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13 February 2012
News: HP's new x86 servers attack management, power costs

Hewlett-Packard's new x86 server line generation, announced Monday, aims to wring out as much management overhead as possible through automation and improved energy management.
News: HP hopes to cut data center costs with new Gen8 servers

Hewlett-Packard on Monday introduced Gen8, its next generation of servers, which integrate new technologies designed to cut overall maintenance and power costs in data centers while maintaining high server uptimes.
News: Massive Air Force ERP software project still struggling

A massive Oracle ERP (enterprise-resource-planning) software project being conducted by the U.S. Air Force continues to experience difficulties, with the defense agency deciding to toss out some completed work as part of a restructuring plan that will be announced soon, according to an official communication released last week.
News: EU approves Google-Motorola deal

European regulators have given Google the green light to take over Motorola Mobility.; The US$12.5 billion deal faced strong opposition from open source and consumer rights advocates, but the European Commission announced on Monday that the acquisition could go ahead, without conditions.
News: Career Watch: The most in-demand skills of 2012

Ask a Premier 100 IT Leader: Doug Beebe
News: EU approves Google-Motorola deal

European regulators have given Google the green light to take over Motorola, but concerns linger over how neutral Google will be in licensing its newly acquired patents.
News: Best practices for scaling up SaaS

Guardian Life Insurance isn't about to take big risks when making IT investments, and CIO Frank Wander will be the first to tell you that he doesn't have a cloud computing strategy, per se.
News: 6 key skills new IT grads are lacking

Greg Taffet is scouting for talent.
News: IT Pay: Premiums for IT Skills Drop as IT Departments Reorganize

The premiums companies pay to IT professionals on top of their annual salaries or contract rates to acquire a specific, desired skill have been declining for a year, according to research into IT pay premiums conducted by Foote Partners. The research firm expects this downward trend to continue through 2012 before reversing in 2013.
News: EU Parliament chief speaks out against ACTA

The head of the European Parliament has spoken out against the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) as thousands took to the streets across Europe to protest at the deal.
News: 'Big data' prep: 5 things IT should do now

Got your "big data" plan in place? If not, you may want to think about implementing one.
News: TD Bank Unites 85,000-plus Workers

TD Bank Group deployed IBM collaboration software to help its 85,000 employees collaborate more efficiently. (Insider, registration required.)
News: Nimbula adds support for VMware hypervisor

Nimbula is hoping to better serve enterprises with version 2.0 of its operating system, which adds compatibility with VMware's hypervisor and other new features. "
News: F5 gear bought to optimize WAN also helps with VDI

Distribution Management Inc. bought F5's Big-IP Gateway to handle WAN optimization, but it turns out the platform solved a string of problems that cropped up when the company deployed VMware virtual desktop infrastructure, too.
News: How to Save the IT Industry in 4 (Not So Easy) Steps

Offshore outsourcing is again a hot topic this election year, but the solutions U.S. politicians are proposing will do little to prop up the American IT services industry. If government leaders really want to save U.S. IT jobs, here's what they should do.
News: Hadoop wins over enterprise IT, spurs talent crunch

Hadoop is coming out of the shadows and into production in enterprise IT shops. But the relative newness of the open-source platform and a shortage of experienced Hadoop talent pose hurdles that enterprise IT teams need to address as they advance deeper into the world of Hadoop.
News: Factory Conditions Elicit Little Outcry

Despite renewed reports of poor working conditions at Chinese factories that make products for Apple and other vendors, it's unclear whether customers will demand change.
News: First White House CTO Chopra Resigns

Aneesh Chopra, who served for almost three years as the first CTO for the U.S. government, has resigned. It is rumored that he will run for lieutenant governor in Virginia, according to The Washington Post and other sources.
News: UptimeCloud shows real-time AWS costs

Uptime Software is the latest company aiming to help eliminate bill shock for cloud users.
12 February 2012
News: Councils reprimanded over data loss

Five councils have been warned by the Information Commissioner over Data Protection Act breaches that led to the disclosure of personal information.