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• 9 signs you should jump ship to a new job

  Poor teamwork, little experimentation, no clear career path -- your employer may be sending unmistakable signals of career stagnation. Don't miss them

• 6 dirty secrets of the IT industry

  IT pros blow the whistle on the less-than-white lies and dark sides of the tech business

• Foiled! How to beat software vendors' sneaky price increases

  Between complex licenses and the cloud, Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP have lots of ways to hike up prices. Here's how to fight back

• 6 dirty secrets of the IT industry

  IT pros blow the whistle on the less-than-white lies and dark sides of the tech business

• The best of the worst: The dirty IT jobs hall of shame

  We've sifted through the sewage and vermin to bring you the 14 all-time dirtiest jobs in IT

• The hidden dark side of today's hottest tech trends

  New technologies and new IT strategies are here to solve all your problems -- except the ones they create

• 7 paths to spotting and spurring hidden IT talent

  Your next great IT hire already works for your organization. Here's how to discover hidden IT gems

• 8 biggest myths about managing geeks

  Managing talented techies can be tricky business. Here's how

• 7 outsourcing nightmares -- and how to avoid them

  Poor communication, shortsighted contracts -- don't get derailed by an IT outsourcing agreement gone awry

• The 7 scariest monsters in tech

  Ghastlier than malware, these IT hellions can turn your tech department into a horror show -- quick

• IT inferno: The nine circles of IT hell

  Spend enough time in the tech industry, and you'll eventually find yourself in IT hell -- one not unlike the underworld described by Dante in his "Divine Comedy."

• How the iPad will change IT forever

  When evaluating the adoption of mobile enterprise applications, it's important to understand the overall trends driving the adoption of the iPad within the enterprise. As I worked on the book, iPad in the Enterprise: Developing and Deploying Business Applications, I spoke to, interviewed, and received feedback from dozens of technology authors, industry analysts, enterprise software executives, Fortune 1000 CIOs, and other visionaries of enterprise IT. I felt that the best way to explore this concept was to hear from those industry leaders directly.