Category: Tech
All signs point to continued growth in IT hiring and salaries, even for humble jobs like tech support If you thought that humble support technician was going the way of the telephone operator, you are in for a pleasant surprise. Job openings for the man or woman who picks up the phone when you call […]?
Say hello to HaLow WiFi standard A new wireless standard that extends Wi-Fi’s reach down into the 900MHz band will keep the 802.11 family at the center of the developing Internet of Things, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced today. The new standard, 802.11ah, combines lower power requirements with a lower frequency, which means that those signals […]?
The gig economy is making a major impact on the IT industry, and millions of IT pros are taking advantage of the flexibility, freedom and income-generating potential it has to offer. Here’s what’s hot (and what’s not) in the gig economy for 2016. It’s difficult to gauge exactly how large the gig economy is, but […]?
Tough to choose With so many great products on the market, it’s hard to pick the best ones. So we asked our experts, Network World’s independent product reviewers and bloggers to list their favorite products of 2015. What we got back was a list that covers the full spectrum of the networking world, with a […]?
Looking ahead to 2016, I see big things for ChromeOS, Android, and even Microsoft in the Linux world. Lunduke looks ahead for Linux As 2015 comes to a close, the time has arrived to make predictions for what will happen in the Linux (and broader Free and Open Source Software) world in the year ahead. […]?
For many IT organizations, a hybrid IT environment made up of multiple cloud and on-premises applications is inevitable. But it requires new people, processes and systems to manage effectively. HotLink CEO Lynn LeBlanc shares experiences from her early efforts. As companies become increasingly comfortable adopting cloud-based options, multi-vendor cloud environments could become the norm in […]?
HP will be a preferred provider of Microsoft’s Azure services, Meg Whitman says Hewlett-Packard Enterprise has partnered with Microsoft to offer its Azure cloud services to customers, filling a gap when HPE closes its own public cloud early next year. Microsoft will be a “preferred” public cloud partner to HPE, and HPE will become a […]?
Personalization is the name of the game, and when scale means you can’t do it authentically, the next best thing is to automate it. Remember the good old days when you would walk into your local grocery or convenience store and the person behind the counter would know who you were and give you personal […]?
That’s what hackers are — they should be feared, but our fears are completely out of proportion My company’s CEO called me in a panic the other day. “I think my iPhone may have been hacked,” he said, as I squinted myopically at the clock trying to see what time it was. 7:15 a.m. — […]?
But Fitbit held on as the world’s top wearables vendor, IDC says Fitbit retained its title as the world’s top wearables vendor for the second quarter of 2015, but Apple is quickly gaining ground. During its debut quarter in the wearables market, Apple shipped 3.6 million Apple Watches compared to Fitbit’s 4.4 million fitness trackers, […]?