August 30, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
In a recent column on SearchCIO.com, contributor and CIO Niel Nickolaisen pondered whether IT chargebacks are worth the trouble. His conclusion:
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Tags: chargebacks, CIO, Headwaters Inc., IT, Niel Nickolaisen
August 25, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Ever wonder what it takes to rake in the big bucks in the tech industry? The answer can be found in the executive suites of the big technology firms, where leaders are taking home millions — whether they do a good job or not.
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Tags: BMC software, CEO, compensation, executive, Hewlett-Packard, IT, Oracle, pay
August 23, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
IT budgets may have been flat in recent years, but the cost of staff could soon rise. Retaining top workers will likely get tough in the coming months, says a new report.
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Tags: CDW, Dice, employment, hiring, IT, retention, survey
August 19, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Organizations that hire foreign IT workers who need H-1B visas and firms that outsource to other countries could soon have to pay more for these workers.
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Tags: H1B, hike, L-1, outsourcing, price, senate, visa
August 17, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Workers hear the announcement “The network’s down” with varying degrees of dread. It can mean an extended break, but it can also mean work piles up while the system stays down.
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August 4, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
As the economic recovery sputters along, IT budgets remain tight and more small and mid-size businesses have looked to the cloud as a cost-cutting tool.
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Tags: cloud computing, growth, ICD, IDC, International Data Corporation, report
July 21, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
The financial juggernaut that is Apple continues unabated by minor blips like the iPhone 4 antennae and fears that the iPad’s phenomenal popularity might eat away at Mac sales.
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Tags: Apple, earnings, iPad, iphone, ipod, macs, third quater
July 13, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Debt collectors have a new, insidious weapon in their search for folks who skip paying their bills: Facebook. The social network site has become a new way to track down deadbeats.
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Tags: debt collectors, Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, FTC
June 30, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Forget the recession. At least where digital advertising is concerned, there doesn’t seem to be one.
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Tags: advertising, forecast, IPG Mediabrands, magna global, online, research, revenue
June 29, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
The next business that could come under regulators’ scrutiny: online dating. These sites attract plenty of folks just looking for love, but a few real creeps have started migrating there as well.
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Tags: background checks, killer, match.com, online dating