* A look at a few buys HP and IBM made last year to better hold onto their positions against old and new competitors in 2008
Employees age 18 to 31 have high expectations that many IT employers simply can't meet.
* A look back at some of the acquisition moves BMC and CA made 2007
China, Russia and Brazil among Gartner's list of top offshore locations.
* Technologies that could improve operations in the coming year
Pay packages on the rise for CIOs and IT executives in large enterprises
* Management software makers will make 2008 the year of automation technology
* Application migration projects cost more than time and effort
* IT managers work hard to keep network resource-consuming and bandwidth-hogging activities from impacting performance
