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Microsoft Announces Visual Studio 2010. Developers Respond.

Microsoft's development environment offers new tools for Agile development, software testing enhancements and improved support for cloud computing. Microsoft showed us a sneak peek, and we invited developers to chime in with their feedback.

Top IT Schools to Watch

These are the top 10 IT schools that are best able to meet the demands of IT in the workplace.

How to Get Executive Buy-In for Your Application Development Projects (and Why It Matters)

You might have a great IT strategy for solving a business problem. But unless the development staff or IT manager can sell the idea to senior management, everyone will be disappointed. Three CIOs who have been-there-done-that explain what works.

9 Tips for Taking Control of Your IT Career in the Face of Layoffs

With unemployment rates at their highest level in six years and layoffs planned at some of the biggest companies, tech workers are feeling anxious about their jobs and powerless in the face of economic uncertainty. Two IT staffing experts offer some

Financial Industry Mergers, Acquisitions and Meltdowns: What’s in Store for IT Execs and Staffers?

Economic chaos has rocked thousands in IT: From CIOs, such as Merrill Lynch's Tom Sanzone and Washington Mutual's Deb Horvath, to tons of jittery IT workers.

The Danger of Being Too Nice at Work

Russ Edelman, the author of Nice Guys Can Get the Corner Office, explains how you can be a nice person and still succeed at work. But, he says, being too nice hampers your career growth and costs your employer time and money.

Bowing Out of a Job Interview with Your Reputation Intact

Cool Programmer Challenge: Football Algorithm = $50,000

TopCoder is running a developer contest for ESPN to write an algorithm that predicts the outcomes of college football games for the sports network. The winner gets $50,000. Score.

How One Company Broke Down Silos and Improved Application Integration

Using service-oriented architecture and Tibco tools, Qualcomm supercharged its customer provisioning. In doing so, it also improved the software development team's agility and saved half a million dollars in the IT annual budget.