10 hard-earned lessons of a lifetime in IT

InfoWorld Daily AM

September 03, 2013

10 hard-earned lessons of a lifetime in IT

Sure, there are a lot of eager, bright young people in tech, and most of them like to think that they "rule," but the truth is that old age and guile trump youth and talent. If you want to acquire the guile before your time, read on.

Issue highlights

1. Parallels Access shows why an iPad is a poor PC or Mac

2. The perfect security defense is right under our noses

3. VMware VSAN: Inside the revolutionary new approach to storage

Parallels Access shows why an iPad is a poor PC or Mac

Yes, there's a thrill of being able to open InDesign or Excel on your iPad. But that thrill quickly dissipates once you realize how little you can actually do. READ MORE

The perfect security defense is right under our noses

The security defense we need is one that basically puts a security expert on each computer. And we can do it with a simple, two-part solution based in the cloud. READ MORE

VMware VSAN: Inside the revolutionary new approach to storage

VSAN will be in public beta shortly. Despite its beta status, take a look at how VMware's Virtual SAN works -- it may be a glimpse into the future of software-defined storage. READ MORE