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	How to keep your new IT hires from jumping ship With IT talent hard to find and expensive to replace, smart companies are developing IT-specific onboarding programs to attract and retain top tech employees. 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 Scot Finnie: Can Microsoft make a comeback after Ballmer? Preston Gralla: Why Ford's CEO is wrong for Microsoft The Grill: VA data guru Dat Tran on turning data into information Ballmer touts 'value' in final shareholder letter Now enter Lenovo as a potential BlackBerry suitor Scot Finnie: Can Microsoft make a comeback after Ballmer? Whoever becomes Microsoft's new CEO needs to create a culture that encourages employees to voice ideas. Read More     Preston Gralla: Why Ford's CEO is wrong for Microsoft   Alan Mulally is a savvy manager and a smart engineer. But Microsoft's big problem is vision, and that's where Mulally falls short. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology The Importance of Performance Monitoring in the Midmarket Midmarket organizations are transforming their IT infrastructure to better accommodate the needs of the business. Two major pieces of this transformation are virtualization and cloud computing, which rely heavily on network performance to ensure success. View Now The Grill: VA data guru Dat Tran on turning data into information Dat Tran, deputy assistant secretary for data governance and analysis at the Department of Veterans Affairs, says it's not enough to just collect data. He says the VA needs to transform its data into information that gives decision-makers insights into veterans' needs. Read More Ballmer touts 'value' in final shareholder letter In his last letter to shareholders before retiring, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer discussed the company's ongoing transformation to a 'devices-and-services' company and its continued reliance on enterprise sales to generate revenue. Read More Now enter Lenovo as a potential BlackBerry suitor The list of reported parties interested in buying BlackBerry is growing, and now includes Lenovo Group, according to unnamed sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal. Read More
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