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8 Things We Hate About IT: How to Move Beyond the Frustrations to Form a New Partnership with IT
by Susan Cramm

Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company—and Revolutionized an Industry
by Marc Benioff and Carlye Adler

Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for Your Organization's Toughest Challenges
by Andrew McAfee

IT Savvy: What Top Executives Must Know to Go from Pain to Gain
by Peter Weill and Jeanne W. Ros

Real Business of IT: How CIOs Create and Communicate Value
by Richard Hunter and George Westerman

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Boosting Data Center Performance with Solid State Drives

How to reduce costs, save space and avoid data loss

by Meryl K. Evans, Editor, Connected Digest

On your way to work one day, you get into your car and turn the key—but the car sits silently as if nothing happened. Not even a crackle. After a little playing under the hood, you can't identify the problem. A helpful neighbor tries to give the car a boost with jumper cables. Nothing.

You think: What's the problem? What's it going to cost? How long will it take to fix the car? How much work will I miss?


Save costs and access data fast with solid state drives

Over the years, hard disk drives have gotten smaller, hold more data and perform faster. But they may have reached the end of their useful lives. Another option has hit the scene and reduces data center power costs by 90 percent and heating costs by 50 percent. It also offers better performance, more reliability and a lower total cost of ownership. This issue's feature story shows what solid state drives can do for a data center. 

With more virtual conferences and less travel, should you bother with business cards? Chime in with your thoughts on the future of sharing contact information with these little cards. Some of us struggle with bluntness, especially where touchy subjects come in. So rather than hurt someone's feelings, we tell a teeny white lie. Find out what advice folks give for when you confront a "white lie" situation.

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No Moving Parts: The Promise of Solid-State Drives 

Take away the moving parts, wrap the idea in silicon, polish until all rough edges are smooth, and suddenly you've got a new model for storage devices that topples previous performance, power efficiency and reliability benchmarks.  Learn More


This Issue's Dilemma

Should I bother carding folks — to share contact information?

I believe people are using printed business cards less than in the past. People throw the cards away, put the contact information on their cell phones or exchange digital cards. I've yet to find an application that works with all devices that everyone has for exchanging digital cards. Should I quit using business cards and push people to add my information on their cell phones? Or look into a digital business card? Or keep carding? — Drowning in cards


Can You Help? Share your experience.


Last Issue's Dilemma

Do 'little white lies' hurt?

Various research articles show that the average person lies at least once a day. So when someone asks you a question that requires a painful answer, what do you do? These questions can be along the lines of: How am I doing in my job? What do you think of my performance as a manager? How did I do in my presentation? 

Do you typically spare people the pain and tell them a "little white lie?" Or do you tell them the truth? And if you do, are you skilled at packaging and conveying that painful truth in a digestible way, or are you blunt?

— Battling conscience  Read the best advice from readers.

How to Delegate: IT Managers Learn to Let Go
Hey, tech exec, you can't do it all. So why are you trying?
by Mary K. Pratt - ComputerWorld

The New Plan for Project Plans: Less Planning
When is project planning a hindrance to a business?
by Seth Kahan - Fast Company


How to Use Social Lending
Trouble getting bank loan? Try social lending
by Allen Stern - InformationWeek

Stress Diary: Understanding the Causes of Short-Term Stress
Insight into how you react to stress and identify operating levels
from Mind Tools


How to Gain Stakeholder Engagement
Tactics for CIOs to get business partners to set up as change leaders
by Martha Heller - CIO

Quality of Experience Is the Measure of IT Value
Are you measuring the right things for your e-services?
by Hank Marquis - CIO Update


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