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EAVING BI INTO
HE CORPORATE
FABRIC
COVER STORY
When IT Gets to Play
16 If you set up a skunk works and give your tech teams the resources
and the freedom to test new ideas, big business payoffs will follow.
The Real Costs of
Cloud Computing
22 Plan ahead to avoid gotchas
that can blow holes in your budget.
Weaving BI Into the
Corporate Fabric
28 A top-down commitment can help business
intelligence efforts spread throughout the enterprise.
HEADS UP | 2 Employee
holiday shopping puts your
systems at risk. | A new SIM
card could help phones slim
down. | 4 Windows 8 tablets
may get quad-core chips
next year. | Vint Cerf frets
about Internet governance.
stalled. | 8 AT&T’s T-Mobile
deal is facing a roadblock.
that business people don’t see
facts the same way techies do.
NEWS ANALYSIS | 6 U.S.
supercomputing efforts are
OPINIONS | 14 Steven
J. Vaughan-Nichols thinks
operating systems don’t
matter much anymore. |
34 Preston Gralla sees
Microsoft embracing open-
ness, and he understands
why. | 40 Paul Glenexplains
DEPARTMENTS
10 The Grill: Byer California
CIO Fernando Gonzalez |
32 Security Manager’s
Journal: An end-of-year
rush to get data leak
protection | 36 Career
Watch | 38 Shark Tank
