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	7 Ways to Advance Your Project Management Career Project management experts and executive IT recruiters provide tips to project managers on what they can do to give their careers a boost. Read More WHITE PAPER: Google Apps Study: Total Economic Impact of Google Apps Employees can work faster and IT spending can decrease when companies switch to Google Apps, says a commissioned study by Forrester Consulting. Going Google can make teams 20% more efficient and yields an estimated ROI of 329%. Learn more>> In this Issue 15 tips for surviving -- and thriving -- as an IT contractor Nadella departs from predecessor's practice, will do earnings call Thursday Thornton May: Your privacy map is probably wrong Samsung goes on offensive against Apple at trial Microsoft gets Motorola Solutions to pay licensing fee for Android use At Supreme Court, Aereo argues that ruling against it could hurt cloud storage Google, Samsung signed secret pact over Apple patent claims WHITE PAPER: BMC Software The Future of IT: A Customer First Approach Explore how customer-first policies can make use of social, mobile and cloud technologies to give workers the freedom and flexibility they desire to drive company productivity. Learn More. 15 tips for surviving -- and thriving -- as an IT contractor Pundits are calling 2014 the year of the IT contractor. Here are 15 tips for setting up shop and making it stick. Read More Nadella departs from predecessor's practice, will do earnings call Thursday Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will participate in Thursday's quarterly earnings call, a departure from the company's past practice, when former chief executive Steve Ballmer rarely joined calls with Wall Street analysts. Read More Thornton May: Your privacy map is probably wrong The privacy maps being created today are primarily designed to avoid lawsuits. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software IT Friction and Your Organization This report outlines key issues that cause friction between business users and IT. Learn More Samsung goes on offensive against Apple at trial After three weeks of defending itself against patent infringement claims, Samsung switched gears and began presenting its argument that Apple is the one that infringes others' intellectual property. Read More Microsoft gets Motorola Solutions to pay licensing fee for Android use Microsoft has extended its controversial yet successful crusade to extract licensing fees from vendors that use Google's Android and Chrome operating systems, adding Motorola Solutions to the list of vendors agreeing to patent deals. Read More At Supreme Court, Aereo argues that ruling against it could hurt cloud storage If the U.S. Supreme Court rules that streaming video provider Aereo violates the copyrights of TV networks, it may also put cloud storage services at risk, the company's lawyer argued Monday. Read More Google, Samsung signed secret pact over Apple patent claims Google agreed to take over some of Samsung's defense against patent claims brought by Apple under a secret agreement reached in 2012, a federal court jury heard Tuesday. Read More
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