America's 6 top-paid CTOs

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Cisco purchase of CIA-funded company may fuel distrust abroad Why do satellites tumble to death? Network World Daily News AM June 01, 2014 Share this email America's 6 top-paid CTOs Bonuses and stock options help push some chief technology officers' salaries into the millions. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Cisco purchase of CIA-funded company may fuel distrust abroad 2. Why do satellites tumble to death? 3. TrueCrypt's abrupt demise 'puzzling, bizarre' 4. What's really behind the Microsoft-Salesforce deal 5. INSIDER C-Suites Struggle With Digital Strategy 6. USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor gets digital makeover 7. ITworld cartoons 2014: The year in geek humor 8. Ballmer wins LA Clippers basketball team for $2 billion 9. 15 hot Kickstarter tech campaigns WEBCAST: Dell SecureWorks Counterstrategies for Combatting Social Engineering Social Engineering is proving costlier than ever, especially phishing and spear phishing. 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