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More often than not, there are significant gaps between what even the smartest and most tech-savvy graduates learned in school and what CIOs need from new members of their IT staffs.

A U.S. judge on Friday denied an IBM request that would have barred a former executive from working at Dell over concerns that he would misappropriate trade secrets.

As security programs become more robust and sophisticated, so, too, do the expectations of companies who have a top security officer in place. CSOs are now expected to expand their skill set: Those with technical backgrounds must understand facets of regulation, compliance, security and risk beyond the data center. CSOs from a physical security career, such as law enforcement or the military, must also have an understanding of information systems and the threats posed to their organization's data assets beyond just the facilities they are housed in.

Just as the newest chapter in the storied history of Palm unfolds, the last remaining company founder is moving on.

The former head of AT&T Inc. will become chairman of General Motors Co. when the auto maker leaves bankruptcy later this summer, GM announced today.

SuccessFactors, maker of SaaS applications for employee performance and talent management, announced Monday that it has landed a global agreement with Siemens. The San Mateo, California, vendor's software will be rolled out to 420,000 users in 80 countries, and in 20 languages.

What IT leaders wish their spouses understood about their job speaks more about their own foibles than it does about their spouses' shortcomings.

The CEO of open source CRM software vendor SugarCRM has stepped down. Board member Larry Augustin will become the interim CEO

EMC is trying to prevent top storage executive David Donatelli from joining rival HP, filing a lawsuit to enforce a non-competition agreement.

Top EMC storage executive David Donatelli has abruptly left the company to join rival Hewlett-Packard Co. as executive vice president for enterprise servers, storage and networking, HP announced yesterday.

MySpace has tapped a former Facebook executive to be its new CEO.