U.S. report sees perils to America's tech future

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	U.S. report sees perils to America's tech future The ability of the U.S. to compete globally is eroding, according to a Commerce Department report released Friday that described itself as a "call to arms." Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems, Inc. Cisco UCS with intelligent Intel® Xeon® processors Learn how the Cisco Unified Computing System, powered by intelligent Intel® Xeon® processors, signals an evolution in the data center: Cisco Unified Computing at Work, Unified Computing Design Zone, Build a Cloud Ready Data Center and Changing the Server Industry. Learn More In this Issue The Grill: Indranil Ganguly Bart Perkins: Is social connectivity friend or foe to corporations? Yahoo taps PayPal President Thompson as CEO New RIM chairman would face tough challenges Career advice: Managers shouldn't get buried in details WEBCAST: EdgeWave Protecting Your Organization from Internet-Based Threats This live product demonstration covers iPrism's rich multi-layered feature set and award-winning proprietary defense technology that protects organizations from emerging Internet threats including spyware, criminal malware, phishing and inappropriate content. View Now! 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 Bart Perkins: Is social connectivity friend or foe to corporations? Corporations need to carefully consider how they will use social networking. One certainty: They can't ignore it. Insider (registration required Read More WHITE PAPER: Comcast Bank Raises the Bar on Service Delivery with Comcast Read this exclusive case study to learn how Comcast and Eastern Bank teamed to maintain a secure, reliable network infrastructure for transferring and protecting an enormous amount of data, including customers' bank account and credit card information, financial transactions, mortgage payments and payroll processing for their businesses. Read Now Yahoo taps PayPal President Thompson as CEO Yahoo's board has chosen as the company's CEO Scott Thompson, president of eBay's PayPal, ending a four-month search after Carol Bartz was fired in early September. Read More New RIM chairman would face tough challenges Rumors are circulating that RIM will soon shake up its leadership by appointing a new chairman. The maker of the BlackBerry smartphones has had a rough year, and is quickly losing relevance. A change at the top may bring some fresh perspective and new vision, but expecting a new chairman to be a white knight that saves the company may be asking too much. Read More Career advice: Managers shouldn't get buried in details IT leader Doug Beebe also has advice on what qualities are lacking in new hires and the wisdom of pursuing an MBA. Read More
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