Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
After a long bout of recession blows and outsourcing knockouts, IT pros are longing for a true recovery complete with better jobs, more reasonable workloads, raises, bonuses and employment sweeteners. The good news is that 2011 looks to be the year of the IT comeback and all the goodies that implies. The bad news is…
While the high unemployment rate might suggest it’s easy to find skilled applicants today, that’s not always the case with technology professionals. In fact, according to the Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report for the first quarter of 2011, 54 percent of CIOs said it is very or somewhat challenging to find…
PandaLabs, the anti-malware lab of Panda Security, put out their predictions for 2011 and, while some of it is more of the same, some metrics are actually improving — unless you count in Mac attacks (not the McDonalds’s kind), HTML5, information blackmail, 64-bit attacks … sigh. “The overall picture is not improving. Even though we…
For IT organizations, the year ahead will not only be a time for rebuilding but also for innovation. Spending will remain restrained, and IT executives will continue to be asked to deliver more with less. But they are also receiving the go-ahead to take risks with projects that promise long-term improvements in the ability of…
According to the salary guides just released from Robert Half, 11 roles representing several fields — including accounting and finance, technology, creative, legal and administrative services — show increases in starting salaries and growing demand among employers. “The common thread among the jobs highlighted in our research is that they help businesses improve efficiency and…
The economic downturn forced deep cuts in IT budgets. Now, as CIO’s plan for the recovery, they are facing unprecedented demand for IT services from the business. At the same time, organizations are still keeping spending tightly under control. As CIOs prepare for next year’s budget cycle, it is unrealistic to assume that they can…