Few IT directors have plans to deploy Windows Vista this year and some are seriously considering skipping it until Microsoft's next desktop operating system is released.
Microsoft hired Kevin Turner to be its Chief Operating Officer and offered him base salary of $570,000 (£285,000) per year and a $7m (£3.5m) up-front payment in 2005.
Kevin Turner, previously CIO at Wal-Mart, gives his top tips in six minutes on how IT staff can make the progression to managers and earn the big bucks.