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Oh what a difference a year makes. The loud, unrelenting demand to expand the number of H-1B visas available for software companies, IT firms and other employers, in order to hire foreign workers has Read more...

Venture Capital firms are facing tough times these days. They logged just 549 deals during the first quarter of 2009 with $3 billion in investment. That's almost 50 percent less than the $5.7 billion Read more...

Global IT spending is expected to slow down in 2008, according to a new report from research firm IDC. The report says that total worldwide IT spending will grow from 5.5 percent to 6 percent, down Read more...

Meanwhile, Network World offers up a checklist of issues to be aware of before committing to SaaS. First off, don't use SaaS for applications that can make or break your company. In other Read more...

While just about every news site seems completely preoccupied by Read more...

Software companies that grew more than 20 percent last year were, for the most part, driven by merger and acquisition activity, a recent Baseline survey shows. The acquisition trend is Read more...

In what will undoubtedly prove to be a controversial decision, Google ranked worse than any other Internet company when it comes to protecting the privacy of its users in an interim report by Read more...

Take this one with a grain of salt, folks. A Microsoft-sponsored study conducted by analyst group IDC claims that Windows Vista will generate $9.5 billion for businesses and industries in New York Read more...

To say outsourcing is a touchy subject in the world of IT is an understatement obviously, yet it's an enormous topic to keep abreast of given its increasing use. A new Read more...

As the result of a European compliance mandate tied to an antitrust litigation, Microsoft will be handing over free, unlimited support to competing software companies. The support data and Read more...