Articles for Career Growth

• Microsoft's NSA 'Transparency' Push Remains Pretty Opaque

  Microsoft will encrypt consumer data and make its software code more transparent, in a bid to boost consumer confidence in its security. “Like many others, we are especially alarmed by recent all…
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  Android Development in the Cloud

  About a year ago I wrote about cloud development tools for Android. At the time, there was only one available that had been specifically designed for Android development, though demand for such t…
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  Where Women Find the Value of ‘Leaning In’

  Carla Gentry would have laughed if she’d been advised to just “lean in” when she was a divorced mom trying to raise two boys. Gentry, who operates her data analytics business from Louisville, Ky.…
• Datacenter Dependence Makes Downtime Costs Skyrocket

  [caption id="attachment_14781" align="aligncenter" width="501"] Datacenter downtime costs rise most quickly in business-related functional areas[/caption] Nothing demonstrates organizations' incr…
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  Who is Synechron and How Is It Accelerating Digital for FinTech?

  Synechron is a 20+ year old, privately-held company and one of the leading digital transformation consulting firms focused exclusively on the financial services industry. Our teams work to accele…

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• Gartner, IDC: 2014 Will Prove Wild, Disruptive as 2013

  [caption id="attachment_14744" align="aligncenter" width="600"] For 2014, analysts predict disruption and reorientation for IT... just like 2013.[/caption] The world of datacenters and enterprise…
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  Why Male Mentors Can Benefit Women in Tech

  No one questions the value of female mentors for women in technology. Their career moves and personal perspective are needed to inspire and educate the relatively small number of women in the sec…
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  Schools Aren't Waiting for the Hour of Code

  Even before Computer Science Education Week kicks off on Dec. 9, a number of educators have immersed their students into the world of computers and coding. Part of the week-long program calls for…
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  Drone Swarms Could Become Flying Power Plants

  [caption id="attachment_14701" align="aligncenter" width="533"] In this concept image, a New Wave Energy drone carries a solar-power cell on top, wind-power rotors underneath.[/caption] Amazon ma…
• IT Responds to BYOD With 'Fear and Loathing'

  [caption id="attachment_14658" align="aligncenter" width="481"] Few policies and fewer tools protect data in devices owned by employees.[/caption] Security and management tools lag so far behind…
• Holiday Celebration: Robot Turtles, Poop-Snooping DNA Detectives

  [caption id="attachment_14630" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Fake fins on robot turtles are less destructive than propellers on marine 'bots[/caption] News changes during holidays. It gets thi…
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  5 Things A Recruiter Wants You to Know About the Tech Interview Process

  Of all the things that can be said about getting a job in tech, there’s a universal truth that resonates with every candidate: the process seems to take forever. But why? Many technologists voice…

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