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Volume 11, Best of 2011
In This Issue:

 Inc Icon  5 Things to Never Say While Negotiating
CIO Icon  15 Incredibly Useful (and Free) Microsoft Tools for IT Pros
         Five freeware gems for Windows
 CIO Icon  iPad Productivity Tools: 3 Must-Haves
         iPad App for collaboration in the Cloud
 CIO Icon  Goodbye Outsourcing: "Insourcing" Rises Again
CIO Icon  5 Great iPad Productivity Tools for Less Than $5
Computer World Icon  View [2011 IT] Job [Salaries] by Level
         How does your paycheck compare?
 Bloomberg Business Week Icon  Three Types of People to Fire Immediately
NewtworkWorld Icon  Hackers Target [Your] Ipv6 [Strategy]
         Stop using these 25 passwords today
 NewtworkWorld Icon  The World's Geekiest License Plates
NewtworkWorld Icon  The Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2012
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5 Things to Never Say While Negotiating
Stay in control of negotiations by NOT mentioning these things.

Speak Softly: Whenever you negotiate, remember that it pays to stay calm.
If you're new to negotiating or find it difficult, here are some missteps to avoid. Every entrepreneur spends some time haggling, whether it is with customers, suppliers, investors, or would-be employees. Most business owners are street smart, and seem to naturally perform well in negotiations. You probably have a trick or two-some magic phrases to say, perhaps-that can help you gain the upperhand. But, often, the moment you get into trouble in a negotiation is when something careless just slips out. If you are new to negotiation, or feel it is an area where you can improve, check out these tips on precisely what not to say...
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15 Incredibly Useful (and Free) Microsoft Tools for IT Pros
Improve your Windows performance with these free Microsoft Tools.

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CNet News.com Icon   Five freeware gems for Windows
More fantastic Microsoft Tools not included above
We've dug through the jungle that is Microsoft Downloads and found 15 of the best free tools you've probably never heard of.

WSCC Windows System Control Center
My first pick isn't actually a Microsoft (MSFT) tool per se:...
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iPad Productivity Tools: 3 Must-Haves
Turn your iPad into a traveling office.

iPad App for collaboration in the Cloud
Box will have you working securely in the Cloud when and wherever you want.
For a serious productivity punch with your iPad, check out Quickoffice for file viewing, Dropbox for storage and an Apple Wireless Keyboard. More and more traveling executives are leaving their laptops behind in favor of the iPad. They're writing documents, crunching numbers, and sharing files. Can you really swap your laptop with an iPad? Here is my three-part game plan for success:...
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Goodbye Outsourcing: "Insourcing" Rises Again
Optimize your IT project flow.

More IT groups are ending outsourcing deals and bringing certain work back in-house. Is this the answer to your cost, control and quality issues? Looking back on the last twelve months, most outsourcing analysts agree that the level of IT services deals sealed has held relatively steady, year-over-year. The total value of outsourcing contracts signed in 2010 was $62.4 billion, according to outsourcing consultancy TPI, a figure that's pretty consistent with their last five years of total contract value data. The number of IT services deals inked in 2010 grew by six percent, according to outsourcing consultancy Everest, noting that eight of them were so-called mega-deals of $1 billion or more. About half of IT service providers polled by outsourcing consultancy EquaTerra reported growth in their business pipeline, despite expectations for a much stronger year-end close. Deal flow was uneven in the fourth quarter, EquaTerra reported, and subject to delays. But what's most notable to David Rutchik, partner with outsourcing consultancy Pace Harmon, is not the deals that are getting done. It's the deals getting undone. Rutchik says he has seen...
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5 Great iPad Productivity Tools for Less Than $5
The best productivity Apps for your iPad

Do you take notes in meetings? Get people to sign electronic documents? Write long missives? These economical and under-the-radar productivity apps will make your job a little easier. With lines still forming daily outside major Apple (AAPL) stores, it's easy to view the iPad as a multi-media juggernaut attracting mass consumers like moths to a flame. After all, no one in their right minds would be this excited over, say, a tool for getting work done. Well, you'd be three-quarters right. Forrester Research (FORR) released results of a survey of 2,300 IT executives this week that found one out of four companies using or planning to use tablets. Signs show CIOs are warming to the iPad and drafting formal adoption policies. Meanwhile, employees are...
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View [2011 IT] Job [Salaries] by Level
Where do you fit into this chart of IT pay rates?

Slide Show: How does your paycheck compare?
The Smart Salary Tool points to where your paycheck should be centered.
Staff and Entry-level Positions...
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Three Types of People to Fire Immediately
Which of these personality traits are in your ranks?

"I wanted a happy culture. So I fired all the unhappy people." -A very successful CEO (who asked not to be named)
Want a more innovative company? Get rid of these folks. Today. We (your authors) teach our children to work hard and never, ever give up. We teach them to be grateful, to be full of wonder, to expect good things to happen, and to search for literal and figurative treasure on every beach, in every room, and in every person.
But some day, when the treasure hunt is over, we'll also teach them to fire people. Why? After working with the most inventive people in the world for two decades, we've discovered the value of a certain item in the leadership toolbox:...

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Hackers Target [your] Ipv6 [Strategy]
You can't just turn off IPv6 to avoid security risks.

InfoWorld Icon Stop using these 25 passwords today
Create a strong password policy to minimize IT threats
Enterprises need to be aware of hidden IPv6 vulnerabilities. If your IPv6 strategy is to delay implementation as long as you can, you still must address IPv6 security concerns right now. If you plan to deploy IPv6 in a dual-stack configuration with IPv4, you're still not off the hook when it comes to security. And if you think you can simply turn off IPv6, that's not going to fly either. The biggest looming security threat lies in the fact...
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The World's Geekiest License Plates
What does your license plate say about you?

License Plate: R2WHRU
The opportunity presented by vanity plates is so often wasted by those who would put their actual name on their car. Or worse, those who put the name of their car on their car - e.g. "MY BMW." Even those who put some generic message in there like "HCKYFAN." Yawn. I have much more respect for those drivers who give us a little more...
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The Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2012
What direction should you go in 2012?

Tablets, mobile computing, social networking and more will dominate 2012. The technology that makes up many of the systems in the IT world today is at a critical juncture and in the next five years everything from mobile devices and applications to servers and social networking will impact IT in ways companies need to prepare for now, Gartner Vice President David Cearley says. For example...
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