as an i.t. organization within the city, and to your comment earlier, it is something we face everyday, a challenge we face every day. leveraging legacy. respecting legacy, yet implementing technology to meet the needs of the business of the city and the needs of the constituents within the city. >> thank you. having a question for you or -- when you say cloud, there are multiple model ser -- models. let me simplify them. one is instead of building your own data center which companies would do 10 years ago and build your own computer room at generators and air conditioning, you use an outsourced professional data center. that is one move to the court, which is one move to the crowd. the second model, which you have actually used to set up a mass of private club, where you can now provision servers on demand for your constituents within the city. in the context of a government with the compliance issues and security issues and mission critical services which you overlay, that is quite an achievem

that is what enterprise i.t. is. i can tell you with -- that its -- i can tell you the confidence that is what enterprise i.t. is. we need to get newer people in. we need to upgrade the skills that. let me try and describe it. the only thing interesting in technology is an exponential curve. and it doubles, and whilst we in our human experience live in linear times with linear skill sets, thinking what to do tomorrow, by the time tomorrow comes, technology has moved the world ahead a whole lot more than we could ever grass. so here we sit as humans in some roughly 20th-century experience of what consumer -- computer systems and networks and so on are, and the world is radically different in terms of innovation. the challenge is

is the place to be. >> health care i.t.lso what john is talking about because you've got mobility taking over. so much data. i like to say nothing is growing as fast as data. >> that's right. maria, mobility is a horizontal play. it affects education. it affects health care and affects security and affects retail. it's really important, and mobility is not just the four-inch screen that we think about. it's the seven-inch screen, the nine-inch screen and the 11-inch screen all going mobile. >> yes. and it's also health care. >> sure. >> what kind of phone do you have? >> i have an iphone. >> john, what do you have? >> i have an iphone. >> just asking. >> have you like done away with the blackberry you? didn't even look at the blackberry. >> never even had one. >> you'll have an ipad by your hospital bed. hopefully you'll never need it but if you're in a hospital, you'll have a tablet or ipad by your bedside the next couple of years. we have a company called pad in motion. >> i had a blackberry before the blackberry had a ph

those are business decisions and the i.t. team is making and programmers will make hundreds of tiny decisions. they have to get the big picture and convey your vision or business. >> one last thing i want to talk about. you said to me it's very easy for techies, when it's an interesting project, really interested in say this is easy to do yeah, we'll do it. when a project they are not interested in, say this is very hard. it will take three months. >> yep. and you could try to put that out by seeing how interested they are. they have a little bit of control over that and that brings them into the vision, get them on the same page of the goals of the business are. maybe they have stock options or part owner of the business and they will have the same ultimate goals and probably be interested in the same things you care about. once you get them excited about that. >> a lot of technology people i've worked with, incredibly -- a lot of these people are incredibly smart and have real vision for the way the company can move forward

consumerization is really helping i.t. and i think can really help move the whole computing experience forward, while preserving a way for people to access legacy applications that can be cloud- ified as well. >> i'm going to go right turn on the spirit let me start with something for you to think about. 80% of the u.s. economy is a service economy, right? we do not manufacture anything. we do not grow anything. we are a service economy. you probably heard this. probably every one of you in this room is in the service economy. you probably are not growing or manufacturing anything. the question i would put in front of you is what the hell is a service business? what is a service economy? right? is it answering the phone nicely? is that a service business? is it flipping burgers burgersin-n0out? i get to say that around here, right? i would contend you that a service business is a business which delivers information that is personal and relevant to you. information that is personal and relevant to you. whether that means i

those are all business decisions and the i.t.is going to be making and the programmer is going to be making hundreds and hundreds of decisions. they have to get that picture to convey your business. >> and one last thing i wanted to talk to you about. you said it's very easy for techies, when it's an interesting project, they'll say this is easy, and if it's a project they're not interested in, they'll say, oh, this is going to take three months. >> you can suss that out by seeing how interested they are. that's a part of the vision. get them on the same page about what the goals of the business are. you may be incentivizing them that may, maybe they have stock options or are part of the business and they will have the set of ultimate goals and they'll probably be interested in the same goals that you're interested in. >> i find, too, with technology with people i've worked with, a lot of these people are incredibly smart and have real vision for how the company can move forward, too. so if you put somebody in a box and say go pr

