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Getting started with Linux: Try a live CD version
Take Linux for a spin with a version designed to run from a CD, DVD or USB stick.
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How to make open source experience shine on your resume
By anyone's measure, skills in open source software are very much in demand, but you still need to get yourself noticed. Here are the three elements of your open source experience that you must include on your resume.
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Understand and reduce your IT costs
With less than one-third of IT spending targeted towards new projects and innovation, the last thing an organization wants to do is cut these valuable projects that add new business value. Yet many CIOs miss opportunities to effectively reduce IT costs, says Tim Raducha-Grace, co-author of 'The Business of IT', because they don't have a clear view of their IT spending. Here he offers three steps to understand and reduce your IT costs
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Make your security investments do double duty
Yes, you can get additional ROI from security, business continuity, disaster recovery and compliance investments. Here are three ways to wring more value out of "uneventful" operations.
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