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	IT: Don't let the CEO wonder what you do all day If there's no catastrophic system failure or major software deployment to work on, CEOs might wonder what IT does all day. Here's how to make sure your contributions aren't undervalued when things go smoothly. Read More   RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: OutSystems WEBINAR: Demystifying PaaS. Hear Forrester & FICO experts. With all of the PaaS (platform as a service) options available, which type of PaaS solution best fits your application development and delivery needs? Forrester and FICO will take the mystery out of the various PaaS platforms available and discuss the tremendous efficiency gains that can be achieved using high-productivity PaaS. Register for the Webinar In this Issue Surprise: Mobile devices don't help office ergonomics IT careers: Does it pay to become a brand specialist? Scot Finnie: How Apple is playing hardball with Microsoft The Grill: Rosetta Stone CIO Pradeep Mannakkara makes a rapid move to the cloud Thornton May: Caught between mobility's rock and hard place Security Manager's Journal: Time to tweak the security policies Perspective: What's Microsoft's Office Web Apps strategy? Senate looks to push U.S. gov't data center consolidations Career Watch: Ask a Premier 100 IT Leader: Catherine P. Bessant New supercomputer uses SSDs instead of DRAM and hard drives Marin County seeks new software vendor to replace SAP system Infosys ran 'unlawful' visa scheme, U.S. alleges in settlement Apple plans Arizona factory that will run on renewable energy WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation   EMC 15-Minute Guide to Smarter Backup Backup and recovery is part of business and is essential to successful information management. Take fifteen minutes to find out how you can transform backup and recovery with disk-based, deduplication-optimized solutions from EMC. Learn More Surprise: Mobile devices don't help office ergonomics For generations, office ergonomics involved various measures intended to keep employees productive while they remained in their chairs. New thinking and new devices are changing all that. Read More   IT careers: Does it pay to become a brand specialist?   Hitching your wagon to the latest 'it' technology can lead to lucrative pay and compelling job opportunities, but it's not without risk. dBase developer, anyone? Read More   Scot Finnie: How Apple is playing hardball with Microsoft   Tucked in amongst Apple's several hardware debuts last month was word that the company will stop charging for OS X and iWork. Why is Apple willing to forgo this small revenue stream? How might it affect IT buyers? The move is interesting on several fronts. Read More   The Grill: Rosetta Stone CIO Pradeep Mannakkara makes a rapid move to the cloud Pradeep Mannakkara, CIO at Rosetta Stone, established a plan to transform the company's technology stack, shifting much of the aging infrastructure to a cloud-based platform, which enabled a more efficient workflow and fostered innovation. Read More   Thornton May: Caught between mobility's rock and hard place The rock: Users want to use their smartphones for work. The hard place: Security is deficient. All CIOs are caught between the two. Read More   Security Manager's Journal: Time to tweak the security policies No policy, no matter how well crafted, is immune from periodic review. Fall is when our manager tackles that. Read More   WHITE PAPER: LogMeIn Five Tips for Improving Customer Experience This paper conveys how the pressure to increase customer satisfaction metrics with less funding will increase as companies look for new ways to differentiate their services and reduce customer churn. Learn More. Learn More. Perspective: What's Microsoft's Office Web Apps strategy? Microsoft's addition of real-time collaboration to its free Office Web Apps last week was necessary in the short term to counter Google Docs, analysts said. Read More   Senate looks to push U.S. gov't data center consolidations Federal agencies aren't moving fast enough to consolidate government data centers, according to U.S. lawmakers. So they're pushing a bipartisan bill that sets 'hard deadlines' to move the effort forward. Read More   Career Watch: Ask a Premier 100 IT Leader: Catherine P. Bessant Catherine Bessant, a Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader, offers advice about how to search for an IT job if you're over 50, the value of pursuing a master's degree and getting buy-in from the business. Read More   New supercomputer uses SSDs instead of DRAM and hard drives A new supercomputer being deployed this month in the U.S. uses solid-state drive storage as an alternative to DRAM and hard drives, which could help speed up internal data transfers. Read More   Marin County seeks new software vendor to replace SAP system Officials in California's Marin County have begun the search for new ERP software to replace a troubled SAP implementation that was at the center of an ugly legal battle between the county, SAP and systems integrator Deloitte. Read More   Infosys ran 'unlawful' visa scheme, U.S. alleges in settlement The U.S. alleges that offshore outsourcing giant Infosys violated visa laws to increase its profits, reduce visa expenses and avoid tax liabilities, in a settlement announced today. Read More   Apple plans Arizona factory that will run on renewable energy Apple plans to build a components plant in Mesa, Ariz., that will run entirely on renewable energy. Read More
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