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	How CIOs Build Bridges With Other C-Level Execs Top-notch CIOs are boosting IT's reputation and forming stronger relationships with other business leaders. Here's how. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IDG BYOD, Security, Policy - Are You Prepared? Prepare at Enterprise MobileNext Enterprise MobileNext can help. Whether you are banking on mobile technology to drive enterprise growth or trying to protect your organization against risk, we'll show you how to successfully deploy, secure and manage your mobile strategy. Sign up today to secure your complimentary registration for Enterprise MobileNext, Nov 30-Dec 1, SF, CA. In this Issue Why CIOs Detest the Phrase “IT and the Business” Talking to the Business:Our Problems, Their Visions CIOs, CTOs Shed Yet More Techie Cred Deciding How to Spend a $10K Windfall Wisely Picking a Fight With Users: Everyone Loses Job Search: 10 Things That Annoy Job Seekers the Most This Book Wants to Make You a Genius Cloud Computing and the Truth About SLAs Apple Awards Senior Execs $60 Million Each RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CIO Perspective Balancing Business Needs with the Chaos of Mobile Security At CIO Perspectives Los Angeles learn how to create a mobile security strategy that skips the technical jargon, communicates more effectively on risk profiles and focuses on what matters most to the business. An expert CSO will walk you through the layered security model that solves the problem. Register Today! Why CIOs Detest the Phrase “IT and the Business” CIO magazine editor in chief Maryfran Johnson discusses our Nov. 15 cover story and why it's time to dump that polarizing phrase and make IT and business people equal partners. Read More Talking to the Business:Our Problems, Their Visions For IT, problems are our life's work, but business people want to avoid them at all costs. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Effectively Virtualizing Tier-1 Application Workloads This ESG Report presents test results of the performance and scalability of the HP ProLiant DL980 server, and how it can be used to lower costs, increase scalability, and provide high performance while maintaining the reliability and availability required by tier-1 applications. Learn more CIOs, CTOs Shed Yet More Techie Cred As corporations emerge from the latest recession, offload more IT functions to outsourcing companies, and adopt cloud-based applications, CIOs and CTOs are spending way more time on business issues than on day-to-day technical operations. Read More Deciding How to Spend a $10K Windfall Wisely A security manager explains how he decided to spend a $10,000 budget windfall. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC One Size Does Not Fit All: The Case for the Custom Cloud When it comes to cloud services, "semi-custom" goes a long way. "The Case for the Custom Cloud," shows you how users can configure their own customized cloud services from choices you dictate – and how you can deliver the resulting cloud services quickly and affordably. Read More! Picking a Fight With Users: Everyone Loses When users try to solve problems that IT can't afford to address, IT has to think very hard about its attitude. Or else. Read More Job Search: 10 Things That Annoy Job Seekers the Most The following 10 frustrations that job seekers encounter during their searches make them want to scream. What annoyances would you add to this list? Read More WHITE PAPER: Blue Coat Systems WAN Optimization Strategies The benefits of IT consolidation have come with a downside – dramatic bandwidth and application performance issues. Making WAN Optimization a priority will result in dramatic gains in bandwidth and performance today, and ensure an optimized network for tomorrow. This paper defines how to defend against the trends that overwhelm the WAN. Read now! This Book Wants to Make You a Genius "How to Be a Genius" teaches you the ins and outs of higher cranial power. Read More Cloud Computing and the Truth About SLAs SLAs don't provide much protection against cloud-related outages, writes CIO.com blogger Bernard Golden. They merely credit customers against the cost of a service. To prevent outages, IT departments would better spend their time planning application architectures rather than duking it out with their cloud computing providers over SLAs. Read More Apple Awards Senior Execs $60 Million Each Apple last week awarded six senior executives $60 million each in stock contingent on them staying with the company through mid-March 2016. Read More
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