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Telework programs as good as cold hard cash, survey says
A survey of 821 American white collar workers shows that a majority save money monthly by teleworking at least part of the time -- and most think telework programs are a good idea for employers to offer. More..

Job cuts in India's call centers and BPO likely
Call centers and business process outsourcing providers are among industry sectors in India that are likely to cut more than 25%of their staffing in the next 10 days, according to a report by a trade body. More..

Can the Web predict the next president?
IT professionals have historically monitored network traffic patterns to better understand network usage, to expose security events, and to generally promote overall network health. Traffic analysis can likewise be applied to the Web to understand a wide range of behavior patters ranging from social media networks to suggestion systems in e-commerce to even the current hot topic: the presidential race. More..

Election '08: What's in a domain name
The tale told by other Internet traffic trendsalso rings true when taking domain registration into account. Using DomainTools to query for domains, we saw 2,357 domains for Obama and 1,431 domains for McCain. More..

Network start-ups hurt as venture capital dries up
Venture capital investment in network technology companies has hit its lowest point in a decade. More..

U.S .innovation: On the skids
It would be hard to exaggerate the angst that has gripped the U.S. in recent months as the election nears, markets churn and assets melt. But the headlines that have made us dread picking up the newspaper mask a long-term problem that may shape the future of America more than John McCain's plan for Iraq, Barack Obama's healthcare ideas or Uncle Sam's heroic efforts to rescue the economy. More..

Dear Mr. President: Let's talk tech
Science and technology may not have been the focus of the recent debates between presidential hopefuls John McCain and Barack Obama, but both candidates have outlined some broad policy proposals and goals. That's a good thing, because, as some of the top technology thinkers in the United States today recently shared with Computerworld, the next president will have to tackle the country's ongoing decline in global technological competitiveness. More..

Women in IT delay family for careers, still miss top jobs
Women are making profound personal sacrifices to advance their IT careers, but their efforts to get ahead are largely for naught, a new study of mid-career women in IT finds. More..

SolarWinds manages VMware servers for free
SolarWinds updates its Orion network performance management software with support for VMware virtual server environments and introduces a free utility to help IT get started at no cost. More..

Quest's post-acquisition road map a killer for NetPro
A month after buying NetPro, Quest Software Wednesday said it would discontinue nearly half of its former rival’s products as part of its future management platform roadmap. More..

Symantec details grand product integration scheme
Symantec Tuesday detailed a plan to further integrate its diverse products under a common management platform as well as support third-party products by means of its published interfaces. More..

Plates shift but U.S. remains world's IT Titan
It hasn't been too hard to detect a note of schadenfreude in reporting on global finance recently. For scions of the Left, the irony of emergency nationalization measures at the largest Western capitalist states has afforded rich pickings. And the barely submerged contempt and bewilderment at the machinations of bankers has finally surfaced: even if we never understood how they made their millions, at least it turned out that they didn't know what they were doing either. More..

Four steps to application nirvana
Good application performance management is about people and process. More..

Market meltdown: Which tech firms become predator and prey?
While most eyes are still on stopping the bleed on Wall Street, smart tech companies will likely take a page out of Warren Buffet's playbook by looking for merger and acquisition opportunities with stocks at multi-year lows. More..

IT spending hit won't rival dot-com bust, Gartner says
Gartner analysts share with Symposium/ITxpo 2008 attendees new details around projected IT spending in 2009 More..

Economic malaise hits IT industry
Earnings disappointments, IPO dry spell signal financial problems for the IT industry. More..

Want a four-day workweek? IT is key
As oil prices continue to fluctuate, the economy flounders and the pressure is on to slow global warming, both public- and private-sector organizations are turning to alternative work schedules such as telecommuting, flex time and four-day workweeks to ease the pain to their bottom lines, their employees' wallets and the environment. More..

Outsourcer Tata to acquire Citigroup's Indian back office for $505M
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India's largest outsourcer, has reached an agreement to acquire Citigroup's interest in Citigroup Global Services, its business process outsourcing (BPO) arm in India, for about US$505 million in cash. More..

Economy freezing IT budgets, survey shows
Society for Information Management (SIM) June survey shows IT budgets were on the rise for 2009, but with the recent economic meltdown, many IT executives are re-evaluating their plans for next year according to the CIO Executive Board More..

Survey: Telecommuting improves productivity, lowers costs
Employees who wish their employers would let them work from home now have more stats to include in their business cases for telecommuting, according to a new survey conducted by CompTIA. More..

Offshore outsourcing: what role will recession play?
The ongoing credit crisis is a concern for everyone in nearly every industry-fear of lost jobs, foreclosed homes and bankrupt businesses. But those lost jobs are likely to further bolster the booming offshore outsourcing market-so the experts predicted. More..

IPO dry spell could hurt tech start-ups
There were zero venture capital-backed IPOs in the second quarter of 2008 - the first time that's happened in 30 years. More..

Will the bailout have any impact on executive pay?
The proposed $700 billion federal bailout of the financial services industry that the House and Senate passed and President Bush signed this week has shined a spotlight on executive pay. More..

What CEOs want from their next IT leaders
The question of what CEOs want from CIOs has been asked for as long as chief information officers have existed. On the face of it, the granting of a C-level role would appear to ensure that information leaders are regarded as strategic authorities by their ultimate bosses. However, reports of what status the CIO has in the organization remain mixed. CIO magazine in the U.S. recently gathered together leading executives and academics to discuss the CIO-CEO relationship. More..

IT workers: How that desk job wears your body down
Let's say you're a young IT manager, in your 20s, 30s or even early 40s. It's not unheard of for you to put in 10-hour workdays in front of your computer, or some other user's. More..