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You have moved on, left your old job and are firmly ensconced with a new employer when a former colleague or boss calls with a software problem or a glitch involving code you had written and needs Read more...

There is new emerging job for CIOs and IT departments at many big corporations that have employees scattered across the country as well as around the globe. According to Business Week, IBM has found Read more...

It may be hard to believe, but the world's data centers are becoming major contributors to global warming and are projected to surpass the airline industry as a major greenhouse gas polluter by 2020. Read more...

Pressure is growing for IT executives to figure out how to save energy. It's not just about the philosophy of going 'green,' it's about a growing mandate among more and more companies to save money. Read more...

A new blog entry at ZDnet talks about what to do when times grow tight in the IT world. The first piece of advice is to cut staff, an issue you hope never to visit. But take a look at this blog, Read more...

It's no surprise that IT departments are being forced to cut their IT contractor workforce because of tight budgets and the slowing economy, as a new poll confirms. This is bad news for Read more...

A new survey by Ernst & Young LLP, entitled "Managing Information Technology Risk," found that an effective ITRM program is still missing from many companies at a time when it is important to Read more...

A new Gartner study finds that the role of corporate IT units in business intelligence will be shrinking. In its place, search and collaboration tools will allow individual users and business units Read more...

If you haven't heard about the importance of embracing change, you probably need a new job. The train on that issue left the station a long time ago. "I am concerned, because the way that every Read more...

There are many ways to bring your data center up to speed. Get rid of the overheated, cramped closet where data currently is stored and manage it as it should be managed--with solar power and a Read more...