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	Professors warn that grads could face competition from H-1B workers The prospect of raising the cap on H-1B visas is worrying some academics, who say it would mean still competition for grads from lower-wage H-1B workers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Ipanema Technologies Don't Let App Performance Problems Drag You Down Did you know: 73% of enterprises lose productivity due to poor application performance? And that's just the beginning of the issues resulting from poor application performance. Check out this exclusive IDG-Ipanema survey to learn about the far-reaching impacts of poor application performance, and what you can do about it. Learn More. In this Issue Holiday Gift Guide 2013 Alcatel-Lucent says focus on fast broadband, IP is key to comeback Microsoft CEO search enters endgame 'Stack ranking' employee eval practice falls out of favor ICANN sets up 'coalition' to address new Internet governance challenges Salesforce.com unveils Salesforce1 platform Derivatives trading company struck by hackers IT: Don't let the CEO wonder what you do all day IBM Will Beat Amazon Web Services Because Process Beats Product Microsoft hops on 3D printing bandwagon with Win 8.1 app WHITE PAPER: Ipanema Technologies Don't Let App Performance Problems Drag You Down Did you know: 73% of enterprises lose productivity due to poor application performance? And that's just the beginning of the issues resulting from poor application performance. Check out this exclusive IDG-Ipanema survey to learn about the far-reaching impacts of poor application performance, and what you can do about it. Learn More. Holiday Gift Guide 2013 The holidays are upon us, and retailers are screaming out that you need to buy their latest gizmos. But don't fret -- we were able to harvest a crop of cool gadgets for the 14th annual Cool Yule Tools holiday gift guide. Read More Alcatel-Lucent says focus on fast broadband, IP is key to comeback With its new-found focus on IP networking and fast broadband access, Alcatel-Lucent is poised to take advantage of a worldwide explosion in mobile devices and the rush of service providers and operators to the cloud, company executives said at the networking vendor's tech symposium this week. Read More Microsoft CEO search enters endgame Microsoft's search for a new CEO is entering its endgame, according to a report by Bloomberg. Read More WHITE PAPER: SAP Transition to the 3rd Platform for Enterprise Applications The tech industry is in the midst of a major transition brought about by the combination of four forces. Since the lifetime of an application software package in a business is significant, application buyers need to consider support for the 3rd Platform. Learn more 'Stack ranking' employee eval practice falls out of favor Microsoft's abandonment of its so-called "stack ranking" method of evaluating employees should not come as a surprise, said an expert in human resources. Read More ICANN sets up 'coalition' to address new Internet governance challenges ICANN has set up a panel, consisting of people in government, civil society, the private sector, the technical community and international organizations, to address concerns about the governance of the Internet. Read More Salesforce.com unveils Salesforce1 platform Salesforce.com aims to establish its image as a full-blown CRM (customer relationship management) development platform built for the world of social media and mobile devices with the launch of Salesforce1, which will be unveiled this week at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco. Read More WHITE PAPER: AppNeta AppNeta Trace View - Free Trial Download Want to try AppNeta in your own application environment? Install in 5 minutes! Learn More Derivatives trading company struck by hackers A Chicago-based company that runs derivatives exchanges said it was the victim of a July cyberattack that compromised customer information. Read More IT: Don't let the CEO wonder what you do all day If there's no catastrophic system failure or major software deployment to work on, CEOs might wonder what IT does all day. Here's how to make sure your contributions aren't undervalued when things go smoothly. Read More IBM Will Beat Amazon Web Services Because Process Beats Product IBM will eventually beat Amazon Web Services, writes CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle, but not because AWS has an inferior product. In many ways, AWS is better than IBM's cloud offering. But Big Blue's experience with enterprise customers, not to mention the federal government, shows that great businesses processes often beat great products. Read More Microsoft hops on 3D printing bandwagon with Win 8.1 app Jumping on the trend of using printers to churn out objects, Microsoft has developed a 3D printing app for Windows 8.1, betting that this will become mainstream. Read More
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