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CIO Columnist Nate Silver's Big Data Lessons For The Enterprise
By Eric Lundquist
Big data analytics have proven their mettle in predicting baseball and election success. How can you make them work for your business?

Project Management Offices: A Waste Of Money?
The risks of starting a PMO have never been greater, new research shows. After years of observing project management, I agree.

VMware Does Complicated Dance With Open Source
Now that VMware owns Nicira, how will Nicira continue to lead development of virtual networking in OpenStack? Nicira founder Martin Casado explains.

What Enterprise Social Networks Lack: Purpose
Communities based on shared interests are fine for consumer social networks. At work, only a community of purpose is worth our time.

Digital Revolution's Winners And Losers
Workers with in-demand digital skills benefit most as computers increasingly take over everyday tasks. In this InformationWeek 500 video, MIT's Erik Brynjolfsson discusses how this trend could affect your enterprise.

Apple, Foxconn Labor Promises Questioned
Report on Foxconn working conditions at Apple facilities is criticized for being overly rosy.

Health IT: How Not To Get Hired
Brains aren't enough to land that dream job. Humility and a willingness to learn are just as crucial.

Workday Collaborative HCM, Analytics Tools In Pipeline
Workday's new recruitment and big data products are still months away, but the company's early start has some analysts excited.

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The next steps in going virtual up and down the stack, from network to desktop: Automation and finally taking hypervisor security seriously. The two go together, because if you're going to trust production systems to run without human intervention - a must for delivering IT services on demand - you'd better be darn sure attackers can't gain control.
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Design on a Dime: 12-Step Plan to Cut Software Costs
Controlling nondiscretionary IT spending is a perennial top priority for CIOs, but the cost of software licensing, operations and maintenance is a particularly sore topic. Two main keys: Spend smart up front, then tightly manage enterprise software licensing and maintenance.
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The CIO Guide to Virtual Server Data Protection
Server virtualization is changing the face of the modern data center. CIOs are looking for ways to virtualize more applications, faster, across the IT spectrum. Selecting the right data protection solution that understands the new virtual environment is a critical success factor in the journey to cloud-based infrastructure. This guide looks at the key questions CIOs should be asking to ensure a successful virtual server data protection solution.
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Samsung's Galaxy Note II is big for a phone, but small for a tablet. Take a closer look at the interesting features that set it apart.

Microsoft Office For Android, iOS In The Works
Microsoft may bring limited Office functionality to Android and iOS smartphones and tablets in 2013.

Windows 8 Vs. Windows RT: 8 Key Differences
With the introduction of Windows 8 and Windows RT, Microsoft splits its flagship OS into two distinct flavors. Examine the most important contrasts.

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