IT managers hoping to better plan for capacity in their virtual environments without devoting budget dollars to new software might want to pilot a free download available now from virtual systems management player VKernel.
Open source software appeals to many in IT for its low -- or nonexistent entry price -- and flexibility, and now that appeal is growing on hiring managers, according to IT talent experts, who report that companies will in 2010 seek candidates with high-tech skills related to open source software. Read more
SolarWinds this week announced it had enhanced an old favorite in its vault of freeware products: TFTP Server.
Understanding how applications respond to client requests is critical for many companies, and some vendors say the technology to track such data should be made available at low or no cost.
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Apparent Networks, maker of network performance management software, recently made available a free product that will help network engineers see the performance of complete network paths -- even as they cross through the cloud. Read more
Vendors flooded the VMworld show floor this week with their latest tools that add more management, security and control in a virtual environment. Read more
Enterprise IT managers looking to automate the process of managing multiple distributed IP addresses but don't have budget approval to invest the cash might want to check out a freeware option available from Infoblox. Read more
Network and system management vendor SolarWinds recently made available a new free tool designed to monitor a single Windows application or server.
"The best things in life are free." For IT professionals, that saying applies to free tools available by way of open source communities, freeware developers or vendors looking to draw customers in with a no-cost version of their commercial software.
That is what NetQoS wants to learn. Read more
Amidst a cloud of, let's say, controversy, Olympic swim champion Michael Phelps chose not to attend IBM's Pulse 2009 conference in Las Vegas this week, but attendees report Big Blue provided a replacement speaker that exceeded everyone's expectations. Read more
CA Tuesday announced it had settled its lawsuit against Rocket Software, which accused the latter vendor of copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation.
The case, which has been scheduled for jury selection this week, was settled without Rocket executives admitting to any wrongdoing, but with the company agreeing to license source code from CA. Read more
Richard Muirhead, CEO of Tideway, shares his take on technology and the economy from the World Economic Forum in Davos last week. Read more
Richard Muirhead, CEO of Tideway, shares his take on technology and the economy from the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. Read more
Richard Muirhead, CEO of Tideway, shares his take on technology and the economy from the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. Read more
Economic uncertainty has most tightening purse strings, but two network vendors recently managed to squeeze some cash from venture capital investors.
eIQnetworks last week announced it had raised $10 million in the company's first round of institutional financing. Investors such as Venrock note that eIQnetworks' growth potential and value proposition outweigh economic concerns. Read more
In a not so unpredictable and fairly smart move, many IT management software vendors are designing iPhone interfaces for their applications to track availability and performance of critical network components and business services. Read more
Research released by AeA Wednesday showed that the number of U.S. high-tech jobs added between January and July of this year lagged behind the same figure in 2007. Read more
Novell Tuesday announced it had entered into an agreement to acquire business service management vendor Managed Objects. The financial details of the deal remain undisclosed and it is expected to close early next year. Read more
U.S. high school students polled the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers say the current trend in outsourcing American high-tech jobs makes them wary of taking a computer-related career path.
According to an article in WashTech News, students entering college worry that studying IT or other computer science-related courses might be a waste of their time -- if they lose their jobs to outsourcing in the future.
For instance, Rogan Kriedt, 17, a student at Pacific Collegiate in Santa Cruz, Calif., said: "I like Math a lot but after I saw the rapid pace of American IT jobs outsourced, I decided to not choose Computer Science or IT. I am choosing Economics. Outsourcing worries me and I feel powerless to do anything about it. "
Another student Ciara Proctor, 16, of Northside College Preparatory High School in Chicago, told the WashTech News: "The thought of pursuing this career for years only to be left jobless is a terrifying one, especially with the rising cost of college. I decided that I was not willing to gamble my future wondering if I would get a job in a market that is outsourcing these positions at a staggering rate."
Others feel the high-tech market changes enough that they do not need to worry about finding and keeping jobs in IT.
"I have been interested in choosing IT as a career since my freshmen year. The reason why I am hardly worried about the outsourcing of IT jobs is because it is a constantly growing and changing market. I have heard that as many as 8 of the top 10 growth jobs by 2010 are technology related," said Klaudia Leja, 17 of Northside College Prep in Chicago. Read more
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