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	IT pros get training on their own dime IT spending is kicking up again, but training budgets have been slow to recover. Many IT professionals are taking matters into their own hands. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco and Netapp Total Economic Impact Of FlexPod Data Center Platform The study examines the estimated ROI for the composite Organization and presents the aggregate findings derived from the interview and analysis process as well as from Forrester's independent research. View Now In this Issue Microsoft to name new CEO in early 2014 Paul Glen: Congratulations, you're your own skills manager Preston Gralla: Can Amazon drones save the economy? The Grill: Guess CIO Michael Relich takes on his dream job: COO Microsoft's CEO search and the art of non-denial denials Court upholds Motorola import ban in dispute with Microsoft Stuart Kippelman: 5 projects, and only 5 projects, in your IT plan for 2014 INSIDER Steps to take in wake of Gmail wiretapping decision Former Microsoft exec to head HealthCare.gov effort Preston Gralla: Can a top ex-Microsoft exec finish the job of fixing HealthCare.gov? HP CEO Whitman gets one heck of a pay raise Oracle's Q2 profits down 1 percent, revenue up 2 percent to $9.3 billion WHITE PAPER: McAfee SIEM: Keeping Pace with Big Security Data Today's threat environments require automated security monitoring and real-time visibility into all activity on all systems, networks, databases and applications. Learn how SIEM can have the right database back-end and offer security intelligence that leverages contextual data to achieve a strong security posture and shorten response time. Learn more >> Microsoft to name new CEO in early 2014 Microsoft won't select and announce a new CEO this year, the director who leads the search said today. Read More Paul Glen: Congratulations, you're your own skills manager Columnist Paul Glen says those who insist that career planning is an employer's responsibility place their own futures in jeopardy, relinquishing control of their development to their managers, who can make decisions on a whim. Read More Preston Gralla: Can Amazon drones save the economy? As the federal government abandons funding primary and applied research, companies like Google and Amazon can pick up the slack. Read More The Grill: Guess CIO Michael Relich takes on his dream job: COO After nine years with Guess Inc., Michael Relich moved from the CIO post to his dream job as the company's new chief operating officer. He talks about how his tech background helped him make the transition. Read More Microsoft's CEO search and the art of non-denial denials Observers of Microsoft's three-month-and-counting CEO search have watched the art of the "non-denial denial" at its best -- or worst -- a public relations expert said today. Read More Court upholds Motorola import ban in dispute with Microsoft An appeals court has ruled against a Motorola Mobility bid to declare invalid a Microsoft patent that figures in an import ban by the U.S. International Trade Commission on certain Motorola mobile phones. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Fighting Fraud Videos: IBM Intelligent Investigation Manager Short videos about IBM Intelligent Investigation Manager (IIM) for Fraud. IIM optimizes the investigation of fraud for customers across many industries in both the commercial and public sector space. Learn More. Stuart Kippelman: 5 projects, and only 5 projects, in your IT plan for 2014 Annual project planning can be painful, but it’s a much needed tool in order to run IT effectively.  Of course, every project will deliver amazing value to the company by delivering incredible results - but in a world of finite resources, how do we make the right choices?  Read More INSIDER Steps to take in wake of Gmail wiretapping decision Mobile, Web- and cloud-based companies could also face class-action lawsuits. Here's how to prepare for that possibility. Insider (registration required) Read More Former Microsoft exec to head HealthCare.gov effort Kurt DelBene, the retired president of Microsoft's Office Division, will take over the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' insurance shopping site, HealthCare.gov. Read More Preston Gralla: Can a top ex-Microsoft exec finish the job of fixing HealthCare.gov? Kurt DelBene, former head of Microsoft's Office division was just named top honcho of the problematic HealthCare.gov site. Based on what he did at Microsoft, does he have what it takes to fix it? Read More HP CEO Whitman gets one heck of a pay raise After guiding Hewlett-Packard through one crisis after another, CEO Meg Whitman is now earning more than $1 in annual salary. Read More Oracle's Q2 profits down 1 percent, revenue up 2 percent to $9.3 billion Oracle's second-quarter revenue rose 2 percent to US$9.3 billion while net income dropped 1 percent to $2.6 billion, with new software license and cloud subscription revenue flat and hardware product revenue continuing a long slide. Read More
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