Articles About IT Careers

  • Leading CIOs speak out on IT trends and 2010 budgets

    Watch and listen to CIOs explain what technologies, applications, and concerns they have as we move into 2010. Also, get a feel for their game plans for IT spending in the upcoming year.

  • IT Career Paths You Never Dreamed Of

    As a 21st century technology professional, your future -- and most likely your desk -- will be deeply rooted in the business, and your title will likely be scrubbed of any hint of computers, databases, software development languages or data networks.

  • Preparing for the IT Talent Squeeze

    The federal government’s tight time frame for computerization, along with a steep implementation curve, will require more bodies-soon, and in the thousands at least, they say.

  • Gold Rush! Big money see for iPhone, smartphone app developers

    In the U.S., Howe estimated there are 1 million to 3 million software developers who could potentially write smartphone apps in coming years.

  • IT Job Growth Seen Through 2016

    GOOD NEWS! Demand for many IT skills will increase well into the next decade. In fact, according to the latest figures from the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics...

  • IT Jobs Outlook Showing Strength

    Although the national jobless rate is still on the rise, jobs in IT continue to show an impressive resilience to this trend. Read the details and check out the numbers.

  • Recession? Not within IT

    Just about when you hear, for the thousandth time, that we are experiencing the worst economy since the Great Depression, someone pulls out the fact checker and explores the following chart...

  • In Harsh Jobs Market, Tech Companies An Oasis

    In the middle of the county's economic downturn, science and technology in Massachusetts are surging. The hiring spree by local outfit SeaChange International Inc. is just one example of this phenomenon at work.

  • Information Technology in Minnesota: From Big Iron to Blue Gene and Xbox 360

    Minnesota may not be a high-tech hub like Silicon Valley or Massachusetts' Route 128, Minnesota is home to important companies and innovations. They include the Rochester-based IBM research and development headquarters, which produces the world's fastest...

  • FutureWork: On The Trail Of Digital Secrets

    Computer forensic specialists examine hard drives and other storage areas, ferreting out information from things like spreadsheets, Word documents, instant messages and e-mail. They look for signs of tampering and for information that users may...

  • Usability/User Experience Specialist: Executive Summary

    Usability specialists make sure that products, especially technical ones, are easy and pleasurable to use. How? First, they observe and interview potential...