and we are sure about that industries, the i.t.industry will have benefits. >> but only about 15% are employed in the private sector according to the german government. that's largely because of their difficulties with social interactions. that's why auticon has job coaches to help employees with customer relations. something psychologists say is key trying to give asbe brperge. >> they try to construct work conditions around it so that the autistic individuals can use their skills reducing social demands. >> the movie "rain man" the character skills are used to make lot of money gambling in las vegas. auticon's goals are more down to earth, making a difference in the lives of their workers. fred flaken, cnn. >>> a version of that concept that began in europe has been brought to america, a minnesota foundation that's dedicated to finding work for people with autism. he's in minneapolis, tim, specialist is danish, right for the specialists, that's what i'm being told. i'm wondering how are you translating this concept here in the u.

it is a mus tread for anyone who lives in the i.t.> will there be hundreds of thousands who have the opportunity to witness the inaguration. >> if it would ahve been today at noon, it would have been the warmest inaguration on record at 57 degreres. outside, a few clouds rolling in. 39 degrees and winds out of the north. we made it into the lower 60's. and now a cold front. the first of two cold fronts moves around the region. cmapamp springs at 40 degrees. and the lower to middle 30's. and as we move later into the afternoon, the wind will kick up and the temparature will fallerature will fall. in fredericksburg they made it up to 65. the cold air is north and west and look at the temperature change. anywhere between 20 to 25 degrees cooler. a good indication of what is on the way tomorrow as we move in on tuesday wednesday and thursday, high temperatures struggle to make it above freezing. look at the temperatures, well below zero wind chill factors making it feel 25 to 40 below in minnesota. high pressure builds overhead. this is o

that does not happen without incredibly good management, personnel management and i.t. systems to make it work. harlan kelly is responsible for all of that. [applause] >> good afternoon. first, i would like to thank spur and mfac for this prestigious award. also, ed harrington for nominating me. also, a special thanks to my family. mason, kelly, tray, my wife, naomi, my sister joy, and my mother-in-law. they have been supporting me for a long time. behind this individual all board, there's a team of people that are responsible for making things happen. just for a moment, i want the puc to raise their hand and give a shout. we have a lot of folks who really committed in making the systems wwork. again, we have billions of dollars that we are entrusted with delivering in a timely way, which needs to be within budget. systems like this will really elevate and make it really transparent that we are delivering these programs in a very conscious and deliberate way so we can save the ratepayers' money. with that, i just want to thank you guys for this award. thank you. [applau

and, you know, with our i.t. grids and our software vender, they really came together and pulled it together for us. it made it possible for us to be able to serve as many couples as we have been. >> so once you're ready, you and your husband to be or wife need to be need to check in here and check in again, ok. are you also going to get married today? >> yeah. >> let's process you one by one. do your license in, exit and re-enter again check in at that desk. >> our wedding is at 3:00. >> as long as we get you in today. >> we're getting married at 2:30. >> don't worry about the time line. we're greeting people at the doorway and either directing them to the services they need on this side which is licensing or the services on this side which is actually getting the ceremony performed. >> this is an opportunity to choose to be a part of history. many times history happens to us, but in this case, you can choose to be a part of it. this is a very historic day and so i'm very, very proud to be here. >> i have been v

what about budgets in terms of i.t. budgets? >> i think i.t. budgets will be tight. if they see reasons to improve their top like and bottom line, they'll move. shares will probably go up. looking to work on a global basis, we have declared more companies in the past 12 months than we did in the two years before that. >> and israel, right? >> more than 75 million. it is a software company and a mobile market and a data center with recurring revenues. exactly what you want and high margins. we bought ndf, some types of opportunities. but both of those are outside the u.s. so we're assuming that the tax laws are not going to change. we're basically going to put our money to work in places like canada, the uk, israel, russia and asia where they're going to get a return and where we want it. >> that is a change and that starts spreading out, does that mean the rate of pick up in dividend payments and shares -- >> no, we committed to our shareholders 50% of our cash flow we will pay back on them, either in the form of dividends or share buybacks. but i think the key thing

