Recruiting the best exec sponsor for an IT project

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	INSIDER How to recruit the best executive sponsor for an IT project Every big project needs a high-ranking exec with a stake in the game and solid connections within the organization. Here's how to find and train the right one for the job. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap 2012 Final Week to Register! IT Roadmap only comes to Washington, D.C. once a year so don't miss this opportunity to join hundreds of local colleagues who will gain a year's worth of enterprise-ready ideas, answers, best practices, and key contacts all in one day – in one place. Attend Free. IT Roadmap Washington, D.C. – 12/6 - Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Click to continue In this Issue Instagram vulnerability on iPhone allows for account takeover Windows 8 uptake: More like Vista than Windows 7 Upgrading RAM on new iMac practically impossible Elgan: I want a military smartphone Syrian Internet appears to be largely restored Google buys parcel storage service BufferBox Yahoo hit with $2.7 billion judgment by Mexico court Wall Street Beat: Tech treads water as confidence wanes Motorola denied injunction in Microsoft patent suit Robert L. Mitchell: Crunching the numbers: Why it's so hard to get bottom-line Medicare drug plan costs Richi Jennings: McAfee captured? It ain't so, say authorities RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn LogMeIn Central: Automate, Monitor and Manage PCs. LogMeIn lets you Monitor and Manage PCs, deliver patches and updates to multiple PCS simultaneously. Central helps IT deliver seamless support that keeps employees productive and up and running. LogMeIn Central - automate routine tasks and do more. Free Trial Instagram vulnerability on iPhone allows for account takeover A security researcher published on Friday another attack on Facebook's Instagram photo-sharing service that could allow a hacker to seize control of a victim's account. Read More Windows 8 uptake: More like Vista than Windows 7 After a month on the market, Windows 8's usage uptake resembles 2007's Vista -- ultimately a poor performer for Microsoft -- rather than the eventually successful Windows 7, Net Applications said Saturday. Read More Upgrading RAM on new iMac practically impossible The electronics website iFixit on Friday downgraded the new 21.5-in. iMac's repair score to 3 out of a possible 10, calling servicing the computer 'an exercise in disappointment.' Read More Elgan: I want a military smartphone The U.S. military wants to put smartphones in the hands of all deployed troops. Their phones are going to be better than regular smartphones, says Mike Elgan, and that's why he wants one. Read More Syrian Internet appears to be largely restored After a two-day outage, Internet access in war-torn Syria appears to be for the most part restored on Saturday, according to reports from several sources. 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! Google buys parcel storage service BufferBox Google has bought some more storage, but not the digital kind. The company has acquired BufferBox, a Canadian startup that offers temporary storage lockers where people can receive online purchases when they're not at home. Read More Yahoo hit with $2.7 billion judgment by Mexico court A court in Mexico has entered a US$2.7 billion judgment against Yahoo in a breach-of-contract suit over a yellow-pages listing service. Read More Wall Street Beat: Tech treads water as confidence wanes News of weak server sales, continuing turmoil at Hewlett-Packard and the ongoing U.S. political impasse over the so-called "fiscal cliff" have not given tech industry watchers much to cheer about this week. Read More Motorola denied injunction in Microsoft patent suit A District Judge in Seattle denied Motorola Mobility an injunction on Microsoft's products that allegedly infringe its H.264 and 802.11 standards-essential patents. Read More Robert L. Mitchell: Crunching the numbers: Why it's so hard to get bottom-line Medicare drug plan costs Want to help your mom find the best priced Medicate Part D plan? Keep your spreadsheet handy. Read More Richi Jennings: McAfee captured? It ain't so, say authorities Recent reports say the fugitive John McAfee has been captured. Police in Belize just want to talk to him, they say. But McAfee says he can't trust the authorities in his adopted home country. Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)—which now owns McAfee's eponymous company—just wishes the story would go away. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers break out the popcorn. Read More
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