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Regardless of size, over 90 percent of organizations surveyed rate themselves at the bottom rungs of project portfolio management (PPM) maturity, according to a new benchmark study conducted by the Center for Business Practices, the research arm of project management consulting firm PM Solutions.

With the appropriate level of discipline in its implementation, project management is a powerful tool with great potential for delivering better business financial results. Practiced poorly, however, it can cost the organization large sums of money. This article explains why project management matters.

IBM Canada, in a small way, is trying to rectify the IT skills imbalance in Canada, by reaching out to a segment of the population left behind by the IT juggernaut

A strengthening economy that is fueling higher IT spending and a tight labour market for U.S. IT workers is creating moderate pay gains for technical workers such as application developers and database administrators, according to new research and interviews with IT executives and analysts.

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Employees are using the Web more and more for personal reasons and that is setting U.S. companies back US$178 billion annually, a cost of $5,000 per employee, said a study released Tuesday by Websense, Inc.

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) hopes to save US$1.9 billion a year through a massive reorganization in which it will cut 14,500 jobs, or around 10 percent of its workforce. It will also link sales and marketing efforts more closely to business units, eliminating the Customer Solutions Group which sold to enterprise customers, it said.