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Dealing with the data explosion

The exponential expansion of enterprise data -- and what to do about it -- is the biggest problem faced by IT

Apple: Poachers will be punished

Did Apple try to strong-arm Palm into a 'don't touch ours, we won't touch yours' hiring arrangement? If so, it may have run afoul of antitrust laws

Women in IT: Success and struggle

IT remains largely a male-dominated realm and there's evidence that some high-tech firms are pushing highly educated female workers to the brink of burn-out

Embedded IT groups, though neither good nor bad, are inevitable

Central IT's proper response is to embrace them, just as their proper response is to take maximum advantage of what central IT has to offer

When you have to cut IT, here’s how to choose who goes

The relationship between tech staffers' rank and effectiveness isn't linear. Keep that in mind when you have to do less with less

Four Ways to Get Burned by a Computer Consulting Contract

Developers should learn from the Palm Pre’s privacy mistakes

If software vendors don't make their data-collection practices more transparent, regulators are liable to step in and do it for us

In the midst of a tough assignment, don’t be undercut by employees

Employees may disagree with you, but when they stab you in the back and go to your boss, you need to stop them in their tracks

H-1B visa sponsors: Surprise! You’re being audited

Unannounced on-site visits aim to detect fraud and abuses of the visa program; an estimated 21 percent of visa petitions violate H-1B program rules

Former antitrust enforcer defends Google book settlement

The Google book service may allow other vendors to digitize and sell their own titles, an antitrust lawyer says