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• IT hiring edges up: Why? Take your pick

  Whenever IT hiring picks up, as it did last month, the default explanation from analysts is this: The economy is improving.

• Why your workers hate BYOD

  At a New York banking firm, a couple of executives lost their jobs because they didn't report lost phones within 24 hours, in violation of a draconian BYOD policy. At a California law firm, the CIO knew every time one of its lawyers slipped away to play golf, exposed by watchful BYOD management software.

• State CIOs List Security as Top Priority for 2015

  CIOs at federal departments and agencies may have their hands full as they grapple with a bevy of mandates and government-wide initiatives to modernize their IT deployments, but state CIOs are carrying a heavy load, as well.

• Companies use urban office locations to attract IT talent

  To attract workers in the competitive technology job market, remote connectivity service provider LogMeIn decided that a change of address was needed.

• The IT freelance economy is growing, but not at large firms

  The type of company you work for may have a lot to do with whether you're hired as a full-time employee or a contract or contingent worker.

• How to Build a Culture of Learning (and Why You Need to)

  Change in the IT industry happens at a breakneck pace, and organizations that aren't fostering a "culture of learning" will be left behind. To survive and even flourish, CIO and other business leaders must create a culture of learning, which means embracing new information and innovations and leveraging those into a pipeline of talent, thus creating a competitive advantage.

• How CIOs Can Keep Their Jobs by Picking the Right Vendors

  I was taken by a customer presentation by Stephen Rayda, CTO of Purdue Pharma, at this week's EMC Analyst Summit. Like all pharmaceutical firms, Purdue faces a lot of pressure -- and it just got a new CEO to boot. He asked which departments didn't need his attention; luckily, IT was the only one to make that list.

• CIOs Should Focus on Their Workplace Legacies

  Business coach and psychologist Andrew Thorn wants leaders -- both people in positions of authority and those who influence in their everyday roles -- to think beyond business results to focus on the legacy they create. Thorn lays out his ideas in his new book, Leading With Your Legacy in Mind: Building Lasting Value in Business and Life.

• Top CIOs Start the Journey to the 'Digital Enterprise'

  Back in 1980, the woman who now runs the data center at State Street Bank started her career there by pricing a mutual fund in a ledger book. That process would get automated as the bank became a computerized enterprise. Today, she can connect State Street's systems with those of customers and partners and produce sophisticated reports to let customers analyze the mutual funds they might buy. That's the digital enterprise.

• Gamification Helps Utility Companies Change Customer Behavior

  In exchange for discounts from their favorite companies, people will like corporate Facebook pages, fill out surveys and join mailing lists. But power companies have to get their customers to do more than that.

• For big raises in IT, look to mobile, security, big data

  IT salaries will remain mostly stagnant in 2015, except for workers with highly coveted skill sets, according to a report tracking IT salaries and skills demand in the coming years.

• Oracle says state wanted to take 'unacceptable risk' with health care website transition

  The blame game between Oracle and the state of Oregon is going into overtime, even before their dueling lawsuits over the disastrous Cover Oregon health insurance exchange website make it into court.

• Software developer shortage transcends international boundaries

  The dearth of software development talent isn't an issue restricted to U.S. businesses. Finding programmers, especially to fill positions in the growing field of health IT, is a global challenge, said speakers Tuesday during a panel discussion on developing a health IT workforce.

• SAP offering customers 'simpler' way to buy its Hana in-memory platform

  SAP is hoping a new set of programs, services and policies will help rev up sales of its Hana in-memory database and computing platform.

• IBM prepares for a post-silicon world

  IBM's decision to get out of the semiconductor manufacturing business may be of little consequence in a post-silicon world.