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Tech Decision Maker August 25, 2015 Editor of this Newsletter Steve Ranger | UK Editor | @steveranger Steve Ranger is the UK editor of TechRepublic, and has been writing about the impact of technology on people, business, and culture for more than a decade. 5 tech questions a CEO should ask on their first day in office CEOs shouldn't leave all the technology decisions to the CTO or CIO. Here are five questions CEOs should consider on day one. Resource of the day Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Optimized Power, Cooling, and Management Maximizes Benefits With virtualized servers and private clouds gaining popularity, your power and cooling requirements have probably changed. Check out this white paper to learn more about optimizing your power and cooling systems. Additional TechRepublic Resources 10 tech founders and CEOs to follow on Twitter How Tim Cook reversed Apple's plummeting stock price Ashley Madison hack should serve as your IT security wake-up call 4 aspects of the Salesforce Lightning redesign that will impact your business OpenStack's newest sugar daddy looks to private cloud to save its bacon 4 reasons cybersecurity now requires an analytics-driven strategy Should you follow Netflix and run your business from the public cloud? Shifting to DevOps? Put your ducks in a row first IBM Watson helps a UK business get bottom line analytics in minutes instead of weeks Don't miss this TechRepublic article Calls for city that ditched Microsoft for Linux to switch laptops to Windows Councillors from Munich's conservative CSU party have called the custom version of Ubuntu used by the city "cumbersome to use" and "of very limited use". Windows 10: The essential guide for business professionals Windows 10 is introducing a host of new features, a platform-unifying design, and Microsoft's Windows-as-a-service strategy. This guide will help you get up to speed on the most significant details. Become a Tech Pro Research member to get all our articles, tools, policies, and templates. Today's recommended downloads Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Optimized Power, Cooling, and Management Maximizes Benefits (APC by Schneider Electric) Wireless Heat Maps ? Find & Fix Dead Zones (Solarwinds APAC) TAS: Account Planning In Salesforce (TAS Software) Top 10 Criteria for Selecting a Managed Services Provider (IBM) CIO Report: Hybrid Cloud Requires a Transition from IT Service Builder to IT Service Broker (NetApp) Connect with TechRepublic A Special Feature from TechRepublic and ZDNet AI, Automation, and Tech Jobs There are some things that machines are simply better at doing than humans, but humans still have plenty going for them. Here's a look at how the two are going to work in concert to deliver a more powerful future for IT, and the human race. TechRepublic newsletters Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! 10 Things The Editor's Daily Picks Visit the Subscription Center to get other free newsletters, manage your account settings or to be removed from TechRepublic communications. The e-mail address for your subscription is habib2best@gmail.com. Unsubscribe | Send Feedback | FAQ | Advertise | Privacy Policy Copyright 2015 CBS Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. TechRepublic is a registered service mark of CBS Interactive, Inc. TechRepublic 235 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94105 U.S.A.