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	How analytics helped Ford turn its fortunes Big data and analytics permeate virtually every move Ford makes, from forecasting the worldwide price of commodities to figuring out what exactly consumers want, what it will build, where it should source parts and how to power its lineup of vehicles. Read More     In this Issue Using private clouds for all the right reasons Mobility in the enterprise: Who should hold the hot potato? Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Microsoft after Ballmer: Can this company be saved? The Grill: Intel CIO Kimberly Stevenson is working to deliver products faster and drive revenue Bart Perkins: Benchmarking is great, when it's not a waste Security Manager's Journal: An admin surfing on a server? That's a big no-no Career Watch: Paying lip service to work/life balance 'Stack ranking' employee eval practice falls out of favor Supercomputing's big problem: What's after silicon? The Internet of things needs a lot of work Microsoft's big test: Deciding what stays, what goes in touch-based Office BNSF Railway stays on Microsoft's track as it moves to the cloud Google wants tattoo to act as smartphone microphone WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com   5 Secrets: Build your Sales Pipeline and Keep It Growing The typical strategy for meeting sales targets is to set aggressive individual rep quotas, rely on your top reps to achieve them, and then hope to get enough from the rest of your team to get over the top. Read now! Using private clouds for all the right reasons Here's how to determine if your organization needs the security, control and performance that a private cloud offers. Read More   Mobility in the enterprise: Who should hold the hot potato? Bringing mobility to the enterprise is like wrestling with an octopus. Here's how Electronic Arts, Case Western University and Needham Bank are taming the beast. Read More   Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Microsoft after Ballmer: Can this company be saved? Even as he heads to the door, Ballmer is changing how Microsoft will run for years to come. Read More   The Grill: Intel CIO Kimberly Stevenson is working to deliver products faster and drive revenue Kimberly Stevenson, corporate vice president and CIO at Intel, shares her ideas on running an IT department, the power of technology and the importance of technologists. Read More   Bart Perkins: Benchmarking is great, when it's not a waste True apples-to-apples comparisons require a lot of time and effort -- in other words, money. Read More   Security Manager's Journal: An admin surfing on a server? That's a big no-no How could a tightly restricted server in finance be compromised by malware? Really, it's not that hard. Read More   WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks   Defending Against Denial of Service Attacks By utilizing end-user interviews, this whitepaper explores a deeper understanding of DDoS defense plans and reveals the knowledge gaps around the Denial of Service attacks in-use, as well as the defenses needed to maintain availability. Learn more >> Career Watch: Paying lip service to work/life balance Personal coach Kelly Walsh says some initiatives with the 'work/life balance' label are actually counterproductive. Read More   'Stack ranking' employee eval practice falls out of favor Microsoft's abandonment of its so-called 'stack ranking' method of evaluating employees should not come as a surprise, says a human resources expert. Read More   Supercomputing's big problem: What's after silicon? A disruptive, next-generation technology is needed for computers to continue to grow more powerful, because experts agree that silicon-based systems can no longer continue improving at the rate predicted by Moore's Law. Read More   The Internet of things needs a lot of work The proliferation of connected mobile devices may make life easier for people in the long run, but today it just creates headaches for IT. Read More   Microsoft's big test: Deciding what stays, what goes in touch-based Office Microsoft will face a big test when it decides what to put in its upcoming touch-based Office suite, analysts say. Read More   BNSF Railway stays on Microsoft's track as it moves to the cloud When BNSF Railway decided to move its email and collaboration systems from its own premises to a public cloud, it considered suites from various vendors but ultimately picked Office 365 from Microsoft, its current email vendor. Read More   Google wants tattoo to act as smartphone microphone Google already has Google Glass, but now it's taking the wearable technology concept a big step further: It's developing an electronic skin tattoo for the throat that can act as a microphone for a smartphone, tablet or other device. Read More
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