Self-service IT: Are users up for the task?

	IBM tracks pork chops from pig to plate | Hard drive makers Seagate and Western Digital slash warranties
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	Self-service IT: Are users up for the task? Sure, today's end users are pretty tech-savvy, but do they have the technical and business chops needed to take full advantage of self-service technologies? Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: The Enterprise CIO Forum The Enterprise CIO Forum Introducing the Enterprise CIO Forum, a community focused on driving business transformation – brought to you by CIO and the CIO Executive Council and lead by CIOs from prominent global enterprises. Link up with like-minded global IT leaders who are driving business transformation at their global enterprise organizations. Connect now! In this Issue IBM tracks pork chops from pig to plate Hard drive makers Seagate and Western Digital slash warranties Big IT vendors lead patching laggards MIT chip models human brain synapse LAPD drops Google Apps plan Mobile tactics could be key to 2012 election The Grill: Indranil Ganguly Preston Gralla: Microsoft's iOS and Android app blitz bodes well for its future Grow your data center with colocation IT staffers shed 1,500 pounds Security Manager's Journal: BYOD planning gets a big boost Career Watch: The hottest scripting languages Steven J. Vaughan Nichols: Microsoft is finally making good products -- but it's too late WEBCAST: Autonomy, an HP company Reduce Discovery Costs of Mobile Data Date: January 10th, 2012 Time: 1:00 PM EST Join this live Webcast for a discussion on a unique approach to protecting and retaining data that resides on mobile devices by creating a meaning-based backup that allows organizations to apply intelligent legal hold policies against the full corpus of data. Learn more IBM tracks pork chops from pig to plate Meat suppliers can track a single pig all the way from live animal to pork chop, thanks to new technology from IBM that may limit or prevent disease outbreaks. Read More Hard drive makers Seagate and Western Digital slash warranties In a bid to save money or redirect funds to product development, Seagate and Western Digital are cutting hard drive warranties -- in some cases from five years to one. Read More Big IT vendors lead patching laggards IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft led the list of companies that failed to patch vulnerabilities after being notified by the world's largest bug-bounty program, according to the TippingPoint Zero-Day Initiative. Read More MIT chip models human brain synapse Forget artificial intelligence; researchers at MIT say they've figured out how to mimic the way a real brain works. Read More LAPD drops Google Apps plan After more than two years of work, the city of Los Angeles has abandoned its effort to migrate its police operations to Google's hosted email and office application platform because it says the service cannot meet FBI security requirements. Insider (registration required) Read More Mobile tactics could be key to 2012 election The explosive growth in smartphone usage and the growing adoption of tablets means that a mobile communication strategy -- or the lack of one -- could make or break a candidate in this year's presidential election. Insider (registration required) Read More WHITE PAPER: Numara Software A Global Benchmark Defining IT Asset and Service Management Find out how your IT department's IT asset and services management strategy compares to that of your peers by using this unique tool. Click on the link below to begin our 10-minute assessment and see how your IT organization measures up! Learn more The Grill: Indranil Ganguly Indranil 'Neal' Ganguly, vice president and CIO at CentraState Healthcare System, is helping to communicate the benefits that technology can bring to healthcare and shape public policy on the issue. Insider (registration required) Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft's iOS and Android app blitz bodes well for its future Microsoft is facing the cold fact that its own mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7, has a very tiny base. Read More Grow your data center with colocation Colocation is becoming a popular option for quickly adding capacity to an aging data center. But it's not as simple as throwing servers at a new site; be prepared to spend at least three months searching for a vendor and planning the steps of your migration. Read More IT staffers shed 1,500 pounds Kaiser Permanente's 'CIO Challenge' pumps up IT morale while promoting healthier lifestyles. Read More Security Manager's Journal: BYOD planning gets a big boost A virtual desktop infrastructure will be the security key to reaching the CIO's goal of allowing personal devices on the corporate network. Read More Career Watch: The hottest scripting languages If you decide to pump up your resume with mastery of a scripting language, be sure you choose one that employers really want. Read More Steven J. Vaughan Nichols: Microsoft is finally making good products -- but it's too late Now that the company is finally making good server and desktop operating systems, we're moving to the cloud, smartphones and tablets. Read More
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