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From The Practical CIO by Niel Nickolaisen provided by the CIO Leadership Network.

To be honest, I never pay much attention to the stories about the work of Gen X and Gen Y (collectively referred to as Gen Next) employees. I assumed many of the stories were apocryphal. I am sure you have heard some of the same claims and stories:

As PCs become more and more the generators, users and storers of key corporate data, they become easy targets for attacks from within and without. In a forthcoming book from Intel Press, Dynamics of a Trusted Platform, author David Grawrock delves into these security issues, introducing the concept of Trusted Computing and the building-block approach to designing security into vulnerable PCs. This lead architect for Intel’s security initiative and author of Intel Safer Computing Initiative gives designers and developers tips to evaluate Trusted Computing and protect PCs against threats. The attached excerpt is a preliminary chapter from the book scheduled to be published in December.

The first chapter of Competing on Analytics was one of the most popular resources we’ve posted on this website.  Members found the idea of building competitive strategies around data-driven insights intriguing. In this second chapter of Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning, by Tom Davenport and Jeanne Harris and published by Harvard Business School Press, read more about how to put analytics to work in your organization.

In much the same way the Internet changed business forever, virtual service oriented grid computing has the potential to force change again. In the forthcoming book The Business Value of Virtual Service-Oriented Grids, the authors provide insights on how virtualization and service orientation work; and how these technologies used in conjunction with grid computing, complement one another. You can read the first chapter here and catch one of the co-authors, Enrique Castro-Leon, blogging about the book the week of June 28.

Because our knowledge workers are also consumers of digital technology, our user experiences create new opportunities for innovation, enabling what we call the consumerization of IT.  “Digital natives”, who grew up surrounded by computers, MP3 players, mobile phones, and all the applications that go with them, are trendsetters and trend predictors.  They pick up on innovations and enthusiasm for them, advocating and using new technologies long before they catch on in the mainstream. This Intel Premier IT magazine article examines the ways Intel IT empowers these digital natives to conribute to the consumerization of IT and become enablers of new ideas.

Intel has teamed with leading companies and computer industry experts to publish a comprehensive IT Best Practices Series of books. The result is a single reference source for IT professionals who plan, develop, deploy, and manage Intel® Architecture-based e-Business environments. 

In this latest issue of the Intel Premier IT Professional program’s IT best practice magazine, Intel and industry leaders provide insights on successful technologies and practices to get you started on your way to IT Utopia.  Highlights include an Intel Product Roadmap from two perspectives (”tops-down” from industry trends and “bottoms-up” from the microprocessor), an interview with Intel CIO John Johnson, and an article on how Sony Imageworks utilizes their 8500 core data farm.

In this Intel Premier IT magazine article, Intel CIO John “JJ” Johnson talks about how Intel IT has upped the ante on the information aspect of IT while continuing to focus on technology. The components: a focus on design center efficiency, ERP replatforming, social media, and business process improvements.

In a point/counterpoint Intel Premier IT Professional magazine article, two Intel strategists look at the Intel product roadmap from opposing directions.  Is it the industry trends like virtualization, energy-efficient computing and cloud computing that are driving technology development? Or is it the increasing performance and capabilities offered by the latest microprocessors.  Read and then pick your side.

Intel Capital has a long history of investment in open source software companies, and has augmented that effort by establishing the Open Source Incubator Program. In this Intel Premier IT magazine article, Intel Capital says the time is ripe for accelerated adoption in the enterprise, calling open source a cornerstone of sound IT strategies.