The 2013 Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders

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	The 2013 Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders: On the fast track The new business imperative is to capture a competitive lead with all due speed. Here's how this year's honorees are generating revenue from IT and delivering business value -- fast. Read More WEBCAST: Red Hat The Five Must-Haves of Big Data Storage Join this webinar to learn four distinct factors contributing to the challenge of storing big data including volume, variety, scale, and portability. We'll also cover the five elements a storage system must have in order to meet these challenges. View Now In this Issue MasterCard to expand digital wallet service beyond NFC Firefox to auto-block third-party ad cookies by summer HP to ship Slate7 consumer tablet for $169 in April Aruba announces controller and software for hybrid wireless networks BYOD gets attention at Mobile World Congress New Lenovo tablets run Android 4.2, quad-core processors Samsung bolsters BYOD management with a Fort Knox approach Intel smartphone chip with 3D transistors to ship this year ZTE considering eight-core smartphones for the future Mozilla previews Firefox OS with four phone makers and 18 operators onboard Mobile devices will get next-gen Wi-Fi in early second half, Qualcomm says Samsung reveals Galaxy Note 8 but holds back on price Huawei launches LTE-equipped Ascend P2 INSIDER Robert L. Mitchell: Trial by fire: How Hertz' CIO learned from failure WHITE PAPER: Service-now.com Drive More Value from Your IT Assets You can make your life simpler when you automate your entire IT Asset Management (ITAM) lifecycle and Software Asset Management (SAM) in one system of record. You'll also reduce costs, eliminate wasted resources, improve compliance, mitigate security risks, and drive standardization. Read Now! MasterCard to expand digital wallet service beyond NFC MasterCard revised its year-old mobile payment strategy by unveiling a digital, cloud-based service called MasterPass that moves well beyond near-field communication technology used in smartphones to also support QR codes, traditional credit cards and other ways to make payments. Read More Firefox to auto-block third-party ad cookies by summer Mozilla will automatically block third-party cookies starting with Firefox 22, which is slated to ship this summer, according to the Stanford University researcher who coded the change. Read More HP to ship Slate7 consumer tablet for $169 in April Hewlett Packard Sunday unveiled the HP Slate7, a 7-in. tablet that will go on sale in April in the U.S. starting at the bargain price of $169. Read More Aruba announces controller and software for hybrid wireless networks Aruba Networks announced a Wi-Fi controller today that can create more efficient pathways for wireless traffic and control more than 32,000 Wi-Fi hotspots. Read More BYOD gets attention at Mobile World Congress Helping IT shops deal with the security and management of consumer smartphones and tablets in the workplace will be a big theme at Mobile World Congress this week. Read More New Lenovo tablets run Android 4.2, quad-core processors Lenovo has announced new 7-inch and 10-inch tablets with quad-core processors and Google's latest Android 4.2 operating system, becoming one of the few companies to offer that version of the OS in tablets. Read More Samsung bolsters BYOD management with a Fort Knox approach Samsung Monday announced an improved version of its SAFE management and security system for popular Samsung-branded smartphones and tablets. Read More WEBCAST: VMware Virtualizing Exchange KnowledgeVault The Virtualizing Exchange KnowledgeVault contains concise videos on topics related to running Microsoft Exchange in a virtualized environment. View Now! Intel smartphone chip with 3D transistors to ship this year Intel will start shipping its high-performance Atom smartphone chip with 3D transistors to device makers later this year, who will then test the chip for use in handsets. Read More ZTE considering eight-core smartphones for the future Chinese handset maker ZTE said it will consider releasing smartphones built with eight-core processors in the future as the company prioritizes the high-end market this year. Read More Mozilla previews Firefox OS with four phone makers and 18 operators onboard Mozilla previewed the first commercial build of its Firefox OS and announced several operator and smartphone rollout plans on Sunday at Mobile World Congress. Read More Mobile devices will get next-gen Wi-Fi in early second half, Qualcomm says Smartphones and tablets with the emerging Wi-Fi wireless networking technology, 802.11ac, will arrive early in the second half of this year, a Qualcomm executive said. Read More Samsung reveals Galaxy Note 8 but holds back on price Samsung has introduced the Galaxy Note 8 tablet with an 8-inch display, adding a new screen size to its expanding lineup of Note products. Read More Huawei launches LTE-equipped Ascend P2 Huawei Technologies has expanded its device portfolio with the LTE-equipped Ascend P2 as the company hopes to climb upwards in the smartphone market. Read More INSIDER Robert L. Mitchell: Trial by fire: How Hertz' CIO learned from failure The 2013 Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader awards focus on accomplishments, but it's often the mistakes - and the lessons learned along the way -- they got these IT executives to where they are today. Award winner Joseph Eckroth, senior vice president and CIO for The Hertz Corp, shares two stories of failure and redemption that shaped his career. Read More
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