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With the economy in the tank, now is not the time to cut IT costs but rather to make targeted IT investments to help lower operating expenses, says analyst Howard Rubin.

Sometimes the decision as to whether to insource or outsource an IT task can hinge on a single job function.

Getting business leaders and end users to share virtualized server capacity is a bit like convincing a group of people to share the same can of Coke.

A spike in federal regulations is forcing companies to exponentially increase their data storage requirements. Why not provide them with financial inducements to invest in sustainable technologies?

As panelists at a SIM-NY Green IT event can attest, there are a lot of tough questions that IT and business leaders have to wrestle with.

Many IT professionals complain about the drudgery of repetitive, 60-hour workweeks. It doesn't have to be that way. Just ask IT workers at Quicken Loans and the University of Miami.

The challenges that CIOs and IT managers face in recruiting and retaining skilled IT professionals varies greatly from industry to industry and place to place.

A 'fat rat' that snuck into an electric substation in Stockholm and caused a three-hour power outage at its central train station brings back memories of a gnawing squirrel that took down a Nasdaq data center.

One of the toughest things about managing twenty-somethings, say older IT managers, is working around their sense of entitlement.

Is it just me or have people gotten a little too snap-happy?

As Guido Sacchi sees it, there has to be a better way for IT organizations to truly understand the requirements of business managers and end users and translate those into effective solutions. Because the way most IT organizations have traditionally gone about it just doesn't work, he says.

When it comes to IT meeting end users' expectations, says Sacchi, "We fail."

The other day I had the good fortune of having lunch with Tim Stanley, the CIO at Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. I had scheduled a series of meetings in Las Vegas and had hoped to catch up with Tim since he’s such a dynamic IT leader and his 700-person organization is constantly working on extremely cool stuff. Fortunately, he had some time available in his hectic schedule which is further complicated by his additional roles as Harrah’s chief innovation officer and head of gaming.

There's been a lot of speculation about how a U.S. recession may impact the IT jobs market.