Good news for IT: Bonuses are back, pay rates are up

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	Good news for IT: Bonuses are back, pay rates are up Compensation and hiring for IT professionals are gradually rising and have just reached January 2008 levels, according to a study from Janco Associates titled "Mid-Year 2012 IT Salary Survey." Layoffs have tapered off, companies are bringing more IT operations back in-house, and IT pros are even seeing bonuses. However, hiring overall will remain soft in coming months, particularly with the presidential election in the United States and economic turmoil in the European Union. Read More WHITE PAPER: Amazon Web Services Microsoft SharePoint on the AWS Cloud Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides services & tools for deploying Microsoft® SharePoint® workloads on its cloud infrastructure platform. This white paper discusses general concepts regarding how to use these services and provides detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, and run a SharePoint Server farm on AWS. Deploy SharePoint quickly at lower total cost on AWS Cloud. Learn how In this Issue Windows 8 and OS X Mountain Lion by the numbers Hundreds of job listings discriminate against U.S. workers, report says 5 mistakes to avoid when deploying an enterprise app store Spammers have started using Android botnets, researchers say What Intel/McAfee means for the future of security RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: FileMaker, Inc Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper > Windows 8 and OS X Mountain Lion by the numbers Like 2009, this year is one of dueling operating system upgrades, when the two biggest OS rivals face off with new editions. We've covered both the Windows 8 and OS X Mountain Lion upgrades, and spelled out what's known so far about their prices, release dates, delivery methods, upgrade paths and more. Read More Hundreds of job listings discriminate against U.S. workers, report says IT job board Dice.com has hundreds of listings for jobs that aren't available to U.S. tech workers because the listings are aimed at foreign visa holders, said Bright Future Jobs, a group of high-tech professionals focused on encouraging U.S. IT workers. Read More 5 mistakes to avoid when deploying an enterprise app store As personal mobile devices flood the corporate workplace, you'd think every company would have its own app store, right? Not so fast. Despite the obvious benefits of efficiently and securely distributing mobile apps to employees to use their personal iPads, iPhones and Android smartphones, enterprise app stores are not widely in use. The main reason seems to be shoddy, mistake-prone implementations. Read More Spammers have started using Android botnets, researchers say A new wave of pharmacy, penny stock and e-card spam emails are being sent by an Android botnet, according to security researchers from Microsoft and antivirus firm Sophos. Terry Zink, program manager for Microsoft Forefront Online Security, was the first to report about the spam messages. They all come from Yahoo's email servers and they are sent from Android devices, he said in a blog post on Tuesday. Read More What Intel/McAfee means for the future of security Intel completed its multibillion-dollar acquisition of McAfee almost a year and a half ago, and this week McAfee co-President Mike DeCesare spoke with Network World senior editor Ellen Messmer about what the merger of Intel's chip-making capabilities and McAfee's security expertise is expected to bring down the road. Network World: What can we expect going forward from the Intel buy of McAfee? What do we get from this that represents the strengths of both combined? Read More
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