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	IT's age problem IT workers over 50, or even 40, are having a tougher time than their younger colleagues staying fully employed. Is it age bias or something more complex? Read More WHITE PAPER: HP HIPAA Goes HITECH This paper examines the impact of the HITECH Act, differentiates between "required" and "addressable" specifications and highlights the safeguards healthcare must consider. Read Now! In this Issue Consumers face hard drive price hikes Better Windows support due on IBM mainframes Social media success is still elusive for businesses Report warns of cyberspying by China, Russia Hadoop is ready for the enterprise, IT execs say How to cut better deals with SAP The Grill: Joseph Spagnoletti Thornton May: Let's keep the board of directors in the loop Four rising threats from cybercriminals Getting a fast start with agile BI development Security Manager's Journal: Sensitive company data gets released into the wild Bart Perkins: Steps to ensuring project success Career Watch: Calling in sick rises during the holidays John Halamka: The new metrics for CIO success WHITE PAPER: AMD Building a Virtualized Data Center CIOs are wrestling with new business demands and they are turning to virtualization to consolidate resources and make this happen. Learn how an AMD technology-based virtual strategy can help. Learn More! Consumers face hard drive price hikes Floods in Thailand are wreaking havoc on hard disk drive manufacturers. Consumers are expected to be hit hardest as vendors look to take care of corporate customers first. Read More Better Windows support due on IBM mainframes IBM said its mainframes will soon be able to manage Windows applications, bridging one of the last major divides in data centers. Read More Social media success is still elusive for businesses Companies are using social networks to connect with customers, but it remains unclear what 'success' means in this new media and how to go about achieving it. Read More Report warns of cyberspying by China, Russia A government report says the U.S. can expect more aggressive cyberespionage efforts from Russia, China and other countries looking to collect information in areas such as pharmaceuticals, defense and manufacturing. Read More Hadoop is ready for the enterprise, IT execs say Despite some lingering user concerns about security and technological issues, Hadoop is ready for enterprise use, according to IT executives at the Hadoop World conference in New York earlier this month. Read More How to cut better deals with SAP Here are nine negotiating tips for SAP customers who are hammering out deals with the vendor as the Dec. 31 end of its fiscal year approaches. Insider (registration required) Read More The Grill: Joseph Spagnoletti Joe Spagnoletti, senior vice president and CIO at Campbell Soup, recently earned the Fox IT Leader Award from Temple University's Fox School of Business and Management. Here, he talks about technology's role in business world. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Business Analytics: Pushing Toward Relevance Although business analytics and business intelligence tools are becoming ubiquitous, they frequently remain underutilized. Part of the challenge is the disconnect between the IT teams deploying these tools and the business users who are supposed to be using them. Learn More Thornton May: Let's keep the board of directors in the loop We in IT have thought very little about what boards of directors know about IT, what they should know about IT and what they should do about IT. Insider (registration required) Read More Four rising threats from cybercriminals Criminal hackers are industrious -- they stay up late devising new ways to attack individuals and businesses. Watch out for cyberattacks that can turn smartphones into spam bots, shut off electricity to homes and businesses, jam GPS signals and more. Read More Getting a fast start with agile BI development There's heightened interest in agile BI, a rapid development methodology for creating BI systems that involves the end user as early and as often as possible -- and thus saves time and effort. Insider (registration required) Read More Security Manager's Journal: Sensitive company data gets released into the wild It isn't easy to stop your employees from posting things they shouldn't on social media and file-sharing sites. Read More Bart Perkins: Steps to ensuring project success Even aggressive plans can succeed if they are grounded in reality. Read More Career Watch: Calling in sick rises during the holidays IT managers are expecting more absenteeism as the holidays approach. Read More John Halamka: The new metrics for CIO success Modern CIOs must think more like CEOs about business needs and future strategies. Read More
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