but shares of i.t. supplier avnet bucked the trend, surging after reporting. don't miss cramer's exclusive with the ceo as he browses the supermarket of tech for what's working. all coming up on "mad money." don't miss a second of "mad money." follow @jimcramer on twitter. have a question? tweet cramer #madtweets. send jim an e-mail to madmoney@cnbc.com or give us a call at 1-800-743-cnbc. miss something? head to madmoney.cnbc.com. >>> never let it be said that america's no longer a manufacturing nation. economies all over the world are doing a whole lot better than they thought they'd be even a month ago. that's why the industrials have been roaring. and here in the united states, we have the best industrial manufacturers on earth barnone. companies like timken, and a major maker of high-engineered bearings and alloy steels. i like the stock so much, recently bought it for my charitable trust as we visited them in ohio. you can follow along with that at actionsalertplus.com. timken supplies a host of products on fire right now. all of these are bouncing. and

again, with i.t. investment improving in the second half of the year, businesses do have to invest in i.t., we think you'll see an improvement. >> what's your view on that. >> good afternoon, thanks for having me. all tech is not the same. if you look at what i covered, the big thing, the shift to the public cloud, infrastructure service customers as well as service providers. what's important to understand over there is that enterprise vendors sell enterprise do not sell into the cloud as much as they would like to. the cloud, in general, the companies in the cloud essentially use commodities, hardware and open source software for the most part. i think that is a trend -- >> rajesh, listen. we tend to hammer people who are wrong but we're going to give you a victory lap on your call on vmw. obviously stock is getting walloped. is it now a good time to buy vmw or is it still not low enough for you? >> i think vmw is going to go through a challenging year in 2013. >> don't buy it now? >> i don't think

other i.t. firms have begun providing similar service. a japanese company dna started to provide a service called come last october. yahoo! has tied up with a south korean business to start a business, kakau talk. >> sony reached a deal to sell it's u.s. headquarters in new york. the electronics maker announced the plan on thursday. it will sell the building to a group of investors for $1.1 billion. sony says the deal will be completed this march. the firm will stay in the building for up to three years through a lease agreement. sony had originally bought the 36 story skyscraper back in 2002. the firm suffered four consecutive year of loss. sony plans to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide. >>> that's going to do it for biz tonight. here's a check of the markets. >>> japanese and u.s. authorities are jointly investigating battery problems on a boeing 787 dreamliner. the passenger jet was forced to make an emergency landing in japan on wednesday. u.s. experts arrived at the airport on friday with the troubled dream line certificate parked. it's fro

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so you're looking for i.t. people? yes, i.t. dot-net, c+ code writing and plc engineers for our company." the manufacturing outlook leads chris williamson, chief economist at financial information services firm markit, to believe the growth of gdp and non-farm payroll will accelerate in the first quarter. government cuts to defense are blamed for a huge loss at general dynamics. that tops our look at 4th quarter earnings this morning. general dynamics reported a $2-billion loss as its information tech business slows due to a decline in government contracts. xerox topped estimates, earning $335 million. it's shifting away from printing and offering more services. nokia is back in black, helped by its smartphone alliance with microsoft. for the first time in 143 years, the company is skipping a dividend. netflix wins the spotlight with $945 million in revenue and strong subscribers numbers. the stock rallied $43 yesterday. earnings from united continental show turbulent times. the airline plans to cut 600 management jobs in februa

i have also directed every single cabinet agency to work with our state i.t. department and make sure 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year, our systems will be watched. these measures are not cost-free but they are necessary and i want to thank chairman leatherman and white for their help in enabling the state to respond forcefully to this attack. i ask you tonight to ensure it is not just cabinet agencies but every agency in state government that's working with our state i.t. department to provide our citizens the security they deserve. to date, more than 1.1 million south carolinians have signed up for credit protection either through experian or through dun & bradstreet. they're good, honorable companies who will help keep our information protected and at the same time, be respectful to the citizens of south carolina who have turned to them in this time of need to. every south carolinian watching tonight, let me say this, if you have not signed up yet for protection, if your parents have not signed up for protection, if your friends or your co

