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70 percent of financial institutions attacked by insiders
These days, it appears that the threats to your data are coming from the inside, as well as from the outside. In a new survey, 70 percent of financial institutions say they have experienced a case of... Read more...
Avoid these IT manager mistakes
You're probably getting lots of advice on how to succeed, but there are plenty of management mistakes that IT managers and CIOs should avoid to maintain a shop that runs well. This week, SearchCIO... Read more...
Cutting costs trumps IT security
A new survey by the Society for Information Management (SIM) finds a complete shift in what IT managers are doing when it comes to cutting costs and security. For the first time, saving money is more... Read more...
The incredible shrinking data center
The size of data centers is going down, down, down. Fueled by the economic downturn, many IT executives are now saying that smaller is better when it comes to data center size. IT managers are buying... Read more...
Microsoft: Revenues drop 17 percent
Microsoft is having recession pains just like every other tech company. Last week, it reported its worst fiscal year since it initially sold stock to the public in 1986. Its quarterly revenues... Read more...
Even cybercriminals are hit by recession
A German software company detected a 30 percent drop in the number of unique malware signatures between May and June, a development that it attributes to the economic downturn. G Data argues that... Read more...
Gartner: Electronics industry will recover in '10
Tired of hearing all the predictions about when the economy will recover? Here's one from Gartner that looks optimistic: Mobile phone and PC sales are ready to start leading the electronics industry... Read more...
U.S. firms shed Indian back-office operations
Some well-known U.S. firms that have been hit by the recession and need to cut costs, are abandoning the back-office information technology centers they have operated in India. In a move that... Read more...
Should you take a lower-level job?
You've worked hard to get to the your current position in IT. But times are tough, and you are losing your job. So are you willing to step back, take a pay cut and accept a job that you have done in... Read more...
Chip sales drop 30 percent in first quarter
The news is not surprising and it is not very good on the semiconductor front. The Semiconductor Industry Association reported last week that global sales of semiconductors fell nearly 30 percent in... Read more...
