It pays to be CIO: Corporate jets, private security, car allowances and more

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	It pays to be CIO: Corporate jets, private security, car allowances and more A seat on the corporate jet and pricey club memberships are typical perks for big-company CEOs, but such extras aren't limited to the folks in the corner offices. As CIOs ascend the executive ranks, many senior tech leaders are enjoying access to valuable perks and generous benefits. Read More WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Sophisticated Simplicity The key is to build simplicity and ease of use into these solutions from Day 1. This white paper will demonstrate a clear path to UC simplicity, and to overall success of UC deployments. Learn more. In this Issue Silver Peak builds WAN optimization directly into major hypervisors The wild world of wearable computers Floods, fires, hurricanes… how do you prepare for data center disasters? How police tracked down Steve Jobs' stolen iPads Cloud company ends 'lifetime' hosting promise 8 IT lessons learned from the 2012 summer Olympics Prepare for the era of the data center in a box FedEx CIO's pay package up 80% to $5.8 million Amazon adds more features to Oracle database in the cloud Cisco stays the network virtualization course WHITE PAPER: Cisco Cisco Bring Your Own Device This paper explores the challenges mobile devices create for IT, offers key considerations before adopting a BYOD strategy and highlights a comprehensive architecture from Cisco that enables freedom of choice for users while affording IT security and control. Learn more. Silver Peak builds WAN optimization directly into major hypervisors WAN optimization vendor Silver Peak announced today that it has integrated its virtual open architecture product directly into VMware vSphere, allowing IT staff who aren't directly involved with the network layer to interact with it via the hypervisor console. Read More The wild world of wearable computers Imagine wearing shoes that reveal your precise weight distribution when standing, walking, or running (Moticon); a tattoo that vibrates when you have incoming calls and messages (Nokia); or an armband that tracks how many calories you've burned in a day (Nike+ FuelBand). Read More Floods, fires, hurricanes… how do you prepare for data center disasters? Floods, fires, hurricanes, earthquakes, power surges. There are plenty of disasters that can derail your data center operations. How you prepare for the worst? Do you have a disaster preparedness and response plan in place? How confident are you that your company could recover if a significant disaster were to make your main data center inaccessible? Please take our confidential survey and let us know. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Bring Your Own Mobile Devices to School In today's educational environments, more and more students, guests, and faculty are bringing in their own Wi-Fi devices into the school's network. This paper discusses the challenges and solutions IT administrators are facing and how to address the security and management of the multiple devices being introduced into the wireless/wired network. Learn more. How police tracked down Steve Jobs' stolen iPads The digital breadcrumbs left behind when people use Internet-connected gadgets are what led California investigators to recover iMacs, iPads and other items stolen from the home of the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Read More Cloud company ends 'lifetime' hosting promise Cloud computing company Joyent informed customers this week that a "lifetime" Web hosting offer that it promised more than six years ago would be coming to the end of its life this fall. Read More 8 IT lessons learned from the 2012 summer Olympics The 2012 London Olympics weren't just about athletic prowess. This year's games saw more data leave Olympic Park and move around the world than ever before. The applications, infrastructure and technical know-how required to pull this off offers valuable lessons for CIOs as they plan IT projects. Read More WHITE PAPER: Xirrus Tablets in the Enterprise Tablets are replacing laptops at lightning speed. Whether company-issued or part of the BYOD phenomenon, the increased use of smart devices has resulted in a dramatic shift in network traffic with an emphasis on wireless. This paper explains how to predict Wi-Fi demands and architect a best-fit wireless network strategy for your environment. Learn more. Prepare for the era of the data center in a box Start-up SimpliVity is the latest vendor to emerge from the development stage with an all-in-one array that performs all the functions of a complete IT stack with the addition of deduplication and data replication. More companies and products are preparing similar launches. Read More FedEx CIO's pay package up 80% to $5.8 million Rob Carter, FedEx's top IT executive, received a pay package worth $5.8 million in 2012, a gain of 80% compared to a year earlier, when his pay was $3.2 million. Read More Amazon adds more features to Oracle database in the cloud Amazon Web Services has announced four new features for Amazon RDS for Oracle, including the ability to run the database in a private cloud, the company said. Read More Cisco stays the network virtualization course Cisco this week responded to all the scuttlebutt in the industry around big data center vendors buying network virtualization companies, and the impact it will have on Cisco in terms of competition and partnerships. Read More
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