Tech hotshots: The rise of the QA expert

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	Tech hotshots: The rise of the QA expert Often considered a second-class career choice, quality assurance is gaining prominence as automated testing demands more sophisticated talent and high-profile project failures highlight its importance. Read More   WHITE PAPER: IBM 9 Steps to Building a Business Case for B2B Integration Justifying a strategic B2B initiative that reaches beyond the organization's four walls is especially critical. Fortunately, you can significantly increase your chances of approval if you follow these nine steps. Read Now In this Issue With Motorola sale, Google unloads a headache Lenovo to buy Motorola division at Google for $2.91B 13 job search apps that will help you get hired Target says attackers stole vendor credentials Lenovo faces chance to become rare PC maker successful in phones ERP vendors are getting a 'good kick' from users Tablet shipments could start to slip as consumer markets get saturated U.S. is investigating Target data breach, AG Holder says Ellison: Facebook is the new model for business applications Ellison says IBM and SAP no longer Oracle's main rivals Intel to close its AppUp online app store Facebook sees apps in its future ... lots of apps Facebook asserts its success on mobile with another strong quarter Man charged with aiding terrorist group challenges use of NSA-collected data Preston Gralla: Will Android's slowing growth be an opening for Windows Phone? WEBCAST: IBM Workforce Analytics Enable Smarter Decisions Learn how your organization can create a successful strategy to use analytics for greater business value. View Now With Motorola sale, Google unloads a headache By selling Motorola Mobility to Lenovo, Google is ending a combination that never really worked out while keeping assets that could prove valuable down the road. Read More   Lenovo to buy Motorola division at Google for $2.91B   Lenovo Group is buying the Motorola handset division at Google for nearly $3 billion. Read More   13 job search apps that will help you get hired Looking for a new job? In a market as competitive as IT you've got to be connected, organized and prepared. These apps will help you stay ahead of the curve wherever you are, so you never miss an opportunity. Read More   Target says attackers stole vendor credentials Target said Wednesday that intruders accessed its systems by using credentials "stolen" from a vendor, one of the first details the retailer has revealed about how hackers got inside. Read More   Lenovo faces chance to become rare PC maker successful in phones PC makers have often struggled to sell smartphones, but China's Lenovo could be on the cusp of making a breakthrough. The company's $2.9 billion deal to buy Motorola Mobility from Google might end up paving the way for Lenovo to become one of the rare PC makers with a prominent handset business. Read More   ERP vendors are getting a 'good kick' from users The era of the monolithic, highly customized enterprise ERP system is fading, according to Gartner. Read More   Tablet shipments could start to slip as consumer markets get saturated Global tablet shipments are still on the rise, but are showing signs of dramatic slowing as consumer markets such as the U.S. become saturated, IDC said. Read More   WHITE PAPER: IBM Corporation   Understanding big data so you can act with confidence Automating information integration and governance and employing it at the point of data creation helps organizations boost confidence in their big data. A solid information integration and governance program should include automated discovery, profiling and understanding of diverse datasets View Now U.S. is investigating Target data breach, AG Holder says The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the data breach at Target stores, which compromised as many as 110 million payment cards and personal records in one of the largest such attacks on record. Read More   Ellison: Facebook is the new model for business applications Modern business applications need a social network at their core and should be so easy to use that even a CEO can figure them out, said Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. Read More   Ellison says IBM and SAP no longer Oracle's main rivals Look out Amazon, Larry Ellison has got his eye on you. Read More   Intel to close its AppUp online app store Intel is closing down its AppUp online application store as it sees a shift in the market and consumer needs. Read More   Facebook sees apps in its future ... lots of apps Imagine using a separate Facebook app just for sharing status updates with your closest friends, or maybe co-workers. In the next few years, such an app could exist. Read More   Facebook asserts its success on mobile with another strong quarter More than half of Facebook's ad sales came from mobile devices in the fourth quarter, showing continued strength in the site's ability to monetize its service on smaller screens. Read More   Man charged with aiding terrorist group challenges use of NSA-collected data A man charged with aiding a terrorist organization has asked a U.S. court to throw out information collected by the National Security Agency, saying NSA surveillance of his Internet communications violates the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Read More   Preston Gralla: Will Android's slowing growth be an opening for Windows Phone? Android remains king of the smartphones, but its growth in 2013 was the slowest at any time in its history. Can Windows Phone make inroads as Android potentially swoons? Read More
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