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Microsoft on Global Play Fair Day: Pirated software gives $2.9B unfair competitive advantage
A study commissioned by Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) has found that manufacturers in emerging countries save up to $2.9 billion annually by using pirated software. The results of the study were announced
The value of offshoring when it's no longer cheap
Rising labor costs in developing countries combined with increasing fuel prices and a weakening U.S. dollar are making the value of outsourcing offshore less obvious. It is not time to quit
Get your CFO to buy into IT projects
If you can convince your chief financial officer that your IT project can make money, you will have a worthy advocate in your corner. A new survey from CFO Research Services and Micro Focus finds
Developing a wise technology strategy
A technology strategy is just not about determining what servers or networks should be deployed. It requires a framework to deploy a set of business applications. CIOupdate.com advises that there are
DHS finds a way around H-1B visas
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
Worldwide shortage of IT workers
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.
Gartner: CIOs need business experience
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
Advice from one CIO to another
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
A seat at the table
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
CIOs adopting new info management strategies
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
