The taxman cometh for cloud services

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	The taxman cometh for cloud services If you build it, they will come. And hot on their heels will be the tax collectors. The progress through Congress of the Marketplace Fairness Act, aimed at ending the tax-free status of retailers' online sales, has garnered plenty of consumer and media attention. But there's also been a steady march by economically strapped states to squeeze tax dollars from a venue where consumers are less likely to notice or protest: business-to-business computing and cloud-based services. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CITE Conference Is your IT consumerization journey on track? Embracing consumer technologies for business advantage is a journey. Take the first crucial step at Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise (CITE) June 2-4, 2013 in San Francisco. Come Sunday for "The Consumerization Journey: A Readiness Assessment Workshop" led by Doug Neal and Jim Ginsburgh of CSC Leading Edge Forum. Learn more at www.citeconference.com In this Issue As Congress considers more H-1B visas, U.S. tech workers struggle to find work Top 8 sites for researching your next employer U.S. mobile data traffic grew 69 percent last year BlackBerry 10 cleared for use on US Department of Defense networks WHITE PAPER: Symantec Don't eXPire: Solution Brief The support expiration for Windows XP isn't the only reason to consider a migration to Windows 7 or Windows 8. In addition to enhanced security and greater application and hardware support, you can expect to increase end-user productivity, improve connectivity, and lower your PC support costs. Read Now! As Congress considers more H-1B visas, U.S. tech workers struggle to find work Many tech companies have called for the U.S. Congress to ease restrictions on high-skill immigration because they can't find qualified tech workers to fill open positions. Yet many veteran IT tech workers say they can't find jobs. More than a dozen veteran IT workers, contacted through the Programmers Guild and high-skill immigration critic Norm Matloff, a computer science professor at the University of California at Davis, say they can't find jobs, with many pointing to a glut of cheap workers available through the H-1B visa program. Read More Top 8 sites for researching your next employer Finding a good job these days is tougher than ever. There are so many factors to take into consideration but, thankfully, the Internet provides you with means to figure it all out if you're willing to invest the time. Whether you are at the beginning of your job search or preparing for an interview, being armed with as much knowledge as possible about the prospective company is in your best interest. Not only will it help you formulate more insightful questions, it will boost your confidence as well. Read More U.S. mobile data traffic grew 69 percent last year U.S. mobile networks carried 69 percent more data traffic in 2012 than in the prior year, but roughly the same number of voice minutes and fewer SMS messages, according to the industry group CTIA. The findings came from a semi-annual survey by the organization, which represents the nation's mobile operators. The results released Thursday covered the full year 2012. Read More BlackBerry 10 cleared for use on US Department of Defense networks The U.S. Department of Defense has cleared BlackBerry 10 smartphones and PlayBook tablets for use on its networks, amid reports that the department may also clear devices from Samsung Electronics and Apple. The department has approved BlackBerry 10 smartphones and PlayBook tablets with its enterprise mobility management platform BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 to be used on its networks, BlackBerry said Thursday. Read More
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