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	Elop Moves From Long Shot to Shoo-in as Next Microsoft CEO Former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has moved into a commanding position as the overwhelming favorite to win the CEO job at Microsoft, according to online bookmakers. Read More WEBCAST: HP HP Mobile App Development Survey Join John Jeremiah, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, HP and John Jackson, Research Vice President, Mobile & Connected Platforms, IDC for an interactive discussion on the results of the HP Mobile Application Development Maturity Peer Assessment Tool. Date: September 18 @ 1:00pm EDT Register Now In this Issue Blunders Lead to Ballmer's Demise Developer Evangelists Build Community, Engagement for Software Firms Fed Says Tech Demand Outstripping Supply in Boston, San Francisco China Struggling to Compete in the IT Outsourcing Arena Dell Goes Private As Shareholders Approve $24.9 Billion Deal ATF CIO Pushes for a More Mobile Government Why HP's Successful Turnaround Is Closer Than It Looks WEBCAST: HP HP Mobile App Development Survey Join John Jeremiah, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, HP and John Jackson, Research Vice President, Mobile & Connected Platforms, IDC for an interactive discussion on the results of the HP Mobile Application Development Maturity Peer Assessment Tool. Date: September 18 @ 1:00pm EDT Register Now Blunders Lead to Ballmer's Demise The heap of blunders that piled up at Microsoft under Steve Ballmer's leadership may have hit a tipping point this year, leading to last month's earthshaking announcement that Bill Gates' former right-hand man and heir, as well as Microsoft's fiercest cheerleader, will step down as CEO within a year. Read More WHITE PAPER: GT Nexus RFID at the Source Retailers have been using RFID technology for years at their stores, reducing stock outs and improving inventory accuracy. As major retailers adopt the technology to enable a true omnichannel strategy, suppliers will begin to deploy RFID at production as a standard practice. View Now Developer Evangelists Build Community, Engagement for Software Firms If you're looking for a career that combines your passion for software development with your communications skills, becoming a developer advocate may be the job for you. And if you're a software development manager, you may want to consider adding an evangelist to your team to spread the word about your tools and services. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Corporation Cloud & Service Mgmt 10/1 Webcast Learn the 5 critical success factors to accelerate IT service delivery in a cloud enabled datacenter Register Now Fed Says Tech Demand Outstripping Supply in Boston, San Francisco The IT employment outlook has provided nothing but mixed signals. Tech employment is showing signs of slowing, but not everywhere. Now the Federal Reserve is saying that in some markets -- Boston and San Francisco -- demand for certain types of tech skills is outstripping supply. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Transforming Business Performance with Hybrid Networks Rapidly adopting virtualization, cloud infrastructure, and SaaS applications to minimize costs and enable seamless collaboration and communication is significantly straining the traditional network paradigm. Learn how to transform network architectures to deliver the right performance and reliability cost-effectively while retaining control. Learn more >> China Struggling to Compete in the IT Outsourcing Arena China is looking to compete with India on the global IT outsourcing stage. However, its progress has been slow due to a sluggish IT and business process services industry, a lack a IT talent and a bad reputation for intellectual property protection and security. Read More Dell Goes Private As Shareholders Approve $24.9 Billion Deal The deal approved by shareholders Thursday marks a grueling victory for founder Michael Dell Read More ATF CIO Pushes for a More Mobile Government The CIO of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives outlines efforts within the government to mobilize the workforce, noting the benefit of increased productivity and collaboration as well as progress made addressing the security challenges. Read More Why HP's Successful Turnaround Is Closer Than It Looks Hewlett-Packard's turnaround effort under CEO Meg Whitman, like an object in the rearview mirror, is closer than it appears. Credit the impending success on strategic partnerships, good hires and a broad view of the future of tech. Read More
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