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	7 laptop bags: How well do they really protect? We drop-tested (and videoed) seven laptop bags -- two backpacks, two messenger bags, two soft briefcases and a hard case -- to find out whether they can keep your equipment from harm. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap 2012 IT Roadmap - Walter E. Washington Convention Center IT Roadmap Washington, D.C. will be returning to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Thursday, December 6, 2012. IT Roadmap is a regional one-day technology event that features a full-day conference program, and an exposition hall with leading technology providers. Click to continue In this Issue Google, tech sector hit by sluggish economy Intuit forces IT, engineers into room until they get it right GM to hire 3,000 HP employees as it insources IT work Microsoft takes income hit prior to Windows 8 launch Cloud storage specification gets ISO approval AMD to lay off 15% of workforce Early SAP HANA customers separate reality from the hype iPhone hacker 'Comex' let go from work with Apple Many Dell, HP printers, MFPs incompatible with Windows RT After Google disappoints, Page points at future growth chances Sony to cut jobs at TV group and headquarters, and close Japanese phone factory Windows RT tablets and hybrids coming soon Seven things to consider for a Windows tablet Richi Jennings: SAP launches cloud services on HANA in-memory DB 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! Google, tech sector hit by sluggish economy Google reported a drop in profit and revenue for the third quarter, an unexpected slip that highlighted its struggle to make money on a growing mobile market. Read More Intuit forces IT, engineers into room until they get it right Intuit recently underwent a change management overhaul with respect to how it responded to service requests from its business stake holders. The result was requests that had taken eight weeks to fulfill dropped to one day. Read More GM to hire 3,000 HP employees as it insources IT work HP has agreed to transfer 3,000 of its employees to the General Motors payroll, as the automaker moves IT operations in-house, the two companies announced Thursday. Read More Microsoft takes income hit prior to Windows 8 launch Facing a sluggish PC market and deferring revenue from sales of its upcoming Windows 8 OS, Microsoft reported $4.47 billion in net income for its first fiscal quarter of 2013, a 22% decline from the same period a year earlier. Read More Cloud storage specification gets ISO approval The Cloud Data Management Interface has been approved as a standard by the International Organization for Standardization, clearing the path for adoption among vendors and government agencies alike. Read More AMD to lay off 15% of workforce Chip company Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday said it would lay off 15% of its workforce as it tries to inch back to profitability at a time when the PC market is slumping. Read More Early SAP HANA customers separate reality from the hype Anyone even loosely following SAP lately should know that the company's goal is to reorient its entire product family around the HANA in-memory database, which first became generally available last year. According to SAP, HANA provides a level of performance improvement that can be nothing short of dazzling. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hortonworks Live Webinar Series: The Future of Apache Hadoop Hadoop has evolved rapidly to become the leading platform for managing, processing and analyzing big data. Join us in this 4-part series with the core committers of the Apache Hadoop projects to gain insight into Pig, Ambari, Zookeeper and YARN. Learn use-cases and best practices on how to get started with Hadoop and live Q&A. Register now! iPhone hacker 'Comex' let go from work with Apple The famed iPhone hacker "Comex," who engineered ways to hack Apple's mobile operating system, is no longer doing work for the company, according to Twitter postings. Read More Many Dell, HP printers, MFPs incompatible with Windows RT Hewlett-Packard and Dell have published compatibility lists of printers and multifunction devices for the upcoming Windows 8 and RT tablet OSes, with a large number of models listed as being incompatible with Windows RT. Read More After Google disappoints, Page points at future growth chances Google CEO Larry Page tried to put a positive spin on his company's poor third-quarter financial results, which were released prematurely Thursday and triggered a panicked stock sell-off before trading was abruptly halted. Read More Sony to cut jobs at TV group and headquarters, and close Japanese phone factory Sony said its current round of job cuts will include workers in its struggling TV business and at its headquarters in Tokyo, and it will close a mobile phone and lens factory in central Japan. Read More Windows RT tablets and hybrids coming soon Microsoft will open the floodgates for Windows RT tablets at a release event Oct. 26 in New York City. The Surface tablet from Microsoft will be available on launch, with more tablets from Asus, Dell, Samsung, Lenovo and Acer coming in the following weeks. Read More Seven things to consider for a Windows tablet Come Oct. 26, when Microsoft is set to stage a release party in New York City, consumers may have to choose between a tablet with Windows 8 or Windows RT. The operating systems look and feel the same, but devices will differ on performance, price, battery life, usage and application support. Read More Richi Jennings: SAP launches cloud services on HANA in-memory DB The SAP HANA cloud platform is growing fast. SAP has launched a developer platform, a cloud-based service to quickly instantiate a service, and a training-focused community site. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ponder the German competition for Oracle, und so weiter. Read More
	VOTE NOW: WHAT'S ON YOUR 2012 HOLIDAY SHOPPING OR WISH LIST? Computerworld wants to know: What type of tech gear do you most want to give or receive as a holiday present this year? Let us know by taking our quick poll. We'll focus on the most popular product types in our upcoming 2012 holiday gift guide. BEST PLACES TO WORK -- CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Is your IT department a great place to work? Our 20th annual Best Places to Work in IT report will honor 100 organizations that offer great benefits, salaries and opportunities for training and advancement, as well as interesting projects and a flexible and diverse work environment. Nominate an organization now through Dec. 13, 2012. SHARK TANK OF THE DAY Aha! This pilot fish is responsible for the firewall, so it makes sense when his supervisor asks if fish has stopped any Internet traffic going to a particular workstation. No, says fish -- but there's clearly a problem. CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL Microsoft's pricing of its Surface RT tablet was called 'aggressive' by some analysts, 'mystifying' by others, even as they remained skeptical that it's low enough to make inroads on the dominant player, Apple's iPad. What do you think -- is Microsoft's Surface tablet pricing competitive with the iPad? NEW COMPUTERWORLD JOB BOARD Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted.
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