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	ILM: Start Now, Save Now By Jay Wood
	Information life-cycle management (ILM) has been hyped as a better way for CIOs to align storage costs and deal with regulatory compliance. It does indeed hold promise. Because it's content-aware, it allows organizations to automate their document and data-retention policies. And although compliance efforts are typically seen as a cost drain, ILM implementations can often provide a net savings by optimizing the use of expensive storage devices and ensuring that data is stored on the least-expensive media appropriate for its usage patterns. Read the feature. • The Compliance Imperative, July 2005 • Surviving Sarbanes-Oxley, June 2003


	Credibility Of Analysts Do tech vendors wield influence over IT research? You bet--but how much is a matter of perspective. Read the feature.


	Managing Today's Multigenerational Workforce By Katherine Spencer Lee Experts say that for the first time in history, the workplace includes four often distinct generations, each with unique strengths, expectations, motivations, and work styles. The prospect of managing workgroups consisting of such a wide potential age range presents several challenges, but it also can yield significant opportunities. As Robert Half Technology executive director Katherine Spencer Lee notes, acknowledging generational differences offers companies access to a wider array of creative ideas and, perhaps more important, ensures that the firm's talent pool is fully tapped. Read the column.


	Why Crossing The Chasm Still Matters Early adopters. Mainstream market. Laggards. If you work in the high-tech industry, chances are you know what these terms mean. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the publication of Geoffrey Moore's landmark book. How can Crossing The Chasm have maintained its relevance in an industry obsessed with continuous innovation--in which products become obsolete overnight? Read the article.


	Grocery Chain Lets Shoppers Pay By Touch Star Markets' new system automatically debits a customer's checking account; it also verifies the consumer's age if he or she is buying an alcoholic beverage or cigarettes. Read the story.


	Hitachi Claims Paper-Thin RFID Chip The technology can be used as an intelligent watermark, Hitachi says; the company is due to present more details at an IEEE conference this week. Read the story.

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