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The article discusses reuse knowledge management in the development of software. Reuse has long been an idea ahead of its time. As knowledge management increasingly becomes crucial to the survival of software organizations, it is imperative that software development organizations appreciate that knowledge exploitation is a dynamic, three-pronged process that covers public, quasi-public, and private knowledge spaces. Two recent trends in computing have brought reuse to the forefront. These include open source development projects such as Linux, and component-based software development. The success of open source development rests on individuals contributing code fragments, scripts, and ideas to the public knowledge space associated with the project. The most frequent users of open source knowledge and code are rookies rather than experts, and temporary project teams rather than the permanent open source community directly associated with the project. However, the success of open source projects depends on experts and veteran programmers contributing to the public knowledge space. The success of the open source model therefore depends upon new and different types of incentive systems to sustain high-quality knowledge contributions in the medium and long run.

Presents the opinion of the author regarding the four quarters that set the rhythm to the lives of corporate chief information officers. Need to quickly start on the major development projects for the year in the first quarter; Achievement of the first round of project milestones in the second quarter; Development of new systems and enhancements that should be put into production in the third quarter.

This article focuses on the appropriate recognition of the factor that can make a great difference to a chief information officer's (CIO) career. Almost every CIO encounters a watershed project, the one big thing, in his first year in a new job. If the project goes well , it can cast a positive aura over the rest of the executive's tenure. If it goes badly, the tenure may be very short. The key is to recognize that one big thing early and reacting appropriately. To act appropriately, suggested ways are presented in the article in order to recognize these watershed projects early on.

The article offers news briefs related to computer industry in the U.S. Skyp Ltd. will begin a service that allows the 110 million MySpace members who have Skype accounts call one another in an online profile. Companies are using knowledge management (KM) systems to capture their wisdom for the future generations of workers, says analyst Jim Murphy. President of the Independent Oracle User Group Ari Kaplan will present data about open source usage culled from the group's annual survey.

The article comments on the trends in the information markets from around the world. Information centers will begin creating internal podcasting labs to enable employees to share with others what they learned at a conference, seminar, or meeting. It is often much easier to encourage people to talk for 15 minutes about their impressions and insights than to sit down and write them out. Knowledge management may finally come into its own with the use of internal wikis and comment-enabled internal blogs. These collaborative tools can serve as ways to surface the expertise of hidden experts within an organization.

This article profiles Jesus V. Arriaga, vice president and chief information officer (CIO) of Keystone Automotive Industries Inc. Arriaga is one of the Premier 100 information technology (IT) leader, who tackles the issue of how to land a CIO job. The day he decided for the CIO position, he determined to put a plan in place towards his goal. He quickly learned that to be an effective CIO, he would need a balanced skill set in both technical- and management-related areas.