Outsourcing has become an accepted and dependable part of the CIO's toolkit. Today's outsourced work tends to be straightforward, repeatable processes like application maintenance or support.

Demand for IT is back with a vengeance. The requests for IT projects are piling up, and managing this application backlog is the number one barrier to CIO job effectiveness today, regardless of industry or company size.

More than anything this is a wonderful group of bright young men to work with. They are great to coach and it's enjoyable to see them have success.

People might not get all that they work for in this world but they must certainly work for all they get.

Information on the Internet is subject to the same rules and regulations as conversation at a bar.

The drop is mostly from refining capacity comeback and, to a lesser degree, lower demand.