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	Richi Jennings: Experian unit sold your data to ID thieves: I can has fullz gold? Happy cat is happy. You might not be. Experian (LON:EXPN) is facing criticism over allegations that it sold data to identity thieves. The "fullz" resold by the alleged conspirators contained enough personally-identifiable information to pull off an ID theft. They're also said to have sold credit-card data. The 15 charges against Hieu Minh Ngo could see the alleged perp jailed for over 50 years. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers suddenly feel like a cheeseburger. Read More   WHITE PAPER: CDW Managing Essential tools for greater productivity People are interacting with software from the moment they wake up (hearing an alarm on a smartphone) to the time they relax in the evening (reading or shopping online). And in between, software affects virtually every work function in some way, whether in the executive suite or on the shipping dock. Read Now In this Issue JR Raphael: Dear Google: We need a midrange Chromebook. Please help Preston Gralla: Microsoft Office squashes Google Apps, open source alternatives Eric Berridge: As the Jedi views the Force, so should the CIO view CRM Sharky: Luckily, nothing like that would EVER happen today WHITE PAPER: CDW Tips for a Successful SAM Program Find out what steps to take that can lead your organization down the smooth path to SAM deployment. This SAM primer can help you and your organization mitigate software non-compliance issues and optimize software license management while containing costs. Read Now JR Raphael: Dear Google: We need a midrange Chromebook. Please help Google, you've got some great stuff going on with Chrome OS these days -- but there's one big piece of the puzzle still missing. Read More   Preston Gralla: Microsoft Office squashes Google Apps, open source alternatives Google may dream that Google Docs will one day rival Microsoft Office but a recent Forrester report makes it clear that's only a dream. Especially in enterprises, Microsoft Office remains the gold standard, and Google Docs and others mere also-rans. Read More   WEBCAST: IBM Corporation   Proof that Smarter Government is also Better Government This videocast on October 23 at noon ET will give you a rare opportunity to hear from your peers & IBM experts about the power of business analytics to make your budgeting and finance processes as fast, accurate and transparent as you need them to be. Learn More. Eric Berridge: As the Jedi views the Force, so should the CIO view CRM In the near future your infrastructure won't have CRM...it will be CRM. As the customer continues to gain prominence in business decisions, CRM will evolve from a business platform into something infinitely more powerful. Read More   Sharky: Luckily, nothing like that would EVER happen today It's the 1970s, and this young pilot fish working as a student assistant in a university data center gets Friday afternoon marching orders from the mainframe operators who are leaving early. How could that go wrong? Read More
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