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What your interns can teach you

IT interns brought innovation to NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, the White House and We Energies. Here's how to get similar results from your summer crew.

The 9 most endangered species in IT

The IT job landscape is evolving quickly. Here's how to avoid IT extinction

IT careers: Do you need an executive coach?

As companies demand soft skills from their tech team, some IT pros are turning to executive coaches for guidance.

Time off to innovate: Good idea or a waste of tech talent?

Savvy IT departments that set aside time for employee creativity say they gain happier workers, more satisfied customers and sometimes even revenue.

Free and cheap ways to study for IT certifications

Studying for and taking IT certification exams can be costly. These tips can help you find inexpensive study resources and ways to get hands-on experience with the technologies you're studying.

How to manage IT contractors

Contract IT workers may walk, talk and code like staff, but in fact they're not company employees -- something managers should keep in mind. Insider (registration required)

Oracle's Hurd brims with confidence about SaaS, social and Cloud

To hear Oracle President Mark Hurd tell it, the $37.1 billion hardware and software company is well ahead of competitors on any number of fronts, from transitioning customers to SaaS and the cloud, to incorporating social technology into its products.

The Grill: Juan Montes keeps MoMA plugged in

The Museum of Modern Art's CTO, Juan Montes, talks about art, IT and making the world-class museum more participatory.

How to be an IT social media star

Social-savvy IT executives weigh in on how they use social media to connect with employees and improve company operations -- and how you can do the same.

IT job seekers face hot yet terrible market

The IT job market is either hot or lackluster, but mostly it is difficult for anyone who is seeking a job or hiring.

Tech hotshots: The rise of the IT business analyst

The hottest job in IT right now might be the least "T" of them all: business analyst.

Xerox's outsourcing one year later: layoffs

About a year ago, Xerox told some 600 employees, many of them engineers, that their jobs were being transferred to an India-based IT services firm. How has that worked out?

Overview: Is your boss an idiot?

Incompetent bosses don't know enough to know they don't know enough ... that's why the wrong people get hired and $#!+ doesn't get done.

Bye bye, corporate phone

Once a status symbol and a perk, the subsidized corporate phone is being phased out as users demand their own devices - and are willing to pay for the privilege.

Beyond BlackBerry: 3 steps to prepare for its demise

It's easy to switch to iOS or even Android, no matter what type of company you are

At first birthday, has Google+ found its niche?

Google+ is hitting a major milestone this week. Google's fledgling social networking has hit its first birthday.

Google Now advances search, aims for Apple's Siri

With its new Google Now smart assistant, Google hopes to take search to another level -- and take on Apple's Siri.

The Value of Internet for Small and Medium Enterprises in India

In multiple countries small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that have engaged actively with consumers on the Internet have experienced three-year sales growth rates up to 22 percentage points higher than those of companies with low or no Internet presence, according to the 'Internet Economy in the G-20' report by the Boston Consulting Group.

Survival guide: Do's and don'ts for next-gen IT

Business IT is evolving behind your back. Here's how to head off extinction and assert a larger role

Social software users: Focus on corporate culture or your project will fail

Enterprise social software may end up as shelfware - software that never gets used or falls into disuse - unless customers make the right efforts to change corporate culture and employee habits, speakers said during the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston.

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