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The recession had to hit the biggest IT companies, too, including Microsoft. The titan is considering "significant workforce reductions" across multiple divisions, according to an article in the Wall Read more...

CIOs beware: If you are developing new web projects in-house or outsourcing the work, be ready to deal with cost overruns and delays. A new study conducted by software developer New Bamboo found a Read more...

There may be an easy way for CIOs to save money. CrossLoop, a desktop sharing software developer, announced Tuesday that it raised $3 million for its business, which markets software that lets Read more...

Oracle wants to buy BEA for $6.7 Billion, but does BEA really want to sell at that price, just to be gobbled up by the third largest software company in the world? It's unclear, even though offering Read more...

This week, Oracle announced the new release of its core database software. Dubbed "11g," the latest code is designed to support fast-moving businesses and the hundreds of terabytes of data that Read more...

Web 2.0 technologies offer many capabilities to organizations that know how to exploit them, but a lack of Web 2.0 experience by the IT staff can hold them back. A survey by search software Read more...

The days of determining the return-on-investment by dividing gain into cost are over. Tech leaders today look at a wide range of ROI aspects when researching the actual benefit of a new Read more...

As wireless technologies saturate the enterprise, users are demanding more mobile applications and functionalities. That brings some unique challenges to IT leaders and software developer teams Read more...