Best of the blogs: Most folks from time to time experience something close to that state of near-exhaustion that deprives one of performing at peak level. But how to best this obstacle? In Advice Line, Bob Lewis suggests starting with a test, and doing so tomorrow. He goes on to explain that “true burnout has (I think) quite a bit in common with depression – it’s in control of you and you need to find a way clear of it.” Columnist’s corner: “Offshoring is about to hit a wall,” Ephraim Schwartz begins, in Offshore attrition on the rise. You see, the idea may feel new, to IT anyway, but that does not mean it’s protected from basic economics. “Despite all you may have heard about how many computer science majors graduate from Indian universities annually, there is a finite talent pool.” And, as one reader points out in the comments section, in at least some cases Indian outsourcers are already charging more than competitors in Europe. Test Center review: Admitting a certain degree of apprehension about Oracle’s SOA Suite 10g Release 3, James Borck found its “comprehensive scope and breadth of well-integrated component set” to be exciting. So much so, indeed, that he labels it “a top-notch toolset well-culled from a variety of sources without much sacrifice to aptitude or usability.” Read the full review here. The news beat: Hewlett-Packard restructures its storage and server software into the new ESS, or Enterprise Storage and Server unit. The Liberty Alliance unveils the openLiberty.org portal for helping developers use identity management technology. And Microsoft offers an Australian software engineer a contract to edit Wikipedia entries about ODF and OOXML. Technology Industry