October 30, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
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
June 15, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Web surfers may grumble about those ads scattered across their favorite Internet sites, but don’t complain too quickly.
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Tags: Economy, Harvard Business School, Interactive Advertising Bureau, jobs, Web ads
March 16, 2009 by Sam Narisi

Staffing levels in IT departments are dropping, but companies are turning to a different hiring strategy:
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Tags: budgets, Economy, temp-to-perm, temporary staff
January 15, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
The roller coaster economy is highlighting the ups and downs of different businesses. So in tech, who’s up?
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Tags: e-mail, Economy, netbooks, PCs, SaaS, service, Software, Web browsing
December 15, 2008 by Valerie Helmbreck

IT workers, once believed to be immune from the economic downturn and its job losses, will join the rest of the labor force facing cutbacks in 2009.
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Tags: cutbacks, Economy, hiring, IT jobs
December 8, 2008 by Valerie Helmbreck

Hoping that IT would be immune from spending cuts in this lousy economy? Think again. It looks like critical IT services are going to be feeling the pinch soon enough.
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Tags: Economy, IT, research, spending
November 12, 2008 by Valerie Helmbreck
The economic slump’s spreading around the globe and should result in some savings if your IT shop is one that is looking to outsource IT functions to places like India.
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Tags: contracts, downturn, Economy, India, obama, outsourcing
November 3, 2008 by Valerie Helmbreck

So how bad is the economy? Depending on your industry, it could be dismal, horrid or just plain lousy.
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Tags: budgets, contracts, downturn, Economy, licenses, Software, vendors
September 15, 2008 by Valerie Helmbreck
Soaring gas prices and the effects of a worldwide credit crisis have hit employees hard. The upshot: Telework’s now recognized as a significant cost-saving employee benefit.
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Tags: benefit, cost, Economy, employee, technology, telecommute
August 25, 2008 by Sam Narisi
A new survey shows the slow economy is having an effect on IT staffing.
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Tags: budgets, Economy, hiring