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One of the ways to measure an engineer's value is by the number of certifications that he or she holds. In networking, the gold standard has always been Cisco certifications (disclosure: Cisco is a client of ZK Research). The company has a wide range of certifications, ranging from the entry-level Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) and culminating with the difficult-to-achieve but highly valued Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE). The perception of CCIEs is so high that the term has become part of networking vernacular. Читать дальше...

It's been a container-filled week thanks to the DockerCon EU show in Barcelona, but on Thursday Red Hat added its own voice to the mix with a new Linux release featuring expanded container support.

Light-based data communications, or Li-Fi, which uses LEDs to create networked communications, can be integrated into a solar panel to create a self-powered Li-Fi receiver.

DockerCon

This week application container enthusiasts descended upon Barcelona, Spain to see the latest and greatest from the fast-growing container industry. Here are some of the most important news announcements from the conference.

Go back a handful of years and Microsoft was seen as a big, bad, monolithic vendor that was very much resting on its laurels. The change of CEO marked a turning point for Microsoft, however, and under Satya Nadella the company has shown itself to be innovative, nimble, and a pragmatic operator. This is perhaps best seen in Azure, Microsoft's cloud platform, which most commentators see as the most credible public cloud after Amazon Web Services (although, it has to be said, Azure is a distant second to the AWS powerhouse). Читать дальше...

When one of the terrorists involved in the Paris shootings dropped his smartphone in a trashcan outside the Bataclan concert venue on Friday night, he wasn't worried about encrypting his text messages or stored documents. Why would he be? With a bomb strapped to his waist, he knew he was about to die.

Apple has apologized to developers for the snafu last week that sent Mac users scrambling to reboot and re-enter Mac App Store credentials when their apps refused to launch.

Encrypted messaging app maker Telegram blocked 78 ISIS-related propaganda channels in reaction to abuse reports sent by users, Telegram tweeted late Wednesday.

Cisco this week updated its certification program reflect the changing skills sets needed as the industry moves to Internet of Things, cloud and network programmability. The company’s Cisco Certified Internet Expert (CCIE) Data Center and Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Security have been “refreshed,” Cisco says, to reflect these new disciplines.

Cybersecurity and IT professionals would be wise to review the findings of the 9/11 Commission report published in 2004. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of events surrounding the attacks and points to a number of systemic problems in several areas:

Tim Walsh, senior IT Architect at the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant in Michigan, is a happy Citrix Systems customer. But he wasn’t surprised to learn this week that the company that makes most of its revenue from virtual client computing technologies is embarking on a major restructuring that will include spinning off of its GoTo Meeting family of collaboration products.

Microsoft Windows 1.0 turns 30 tomorrow. And even though Steve Ballmer’s over-the-top TV ad for the operating system has seen its share of Internet airtime, I viewed it for the first time only this morning. Wow.

Despite the requiems and tributes issued last year for money-losing RadioShack as it appeared to be going down for good, the electronics retailer has emerged from bankruptcy protection and is now gearing up for Black Friday with a slew of deals.

An Internet of Things security startup thinks it can reduce the complexity of a home full of connected devices to three colors: red, orange, and green.

Enterprise software has long been associated with clunky interfaces and a long learning curve, but Microsoft is aiming to change all that with Dynamics AX, the next generation of its flagship ERP system.

Payments startup Square has priced its initial public offering at a level lower than earlier indicated, even as analysts are looking at the company's debut on the stock exchange as a test of how public markets will evaluate high-profile private startups some of whom have seen valuations of over US$1 billion.

For as long as there has been security, there have been difficulties, and differences of opinion, between the CISO and CEO.

It's a phrase almost guaranteed to send chills down the spine of an IT leader: "Rip and replace."

Making the transition from the military to civilian employment can be difficult. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, more than half of returning, post-9/11 veterans will experience a period of unemployment. Here are four organizations working to help returning service members leverage their skills and training to gain IT employment.

Despite the persistence of security concerns, companies are moving a variety of IT and business operations to the cloud at a steady pace. Indeed, on average, IT leaders expect slightly more than half of their IT environment to be cloud-based by the end of 2016.

A CISO at a large manufacturing company walked out of a board meeting last year fully expecting to be fired after giving a presentation on security.

After recruiting and hiring new employees, onboarding is the next most important step in the hiring process. However, onboarding involves more than signing W-2 forms and filling out a waiver for the on-site health facility. It's a crucial three-month window in which you can train new employees and help them assimilate into the company culture. By not investing in the onboarding process, you risk not only losing the invested time and money, but also your new hire, according to Chris Buttenham, CEO and co-founder of Tasytt. Читать дальше...

Did you look at the picture atop this post and say, “Oh, no, not more Donald Trump?”

While he thinks Dell buying EMC makes sense financially, Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla has little faith in the merged company's ability to innovate.

We will soon know whether Microsoft’s rollout of Windows 10 and its latest Surface tablets and hybrid laptops will translate into strong holiday sales and provide a challenge to Black Friday sales of Apple Macs, iPads and iPhones. If the Windows products – not to mention Xbox One gaming systems -- don’t fly off the shelves this Black Friday and holiday shopping season, you won’t be able to blame retailers for their effort: they’re pricing Microsoft and partner products pretty aggressively.