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Study finds business volatility requires new IT approach

In today's environment of economic volatility and globalization, businesses are scrambling to improve and hasten decision-making. IT departments are being given fewer resources, but at the same time

Can you be a global CIO?

The CIO job description isn't what it used to be. Once upon a time, you were responsible for a world that was 50 miles outside your door. Then it was 500; now it could be the world. As technology has

Russian firm buys a piece of Facebook

The cost was $200 million, but the investment may be worth much more than that. On Tuesday, a Russian investment firm called Digital Sky Technologies made the investment in the social networking

Are you too focused on the little stuff?

It's very easy for IT executives to get caught up in many of the small details of the job and lose sight of the big strategic picture. Unfortunately, too many technology leaders may be in this state

The changing face of IT

The changing face of IT The U.S. has powerful information technology companies--Apple, Google, Microsoft and IBM, to name a few. But globalization and new competition are having an impact on the

Check out the top 100 IT companies

Business Week posted its top 100 Information Technology companies worldwide--companies that are in hot industries, and that have performed well in terms of shareholder return, revenue growth and

India tech firms relocate to U.S.

India's IT service providers are trying out a new strategy in their growing technology businesses. They are hiring more U.S. talent and opening up branches in the United States. And this new trend

When fiction is better than fact

The world of the 21st century is Internet based and no one sees that more clearly than Ralf Hirt, the author of the new novel, 8W8-Global Space Tribes. The Internet has changed the world, connecting

African-American IT workers lose ground

There are good signs and bad ones for African-American IT workers. The number of African-Americans in the IT workforce rose by more than 10 percent in 2007. But their percentage in the overall IT

Offshore outsourcing may not be so cheap

CIOs are facing a fork in the road over offshore outsourcing because a domestic company owning a company in India may not be such a good deal. As CIOs look for ways to save money, owning an