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15 cities that are hidden gems for tech job seekers. HP latest to unbundle switch hardware, software. Network World Daily News AM February 22, 2015 Learn R for beginners with our PDF With so much emphasis on getting insight from data these days, it's no wonder that R is rapidly rising in popularity. R was designed from day one to handle statistics and data visualization, it's highly extensible with many new packages aimed at solving real-world problems and it's open source (read "free"). READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. 15 cities that are hidden gems for tech job seekers 2. HP latest to unbundle switch hardware, software 3. Carnegie Mellon Computer Science School's epic admissions blunder 4. Drone backers mostly welcome FAA's proposed rules 5. INSIDER IT careers: How to switch industries and survive 6. How machine learning ate Microsoft 7. Tips for getting more value from your SIEM 8. Apple reportedly exposing iOS 8.3 to first public open beta 9. You broke the network. Do you confess? 10. How Etsy makes Devops work 11. 10 tips for mastering Microsoft cloud SLAs 12. INSIDER How to check Wi-Fi channels on Android devices 13. Tens of thousands of home routers at risk with duplicate SSH keys 14. 6 ways 'shadow IT' can actually help IT 15. Torvalds: 'People who start writing kernel code get hired really quickly' 16. INSIDER 5 tricks to improve poor TCP performance Resource compliments of: LinkTek Hidden Problem with Migrations to the Cloud Invalid characters are a known problem when migrating to the cloud. But there is another often unknown and hidden problem that can also result in costly disruptions and lost data -– broken file links! LinkFixer Advanced automatically finds and fixes broken file links during cloud migrations. Click now to download your FREE trial of LinkFixer Advanced today! 15 cities that are hidden gems for tech job seekers Lesser-Known Cities With Solid Salaries and Strong Tech ScenesImage by Flickr/ Kevin HutchinsonEveryone knows the world's giant tech hubs that lie on both coasts and boast the highest salaries: New York's salaries are 139 percent of the national average, and San Francisco's 138 percent. The cost of living in those cities are some of the highest, too. So what's a... READ MORE HP latest to unbundle switch hardware, software HP has joined the disaggregation party through two partnerships that will produce a branded white box switch capable of running multiple network operating systems.HP has expanded a relationship with Accton Technology to offer two new switches initially, and more later this year. The switches will be low-cost, software-independent white box hardware targeted at Web scale data centers supporting cloud, mobile,... READ MORE Carnegie Mellon Computer Science School's epic admissions blunder [View the story "Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science's epic admissions blunder" on Storify] To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE Drone backers mostly welcome FAA's proposed rules Supporters of drone technology gave a mostly warm response to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposals that would open U.S. skies to commercial drone flight.Companies that want to sell or use drones have been lobbying the agency for months to try to influence rules that may largely shape the future of the unmanned aircraft in the U.S.The proposals, published on Sunday,... READ MORE INSIDER IT careers: How to switch industries and survive After David Berry had spent a quarter of a century specializing in consumer products, he'd had enough. He'd worked for Pepsi, Dannon, Haagen-Dazs, Burger King and others, holding down various IT positions and eventually making it to CIO. It was time to switch to a new industry -- but were other industries interested in him?To read this article in full... READ MORE White Paper: Rackspace Do You Know Who is Running Your Cloud? Choosing a partner with deep cloud expertise, a track record of leadership, an understanding of your industry, and insight into your business' unique requirements is the clear path for migrating your operations into a scalable, highly available cloud solution. Learn More How machine learning ate Microsoft At the Strata big data conference yesterday, Microsoft let the world know its Azure Machine Learning offering was generally available to developers. This may come as a surprise. Microsoft? Isn't machine learning the province of Google or Facebook or innumerable hot startups?In truth, Microsoft has quietly built up its machine learning expertise over decades, transforming academic discoveries into product functionality... READ MORE Tips for getting more value from your SIEM This column is available in a weekly newsletter called IT Best Practices.  Click here to subscribe.  