Dell links up with Salesforce's development platform
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Judge rejects student visa injunction sought by H-1B opponents

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Streamlining IT operations, possibly at the expense of free beer

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Study: IT jobs will drop in 2009

Barclays to cut 1,800 U.K. IT staffers in offshoring move

Outsourcing Deal, Layoffs Lead to End of Tax Breaks

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Tax break fuels anger over outsourcing-related layoffs in Fla.

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What are you doing for me, and why don't I know it?
Without a formal communication plan, you could find your IT function being outsourced from under you.

How to Get Value From Outsiders
Paul Glen has discovered the secret to getting value from outside service providers. It's all about what you call them.

Quality Over Quantity
This drug firm's approach to application support uses more service-level metrics and fewer vendors.

Opinion: Companies can't afford not to have vendor management offices
Their combination of hard- and soft-dollar savings should make them an easy sell, even in tough economic times.

How to evaluate vendor performance
McDonald's supplier of the year award offers tips for getting the most from your technology vendors.

HP+EDS & You
The job security of EDS employees isn't the only thing that will get more precarious after the company merges with HP, Frank Hayes argues.

China rising: If you know Mandarin and management, you're in
Go east, young men and women, go east: American expats with a facility for languages and a sense of adventure are reporting that opportunities abound in China.

Career advice: Is programming headed for extinction in the U.S.?
Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader Vidya Byanna answers questions on career longevity, office politics, mentoring and more.

The Duck Project
Bart Perkins says when morale-sapping, underperforming 'ducks' are hiding behind HR, flush them out.

Is your outsourcer an IT sweatshop?
Advocates of socially conscious outsourcing say that companies will increasingly develop standards that go beyond pure business objectives to address ethical concerns such as labor policies to green initiatives. The results, they say will be good PR, lower costs and better outcomes.

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