What SOPA/PIPA would mean for IT consultants

Tech Sanity Check TechRepublic Member | January 18, 2012

What SOPA/PIPA would mean for IT consultants Chip Camden explores how SOPA/PIPA could impact tech consultants' business for the bad and possibly the good -- as long as you don't mind losing some sleep. Read more Resource of the day IBM's Migration Factory IBM has made it easy to migrate from HP or Oracle to Power Systems. Check out this white paper to learn more about IBM's Migration Factory tool. More from TechRepublic   Infographic: Online banking and security Top trends of CES 2012: Geek pundits speak out Microsoft shouldn't try to be a hardware company News from ZDNet   Senator co-sponsor of PIPA officially abandons bill. Why? Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks SOPA, PIPA Facebook not part of SOPA blackout, but users still protest CIO IT budgets flat in 2012 say Gartner but... Amazon Web Services launches NoSQL effort: Here comes some disruption European antitrust ruling on Google expected by late March Google unveils its 'biggest-ever' consumer education campaign Google+ releases its inner meme On Tablets, Android 4.0 is an Ice Cream Headache Yahoo's Yang resigns: Why it's a good, but late move Should RIM adopt Android or Windows Phone to stay alive? Windows 8 tablet requirements - The good, the bad and the ugly News from CNET   SOPA copyright bill draws fire SOPA protest sees large offline turnout in New York Protect IP, SOPA protest yanks Senate Web sites offline WSJ comes out for SOPA, more lawmakers pull support iPhone 4S helps iOS close the gap on Android Internet now active with 2.1 billion users Apple to sell at least 48 million iPads this year--analyst Microsoft lays out Window 8 tablet hardware requirements When will wearables be wearable? Obama CTO touts tech as path to success for disadvantaged youths Featured Webcast Live Webcast: Is 2012 the Year of the Cloud? Then It's Also the Year of Google Apps Check out this live webcast from Google. You'll learn all about Google Apps, how it works within the cloud, and what it can do for your business. Tune to learn more. Today's recommended downloads Live Webcast: Is 2012 the Year of the Cloud? Then It's Also the Year of Google Apps (TechRepublic) IBM's Migration Factory (IBM) Oracle Database 11g Product Family (Oracle) A Safe For Your Data (Oracle) Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-8 (Oracle)   About this newsletter The Tech Sanity Check newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the products, people, and ideas that are revolutionizing the planet. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief For real-time updates on the latest tech stories, follow: My Twitter feed: @jasonhiner My Google+ feed: +Jason Hiner Connect with TechRepublic SOPA shelved for now, but what does the future hold? Patrick Lambert summarizes the latest action on the SOPA controversy, with lawmakers moving over the weekend to shelve it while "outstanding concerns" are being evaluated. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tablets in the Enterprise Five Apps Software Engineer Smartphones

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