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	Richi Jennings: HP beats the street: Did firing 34,000 workers work? Wait. Did I say 'fire'? I meant to say WFR and EER. In surprise news, HP (NYSE:HPQ) is doing well. Bill 'n' Dave's formerly-eponymous company -- we used to call it Hewlett-Packard -- made more money than expected last quarter. Meg Whitman seems to be building a solid defense for her strategy of workforce-reduction, enhanced early retirement, and business-refocusing. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers invent reasons for Whitman's success. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Cloud for Business Managers in Midsize Organization Read this independent research report to learn how business managers around the world are using Cloud applications. Learn More In this Issue Jonny Evans: OS X, Mavericks: 5 steps to a faster Mac Preston Gralla: 4 reasons you'll like Microsoft's new OneDrive JR Raphael: Android Power's 3 favorite things for February 2014 Darlene Storm: Without REAL ID driver's license, will TSA require passport if plane never leaves USA? Patrick Thibodeau: The downside of Silicon Valley's focus on ultra high-end skills Matt Hamblen: Samsung's big 12.2-in. Galaxy Note Pro tablet -- a first look Guest Blogger: How bad data can lead to good decisions (sometimes) Sharky: To err is human, to foul up big-time requires SOP 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 Jonny Evans: OS X, Mavericks: 5 steps to a faster Mac If your Mac begins running slowly then it's probably time to review the most likely culprits -- and learn how to deal with them. Read More Preston Gralla: 4 reasons you'll like Microsoft's new OneDrive Microsoft's rebranding of its cloud-storage service SkyDrive to OneDrive is more than just a name change. Here are four new features that make the service even better. Read More JR Raphael: Android Power's 3 favorite things for February 2014 From beautiful home screens to powerful task-switching and a fresh take on social media, this month's Favorite Things is all about apps that offer something special. Read More Darlene Storm: Without REAL ID driver's license, will TSA require passport if plane never leaves USA? In April, the law requiring REAL ID driver's licenses goes into effect, but 13 states are not ready. The Coalition for a Secure Driver's License has warned that Americans without a REAL ID license may need "acceptable" ID like a passport to get through TSA security screenings . . . even if U.S. citizens are not flying outside of the USA. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Corporation Must-have capabilities for today's warehouse environment Speed, simplicity and affordability: 3 capabilities businesses need from their warehousing environment. IBM DB2 with BLU Acceleration gives organizations a complete, multipurpose environment to rapidly distill insight from their data, make timely decisions and capitalize on opportunities View Now Patrick Thibodeau: The downside of Silicon Valley's focus on ultra high-end skills Silicon Valley's wealth may be concentrating in firms that only hire people with ultra high-end skills. WhatsApp is a good example. Read More Matt Hamblen: Samsung's big 12.2-in. Galaxy Note Pro tablet -- a first look How productive can you be with this 12.2-in. Samsng tablet? Read More Guest Blogger: How bad data can lead to good decisions (sometimes) Even bad data can be put to good use for testing models. One of my recent papers demonstrates that if we know a little bit about how and why data are noisy, we can adjust the results of tests and use the results from the noisy data to improve decision-making about predictive models. Read More Sharky: To err is human, to foul up big-time requires SOP Flashback to 1975, when this pilot fish gets his first IT job as the night computer operator for a regional savings and loan, where the disks show errors almost every night -- but there's a standard procedure for dealing with that. Read More
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