Yet again, we were reminded how much the IT professional's job has changed over the past few years and how important it is to improve your business and communications skills, not just your technical skills. Board members also reaffirmed for us the importance of evaluating not only vendor products and technologies, but their stability and viability as partners.
Network Computing's editors are also wrapping up our second annual reader poll issue, due out Oct. 30. Some 2,300 readers gave us their perspective on the technology, budgetary, career and other trends affecting them, and they told us the most important projects they're working on (you'll notice some similarities to the answers we received from the advisory board). We'll share their thoughts with you, and we'll use their feedback to help guide our coverage over the next year.
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Mike Lee is Network Computing's editor. Write to him at [email protected]
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