Esther Shein

During a time when the number of applicants for most IT jobs has more than doubled, candidates need to work harder than ever to set themselves apart from the pack. Career coaches and counselors says the biggest mistake IT workers make when applying for a job is not focusing on results from past jobs, but […]

During a time when the number of applicants for most IT jobs has more than doubled, candidates need to work harder than ever to set themselves apart from the pack and capture someone’s attention. Career coaches and counselors says the biggest mistake IT workers make when applying for a job is not focusing on results […]

Like many people, Reginald Gardere recently lost a job in IT, and like thousands of unemployed workers, he has turned to social networking sites to find another one. Gardere, who was an IT consultant at Morgan Stanley in New York, says he didn’t spend time on these types of sites while he was employed, but […]

To paraphrase Charles Dickens, it is the worst of times. Budget cuts, layoffs, salary freezes — if you’re lucky — there doesn’t appear to be much good news on the job front, and IT is no exception. But while full-time positions are being lost every day, IT jobs experts say there is a silver lining […]

Managing the virtual desktop end-to-end may be becoming easier thanks to new products from virtualization market leader VMware and virtual desktop software provider VDIworks. VMware (NYSE: VMW) today announced the general availability of VMware View 3, a hosted virtual desktop product that enables enterprises to centralize and host their desktops in the datacenter. VDIworks will […]

In the fifth and final installment of our series on WPA-Enterprise for small businesses, Eric Geier offers step-by-step guidance for configuring computers on your wireless network with WPA and 802.1x settings. (Suggested reading: Part 3 to learn how to set up an Elektron RADIUS server; Part 4, to learn how to configure a wireless router and/or access […]

Microsoft CEO Steve BallmerPhoto: Lou Dematteis SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Microsoft’s normally exuberant CEO didn’t disappoint a packed hall of over 500 attendees at an event here last week. Steve Ballmer was largely upbeat about Microsoft’s products and cheerfully responded to questions about product deficiencies and competitive threats as “challenges.” But he did start things […]

MonoSphere has enhanced its storage analytics tool, Storage Horizon 3.7, to include measuring storage utilization in VMware and Oracle database environments, plus added support for EMC’s Celerra and IBM’s DS and ESS arrays. The one-year-old storage resource management (SRM) offering now also boasts an automated chargeback feature that gives administrators a clear view about storage […]

Mozilla Firefox, a free, open-source web browser for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, has long had a loyal cult following. Now Datamation’s readers have taken notice, choosing Firefox – narrowly – to win its Product of the Year award in the Anti-Spam category. The other entrants in this popular category were Norton Internet Security […]

As avid fans of the Treo 650, employees at medical devices manufacturer FoxHollow Technologies Inc., are not rushing to upgrade to the brand new 700p anytime soon. “There’s nothing immediately that screams I have to have this in our environment,’’ observes Norman Leong, service desk supervisor at the Redwood City, Calif.-based company, which makes a […]

More and more companies are embracing the benefits of instant messaging as a corporate application. But many are leaving such applications uncontrolled and vulnerable, and the potential for attack is sending shivers down the spines of network administrators. Email still takes priority over instant messaging (IM) when it comes to corporate security, according to a […]

Increasing demands for accurate data is a challenge under normal circumstances. On top of that, firms must be mindful of meeting enhanced regulatory reporting requirements. With all of those needs and stresses in mind, voters have selected SAS Fair Banking from SAS, based in Cary, N.C., as Datamation’s Product of the Year 2006 in the […]