Blasting Obama as a way to get H-1B visas
There is a group spending millions of dollars on TV advertisements blaming President Barack Obama for adding “$4 billion in new debt every day.” These shrill ads do not mention GOP presidential...
View ArticleWorst places to work
Computerworld's annual Best Places to Work special is out. But here, of course, we want the alternative survey -- the worst places to work!
View ArticleEMC/VMware cloudy spinoff rumors (and Maritz is out)
This is serious business: EMC (NYSE:EMC) and VMware (NYSE:VMW) are said to be spinning off their cloud computing assets into a new company. Those will include the Cloud Foundry PaaS, Greenplum,...
View ArticleOutsourcing: What Romney and Obama don't discuss
No one wants a real discussion on offshore outsourcing. Not President Barack Obama, not Mitt Romney and not the Brookings Institution. It’s really not clear just what the Brookings Institution report...
View ArticleOutsourcing on trial next week before U.S. jury
Next week, I’ll be in Montgomery, Alabama to cover the Jay Palmer versus Infosys trial in federal court. It’s a trip worth making because there’s never been a case quite like this. Jay Palmer, an...
View ArticlePussy Riot and tech revolutionaries
There is boldness, determination and steel in these women and it is admirable. But it was not surprising at all to read that one had an IT background.
View ArticleThe tension in the Palmer case
The American notion of self-reliance is often used as a launching pad for mayhem and moral ambiguity in movies. In real life, we rely on our laws and our courts and own moral anchors to keep chaos out...
View ArticleCIO: Hottest IT roles in information architecture, SaaS integration
The migration of enterprise apps to SaaS is diminishing some traditional IT roles. But there are new opportunities, says Kimberly-Clark CIO Ramon Baez. Here are the skill sets and roles he says will...
View ArticleOffshore outsourcing, visas and the Obama speech
You may have noticed that there’s been a lot of talk by politicians about offshore outsourcing. But when you get to it there isn’t one political leader – Democrat or Republican – who has done a thing...
View ArticleTech industry bets on Republicans and loses
What happens when the tech industry decides to turn partisan.
View ArticleTop 10 IT Jobs: The hot - and the not so hot
Are you on a hot career track - or a dead end? A recent salary survey may provide some clues. Insider (registration required)
View ArticleHot IT jobs: Why location matters
Location can negate a higher paying IT job or make a low paying more lucrative. Here's how to get to the bottom line.
View ArticleMoving to a career in IT security
Jobs within IT security are hot at the moment and recently a number of people have asked me what it takes to get into this sector. For some people IT security is a world of hackers and data leakage....
View ArticleIn the Midwest, concern about the H-1B
The spouse of a military vet writes about challenges facing vets, which include for-profit colleges and H-1B visa workers.
View ArticleWomen computer science grads: The bump before the decline
In 1971 just 14% of all bachelor's degrees in computer science went to women. By 1984 that number had jumped to 37% before beginning a spectacular decline to just 18% in 2011. What happened?
View ArticleIT salaries 2013: Have your say!
Are you catching the wave as IT gets its groove back, or feeling passed over? Tell us how you're doing!
View ArticleFacebook is but a dorm room
Creative people are inventive throughout their life. For them, the creative process is about continuing advancement. But in high-tech there is a tendency to believe that creativity is the domain of...
View ArticleSee? You CAN offshore the help desk after all
This very large company offshores its tier 1 support people -- leaving just two poor souls to run around and do things like watch people fail to log in when they can't be helped over the phone from...
View ArticleCIO of the future: Innovator or ERP baby sitter?
IT organizations that fail to gain traction as leaders in business innovation may soon end up as nothing more than legacy ERP system baby sitters. CIOs need to move up the food chain quickly -- or...
View ArticleIt's all about relevant experience
Flashback to the late 1990s, when this pilot fish is working in a non-technical job for a big government contractor. The next step up is the help desk, so when a job opens up, despite being a...
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