As security events and breaches become ever more common, interest in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions is growing. Ideally a SIEM will help collect and correlate an array of log and event data to identify and address threats that really matter. That's... READ MORE Apple reportedly exposing iOS 8.3 to first public open beta wikipedia The Apple community is buzzing today over a report from 9-to-5 Mac that the iPhone and iPad maker will be holding its first public open beta for iOS next month.This would be Apple's latest effort to do away with buggy releases for its mobile operating system. Early adopters of iOS 8 ran into various troubles, as did those early... READ MORE You broke the network. Do you confess? Today we're taking a deep look into mindset of the network professional – his or her soul -- when it comes to breaking something and owning up to the mistake … or not.Posted to Reddit's section that is devoted to networking: "Have you ever accidentally broken something then fixed it immediately to find your colleagues praising your skills even though... READ MORE How Etsy makes Devops work Etsy, which describes itself as an online "marketplace where people around the world connect to buy and sell unique goods," is often trotted out as a poster child for Devops. The company latched onto the concepts early and today is reaping the benefits as it scales to keep pace with rapid business growth. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix... READ MORE Resource compliments of: DEMO Traction Get hyper-focused on hyper-growth tech Attend DEMO Traction 2015 to see 40 fast-growing startups. See live demos of cutting-edge products for sales, marketing, engineering, IT, operations, logistics, finance and HR. Nonstop tech exploration for innovators, entrepreneurs, IT pros and business leaders. One-day event. Limited-time savings. Register now. 10 tips for mastering Microsoft cloud SLAs On Nov. 19, 2014 the IT department of a Texas contracting company started getting reports that the Microsoft Office 365 cloud-based email system was unavailable to its employees. Users couldn't get email on their phones or via Outlook. As the day rolled on some users' email came back, others didn't. When US workers signed off, international employees started reporting similar... READ MORE INSIDER How to check Wi-Fi channels on Android devices Checking the channels used by your wireless network and others nearby can help when troubleshooting Wi-Fi interference and performance issues. Even if poor Wi-Fi connectivity hasn't been noticed yet, it's a good idea to ensure wireless routers and access points aren't on the same channels, or on overlapping channels for the 2.4Ghz band.To read this article in full or to... READ MORE Tens of thousands of home routers at risk with duplicate SSH keys A setup mistake has apparently left hundreds of thousands of home routers running the SSH (Secure Shell) remote access tool with identical private and public keys.John Matherly used Shodan, a specialized search engine for querying Internet-connected devices, and found more than 250,000 devices that appear to be deployed by Telefónica de España sharing the same public SSH key.Matherly, who founded... READ MORE 6 ways 'shadow IT' can actually help IT In most IT departments, the very words "shadow IT" conjure visions of out-of-control users merrily spreading sensitive data on insecure services and unapproved devices, risking huge losses and costing IT personnel lost sleep. From the CIO to the help desk, IT folks typically make their disdain clear to any user who will listen.But most users aren't listening. They're too busy... READ MORE Torvalds: 'People who start writing kernel code get hired really quickly' Now more than ever, the development of the Linux kernel is a matter for the professionals, as unpaid volunteer contributions to the project reached their lowest recorded levels in the latest "Who Writes Linux" report, which was released today. According to the report, which is compiled by the Linux Foundation, just 11.8% of kernel development last year was done by... READ MORE INSIDER 5 tricks to improve poor TCP performance Transmission Control Protocol carries the vast majority of the data transmitted across both the public Internet and private intranets. Web sessions using HTTP, file transfers, file sharing and system backups typically use TCP. Windows desktop configurations loaded at start-up are TCP based.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) READ MORE White Paper: VMTurbo, Inc. Cloud: Delivering Performance in Shared Environments This whitepaper explores how service providers use VMTurbo to provide consistent performance across all workloads, as well as the three roles a responsible managed service provider (MSP) takes in order to accomplish that directive. Learn More SLIDESHOWS Best open source monitoring tools We found all four products to be capable network monitoring tools that performed well in our basic tasks. JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook Network World on LinkedIn MOST-READ STORIES 1. Torvalds: 'People who start writing kernel code get hired really quickly" 2. Tens of thousands of home routers at risk with duplicate SSH keys 3. IBM busts the nasty myths of the millennial employee 4. Is the Samsung Galaxy S6 about to become the coolest Android phone ever? 5. You broke the network. Do you confess? 6. 15 cities that are hidden gems for tech job seekers 7. 5 tricks to improve poor TCP performance

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