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• Managing IT contractors presents unique challenges

  Hiring contract tech workers is a quick, easy way to staff up a project or offload mundane tasks -- but managing them can be ticklish.

• 5 keys to enterprise social networking success

  Enterprise social networking helps employees collaborate in a comfortable way. To have a real impact, though, you'll need a robust platform - one that integrates with your corporate directory, takes governance seriously and meets three additional important criteria.

• Analyst, SAP dispute over reported support discounts reveals murky picture

  SAP and a financial analyst are at loggerheads over a recent report by the analyst, which said that a handful of customers had received substantial discounts on their software maintenance renewals.

• Guide: How to set up a Pinterest business page

  You have no doubt watched the rise of Pinterest, the latest social media phenom. But have you switched to the new Pinterest Business Pages? Here's how to do it, plus details on its other exclusive features.

• 10 CRM Mistakes and How You Can Avoid Making Them

  Customer relationship management experts and seasoned users discuss how to avoid the most common mistakes, so you can get the most out of your CRM software or service with the least amount of hassle.

• 7 most important tech trends Of 2012

  Technology trends can come and go with little more than a (Google) Wave, but seven trends of 2012 are here to stay. Some came out of nowhere, while others emerged after years of development.

• Tips for Leaving Your Job the Right Way

  Who hasn't wanted to throw up their hands and just walk out of the office? Don't do it. Learn the proper etiquette for leaving your job and ensure that your career and reputation remain intact after you leave your current position.

• Hurricane Sandy leaves wounded servers in its wake

  Data recovery experts have been kept busy in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, which left a slew of data centers underwater, damaging equipment and threatening a significant loss of business-critical data.

• Four takeaways from Cisco's Q1

  Four things are clear from Cisco’s better-than-expected Q1 FY 2013 results:

• Presidential election a victory for quants

  If there was one lesson for political pundits from last week's presidential election, it was that basic statistical modeling techniques can be used to predict election outcomes with stunning accuracy.

• Chrome experiments: A foundation for future browser apps

  The battle for dominance between the major browsers continues on desktop, pad, and mobile platforms and, according to [Net Applications' Net Market Share, as of October all versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer combined had just over 54 per cent of the desktop market having gained about 2.2 per cent since December, 2011. Firefox, over the same period, lost 1.84 per cent (currently at just under 20%) while the other big contender, Google's Chrome, currently stands at just less than 19 per cent having lost 0.56 per cent in the same 10-month period.

• Tablet deathmatch: iPad Mini vs. Nexus 7 vs. Kindle Fire HD

  A new generation of small tablets has reinvented entertainment on the go, but which is best? Find out now and gear up for holiday gift-buying

• Stop working and start innovating:<br /> It can pay off

  Savvy IT departments that set aside time for employee creativity say the payoffs include happier workers, increased productivity and sometimes even revenue.

• Microsoft Build: Wooing Windows 8 developers

  At its conference this week, Microsoft pulled out all the stops to convince developers why they should build Windows 8 apps.

• Retail CIOs Need to Step Up Their Game

  To win in the new world of omnichannel retail, CIOs will need to focus on the customer experience and collaborate in the C-suite
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