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	Google corporate IT builds before buying Bucking the corporate practice of buying instead of building internally, Google's corporate IT department will typically build management software itself, or adopt an open source software package, before investigating the feasibility of purchasing proprietary software. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Webcast Demonstrates New Collaboration Advances An insightful webcast demonstrates how you can harness the power of people-centric collaboration in today's post-PC world. You'll learn about new collaboration tools and technologies and witness firsthand why they're making the experience more immersive and more mobile, in boardrooms, bistros, and everywhere in between. Watch the webcast today. See how these solutions make collaboration possible from iPads to boardrooms. And learn how they're enabling organizations to accelerate decisions, be more productive, and save countless dollars in the process. View the webcast and see for yourself. In this Issue INSIDER Free and cheap ways to study for IT certifications Patrick Thibodeau: Outsourcing: What Romney and Obama don't discuss Mayer to Yahoo employees: 'Keep moving' How IT Leaders Can Attract (and Retain) Millennials Anti-outsourcing bill fails in Congress Brookings H-1B report draws criticism Hacker claims breach of 50,000 accounts from Wall Street IT recruiting firm IBM services, hardware revenue falls in Q2 while profit grows WHITE PAPER: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue INSIDER Free and cheap ways to study for IT certifications Studying for and taking IT certification exams can be costly. These tips can help you find inexpensive study resources and ways to get hands-on experience with the technologies you're studying. Read More Patrick Thibodeau: Outsourcing: What Romney and Obama don't discuss   No one wants a real discussion on offshore outsourcing. Not President Barack Obama, not Mitt Romney and not the Brookings Institution. It's really not clear just what the Brookings Institution report this week on the geography of H-1B visa contributed to the debate. Read More Mayer to Yahoo employees: 'Keep moving' Marissa Mayer, Yahoo's new CEO, reached out to company employees for the first time and asked them to stay focused while she devises a strategy to get Yahoo back on track. Read More How IT Leaders Can Attract (and Retain) Millennials If you lead an IT shop today, chances are at least some of your workers are in their 20s. Millennials -- also known as Generation Y -- think about life and work differently than older employees, and hiring and retaining them requires management that understands their needs and a business environment to match. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Webcast Demonstrates New Collaboration Advances An insightful webcast demonstrates how you can harness the power of people-centric collaboration in today's post-PC world. You'll learn about new collaboration tools and technologies and witness firsthand why they're making the experience more immersive and more mobile, in boardrooms, bistros, and everywhere in between. Watch the webcast today. See how these solutions make collaboration possible from iPads to boardrooms. And learn how they're enabling organizations to accelerate decisions, be more productive, and save countless dollars in the process. View the webcast and see for yourself. Anti-outsourcing bill fails in Congress The latest effort to produce legislation intended to encourage firms to repatriate jobs back to the U.S. failed today on a 56-to-42 vote in the Senate. The bill needed 60 votes to move forward. Read More Brookings H-1B report draws criticism A Brookings Institution report that looks at H-1B use in U.S. metropolitan areas is being criticized for its approach, as well as its research data. Read More Hacker claims breach of 50,000 accounts from Wall Street IT recruiting firm A hacker claimed to have broken into ITWallStreet.com, a website for IT professionals seeking jobs or working with Wall Street firms, and exposed highly detailed data belonging to tens of thousands of job applicants. Read More IBM services, hardware revenue falls in Q2 while profit grows For its most recent financial quarter, IBM experienced a drop-off in revenue, though it was able to maintain profit growth. Read More
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