Gartner Keynote: Cisco CEO Chambers speaks out

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	Gartner Keynote: Cisco CEO Chambers speaks out In an engaging and wide ranging keynote session interview this morning at the Gartner Symposium, Cisco chairman and CEO John Chambers weighed in on a wide variety of issues, from the coming shakeout in the top six IT vendors to business to the CIO role as a stepping stone to the CEO's office. Here are 10 highlights of the conversation. Read More WEBCAST: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Taking Your Application Delivery to the Cloud The explosion of SaaS and cloud computing has presented today's enterprises with new challenges. View this presentation to learn how Akamai helps businesses leverage the cloud as an extension of their Infrastructure. Learn more. In this Issue Robert L. Mitchell: Gartner Symposium roundup: 10 predictions Zynga lays off workers, closes Boston studio EU files complaint against Microsoft for breaching browser order IT's Happy to Help: Marten Pieters 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! Robert L. Mitchell: Gartner Symposium roundup: 10 predictions If this week's Gartner Symposium is any indicator, IT is on a roll. Attendance is up this year, with more than 8,400 attendees, according to research firm Gartner Inc., which hosts the event. The conference itself has been gradually morphing into more of a CIO event, with two time slots dedicated to CIO topics today. Much of the content is slanted toward CIOs, with less of a focus on more technical content than there was just a few years ago. Read More Zynga lays off workers, closes Boston studio Zynga is cutting about 5 percent of its workforce, and is "sunsetting" 13 of its older games, the company's founder and CEO Mark Pincus said Tuesday in a note to employees. Read More WHITE PAPER: Compuware Overcome Limitations of Traditional APM Discover a 3rd generation approach that proactively prevents performance, scalability and stability issues from ever reaching production in the first place. Learn More. EU files complaint against Microsoft for breaching browser order The European Commission has made a formal statement of objections to Microsoft over the company's failure to fulfill its commitment to offer Windows users a free choice of browser in settlement of an earlier antitrust case, the Commission said on Wednesday. Read More IT's Happy to Help: Marten Pieters Marten Pieters, MD & CEO, Vodafone Essar, says IT has helped the company serve more customers, conquer rural India, and make Vodafone India's second largest mobile service provider. Read More
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