i think the government has been very positive about the i.t. sector in general. the i.t. has been quite -- in terms of the i.t. companies. from telecom, there has been a bit of concern. they've come under the huge tax outlay. so there has been some over other sectors. but the government is still very operate ronnizing. i don't think that changing. he think it in the short-term. >> thanks for that. >> good. thank to you. >> you guys have great evening. >>> phil cruz has found himself in a war of words over whether the fed's monetary easing is giving away to easing. >>> the flu virus is expected to take a major toll on the u.s. economy which experts suggesting the costs for this year's outbreak will far surpass that of last year. >>> and if you're looking to drown out the case of the flu with cognac, we'll take a look at the liquor that might just do the trick. all on those stories and plenty more at cnbc.com. >>> still to come on today's show, the czechs head for the polls to elect a new president. find out how one is giving the establishment a run for their money. >>> pre

at least i.t.e information that they have. >> rob and alex, hopefully you'll stick around with us for a few more minutes. we'll try to get rob to pull the 10 out of his bag. we're moments away from the unveiling of the blackberry 10 here in new york city. we'll be right back. ions come oo mission a for a final go. this is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the planet... dragon is captured. is connecting today's leading companies to places beyond it. siemens. answers. >>> breaking news this morning in new york city. the research in motion unveiling the long-awaited blackberry 10. we're here at south street seapo seaport. rob joins us from the group, analyst of paid consultant to r.i.m. mark, as we await the first look at this, your view is generally people have sort of made up their minds about whether they want to own a blackberry. >> i think there's a subbase o

>> clearly, you've been clearly focused on i.t. services, we had the demerger announcement last quarter and we are progressing very well. so as we exhibit this for the calendar or near or on that, we should be able to be done in terms of activity. which means if we're limited now, it will contain only the products and services in the geography. services are globally. it will focus more and more in terms of momentum as we identify with the life sciences, energy, natural resources, liquidities all in terms of fm services or retail and goods. and a deal supported by the practices like business obligation services, bpo and also i.t. and cost structure and supported by advanced technologies like cloud, mobility, mobility, these are the services which will enable customers to be able to use their business models. >> and we will leave it there. thank you so much, sir, for your time this morning. >>> now, staying in asia, in japan, exporters helped fuel a market surge in tokyo on the back of weakness. toshiko is here with more on what's ke

explain that. >> say your bank or your company has very good i.t. security.company does business with doesn't have very good security. they have a lot of your proprietary information, particularly attorneys, so hackers go after them. >> security is not your security. it's the security of everybody else you deal with. >> exactly. >> okay. and that's a problem. how do you ensure that? it's out of your domain, isn't it? >> sure. i mean, this goes to the attention between the private sectors, including financial institutiones and others, but we have good i.t. security infrastructure and then you have the government that says, no, really, we're all vulnerable and more needs to be done and we need basic minimum standards and best practices that we all, from the law firms to the transportation companies and other critical infrastructure programs that we all take to take on top of cyber threat and security. there's also we say, hey, we need some rules of the road. >> are we going to get security legislation that improves the rules of the road? and it's been stalled.

the three knew an i.t.specialist had found evidence, someone tried to delete from the police computer what is known as the running resume, a document at the center of an ongoing civil suit and a federal obstruction of justice investigation being conducted by the magistrate judge. under questioning from the attorney jonathan curly, ryan said he had a vague recollection that internal affairs wouldn't be conducting its own investigation of the attempted deletion of the file but can not recall anything else. in a dentition with the -- deposition with the court, ryan was ordered by chief lanier to tell the judge about the evidence tampering, but ryan admitted he did not. under questioning, he said he could have gotten a direct order from the chief. when materially asked if ryan did that before, the chief council replied i don't think so. >> and that is a soap opera. what went on and that is looking worse and worse. >> reporter: chris has been closely watching this case for years and notes that it's cost the dist

