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	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 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Silver Peak Offsite Data Replication in 20 Min: Free Trial Replicate up to 20X faster over any distance, using existing WAN infrastructure, while lower ongoing disaster recovery costs by 50% or more with Velocity from Silver Peak Systems. Best of all – deployment takes less than 20 minutes! Try Velocity for FREE now: Click to continue In this Issue Squeezing savings from the cloud IT's new assignment: Generate revenue Paul Glen: How to deal with a toxic team The Grill: Laura Pettit Rusick INSIDER Microsoft faces a loss of relevance Consumer tech key in Boston Marathon bombing probe INSIDER Bart Perkins: Beware of self-destructing messaging in the enterprise Security Manager's Journal: A little housecleaning Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: The CIA and the cloud Career Watch: Computer science enrollment on rise Hospital opts for Wi-Fi over GPS in smartphone navigation app Electrical engineers see sharp uptick in Q1 jobless rate Easy XP-Windows 7 upgrades are over College-level Cobol classes are scarce WHITE PAPER: 8x8 eGuide: 8 Reasons Why you Need Hosted VoIP In this eGuide, see how Hosted VoIP can give your business a competitive edge while saving you money. See the top 8 reasons why you need it now. Read Now. Squeezing savings from the cloud Calculating the real ROI of cloud apps requires the analysis of a lot of factors, and cutting corners on that process means you might not save money. Read More 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 Paul Glen: How to deal with a toxic team Five warning signs can warn you that your project team has turned toxic. 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 INSIDER Microsoft faces a loss of relevance Microsoft took another hard knock this month when top tech researchers laid much of the blame for dwindling first-quarter PC sales at the feet of the beleaguered Windows 8 operating system. Insider (registration required) Read More Consumer tech key in Boston Marathon bombing probe Users of consumer technology and social media reacted quickly after explosions ripped through crowds near the finish line of the Boston Marathon last week, sending out updates, snapping photos and recording videos that officials said could turn out to be critical pieces of evidence. Read More INSIDER Bart Perkins: Beware of self-destructing messaging in the enterprise They may be a boon for individual privacy, but self-destructing messages will bring headaches to enterprises. Insider (registration required) Read More WHITE PAPER: serVelocity Six Keys for Services to Maximize PSA Implementation Success Even for successful services organizations, transformational initiatives are simply very challenging to deliver. Spending relatively little time in the early stages of PSA implementations ensures success through agreed upon outcomes, business and process design changes, and the commitment to managing organizational change. Learn more. Security Manager's Journal: A little housecleaning Our manager finds the time and opportunity to cross a few nagging items off of his to-do list. Read More Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: The CIA and the cloud Get this: The CIA sees the cloud as being more secure than conventional IT. Read More Career Watch: Computer science enrollment on rise Enrollment shot up nearly 30% last year. Read More Hospital opts for Wi-Fi over GPS in smartphone navigation app Miami Children's Hospital recently launched a free iPhone app that uses Wi-Fi triangulation to help patients and their families find their way around the medical center. Read More 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 Easy XP-Windows 7 upgrades are over The easy upgrades from Windows XP are done, migration experts said, predicting that a sizeable number of large enterprises will still be running the aged OS even after Microsoft stops supporting it. Read More College-level Cobol classes are scarce At universities today, Cobol is often taught as an elective, if it's included in the curriculum at all. Read More
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