IT purchasing: Who decides what tech to buy?

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	IT purchasing: Who decides what tech to buy? IT purchasing can be complicated and costly, and contract negotiations aren't every CIO's core strength. Enter the procurement partner. Read More WEBCAST: Dell VMware How to Transform IT into a Center of Business Innovation Although IT supports virtually every business process, many organizations are hard-pressed to take advantage of technology advances when they're trapped into spending most of the IT budget on maintenance instead of innovation. View Now In this Issue Report: Ford CEO downplays chatter that he's in line to replace Ballmer CTOs, don't neglect the C-suite Utility cuts IT workforce, hires Indian outsourcers SAP ramps up venture capital efforts Microsoft to pay execs who stay, pay those culled during reorg turmoil IBM settles with U.S. over alleged discrimination in job ads INSIDER Yorgen Edholm: Mobile lessons from the next generation Oracle scoffs at charge that Ellison is overpaid House Democrats push ahead on immigration, H-1B Cisco CEO Chambers gets 80% pay raise Preston Gralla: Is Bill Gates next on the Microsoft chopping block? WHITE PAPER: SonicWALL 10 Ways to Securely Optimize Your Network Learn 10 ways SonicWALL solutions can help optimize performance, enhance security, and increase employee productivity, without introducing latency. Read now. Report: Ford CEO downplays chatter that he's in line to replace Ballmer Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally, considered a front-runner among candidates to replace Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, has reportedly tried to put the brakes on the accelerating rumors. Read More CTOs, don't neglect the C-suite Chief technology officers can't be all about technology. Building trust with the rest of the C-suite should be a top goal. Read More Utility cuts IT workforce, hires Indian outsourcers Northeast Utilities in Connecticut Tuesday confirmed that it plans to turn over part of its IT operations to two India-based outsourcing firms, despite a recent push by state lawmakers to keep it from doing so. Read More SAP ramps up venture capital efforts SAP's venture capital arm has raised $1 billion over the past year as the company tries to land stakes in hot startup companies, both to generate profit down the road and to align itself with the industry's newest technologies. Read More Microsoft to pay execs who stay, pay those culled during reorg turmoil Microsoft handed out nearly $60 million in stock grants to eight executives on the same day it filed papers with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announcing that the board had authorized special incentives to keep senior management from jumping ship. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell and Intel® IDC: The Benefits of Converged Systems in SMB Environments The motivations for adoption of converged systems are improved IT efficiency, faster time to market, and increased cost advantage. These efficiencies can be easily extended to remote offices and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that need to simplify their IT operations while expanding their IT capabilities. Read now! IBM settles with U.S. over alleged discrimination in job ads The U.S. Dept. of Justice and IBM have settled charges the company posted job ads with a preference for visa holders, something the government says is discriminatory. Read More INSIDER Yorgen Edholm: Mobile lessons from the next generation My wife is wonderfully low tech, with an old, vanilla mobile phone. Last weekend she surprised me by deciding she now wants a phone with all the bells and whistles.  I was worried that she’d been bitten by the new iPhone bug, which hit 9 million other people in one weekend, but her change of mind was more educated.  She was learning from our kids. Read More Oracle scoffs at charge that Ellison is overpaid Oracle has fired back against charges by a shareholder advisory group that CEO Larry Ellison's compensation is excessive given the company's performance and when compared to other tech company CEOs. Read More House Democrats push ahead on immigration, H-1B U.S. House Democrats are attempting to restart debate on a comprehensive immigration reform in the midst of the government shutdown. Read More Cisco CEO Chambers gets 80% pay raise Cisco CEO John Chambers saw his compensation nearly double this year, topping $21 million. His salary more than tripled, and the value of his stock awards doubled. Read More Preston Gralla: Is Bill Gates next on the Microsoft chopping block? Three of Microsoft's most powerful investors are pressing the company's board to force Bill Gates to step down as chairman. Are they right -- is it really time for Gates to go? Read More
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