and to continue to view i.t.a back office thing as a digital technology front office growth engine where you hunt and harvest for value is really the difference that executives are looking for. >> okay. mark, thank you very much. mark mcdonald, v.p. of gartner's executive programs telling how more cios are looking to the cloud. >>> investors will get a closer look at tech when ebay 2006 off the fourth quarter earnings after the close today followed by results from intel on thursday and a slew of other big names next week. this is reuters' report, suggests that the tech sectors due to drag on u.s. earnings. according to it, wall street expects the tech sector's fourth quarter earnings to be down 1.1% from a year ago. it will be the first drop since the third quarter of 2009 even though overall s&p provirity still forecast to show growth. >>> now cnbc's david facebooker is reporting a buyout deal for dell could come in the next two weeks and the price between $13.50 and $14 a share. with equity entitlement from sil

the new measures call for close cooperation between i.t. firms and law enforcement through personnel exchanges. police officers obtain information through former hackers and others who have advanced technologies that can discover weak points in the country's cyber security system. officers are being asked to identify viruses and analyze cyber cases. investigators to the united states to study fbi counter measures against cyber crimes. >>> japanese prosecutors have questioned two former executives of tokyo electric power company about the 2011 accident at the fukushima power plant. prosecutors are believed to have asked them what plans tepco made and pressed on the power supplier's prediction of the likelihood of a disaster of that magnitude. they are accusing both the government and tepco management of professional negligent resulting in death and injury. prosecutors are likely to face major challenges pursing their case. legal experts say it could be difficult to hold individuals criminally responsible for the accident. itay be cessy to pr

and when i talk to -- we have really fine i.t. department -- or not i.t., human resources.hey tell me this is a nightmare. and it isn't what you know, it is what you don't know. i don't mean to be negative but when have you 1800 pages plus of regulations, i wouldn't doubt there is something to fund for a cure for a disease that hasn't been discovered yet. that my concern. but at this point in time we may not be hiring new people until we find out what goes on but we won't be letting anybody go. >> how much do you think your healthcare cost will go up. >> right now we spend over $2 million. i think the costs will be administrative cost. we have outside people we've hired. and i can't be finite but we know they will go up. we pay 85% of our employee's health cost at the moment. we are going to try to continue to do that. but we think in the future, there will be more shared cost. so there will be more cost to our employees eventually. >> we can't debate obama care. it is the law of the land, passed through, it is not going to change. how do we fix this problem though going fo

samuel is an i.t. specialist. he lost his job because of the spanish crisis. now he wakes each day at 4:00 to deliver germany its bread. this isn't the life he imagined. >> after three months if you have to job, you start to run out of money. this is the second step for me. >> there will be many more like him. europe and the unemployment is still rising and the educated jobless will travel wherever they can to build a future. matthew price, "bbc world news," germany. >> 40 years ago today the supreme court reached a landmark decision in the case of row versus wade. it gave women thal constitutional right to abortion but did not achieve consensus. so it's not hard to get an abortion since the court ruling. this report from mississippi. >> anna, how do you feel today? >> a bit nauseous. i'm just anxious and everything all at once. >> 19-year-old emma anderson is 12 weeks pregnant. she is about to see the fete us the growing inside of her for the first time. >> this is the body, arms and 12 weeks. to see how far along you are. >> but emma has chosen not to have h

this company is based in vienna andhey were focused o i.t., and they y added on asset management roe real estate ned byy banksks. theyave seen their growth due foreclosed -- due to foreclosed properties where they had taken over the management. >> with a t of these companies, they are nimble. they are ming changes quicickly. theyey manage to kind of keep their finger on the pulse of what is happening and they look for wh the next opportunityty will be in the next couple of years. >> i said roe, ii meant reo. kind of an odd name, b -- >> i am glad you check your pronunciation. >> the key to their growowth is having knowlge of many things. theyey went from something like three high-level consultants as a consnsulting firm, to 50 and growing the range of expertise. they our consultants on everything from the environment to finanance. a lot of different peop who can talk a lot of different subjects. >> you hit on a key point that we hear in a lot of our conversations tate yoyou h have these ceo's in a room together, and in addition to keep growth and revenuee growing it migh make sure th

