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THIS ISSUE | 06.20.2011 [ VOL. 45, NO. 12 $5/COPY ]

THE TOP TEAM: USAA IT staffers Jackie Head, Brett Lewis, Emily Bubela, CIO Greg Schwartz, Gita Woosley and Rick Eubanks.

18th Annual Report

15 When was the last time you went for a swim on your lunch break or bragged to your friends about your work? It happens every day for some fortunate IT employees.

100 BEST PLACES TO WORK IN IT 2011

How We Chose
The Winners

20 We collected employer data
and gathered satisfaction ratings from more
than 29,000 I T workers.

Best of
The Best

49 The organizations that have the
best benefits, the most diverse workforces
and the most training options.

ONLINE: Find the organization that suits you best based on size, region,
turnover rate, diversity and more at www.computerworld.com/2011bestplaces

HEADS UP | 2 Rural North Carolina becomes a data center hub. | NYSE o;ers a cloud service. | 4 New cybersecurity tools are coming soon. | Fast checkouts boost sales via mobile devices.

NEWS ANALYSIS | 6 Microsoft gambles with Windows 8. | 8 HP and Microsoft aim at Oracle.

OPINIONS | 64 Paul Glen contends that to improve project outcomes, team leaders must recognize their interdependence and resist “the avoidance collusion.”