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    The IT Business Gap Is Alright Don Sears: The gap between the expectations of business executives when compared to ITs effectiveness is out of whack. So what.
    How Companies Offer Incentive Pay for IT Pros Check out how the levels of incentive pay differ across different IT jobs.
    What Is in Cloud Computing? Jack Santos: Unrestrained build-out of corporate data centers is unsustainable. Cloud computing offers an alternative. Cloud computing sits at the intersection of outsourcing, utility computing and SaaS.
    Extortion: When Data Security Becomes an FBI Issue Don Sears: A major pharmacy benefits company is hacked, given Mafia-like treatment, and puts up a website to calm customers. How do the hackers keep winning?
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