46 percent of IT employees are looking for new jobs

	Red Hat packages newer versions of Ruby, Python | Amazon's RDS database finally generally available
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	46 percent of IT employees are looking for new jobs The percentage of IT employees interested in getting a new job is rising, even as they lose confidence in the economic outlook, new survey data shows. Randstad Technologies, a staffing and recruiting firm, found that 46 percent of technology workers are likely to look for a new job this year, an independent survey taken in the first quarter found. In the quarter a year ago it was at 41 percent. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Powerful and secure remote support with LogMeIn Rescue For companies that want to compete in their industry, improving the customer experience is a top priority. To do that, having an on-demand remote support solution is essential. That's why companies around the world choose LogMeIn Rescue to provide powerful, secure support of any device, anytime, anywhere. Rescue offers a simple, reliable interface packed with all the features technicians want. Check out LogMeIn Rescue to learn more and start your free trial today. In this Issue Red Hat packages newer versions of Ruby, Python Amazon's RDS database finally generally available Secret court order gives U.S. access to Verizon call records Microsoft, FBI disrupt Citadel botnet network WHITE PAPER: VMware Crash Insurance: Protect Your Business with Virtualization Think that your business is safe from an IT outage caused by a natural or man-made disaster? Think again. Read this trend brief to learn more about potential risks to IT services and how a comprehensive disaster recovery plan is essential to keeping your systems up and running at all times. Read Now! Red Hat packages newer versions of Ruby, Python Red Hat has put out a beta release of Software Collections 1.0, in a bid to let developers use newer versions of languages such as Ruby and Python with support. For certain applications, a more recent version of a language than what's included in the base Enterprise Linux (RHEL) system is needed, according to Red Hat. Software Collections 1.0 is the first in a series of releases designed to allow developers to take advantage of new capabilities in their Web apps faster with the safety net of support from Red Hat, it said. Read More Amazon's RDS database finally generally available After three and a half years in operation, Amazon Web Services' RDS is finally generally available, and users can also get a service-level agreement if they choose to run the database in multiple places. The combination of customer adoption, numerous new features and a lot of operational experience has taken RDS (Relational Database Service) to a level where Amazon thinks its mature enough to be made generally available. Until now, users could gain access to it under a beta testing program. Read More Secret court order gives U.S. access to Verizon call records The U.S. National Security Agency has been allowed by a court order to collect phone records of a large number of customers of Verizon, according to a report in the Guardian on Thursday. The April 25 order from the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in Washington, D.C., requires Verizon to produce call records or "telephony metadata" on an ongoing daily basis, according to the British newspaper, which published what it said was a copy of the order. Read More Microsoft, FBI disrupt Citadel botnet network Microsoft and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation have taken aim at a botnet network based on malware called Citadel that is held responsible for stealing people's online banking information and personal identities. The company, however, warned that because of Citadel's size and complexity, it does not expect to fully take out "all of the botnets in the world using the Citadel malware." Read More
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