The recovery seems to be trickling down to the tech sector, and the proof is in some recent surveys of chief information officers (CIOs) and their hiring plans.
Tags: CIOs, hiring, Robert Half Technology, staff, tech
Interested in hanging onto your IT job? For a lesson in how to lose it, consider the plight of Pennsylvania’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) who got canned after four years on the job for allegedly speaking in a public forum about a security breach of the state’s online drivers’ test scheduling system.
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Tags: chief information security officer, firing, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Robert Maley
Anybody working on electronic healthcare records paraphernalia can get set for a flood of federal stimulus dollars to wash over them.
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Tags: electronic records, federal government, grants, health care, spending
We’re not No. 1 anymore, at least where IT’s concerned, according to the annual Connectivity Scorecard, a global study of “useful connectivity” that measures infrastructure, complementary skills, software and informed usage of IT around the world.
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Tags: Connectivity Scorecard, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, United States
The latest IT salary survey holds a valuable lesson for all tech employees: It’s all in the name.
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A bill extending a $7 billion tax credit for research and development has passed the House of Representatives, but its future in the Senate is uncertain.
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Tags: congress, extension, research & development, tax credit
If you believe the folks over at the CareerCast.com, among the least stressful careers out there are a few IT jobs. They include:
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Tags: Careercast, job, software engineer, stress, systems analysts
There’s been no immunity for IT in the current economic downturn. The folks who make technology work for the rest of us have seen their pay stagnate and their workload increase just like everyone else.
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Tags: ComputerWorld, IT, review, salary
When was the last time you heard two good economic stories in the tech sector in one week? Mark your calendars, because this week, it happened.
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Tags: Economy, IT employment, market, mobile phone, sector, upswing
‘Tis the season of shopping online for holiday gifts, and that little exercise costs many U.S. employers a lot more than the average year-end bonus.
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Tags: cyber Monday, Information Systems Audit and Control Association, ISACA, online, shopping
