Managers are going to conserve IT staff and retain in-house talent, but they will be cutting back on consultants and contract work wherever they can, says Andrew Bartels, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research
Computer Associates plans to buy identity managment vendor Eurekify in an effort to complement its Identity Manager software with automated role provisioning and identity life-cycle management capabilities
The demand won't necessarily send CIOs to the job boards looking for new candidates; instead, IT managers will assess their in-house talent to match existing skills with emerging roles