A marketing firm used a wiki to build a new corporate intranet full of user generated content, making it more helpful than a run-of-the-mill phonebook directory. The reason for their success? They picked a wiki with a simple interface that keeps barriers to entry for users as low as possible.

If you have an outsourcing contract for work in Bogota, Colombia, Bangkok, Thailand, or Johannesburg, South Africa, you should be aware that they rank as the riskiest offshore outsourcing destinations in the world. Locations in India and Brazil also made this inauspicious list. Where do you outsource?

Students want to be tech-savvy to succeed across several job industries, not just IT, according to a survey from IBM and Marist College.

Go back a couple of decades and one can remember when Microsoft first burst on the scene. The demand for certified Microsoft engineers was high and the supply was minimal. As adoption of this technology grew, so did the demand for skills, leading consequently to more people developing these skills. Fast forward to the present day and this scenario is repeated with Open Source.

Looking for a good job in IT? Sharpen your knowledge of open source development frameworks, languages, and programming. A just-published study of available IT jobs found that 5% to 15% of the positions now on the market call for open source software skills.