The sate of technology talent is r...

The sate of technology talent is rapidly dwindling with staffs and salaries rising again. Information technology has clearly become a global talent puddle with the growing use of offshore and onshore outsourcing for commodity work, as well as the use of consultants for higher-end specialized work. The latter IT downturn and growing use of outsourcing and offshoring has created high stres for IT staffs and reduc their status in the organization. The IT function has generally become more decentralized as staffs become part of business units, resulting in further business alignment, further less IT function integration and collaboration. Business managers