today, they're off to copenhagen the trip takes them through the i.t. hub of ballerup, denmark's very own silicon valley. a few rounds of football help the team drop their defences. >> by the book this should be difficult because this is about foreseeing how other will act in different situations. that's great skills and great practice. >> he can't resist taking a shot himself. 52-year-old thorkil sonne has also an appointment in copenhagen with a commercial business partner of specialisterne. he doesn't meet his partners as much as he'd like he's often travelling to drum up support for his fledgling foundation. his company has already been copied in other european countries and in the us. clearidium is an innovative danish anti-doping service provider with an international reputation. one of sonne's protegÉes who doesn't want to be filmed - works for the company on data collection and organization. he tracks the lcoations of athletes so that group doping tests an be carried out. his boss is very satisfied with his performance. >> we have a lot of compu

clever ideas all looking to come home with one of the five top honors winners were crowned for the top i.t. project the leading innovation for helping society as well as a trio for best idea project and production ready invention but in addition to the award ceremony there was plenty of other innovation minded activity going on the previous finalists and runners up were also invited to show off the latest developments on their path to full fledged startup land a few government officials were on hand to get an up close and personal view of the country's leading young minds and while the winners may have taken home to glory one of the top competitors from a past study can price caught our eye. in the time since the competition these developers have turned their so-called electronic nose into a nascent business. spectrometer is being taken to the. device can help police save lives as well as help stem the flow of dangerous materials. for the detector to check for drugs and other chemicals in the. equipment. simply to get such machinery out into the field. as a result. technology. evil doers.

the problem is an i.t. problem. the system was not inputting critical information on the sub-requests. namely the grade level for elementary schools. and d-level and at times subject area and grade for high schools. this is a real disservice to our schools. to our student and to our substitutes. first graders need a sub who is experienceded with their needs. a spanish world language class needs a sub who is proficient in spanish. enlish language learners needs a sub who is familiar with strategies. it's important that our students not miss out on a day of learning. we bring this to the school board in hopes are a resolution that is long-lasting. i want to thank the district for the corrective action that had has commenced. and thank you to the board for the dedication in serving the students. and finally i want to tip my hat to the dedicated professionals who are called substitutes and provide a safe learning environment for our students. they fill in for teachers and administrators and enable our district to contin

i would like to make sure that she continues to be our go i.t. at the last event there was no violence, not even an ambulance. if you were an event of a certain size, you would have so many officers. not necessarily something centralized that treats individual officers as entirely interchangeable, because they are not. this is a lesbian officer that knows our community and works very well. i have never had a better relationship with asset pd, because of her. >> i promise you that if you make that request, it will be honored. is there anyone here from park in iraq? -- park and irrec bella >> they were invited. -- rec ? what they were invited. >> i went to a neighborhood meeting about hardly strictly bluegrass. the open of the meeting was that she had not get -- not got rid of all the issues in the park, but that she was trying. so. i wanted to put that out there. [applause] >> i just also wanted to say that they have a lot of buildings open to all ages. when i was a kid growing up in new york, and we used to -- there is a statement, saving my ass.

north korea wants to promote its i.t. industry and google is believed to be considering doing business there. the group met with north korean officials. richardson suggested that they discuss the release of a u.s. citizen detained in the country since last year. >> it's a good productive but frank meeting. >> they'll discuss their visit to north korea after they arrive. >>> japanese prime minister abe and his government have confirmed the outline to revitalize the nation's sluggish economy. cabinet ministers took part in the first meeting of a new task force on tuesday. >> translator: japan has been tackling deflation for ten years. it's an effort over the course of human history. we must attack the problem with three main policies. implementing bold monetary easing, flexible fiscal measures, and a growth strategy to spur private investment. >> abe called for the cooperation of all ministers. the outline includes infrastructure projects for disaster recovery and prevention such as renovating aging roads and making school