Columnist’s corner: Looking for the perfect example of why business and IT cannot be separate in your organization? Ephraim Schwartz has just that — the best of breed vs. trusted partner debate. While many companies that do not need bleeding-edge technology can opt for the trusted partner approach, Schwartz asks how many can say they don’t require the latest and greatest? That’s precisely where best of breed comes into its own. “CIOs and CEOs will have to confront this issue sooner rather than later,” Schwartz explains. Hardware: Apple faced “the ugly reality of having neither product go out on time unless it called all hands on deck.” The wares to which Tom Yager refers in The method behind Apple’s madness are the iPhone and Leopard, the latter of which Apple this week said is now delayed. “I think it was an easy choice. iPhone is a non-product with an installed base of zero.” Careers: When most IT folks start out, they don’t see the big picture because they’re getting the job done, head down and all. At some point, though, vision will become paramount to a career. For starters, though, John West offers this tip: breathe normally and take enough time to do it right. What’s vision and how do I get some? The news beat: Verizon says it will offer CaaS later this year — no, that’s not a typo, it’s short for computing-as-a-service. According to network security firm Support Intelligence major corporations are still serving up lots of spam. Microsoft says that, as of now anyway, it won’t resell fuel-cell battery chargers. And IBM faces a slowdown in its U.S. enterprise business. Technology Industry