IT's new assignment: Generate revenue

	Electrical engineers see sharp uptick in Q1 jobless rate | Wanted: IT staffers with vertical industry chops
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	IT's new assignment: Generate revenue As tech infiltrates every corner of the business, it's only natural that some IT departments are producing revenue-generating products and services. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Data Center Transformation: Stepping Back to Move Forward While getting caught in the middle of competing demands is nothing new for IT leaders, the pressures being felt today are coming from more sides and with greater intensity than ever. Read Now In this Issue Electrical engineers see sharp uptick in Q1 jobless rate Wanted: IT staffers with vertical industry chops The Grill: Laura Pettit Rusick Japanese factory survives with breadth U.S. firms say H-1B restrictions may help them SAP's first quarter: The key questions WHITE PAPER: Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) Converging the Datacenter Infrastructure: Why, How, So What? One of the key strategies that IT teams are pursuing to reduce capital costs while boosting asset utilization and employee productivity is the transition to highly virtualized datacenters. Read the Report Electrical engineers see sharp uptick in Q1 jobless rate The unemployment rate for people at the heart of many tech innovations -- electrical engineers -- rose sharply in the first quarter of this year for reasons that aren't clear. Read More Wanted: IT staffers with vertical industry chops Fast-changing business processes, tight deadlines, customization demands and ever-growing regulations are complicating day-to-day operations. What's needed now is 'IT-plus' -- a combination of technical skills and business knowledge, plus deep industry expertise. Read More The Grill: Laura Pettit Rusick Working as an interim 'retained' CIO for multiple clients, Laura Pettit Rusick leads IT departments at various small and midsize companies, and that experience gives her insight into the technology challenges and opportunities that exist in a wide swath of U.S. businesses. Insider (registration required) Read More WEBCAST: Box Cloud Collaboration Knowledge Vault Learn from videos, case studies and reports how to sync files across your desktop, browser and mobile devices; how to secure data on mobile devices and in the cloud; and how to provide the mobile applications your employees need -- with information tailored to your specific industry. Learn More Now! Japanese factory survives with breadth Omron's plant in Ayabe makes 28,000 different sensors and other components, hangs through production shifts to China Read More U.S. firms say H-1B restrictions may help them IT support services firm Caleris has this message on its homepage, "Outsource to Iowa. Not India," against a picture of a corn field and farm houses. Read More SAP's first quarter: The key questions SAP will announce its first-quarter 2013 earnings on Friday, a report that will get heavy scrutiny from company watchers. Here's a look at some of the more important topics that should come up during SAP executives' conference calls with press and analysts on Friday. Read More
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