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Clearly, the Wal-Mart PCs are not an enterprise play. Although they include a one-year warranty, it's hard to imagine an IT manager standing in line for customer service behind the guy who wants to return his half-eaten bag of pork rinds. And of course, these notebooks aren't the first computers on Wal-Mart's shelves. The retail giant has been offering sub-$300 desktops loaded with Linux for several months now.
Still, the incredibly low price of the Wal-Mart machines should make IT administrators less tolerant of PC vendors that demand $1,500 to $2,000 for notebooks, even when bought in volume. It's time to sit down with those vendors and renegotiate. Just tell 'em Sam Walton sent you.
With the move to the cloud, CISOs must shift priorities from operating security programs to overseeing (monitoring and auditing) outsourced cybersecurity programs.
2022 was a boon year for IT salaries. 2023 came in like a beast with layoffs, raise freezes, and ChatGPT, but that beast has few teeth.
Age is only a number. Don't let a high number cancel your career.
