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Not long ago, some tech companies seemed almost smug in their assumptions that they might not take a hard financial hit, even as the U.S. credit crunch worsened. But now, with the economy turning into an increasingly ugly train wreck, that smugness is turning into foreboding or downright fear.
Which companies will get hammered the hardest? […]

The outlook on IT jobs, while certainly brighter than many other sectors in these troubled economic times, does seem to be fading.
Back in August, I wrote about the jobs outlook, citing several surveys showing tech executives scaling back their hiring plans. Also in August, eWEEK blogger Donald Sears got a similar story from recruiting specialist […]

Few folks, especially those involved in a global business, want to be seen as a xenophobe. To avoid that perception, I suspect at least some people hesitate to attribute communication problems with offshore providers to cultural differences.
Whether or not they feel comfortable acknowledging it, however, many people see it as a problem. Sixty-seven percent of […]

Back in December, I wrote about Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue’s decision to consolidate 11 agencies that account for the bulk of the state’s technology spending to create a Georgia Technology Authority to evaluate bids from private contractors to provide IT services.
Now, as ajc.com reports, Perdue finds himself in a bit of an awkward spot.
One of […]

One of life’s oldest and truest truisms is that there are exceptions to every rule.
As I wrote back at the beginning of the year, while shorter outsourcing contracts with multiple suppliers have largely supplanted lengthy contracts with a single large provider, the latter kinds of deals do still occur.
One of the latest examples: a 10-year, […]