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	How to improve employee retention Employee retention is a critical issue facing today's enterprises as they compete for talent in a recovering economy. Read More   WHITE PAPER: IBM Accelerate Business Operations with Cloud IBM Software-as-a-Service solutions for business operations accelerate innovation and deliver secure, always up-to-date collaborative solutions. Learn More>> In this Issue Degree-free IT: Can college-skippers thrive in tech? IBM's new mainframe will eat mobile apps for lunch 15 job titles getting big salary boosts in 2015 Microsoft to make the case for Windows 10 on both PCs and phones 7 security buzzwords that need to be put to rest Obama resurrects cyberthreat sharing proposal despite privacy concerns Intel, Google, Apple try again to settle employee antitrust lawsuit For BYOD, money changes everything Microsoft cloud services provide construction firm with cost-savings, increased productivity WHITE PAPER: Apperian Choose an Enterprise App Store Strategy In this research report Gartner outlines how organizations can optimally secure, distribute, and manage mobile applications for employees and contracted workers. Learn More Degree-free IT: Can college-skippers thrive in tech? Mike Samaras has worked steadily in IT for a decade, starting when he was 17 and fresh out of high school. He's worked in contract jobs and staff positions, held titles like junior systems administrator, desktop administrator, network engineer and systems administrator, and picked up knowledge of Microsoft Server and Windows, Cisco routers and EMC storage. Read More   IBM's new mainframe will eat mobile apps for lunch   IBM took the wraps off a new mainframe computer on Tuesday, promising it will help customers to detect more fraud in real time and plow through billions of transactions generated each day by smartphones and tablets. Read More   15 job titles getting big salary boosts in 2015 The average starting salary for new IT hires is expected to climb 5.7% in 2015, according to Robert Half Technology. Here are 15 positions with the biggest raise potential. Read More   WHITE PAPER: IBM Quintillion Case Study Hedge fund administration company Quintillion doubles its asset and investor portfolio while keeping staff levels almost flat, by working with Insight 2 Value to deploy an efficient content management solution, based on IBM Case Manager. Read Now Microsoft to make the case for Windows 10 on both PCs and phones It has been Microsoft's goal ever since it dumped Windows Mobile: to deliver an operating system kernel that worked just as well on a handheld device as on a laptop. Read More   7 security buzzwords that need to be put to rest Every industry has its own buzzwords that often cause confusion in creating multiple meanings. Read More   Obama resurrects cyberthreat sharing proposal despite privacy concerns The centerpiece of U.S. President Barack Obama's new cybersecurity proposal is a controversial plan that would allow companies to share more cyberthreat information with government agencies, something that worries some privacy advocates. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Bitdefender   The 6 Most Important Things to Know about VDI/DaaS Security New IT trends to support worker mobility – such as VDI and BYOD – are quickly gaining interest and adoption. But just as with any new trend, there are concerns and pitfalls to avoid. Download this paper to learn the most important considerations to keep in mind for your VDI project. Learn More Intel, Google, Apple try again to settle employee antitrust lawsuit Intel and three other tech companies, accused of conspiring to prevent the poaching of each other's employees, have reached a new settlement with the workers. Read More   For BYOD, money changes everything Stipends, reimbursements, credits -- there's nothing like money to ignite emotions. Read More   Microsoft cloud services provide construction firm with cost-savings, increased productivity Chicago-based Walsh Group Construction is finding that buying into Microsoft's Office 365 and Enterprise Mobility Suite is yielding a mixed bag of benefits – better BYOD, cost-saving, time-saving, increased productivity – but adopting the cloud services required a dose of blind trust in their security. Read More
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