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	HP's CEO says layoffs critical to company's health Hewlett-Packard plans to cut 9,000 people by Oct. 31, and 27,000 overall by the end of 2014, as part of a multi-year turnaround plan Read More WHITE PAPER: Qumu Understand The Importance Of Dedicated Storage For Video Learn how to deliver live video streaming, embed video excerpts on any page, link videos to other relevant content and add video to employee social communications - all within SharePoint. Read now! In this Issue CIOs will soon blend non-tech, traditional IT roles Tech guns for hire: 5 places to find skilled IT contractors IBM retirement plan promises jobs through 2013 INSIDER Paul Glen: We techies can put users on edge Outsourcing allows Mich. utility to refocus IT Robert L. Mitchell: Workforce IT program: A model for debt-free college education WHITE PAPER: FileMaker, Inc Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper > CIOs will soon blend non-tech, traditional IT roles Next-generation CIOs will have to consider how technology affects other corporate departments as well as handle traditional IT management functions, especially those accompanying mobile device management and greater data analysis, according to panelists who spoke at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Read More Tech guns for hire: 5 places to find skilled IT contractors Need outside help for your next IT project? It's easy to hire tech freelancers online, but how do you separate the wheat from the chaff? Here are the resources and tips you need to know about. Read More IBM retirement plan promises jobs through 2013 IBM is offering employees who are nearing retirement a one-time opportunity to take advantage of a program that would guarantee their employment through Dec. 31, 2013. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Good Technology Maximize Mobile Choices for Employees Is a tidal wave of consumer mobile devices flooding your workplace? You're not alone. Most IT professionals are under pressure from mobile professionals, who have a strong preference for Bring Your Own Device or BYOD. Rather than fight the growing tide, smart IT is looking for ways to give employees greater mobility, while minimizing risk and cost. Click to continue INSIDER Paul Glen: We techies can put users on edge When we hear a good idea, we often start to explore its edges until we find an exception that we then just have to blurt out. Surprise! Users hate that. Insider (registration required) Read More Outsourcing allows Mich. utility to refocus IT Consumers Energy has hired an outsourcer to take over some of its IT operations. The utility hopes the move will allow its own data center workers to focus on projects that directly impact the bottom line. Read More Robert L. Mitchell: Workforce IT program: A model for debt-free college education Workforce Opportunity Services partners with businesses, restructures college curricula to put vocational skills first, and offers a pay-as-you-go model for higher education that lets low-income students graduate debt free. It's a model that America's colleges and universities might do well to follow. Read More
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