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Core or chore? It's the most critical factor to consider when making a decision about how to source a given business service. If it's core, it has to be managed internally. If it's a chore, look to an external service provider.

If you run IT, you know that the rules of the game have changed. The yardstick by which you're measured, and the skillsets you need to succeed, are radically different than they were just a few years ago. Perhaps even more importantly, CIOs have had to change the very way they think. CIOs must now think like CEOs. Why? Because that's the only way they can manage technology and deliver services in ways that really drive business performance.

Ever wondered why some people in an IT organization get promoted to vice president, and other seem to just get stuck at a certain level?

As IT job descriptions change, the best way to succeed in an IT career may be to do a tour of duty on the business side.

Have you ever listened to doctors talk to each other about a patient? To me, they always seem to have their own language because of the acronyms they use. It's not only doctors. Acronyms are everywhere, in health care, in IT, in texting. It's hard to have a conversation without them.

Technology spending does not necessarily translate into technology job creation or of more importance to you, the safety of your job

Emerging information technology opportunities in compliance, document management, virtualization and business intelligence.

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.

[This week's Frankly Speaking -- now with links!]

How often do you hear about a program promoting IT careers to young people that's so popular that kids who aren't part of the program are actually trying to sneak in?

That's what the Society for Information Management has going in Memphis. At SIM's annual SIMposium conference last week, the organization talked about how its Memphis chapter has partnered with the local public library to run a set of "technology camps" where 12-to-15-year-olds get to play with bright, shiny gadgets - and meet IT people who talk to them about how the technology is used in businesses.