Yahoo CEO's resume overstated tech background

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	Yahoo CEO's resume overstated tech background Yahoo acknowledged on Thursday that its new CEO, Scott Thompson, does not hold a degree in "accounting and computer science" as his resume and the company's financial filings claimed, and instead majored only in accounting. Read More WHITE PAPER: Ping Identity Security Assertion Markup Language 101 Identity federation solves these challenges by providing a secure, private mechanism for organizations to share user identities, removing the need to maintain separate user profiles for every enterprise application. Read now In this Issue Microsoft opens New York research lab, hires mainly Yahoo researchers New IBM retirement program guarantees job through 2013 Will Yahoo CEO's misstep kill company momentum? INSIDER The Grill: Arthur Langer turns the IT education model on its head 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 Microsoft opens New York research lab, hires mainly Yahoo researchers Microsoft is opening a research lab in New York City that aims to benefit from interaction with the academic and tech communities in the metropolitan area, as well as attract new talent to Microsoft, the company said. Read More New IBM retirement program guarantees job through 2013 IBM is offering employees who are nearing retirement -- and may be worried about a layoff -- a one-time voluntary program that would ensure their employment through Dec. 31, 2013. Read More WHITE PAPER: Limelight Limelight Accelerate Your users won't wait. Reward them with fast interactions, personalized experiences, and dynamic web pages that load in real time. Limelight Accelerate combines browser-based acceleration with a robust network platform to maximize Time to Action—the time it takes for visitors to engage with the content on your site—even on mobile devices. Learn More! Will Yahoo CEO's misstep kill company momentum? All the momentum and vision that Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has been building for the struggling company may have been thrown off course. Read More INSIDER The Grill: Arthur Langer turns the IT education model on its head Arthur M. Langer, chairman and founder of Workforce Opportunity Services, describes the outsourcing model his nonprofit organization uses to train and match up economically disadvantaged youth with hard-to-fill positions in IT. Read More
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