* ITIL adoption trends and challenges
Survey shows the number of U.S. CIOs using ITIL and other best practice frameworks is catching up to global adoption rates
Installfest for Schools in California's Bay Area couples recycled desktops with Linux community volunteers to donate PCs to schools
* Virtualization is the latest technology every management vendor touts as its most recent must-have feature
CompTIA's most recent survey reveals wide gap between IT security skills wanted and those workers bring to the job.
IT salaries in the New York area expected to increase by more then 5% in 2008.
IBM Tivoli announces Service Management Center for System z; CA software supports z10 Enterprise Class platform
* Big Blue focuses on a broad IT service management strategy
Novell acquisition would bolster its data center management portfolio
* Virtual appliances could be an answer to the software vs. hardware debate
