Articles by Dice Staff

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  Why You Should Stick With Linux

  Linux has gone through a lot of changes in its 21-year existence. I'd go so far to say that it's now quite mature — and perhaps even mainstream. Linux performance is stellar on all manner of lapt…
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  Encanto Supercomputer Will Be Sold for Parts

  The “Encanto” supercomputer in New Mexico, once the third-fastest in the world, will likely end up stripped for parts and scrapped because the nonprofit managing it has been unable to operate it…
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  5 Steps to Closing Candidates

  “Candidate closing starts on the very first call,” says Jeremy Roberts (@ImJeremyR), Talent Sourcing Manager, along with Craig Fisher (@fishdogs), VP at Ajax Social Media and Founder of TalentNet…
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  How to Be Part of Kaiser Permanente's IT Expansion

  Kaiser Permanente, the largest managed-care organization in the U.S., has been at the forefront of implementation of electronic medical records as well as research and data-driven quality-improve…
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  The Rise and Fall of Black Box Analytics

  As businesses of all sizes come to appreciate the potential of advanced analytics applications, there’s a rising temptation to use these technologies to gain a sustainable competitive advantage o…
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  Imation Buys Into Hot Tiered Storage With Nexsan

  With its $120 million purchase of storage provider Nexsan, Imation has bought its way further into the tiered-storage business. Nexsan and its 200 or so employees will join Imation, which began l…
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  Demand for Data Analytics Skills Rises Sharply

  Though hiring managers are particularly interested in tech professionals with Java/J2EE development skills, the demand for data expertise has increased notably in the past year, according to a re…
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  Agile or Not, Requirements Management Can't Be Skipped

  These days, requirements management is often misunderstood or under-appreciated in IT. Many people have used migration to Agile methodologies as an excuse to discard requirements or rethink how t…
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  Google's Asia Data Centers Expected to Boost Search Performance

  Google believes its new Asia-based data centers, due later this year, could speed up search results in the Asia-Pacific region. Accoding to India’s The Economic Times, those new data centers are…
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  Autonomy’s Data Software: Newspaper Savior?

  Hewlett-Packard’s Autonomy business unit has generated a lot of headlines for all the wrong reasons, including serious allegations of accounting fraud. However, Autonomy’s core products remain a…