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	Outsourcing, adieu: Companies retake the reins on IT services IT departments are rethinking their outsourcing deals, making them shorter and smaller, taking a stronger hand in managing them or bringing them fully back in-house. Read More WHITE PAPER: Globanet Beyond Data Migration Best Practices When managing a migration, performance optimization is at the heart of the process. With millions (or even billions) of items to move, ensuring that you mitigate any expected environmental or configuration bottlenecks is essential. Read Now! In this Issue What IT recruiters know about you -- whether you're looking or not Matchbox computers: Small is beautiful (and powerful) 3 new SSDs to boost your laptop's speed Queen Victoria's gadgets: Tech gear for the steampunk set Worst -- and best -- IT interview questions Look, ma, no hands! 9 mounts for mobile devices Long-term review: Apple's newest MacBook Air continues to impress Best security tools for under $3,000 10 cool analog computers WHITE PAPER: Riverbed How WAN Optimization Helps Enterprises Reduce Costs If you wanted to break down innovation into a tidy equation, it might go something like this: Technology + Connectivity = Productivity. Productivity comes in two forms: user experience and infrastructure efficiency. Learn more>> What IT recruiters know about you -- whether you're looking or not The big data approach to IT recruitment is catching on fast, for hard-to-find software developers in particular, and it could spread to other jobs. Read More Matchbox computers: Small is beautiful (and powerful) Matchbox computers -- small but powerful open-source devices -- are a good way to build your own system and/or carry it with you. We look at the phenomenon and offer a slideshow of examples. Read More 3 new SSDs to boost your laptop's speed Seagate, Samsung and OCZ have launched new consumer-class SSDs. We benchmarked all three to find which one has the best performance. Read More Queen Victoria's gadgets: Tech gear for the steampunk set Occupying a fantastic world where Charles Darwin meets Steve Jobs, steampunk-modded devices blend 19th- and early 20th-century styles with 21st-century tech. Get an eyeful of these cool and clever computers, cellphones, speakers and more. Read More WHITE PAPER: Hitachi and Microsoft Telecom Partners Host Software as a Service Hitachi Telecom Partners Host SaaS on Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Select for Microsoft Private Cloud. It supports advanced capabilities, such as managed hosting, on-demand virtual servers, clustering and network services. Learn more Worst -- and best -- IT interview questions Why are manhole covers round? Why do you ask? Tech managers weigh in on the practice of using brainteasers to screen IT candidates and share their own favorite interview questions. Read More Look, ma, no hands! 9 mounts for mobile devices On the desk or on the go, it is often inconvenient -- and sometimes dangerous -- to have to hold your smartphone or tablet. These mounts for your car, office or home let you drive, work or play hands-free. Read More Long-term review: Apple's newest MacBook Air continues to impress When it comes to style, the new model looks exactly like its predecessor. This year's changes are all beneath the surface -- and are uniformly good, says Michael deAgonia. Read More Best security tools for under $3,000 Check Point wins test of eight unified threat management (UTM) devices for small business. Read More 10 cool analog computers In their heyday (from about 1940 to the late 1960s), analog computers handled heavy-duty math, scientific and industrial applications. Here's a look at some of the cooler analog computers. Read More
	DIGITAL SPOTLIGHT: CLOUD COMPUTING In our in-depth report on cloud computing, we take a closer look at platform-as-a-service, security-as-a-service and back-end-as-a-service, weighing the benefits and challenges of each service and sharing tips from early adopters. This free, 12-page magazine-style report is available now [Registration required] To read the report, click here. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: PREMIER 100 IT LEADERS Now's your chance to get a worthy CIO or other top IT executive nominated for next year's Premier 100 IT Leaders awards! Deadline is Friday, Aug. 30. To make a nomination, click here. KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST NEWS ON CONSUMERIZATION Our weekly Consumerization of IT newsletter covers a wide range of mobile hardware, mobile apps, enterprise apps and IT trends related to consumerization. We cover BYOD, smartphones, tablets, MDM, cloud, social and how consumerization affects IT. Stay up to date with news, reviews and in-depth coverage. JOIN THE COMPUTERWORLD CONVERSATION ON GOOGLE + Be sure to add Computerworld to your Google+ circles to keep track of breaking news, features, blogs, tech reviews and career advice. DIGITAL SPOTLIGHT: THE CONSUMERIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY In our in-depth report, we run the numbers on BYOD, document cool new technologies making their way into the enterprise, and share tips from top companies on how to cope with exploding demand. This free, 12-page magazine-style report is available now [Registration required] CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL Expectations were high for the Windows 8.1 preview that Microsoft rolled out at its BUILD conference on Wednesday. Do you think with Windows 8.1 that Microsoft has turned a corner? NEW COMPUTERWORLD JOB BOARD Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted.
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