Forecast 2013: Building a better IT budget

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	Forecast 2013: Building a better IT budget As IT budgets bounce back, the fiscal picture is looking rosier in many IT shops. But lessons learned from the recession are not easily forgotten, and smart IT executives are carefully constructing their budgets for 2013 with big-payback projects in mind. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: 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 > In this Issue Forecast 2013: Giving top technologies a beta test 10 hot IT skills for 2013 Forecast 2013: Setting a mobile risk management strategy Thornton A. May: A year for stories and storytellers INSIDER The Grill: Orlando Health CIO Rick Schooler's vision of healthcare IT INSIDER Scot Finnie: What needs to change in the mobile market Help desk gets a makeover at TVA Ohio mainframe exodus wraps up in 84,500 hours GM 'insources,' set to hire 10,000 IT pros IT growth expected, if Washington fosters stability iPhone 5: Pros and cons in the enterprise Netfix to ditch data center, embrace cloud Preston Gralla: Is Microsoft out to kill online advertising? Let's get real RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! Forecast 2013: Giving top technologies a beta test With beefier IT budgets comes more money to try out new technologies. Here's a look at the top technologies that are being put through their paces at the country's IT shops in 2013. Read More 10 hot IT skills for 2013 Computerworld's Forecast 2013 survey uncovers the top 10 skills IT managers will be looking for in 2013, leading with programming and project management skills. Read More Forecast 2013: Setting a mobile risk management strategy Savvy IT leaders are mapping out strategies for balancing the risks and benefits of employee use of mobile devices. Their plans often include the use of new tools and services. Read More Thornton A. May: A year for stories and storytellers 2013 will be the year technologists rediscover storytelling, crafting scenarios of what the future might look like and envisioning worlds that take full advantage of the technology wonders available to us, says futurist Thornton A. May. Read More INSIDER The Grill: Orlando Health CIO Rick Schooler's vision of healthcare IT Orlando Health VP and CIO Rick Schooler talks about how analytics is transforming healthcare. Insider (registration required) Read More INSIDER Scot Finnie: What needs to change in the mobile market It's a dysfunctional industry reliant on a triad of supporting companies with their own priorities. Insider (registration required) Read More WEBCAST: Cloudera Modernizing Your IT Infrastructure This webinar will speak to businesses expectations of big data, benefits of analytic platforms built on Hadoop, business challenges that led to evaluation of big data technologies, and the framework for success. View Now! Help desk gets a makeover at TVA The help desk at the Tennessee Valley Authority, once a career graveyard, has changed its image -- and its success rate. Read More Ohio mainframe exodus wraps up in 84,500 hours The Ohio Department of Public Safety successfully moved its mainframe applications to a Windows-based system, and all the work was done in-house over five years. Read More GM 'insources,' set to hire 10,000 IT pros GM plans to hire 10,000 IT professionals as it discontinues outsourcing arrangements and pulls most of its IT work back in-house. Read More IT growth expected, if Washington fosters stability Analysts have lowered their tech spending forecasts, blaming Europe, a slowdown in China and a stronger U.S. dollar. But they say the stage could be set for future growth -- if the politicians don't blow it. Read More iPhone 5: Pros and cons in the enterprise If the iPhone 5 sells as well as expected, it could create challenges for IT shops wrestling with bring-your-own-device policies. Read More Netfix to ditch data center, embrace cloud Netflix no longer wants to run a data center to support its in-house IT services. So it's shifting internal applications to Amazon's cloud and turning to software-as-a-service providers for other business systems. Read More Preston Gralla: Is Microsoft out to kill online advertising? Let's get real Do Not Track in Internet Explorer 10 won't kill online advertising. Microsoft, as much as anyone else, has its eye on that multibillion-dollar prize. Read More
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