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How to fish for (and land) IT talent

To lure great hires, CIOs need to be deeply involved in writing IT job postings and not just leave that task to the HR admin.

What Gamergate says about the tech industry

The antipathy toward women expressed in the Gamergate dispute reflects uncomfortable truths about the rest of the tech industry.

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10 Best Practices for Cloud Business Intelligence: Enabling the Business

Business driven Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics represent a shift in the enterprise that is perfectly aligned with the value proposition of cloud-based analytic solutions.

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11 ways to re-energize your IT career

Mid-career blues, begone. Here are 11 actionable items tech pros can tackle to keep moving on up in IT.

Oracle sued over alleged employee no-poaching agreement with Google

A former Oracle employee charges the company with restraining competition.

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Millennials choose enterprise IT -- really!

Millennials forgo startups to work in corporate IT.

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The future of artificial intelligence: Will computers take your job?

Intelligent machines will increasingly replace knowledge workers in the near future, a group of AI experts predicted.

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10 Best Practices for Integrating Data

Data integration is often underestimated and poorly implemented, taking time and resources. Yet it continues to grow in strategic importance as customer data and touch points grow with the emergence of cloud, social and mobile

Google to put security guards on payroll

Google has decided to add security guards to its payroll, rather than hiring contractors, amid concerns about income disparities in Silicon Valley.

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A shout out for the introverts

It’s not news that a lot of IT folk are introverted. But let’s acknowledge what a good thing that is.

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Pink slips rain down on Microsoft

As had been rumored earlier this week, Microsoft lopped off a second set of jobs Thursday, cutting 2,100 positions, as part of a restructuring plan announced two months ago to eliminate 18,000 positions, or about 14% of the company's...

Use of forced labor 'systemic' in Malaysian IT manufacturing

Almost every brand-name company sourcing from the country is impacted by the practice, said a new report

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10 Common Problems APM Helps You Solve

Practical advice for you to take full advantage of the benefits of APM and keep your IT environment performing at its peak at all times.

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Technology jeopardy: Beat the odds of project failure with a single question

The important question, which is rarely thought of, is ‘What do people need to do their best work?’

5 questions to ask before you take a tech job

IT positions don't always match up to their interview hype. Ask these questions to ensure you know what you're getting into before saying "yes" to your next job offer.

Court approves eBay settlement over no-hire agreement

A court in California approved the settlement reached earlier this year between eBay and the U.S. Department of Justice over a deal between eBay and Intuit not to hire each other's employees.

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But it looks so nice now!

It's summer, the time of year at this large wholesale plant nursery when business is slow and supervisors decide to spiff up their work areas, reports an IT pilot fish there. "Shortly after this particular office's re-do, we...

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10 Considerations in Moving to a Cloud-Based Contact Center

This ebook offers ten key considerations when moving to a cloud-based contact center. What are your organization's business goals and requirements?

Bart Perkins: 6 wrong reasons for hiring consultants

Engaging consultants can be a good move, but not if you do it for the wrong reasons. (Insider; registration required)

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Why we love customers (and sales VPs, too)

It's the late 1980s, and this pilot fish has a project to install some new servers for a rapidly expanding bank. "Because the bank bought these servers with financing through my employer, it was also my job to get the customer to...

Paul Glen: When your boss overloads you, blame yourself

It's part of your job to let your boss know honestly what you can and can't do. (Insider; registration required)

2014's starting salaries for college tech majors

As summer is winding down and colleges and university are about to kick it into high gear, it's time again for us to look at how college technology majors stack up in regards to starting salaries.

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