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Friday, December 21, 2007

What really matters in IT; Inside the historic Microsoft/open source deal

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What really matters in IT today

By Joanne Cummings
The last 10 years have been rough on IT. After the industry run up during irrational exuberance, the great collapse took with it corporate confidence in technology, led to layoffs and made everyone question technoloy as a viable career track. But IT matters - the network matters, as does security, and new technologies such as SOA and wireless. Read full story

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