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    IT’s Most Taxing Tasks

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    Debra Donston
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    May 28, 2012
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      1IT’s Most Taxing Tasks

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      Written by Debra Donston; Illustrated by Brian Moore

      2IT`s Most Taxing Tasks – Taxing Task #1

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      Keeping up with patches.

      3IT`s Most Taxing Tasks – Taxing Task #2

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      Managing mobile systems, especially devices on which sensitive data must be stored.

      4IT`s Most Taxing Tasks – Taxing Task #3

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      Keeping up with patches.

      5IT`s Most Taxing Tasks – Taxing Task #4

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      Dealing with problems on home machines that are also used for business use.

      6IT`s Most Taxing Tasks – Taxing Task #5

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      Keeping up with patches.

      7IT`s Most Taxing Tasks – Taxing Task #6

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      Configuring enterprise apps so that their respective reports will yield meaningful results.

      8IT`s Most Taxing Tasks – Taxing Task #7

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      Keeping up with patches.

      9IT`s Most Taxing Tasks – Taxing Task #8

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      Explaining to business managers why the application they just read about is too expensive, too complex, too [fill in the blank here] for your organization.

      10IT`s Most Taxing Tasks – Taxing Task #9

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      Keeping up with patches.

      11IT`s Most Taxing Tasks – Taxing Task #10

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      Managing access control issues.

      12IT`s Most Taxing Tasks – Taxing Task #11

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      Keeping up with patches.

      13IT`s Most Taxing Tasks – Taxing Task #12

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      Maintaining the latest tech toy the CEO has acquired.

      14IT`s Most Taxing Tasks – Taxing Task #13

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      Keeping up with patches.

      15IT`s Most Taxing Tasks – Taxing Task #14

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      Staying on top of increasingly complex licensing issues.

      16IT`s Most Taxing Tasks – Taxing Task #15

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      Keeping up with patches.

      17IT`s Most Taxing Tasks – Taxing Task #16

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      Staying abreast of technology news.

      18IT`s Most Taxing Tasks – Taxing Task #17

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      Keeping up with patches.

      19IT`s Most Taxing Tasks – Taxing Task #18

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      Dealing with custom development demands.

      20IT`s Most Taxing Tasks – Taxing Task #19

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      Keeping up with patches.

      21IT`s Most Taxing Tasks – Taxing Task #20

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      Translating tech jargon into business lingo, and vice versa.

      22IT`s Most Taxing Tasks – Taxing Task #21

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      Did we mention keeping up with patches?

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