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InformationWeek Digital Issue: February 6, 2012

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Leap Of Cloud Faith
>> IT's diving in with too much custom code and too little planning
>> Six Flags and Yelp show what works

How To Write A SAN RFI: IT teams are rethinking their storage and data architectures. Here's how to gather the information you'll need.

New CEO Won't Stop RIM's Bleeding: IT pros tell us they don't see much of a future for the BlackBerry.

SAP's Database And Cloud Push: Vendor steps up efforts to take on Oracle and Salesforce.com.

CIO's Big Regret: InterContinental Hotel's IT boss wishes he'd done one thing differently in his career.

Bully Bosses Lose Out: Research finds being a "nice" boss is the only way to create excellent service.

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    3 Research And Connect
    InformationWeek in-depth reports, events, and more

    4 CIO Profiles
    InterContinental Hotels' CIO regrets not venturing out on his own

    5 Global CIO
    When it comes to bosses, bullies lose out

    6 Practical Analysis

    A new CEO won't stop RIM's bleeding, IT pros say

    8 Phishing Fight
    Email providers to promote DMARC authentication spec


    9 SAP's Next Moves
    Vendor takes aim at Oracle and Salesforce


    11 Number Crunching
    A closer look at Apple's record first quarter

    12 Leap Of Cloud Faith
    IT's jumping into cloud services with too little planning, our annual survey finds

    19 Success Stories
    How Six Flags and Yelp make the public cloud work for them

    23 Write A SAN RFI
    A properly crafted RFI will get vendors to address your needs on your t

    28 Editorial Contacts

    29 Business Contacts

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