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The Department of Homeland Security has extended the period for Optional Practical Training from 12-29 months. OPT certification allows foreign students to work in the United States without an H-1B Read more...

Here's something you either already knew or suspected: nearly 60 percent of CEOs, CIOs and other C-level executives continue to report that there is a shortage of fully qualified IT staff worldwide. Read more...

A new Gartner report says that current CIOs need to learn other skills outside of technology. And this should be the year that they begin acquiring non-IT business management skills to keep pace with Read more...

It's always a good idea to take a look at how your CIO colleagues are doing in their jobs and what kind of ideas they use to make their job work. There are always lessons that you can transfer to Read more...

Until recently, the CIO was considered an afterthought at many companies. But a new study at MIT and Harvard shows that 80 percent of the 175 CIOs polled now consider themselves a valuable member of Read more...

Finding a way to integrate diverse information from many different repositories will be essential for CIOs looking to reap the benefits of highly managed information. According to a new Accenture Read more...

Most companies are using outsourcing in some form with varying degrees of success, but done properly and strategically, global sourcing strategies can also create new forms of value for customers Read more...

Although business intelligence technology is the best way to analyze discrete pieces of information and use them for competitive advantage, CIOs sometimes have trouble explaining its benefit to Read more...

All technologies are not created equally. Some are more effective than others at unlocking competitive advantage and improving customer interactions. It's critical to understand how Read more...

Companies are wasting countless dollars buying IT equipment and services that they don't need, according to a Gartner executive. Companies spend unnecessarily on many things, such as Read more...