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	As Ballmer departs, tech world awaits white smoke from Redmond Mere days into the Steve Ballmer Successor Watch, guessing his successor has become a tech industry pastime. Read More   WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation   VMware Horizon View and EMC VSPEX Take the Easy Route to Next Generation Virtual Desktops. Learn how VSPEX with End User Computing Transforms Central Vermont Medical Center IT from Problem Solver to Business Enabler. Learn More. In this Issue Preston Gralla: Why Bill Gates Can't Save Microsoft 10 big data trends changing the face of business COBOL-based system for $160B pension fund is a political football Preston Gralla: Did Bill Gates help push Steve Ballmer out the door? 11 signs your IT project is doomed WEBCAST: HP Intel VMware   Your IT Journey - Your Way Faced with unrelenting pressure to do more with less, IT leaders are implementing virtualization, mobility and cloud computing in their enterprises. In this Knowledge Vault Exchange you'll find a plethora of valuable information, including videos, on-demand Webcasts, white papers and Twitter chats. View Now! Preston Gralla: Why Bill Gates Can't Save Microsoft CEO Ballmer and his predecessor shared a vision of how Microsoft could stay on top by focusing on Windows. Read More   10 big data trends changing the face of business Big data is slowly but surely changing the way companies do business. Here's a look at 10 trends shaping big data and the future of business. Read More   WEBCAST: IBM Corporation   Give Your Users What They Want with Cloud and Mobile Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Time: 2:00 PM EDT You will learn: - How moving to the cloud can help accelerate mobile adoption in your organization. - The benefits of combining the power of cloud with the freedom and functionality of mobile. Learn More. COBOL-based system for $160B pension fund is a political football A COBOL (common business oriented language)-based system used to support New York's US$160 billion state pension fund has become the subject of controversy, with some officials claiming it poses a potential security risk and others defending it as "battle-tested," albeit set to be replaced. Read More   Preston Gralla: Did Bill Gates help push Steve Ballmer out the door? Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer may have been joined at the hip for their decades together at Microsoft, but there's some evidence that Gates may have been a key participant in getting Ballmer to resign. Did Gates help show his old friend to the door, or did he remain until the end a big backer of Ballmer? Read More   11 signs your IT project is doomed No senior buy-in, minimum spec targets, a 'nothing can go wrong' mentality -- here's how to sense demise before your IT project meets its ignominious end. Read More
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