Careers & Education

CIOs like NPR's Bob Holstein say that managing the application blacklog is the number-one barrier to their job effectiveness. Here's how to set priorities.

Usefully interpreting surveys about CIOs is a bit like veterinary medicine: While the howls of animal pain reveal something is amiss, the patients can't articulate the details. You have to probe carefully to learn more even though it hurts.

IBM Corp. unveiled an improved version of its Sametime enterprise IM (instant-message) platform Monday, announcing integration with public IM services from America Online Inc., Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc. Lotus Sametime 7.5, slated for mid-2006, will have a new multiprotocol gateway that will allow its users to communicate with those on public IM networks, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, AOL's AIM and ICQ and Apple Computer Inc.'s iChat.

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Several career trends emerged in 2005 that are poised to pick up steam during the coming year. Here

New Canadian online education software is making it possible for IT students to learn hands-on with direct access to real machines over the Internet.

Less than a week before rival IBM Corp.'s annual conference for Lotus Notes users and developers is set to kick off, Microsoft Corp. is introducing new resources to help customers migrate from Notes to its own collaboration platform.

The internal IT staff is back. Hiring needs have changed and people with business skills are the most valuable. They're also the hardest to find.