We recently reported that most small and mid-size businesses that made IT a priority reported revenue gains in 2009. It seems many business leaders already figured that out.

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Tags: Gartner, IT, recovery, results, role, survey

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

Nobody likes to sound dumb, but it’s really easy when you’re talking about IT. The terms change fast

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Tags: Internet, IT, language, outdated, surfing, terms, World Wide Web

Paychecks for accountants, finance folks, IT staff and administrative pros will likely be flat or decline over the next year, but workers with some specific skills may be in luck, according to the 2010 Salary Guides from Robert Half International.

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Tags: IT, Robert Half Technology, salaries

The recession hit jobs hard — even in IT. But the fact remains that work doesn’t disappear. It goes somewhere, and that somewhere may be a city near you.

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Tags: Atlanta, Boston, D.C., Houston, Huntsville, IT, jobs, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington

It’s the one-year anniversary of the Terry Childs case and it looks like there are still organizations out there that don’t take the threat of rogue admins seriously enough to prevent the problems they can cause.

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Tags: employees, hacking, IT, Terry Childs, vandalsim, workers

Think netbooks might be a viable option for your company? If you’re a small business, now might be the perfect time to test them out.

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Tags: budgets, IT, laptops

Everywhere you go these days, folks are typing away on some kind of electronic gadget.  After all, in the fast-paced business world you have to stay connected.

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Tags: Blackberry, iphone, IT, laptops

The CEO of an Indian IT services company has created a furor this month with comment about grads of American colleges being “unemployable.”

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Tags: education, employees, HCL Technologies, IT, Vineet Nayar

Having a pandemic plan was a hot topic a few years ago, and now it’s back on the radar screen with the recent outbreak that appears to be spreading fast and furiously.

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Tags: flu, IT, Pandemic, planning, telecommute