IT pro's revitalization guide 2014

	Perspective: Microsoft's CEO pick will be dubbed a dud, bragged as brilliant | Apple CEO Tim Cook could pocket $115M in 2014
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	INSIDER IT pro's revitalization guide 2014 Take a moment to retool your personal and professional priorities with some of our most insightful tech management and careers articles. Insider (registration required) Read More   WHITE PAPER: BMC Software   Exploring Business and IT Friction: Myths and Realities IT Organizations with passion for and actions around customer experience will lead the Service Revolution. Learn More>> Learn More In this Issue Perspective: Microsoft's CEO pick will be dubbed a dud, bragged as brilliant Apple CEO Tim Cook could pocket $115M in 2014 The firm behind Healthcare.gov had top-notch credentials -- and it didn't help 2014: Does Apple still look doomed? Apple strips CEO Cook of $4M in stock grants for poor share performance The NSA intercepts computer deliveries to plant spyware As customers fume, Microsoft promises Surface Pro 2 firmware fix ASAP Is Apple's 13-in. iPad a desktop for kids? Samsung lays groundwork for smartphones with more RAM Best of 2013: 5 outstanding Android keyboard apps Target confirms customer PINs were taken in breach, maintains data is safe The worst cloud outages of 2013 (part 2) Apple to shareholders: Vote Icahn off Buyback Island Target: Deceive first, answer questions later Target's security: Better than I thought Judge rules NSA's phone data collection program is legal, tosses ACLU suit Robert L. Mitchell: Verizon wireless glitch converts users to paperless billing Richi Jennings: MacBook market share PLUMMETS as Chromebook trims Windows sales WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors Storage eGuide Having the right backup strategy is essential in today's data-driven world. Enterprises must design backup infrastructures that can ensure the availability and integrity of critical corporate data. But building such an infrastructure isn't easy, nor is finding storage products that suit an organization's specific needs without going over budget. Learn More Perspective: Microsoft's CEO pick will be dubbed a dud, bragged as brilliant No matter who Microsoft names as its new CEO early in 2014, the pick will trigger comments from experts and technology leaders who question the sanity of the board, the person who took the job or everyone involved. Read More   Apple CEO Tim Cook could pocket $115M in 2014 Although Apple CEO Tim Cook's 2013 salary raise was less than half the 7.5% increase given to his subordinates, he stands to rake in as much as $115 million in 2014. Read More   The firm behind Healthcare.gov had top-notch credentials -- and it didn't help CGI Federal, the lead contractor at Healthcare.gov, is a veritable black belt in software development, with the highest possible certification from CMMI. So what does the website's flawed rollout say about how useful CMMI is? Read More   2014: Does Apple still look doomed? Don't be fooled by the company's rocky 2013. There are strong signs that it has turned the corner. Read More   Apple strips CEO Cook of $4M in stock grants for poor share performance Apple CEO Tim Cook received a compensation package of $4.25 million for the 2013 fiscal year, a 2% increase over the year before. Read More   The NSA intercepts computer deliveries to plant spyware   A special hacking unit of the U.S. National Security Agency intercepts deliveries of new computer equipment en route to plant spyware, according to a report on Sunday from Der Spiegel, a German publication. Read More   As customers fume, Microsoft promises Surface Pro 2 firmware fix ASAP Even as Microsoft promised to speed up work on a re-release for a flawed Surface Pro 2 firmware update, customers continued to damn the company for the fiasco. Read More   Is Apple's 13-in. iPad a desktop for kids? Rumors about Apple building a very large iPad have been unavoidable for seven months. But does a giant iPad make sense? Read More   Samsung lays groundwork for smartphones with more RAM Samsung Electronics has announced a new chip that will make it possible for the company and others to build smartphones and tablets with up to 4GB of RAM. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Innotas Escape Plan: Clear the Chaos of Healthcare IT Learn to efficiently manage complex projects such as major system implementations; increase accountability across projects; and gain full visibility into IT programs to achieve strategic alignment within the business. Download the free eBook and get started now. Read Now Best of 2013: 5 outstanding Android keyboard apps Make your Android device better than ever with a custom onscreen keyboard that suits your style. These five options represent the best the platform has to offer. Read More   Target confirms customer PINs were taken in breach, maintains data is safe Target has confirmed that hackers obtained customer debit card PINs (personal identification numbers) in the massive data breach suffered by the retailer during the busy holiday shopping season, but says customers should be safe, as the numbers were encrypted. Read More   The worst cloud outages of 2013 (part 2) We've seen some embarrassingly bad cloud outages in 2013 from some of the biggest names in technology. So which fail was the worst of them all? Read More   Apple to shareholders: Vote Icahn off Buyback Island Apple urged shareholders to vote against a proposal by investment agitator Carl Icahn, who wants Apple to buy back an additional $50 billion in stock over the next nine months to boost the share price, according to a Friday filing with U.S. regulators. Read More   Target: Deceive first, answer questions later Issuing deceptive statements is no way to win back customers' trust. That's a lesson for anyone who might find itself in Target's position someday. Read More   Target's security: Better than I thought The way Target deployed triple DES encryption for debit card PINs makes its statement about the unlikelihood that they were in danger much more believable. Read More   Judge rules NSA's phone data collection program is legal, tosses ACLU suit A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. National Security Agency's bulk phone record metadata collection efforts are legal, turning aside a lawsuit the American Civil Liberties Union brought against the agency. Read More   Robert L. Mitchell: Verizon wireless glitch converts users to paperless billing If you upgraded a Verizon Wireless phone at a store over the holidays you might want to check your paperless billing settings. According to Verizon, a bug in the wireless carrier's systems automatically enrolls customers in its paperless billing option. Both Verizon tech support and store representatives confirmed the problem. An online rep said Verizon Wireless' IT organization is working to resolve the problem. Read More   Richi Jennings: MacBook market share PLUMMETS as Chromebook trims Windows sales Chromebooks are top of the sales charts at Amazon.com. Big spike in Chromebook sales in 2013. Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) cloud platform is seeing huge sales growth, according to retailers and analysts. What does that mean for other laptop platforms? Not great news for Windows, but near-catastrophic news for MacBooks. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers count the costs. Read More
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