includes news that “1,800 jobs were lost in Management and Technical Consulting Services following 17 consecutive months of job growth during which 95,400 jobs were added in this segment to the national economy (5,612 per month average).”

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Agile: Use, Challenges, and Recommendations

Serena Software just released the results of a short survey of attendees of the Agile 2012 conference held recently in Dallas, Texas. The company wanted to know the extent of agile adoption, how agile is being used, and what challenges developers are facing.

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Where IT Outsourcing is Headed

Two years ago, when I was writing stories about outsourcing, my focus was on application development -- should an enterprise hire programmers in India, Russia, or South America to get applications built more quickly?

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New Survey Confirms Mainframe’s Strengths, Popularity

BMC’s yearly mainframe survey takes a look at the growth and pain points for IT professionals working with the hardware.

Three key issues stand out in Mainframe is Poised to Fuel the Future of Business:

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Energy-Saving Tips for Your Data Center

Clemens Pfeiffer, Power Assure’s CTO, posted on his company’s site a list of 10 steps IT and facility managers can take to “improve efficiency without compromising reliability.” Here’s a sampling of the first three.

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Are You Ready for a Disaster? Probably Not.

SolarWinds conducted a survey with Network World about the state of disaster preparedness among IT professionals.  Some of those results are, as you’d expect, disturbing.

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