Tech workers gain confidence as employment prospects lift

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VMware CEO: OpenStack is not for the enterprise VMware CEO talks software-defined data centers, OpenStack and dueling Amazon Network World Daily News AM August 18, 2013 Share this email Tech workers gain confidence as employment prospects lift Confidence levels among IT workers improved in the second quarter, buoyed by reports of employment gains in the U.S. tech sector. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. VMware CEO: OpenStack is not for the enterprise 2. INSIDER VMware CEO talks software-defined data centers, OpenStack and dueling Amazon 3. Pricing a low-cost iPhone: How 'cheap' is cheap? 4. 10 hottest IT jobs: Developers, developers, developers 5. (Archives) 25 of 1983's Geekiest Happenings 6. Cisco cuts 4,000 jobs in restructuring effort 7. iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending August 14 8. Google to encrypt Cloud Storage data by default 9. 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READ MORE INSIDER VMware CEO talks software-defined data centers, OpenStack and dueling Amazon As a top executive at Intel and EMC, Pat Gelsinger helped build the data centers of today. Now, as CEO of VMware, he's promising to deliver the data centers of tomorrow. In this installment of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, Gelsinger spoke with Chief Content Officer John Gallant and Network World Senior Writer Brandon Butler about what he's accomplished one year into his tenure, and why the company is uniquely positioned to deliver on the vision of software-defined data centers. Gelsinger detailed the company's plans for its upcoming infrastructure-as-a-service offerings and how it will out-duel early leader Amazon in that market. He also discussed VMware's plans to simplify mobility and explained how, rather than threatening the company, OpenStack is widening VMware's market. (Oh, one other thing about OpenStack: He doesn't see it gaining traction in the enterprise.) Gelsinger also shared thoughts on VMware's competitors and discussed how he'll work with former VMware CEO Paul Maritz's new Pivotal spin off. READ MORE Pricing a low-cost iPhone: How 'cheap' is cheap? Though still unsubstantiated, a low-cost iPhone is now widely seen as a possible product announcement in early September, along with a new high-end phone. And it's finally possible to create a coherent explanation of why such a move makes sense for Apple in 2013. READ MORE RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Automatically Map Your Network Minutes SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper (NTM) automatically discovers all of the devices on any network and creates highly accurate network diagrams. NTM uses multiple discovery methods including SNMP, WMI, VMware, & more to map an unlimited number of networks and devices. Export network diagrams created with NTM to Microsoft Visio and Network Atlas. Now you can put down your whiteboard markers and relax while Network Topology Mapper does the network mapping for you! Download a free 14-day trial to see for yourself. 10 hottest IT jobs: Developers, developers, developers It's a job seeker's market, if you've got the right tech skills. Modis this week called out the 10 hottest IT jobs. The IT staffing specialist based its ranking on the skills and roles that its clients across the U.S. are eager to find and fill. READ MORE (Archives) 25 of 1983's Geekiest Happenings From AT&T to Woz's "US Festival," with DNS, TCP-IP, 1-2-3, Word, "WarGames" and even the first real cell phone included: 1983 has a heckuva year in tech. READ MORE Cisco cuts 4,000 jobs in restructuring effort Cisco today said it would slice 4,000 jobs – or 5% of its workforce in a global restricting effort. Shares of the network equipment giant fell nearly 10% after-trading hours. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Condusiv Technologies Managing the I/O Explosion Without Extra Hardware In this Technology Spotlight, IDC highlights the unexpected I/O explosion brought about by virtualization and presents new technologies that deliver exceptional application performance without additional hardware by eliminating unnecessary I/O traffic at the source. Read more. Read Now! iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending August 14 The iOSphere is still conflicted over the iPad 5 and iPad mini dates, whether it's the start date for mass manufacturing, for the product announcement, or the availability. Eventually, someone is bound to be right. READ MORE Google to encrypt Cloud Storage data by default Google said Thursday it will by default encrypt data warehoused in its Cloud Storage service. READ MORE Geek-themed Meme of the Week: Hand Dryer Edition Memes are everywhere. Most are not very good, but a few are funny, so I have started publishing what I consider to be the better ones once a week. Here is No. 8. A commenter on Reddit weighs in: READ MORE 1981 news report on internet downplays internet's threat to news In 1981, a San Francisco TV news station reported on some of the world's first internet users - San Francisco newspaper editors who were overseeing a new investment aimed at streamlining newspaper operations. Little did they know how successful it would be. Calling it "the newest form of electronic journalism," the reporter explains how editors at the San Francisco Examiner used an early phone-based... READ MORE WHITE PAPER: SolarWinds Network Management Costs Overshoot User Needs Enterprise IT network management tools are difficult to use, expensive and do not address the realities of today's real-world IT management challenges, according to the results of an IDG Research Services survey. 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