Most CIOs Planning to Boost IT Investments for 2013

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	INSIDER Most CIOs Planning to Boost IT Investments for 2013 A majority (albeit by the slightest of margins) of IT leaders say they plan to increase their IT budgets in the coming year, according to a recent survey of 188 top IT executives. Read More WEBCAST: Cloudera Productionizing Hadoop: New Lessons Learned In this webinar video recording Eric Sammer will present how some of the largest Hadoop clusters in the world were successfully "productionized" and best practices for running Hadoop. View Now! In this Issue Chris Poelker: 5 steps for evaluating your IT infrastructure Preston Gralla: Microsoft earnings report show the future of the company: Enterprises first, consumers last Senators seek H-1B cap that starts at 115,000 and rises Nokia reports Q4 net profit as Lumia smartphone sales slowly improve WEBCAST: IBM How to Take Business Analytics to the Next Level By viewing this webcast you will learn how you can implement an effective BA strategy that will deliver maximum strategic value to your company. View Now Chris Poelker: 5 steps for evaluating your IT infrastructure In the pursuit of optimized IT models, chief information officers (CIOs) need to carefully evaluate their existing IT infrastructures and make choices that cut costs and streamline processes. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft earnings report show the future of the company: Enterprises first, consumers last If you want to see Microsoft's future, take a look at its just-released earnings report. It shows a company increasingly reliant on selling to enterprises, and less tied to more fickle consumers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com Boost Response Capacity with Service Cloud NJ TRANSIT wanted to increase productivity and effectiveness of its customer service operations. They selected the Service Cloud and the Force.com because of its powerful customization capabilities and anywhere access. They saw faster responses and improved handling of customer inquiries by 500%! Read Now! Senators seek H-1B cap that starts at 115,000 and rises A bipartisan group of Senators is planning to introduce a bill that not only hikes the H-1B cap, but allows it to rise automatically with demand to a maximum of 300,000 visas annually. Read More Nokia reports Q4 net profit as Lumia smartphone sales slowly improve Nokia swung to a net profit during the fourth quarter, as it sold a growing number of Windows Phone-based smartphones. Read More
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