The U.S. tech industry added nearly 64,000 software related jobs last year, but as the workforce expanded, the average size of workers’ pay checks declined by nearly 2 percent. The Cyberstates report puts the tech labor force at 5.95 million in 2012, an increase of 1.1 percent from the prior year. Of that, 1.87 million workers are in software services jobs.

Software services, includes :government defined labor categories software publishers, custom programmers, computer facilities management and other computer related services.

SQL server 2012 is a super product – when you use it for an enterprse application you have to think about how to set up SSAS, SSRS, SSIS etc, then how many instances: production, test, training development, clustering etc.

If you are to avoid a proliferation of servers, and the associated costs, of hardware, energy, data centre space etc then virtualised systems are increasingly the answer. SQL server performance is significantly affected by virtualisation – at least 15% with best optmisation and as as much as 40%.SQL will also grab any available memory at the expense of other systems.

Bandwidth comes at cost. High latency and low bandwidth can stop your applications- and bandwidth is expensive.

There are ways to configure SQL, and specilaist tools that can be used to reduce the problems, and the ccsts and to speed up performance to keep users happy and the business operational.

It has been well established that server virtualization makes the most of the IT investment. However, because Virtual Machines (VMs) share server and storage resources, the only way to get the full value of virtualization is by reducing latency while increasing through.

You can improve the efficiency of all VMware ESX/ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V virtual platforms by optimizing reads and writes for increased bandwidth to VMs, and eliminate application bottlenecks and enable more VMs on a single physical server.

Similarly, across your network you can improve performance by shaping and prioriting packets of data, or by caching regularly sent data. Previously only hadrware absed soltuions were available. Now there virtual solutions that offer even more benefits. Let us analyse your network traffic to assess the perfomance improvements that are possible.

More than 1.2 billion smartphones will enter the market over the next five years. ABIResearch.

This influx of mobile devices will forever change how business information is disseminated and stored.

According to projections from an Enterasys survey, three out of four individuals believe their enterprise will implement BYOD policies. The same individuals are concerned about mobile device security. With crucial personal information — including financial and medical data — and business information living on smartphones, it’s vital that businesses implement solutions and services that improve mobile security.

What happens if your device is lost? Stolen?

A competitor who accesses all your sales contact data?

A terrorist who gets hold of a mobile device belonging to a security force, an airline official, or a government officer?

Can you track the phone?
Can you disabe log on remotely or wipe the hard disk?

As an IT manager how will you restrict what applications can be used, what phone numbers can be called, what geofence area is allowed?.

Can you remotely deploy upgrades and patches or enforce password policies?

Can users log support calls and get support remotely?.

Are your expanding the use of mobile devices in your ognsiation? Do you need to simplify the management and improve the security?

Ask us about our low cost solutions that are fast and easy to deploy.

Facebook Inc is piloting a scheme to charge users for messaging,when the sender is not on the recipient’s friends list. Users will still be able to contact friends, and those with whom they have friends in common, free of charge

The charging model is currently running in the UK, with charges varying depending upon a host of factors, including how popular is the recipient. meia sources to highlight that the charge is levied for contacting celebrities. Some messaging charges are as high as to GBP11 (AED62).

Facebook, in a statement to the Sunday Times, claimed the charging model was an anti-spam measure.

Without any claim to be a celebrity I regularly gets deluged by social media invites from unknowns to join various sites so social media Luddite that i am I for one hope this trend catches on and that it redces the unwanted mails that clog up my inbox and server.

Now that we are used to 3 D spectacles in the movies Google’s announcement of a 2014 release of Google glass to bring software browsing to  spectacles seesm less Sci Fi than it might. Apple is working hard on  an iWatch as an extension of its iPad range. Reports indicate that it would be tethered to an iPhone or iPad to provide a stream of content and alerts to the wearer, including: email, caller ID, calendar info, and updates of pre-selected information like weather reports or stock quotes. These ideas are present in existing smartwatches, including the Pebble watch that can pair with an iPhone or Android phone. Many of these uses are also anticipated uses for Google Glass.

The updates that can be displayed are  the sort of updates that professionals across many industries check repeatedly throughout the day. Update to an unobtrusive wearable device would allow workers to check notifications in real time without disrupting a meeting.

An iWatch could be the perfect solution to many IT concerns about mobile devices. The key to the iWatch as a security solution is that it would be designed to pair with a mobile device, most likely an iPhone. That pairing offers an easy way to set up advanced authentication. The iWatch could be used as a physical security token alongside a passcode to offer multifactor authentication

Companies adopting flash-based SSDs as a cornerstone to the data center storage systems are risking “massive data loss” due to power outages, according to a new study titled “Understanding the Robustness of SSDs Under Power Fault” by researchers from the University of Ohio and HP Labs – See more at: http://www.infoworld.com/t/solid-state-drives/test-your-ssds-or-risk-massive-data-loss-researchers-warn-213715#sthash.SQMAJ13c.dpuf

SSD enthusiasts claim the drives are faster, more affordable, and more reliable than traditional hard drives. Unfortunately, SSDs may be more susceptible to damage from a simple power failure than data center operators realized – See more at: http://www.infoworld.com/t/solid-state-drives/test-your-ssds-or-risk-massive-data-loss-researchers-warn-213715#sthash.tAAVOSwl.dpuf

The researchers’ conclusion: “SSDs offer the promise of vastly higher performance operation; our results show that they do not provide reliable durability under even the simplest of faults: loss of power.”

They recommend that “system builders either not use SSDs for important information that needs to be durable or that they test their actual SSD models carefully under actual power failures beforehand. Failure to do so risks massive data loss.”

- See more at: http://www.infoworld.com/t/solid-state-drives/test-your-ssds-or-risk-massive-data-loss-researchers-warn-213715#sthash.tAAVOSwl.dpuf 

The researchers’ conclusion: “SSDs offer the promise of vastly higher performance operation; our results show that they do not provide reliable durability under even the simplest of faults: loss of power.”  They recommend that “system builders either not use SSDs for important information that needs to be durable or that they test their actual SSD models carefully under actual power failures beforehand. Failure to do so risks massive data loss.”- See more at: http://www.infoworld.com/t/solid-state-drives/test-your-ssds-or-risk-massive-data-loss-researchers-warn-213715#sthash.tAAVOSwl.dpuf