The St. Petersburg Times - Business - Hewlett-Packard to Open St. Pete Lab: "Hewlett-Packard to Open St. Pete Lab
By Yekaterina Dranitsyna
American IT giant Hewlett-Packard announced plans to open a research center in St. Petersburg on Monday. Local experts considered the move positive, both for HP and Russian software developers."

"I think the St. Petersburg labor market is very attractive for IT companies in terms of available high-end specialists - software engineers and software architects. Advanced specialists were often left without good job opportunities in the city," said Mikhail Zavileiskiy, Chief Operating Officer of DataArt.

Offshore attrition on the rise: "Offshore attrition on the rise
Industry observer says on any particular project outsourced to a service provider in India, you can expect at least a 15% turnover rate for personnel assigned to the project within a year"

January 2007 Research: The Future of I.T. - Change: The Only Constant: "January 2007 Research: The Future of I.T.

Change: The Only Constant
By Allan E. Alter
January 2007 Future of I.T. Survey: Amid the regular upheaval, one thing's for sure—I.T. executives won't die of boredom during the next five years.

Our future of IT survey has three parts: The first section covers the top business, managerial and technology priorities for 2007, the second presents the economic outlook as our respondents see it, and the rest presents a peek at where IT is heading. "