[TechRepublic] What the IT department will look like in 2015

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What the IT department will look like in 2015 The IT department of 2015 will have fewer full-time staff members, will hire more consultants, and will focus on software, mobile, and the cloud. Read more Resource of the day Prepare an ERM classification scheme Classification is a key aspect of the record-keeping framework; links between classification, access, and disposal are important for both control and automation. Download whitepaper here More from TechRepublic   Top IT skills wanted for 2012 A new Computerworld survey indicates the nine IT skills that will be in demand in 2012. Read more Companies change their Terms of Service to limit their liability against hacks Patrick Lambert points out the changes to Terms of Service that big companies like Sony enacted after its hacking fiasco to limit their liability. 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Let's start with the Kindle Fire By this time next year, even Wi-Fi enabled non-Amazon tablets will be severely subsidized so that users are sucked in and hooked to cloud-based services Read more The Kindle Fire will enable the next generation of 1:1 education apps This isn't about hardware. It's about price, ecosystem, and some very exciting new web tech built into the Fire's browser. Read more How will Windows 8 tablets fare against Amazon's Kindle Fire? Windows 8 tablets, expected out in 2012, have some new and formidable competition from Amazon's newly announced Kindle Fire tablet. Read more Five core criticisms of Windows 8 Windows Developer Preview: It's good, but not perfect, and some PC users and novice users may end up feeling alienated. Read more US congressmen ask FTC to investigate Facebook cookies Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, and Joe Barton, a Texas Republican, have asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate how Facebook's cookies behave. Read more Why CIOs fail - A short primer on success Alignment with lines of business, rather than technology alone, is the key to CIO success. Read more Marc Andreessen: Future of enterprise software reflects consumer tech Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen believes we're at a pivotal crossroads in IT, and that much of it is thanks to what is happening in the consumer world of tech. Read more Facebook's f8 announcements are actually Liked by many Were Facebook's announcements at its f8 conference really as unpopular as some claim? It turns out that many users like what they see, they're just not as vocal as the haters. Read more Facebook is destroying Google in time spent online (chart) A new chart shows just how badly Facebook is beating Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and AOL in time spent online. Read more Small states friendliest to electric vehicles Hawaii and Delaware are among the top five predicted states for electric vehicle adoption. 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