What tech skills gap? Train your workers

	Windows 8 fails the 'dad test' | Oracle updates its Linux kernel with new advanced file system
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	What tech skills gap? Train your workers IT professionals can expect increasing pressure from management to learn new job skills as cloud and mobile computing gain traction and new cyber security threats emerge. Unfortunately, those same IT pros can't reliably expect much in the way of assistance from their employers to get that training. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Amazon Web Services Why Run Windows Server Apps on AWS? Top 5 Reasons: 1. No New Hardware, 2. Get Started in Minutes, 3. Use Your .NET Skills in the AWS Cloud, 4. On-Demand Test Environments, and 5. Use your Existing Microsoft Licenses. Learn more with on-demand webinar. Watch now! In this Issue Windows 8 fails the 'dad test' Oracle updates its Linux kernel with new advanced file system GroupLogic aims at Dropbox with enterprise file-sharing app 7 hot security companies to watch IT 'petting zoos' become tools to sell tech RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Amazon Web Services Why Run Windows Server Apps on AWS? Top 5 Reasons: 1. No New Hardware, 2. Get Started in Minutes, 3. Use Your .NET Skills in the AWS Cloud, 4. On-Demand Test Environments, and 5. Use your Existing Microsoft Licenses. Learn more with on-demand webinar. Watch now! Windows 8 fails the 'dad test' Hats off to Lockergnome's Chris Pirillo for a brilliant post. Pirillo taped his dad -- a moderately experienced Windows user like, oh, about a billion people worldwide -- as he tried Windows 8 Consumer Preview for the first time. The results are sobering. Read More Oracle updates its Linux kernel with new advanced file system Oracle has updated the kernel of its Linux distribution to take advantage of the latest Linux advances, the company announced Tuesday. It also previewed a number of new features, including a module for the widely anticipated DTrace Linux debugger. Read More GroupLogic aims at Dropbox with enterprise file-sharing app GroupLogic has released a file syncing and sharing application that offers the same convenience as Dropbox but with enterprise-level management and security features. The application, called activEcho, is designed to allow employees to securely share and sync files across devices such as an iPad, iPhone, and Windows laptops. Read More 7 hot security companies to watch There's a rush in security startups looking to tackle everything from identity management to encrypting cloud data. Here are some of the latest companies worth keeping an eye on. Read More IT 'petting zoos' become tools to sell tech In the era of corporate adoption of consumer technology, the options for IT managers are increasing. Introducing these new devices and apps, showing how they work, and getting feedback on them, is leading to the creation of IT "petting zoos" in a variety of organizations. That's a warm, fuzzy name for what many still call a testing laboratory, skunk works, or a sandbox. Read More
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