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Katrina Roberts, a CIO at American Express, Shares Hiring Strategy
Strategies for recruiting IT talent are changing rapidly, and it's not just about challenges. There are opportunities and benefits as well.
9 Reasons Why Women Leave Tech Jobs
If you think most women quit because they just don't like working in IT or because their jobs don't offer the work-life balance or parental leave they need, think again.
Decoding Programmers: How Emotions Can Change Code
So, do you know which human emotions cause developers to commit more errors, or generate more code?
What Special Ops Taught Me About TechOps
A look at how a day of special forces-style training delivered benefits in the technology realm.
Consider Our Vets and One Younger Source as Tech Pros
Veterans Day is an appropriate time to remember that the millions of US vets represent a talented tech workforce. At the same time, maybe there's a second way to help close the tech talent gap.
To Nurture IT Talent in a Tough Market, Think Differently
Hiring IT pros these days calls for new approaches to get closer to candidates and to make your company stand out as the best option.
What it Takes to Succeed in Tech; Lessons from an Accidental CTO
To really find success in business, let curiosity lead you and never stop learning.
AI and the Death of 'Employment for Life'
When AI brings about job losses and changes our careers, remember that we've been through this before, time and again.
10 Best Places in the World for Tech Workers to Live
This ranking considers factors like mobile and broadband speed, quality of life and property affordability, as well as tech salaries, and you'll probably be surprised by which city was number one.
IT Salary Survey: Women Still Earn Thousands Less Than Men
The latest Interop/InformationWeek research pointed out some troubling gender disparities, but the news isn't all bad.
IT Salary Survey 2018: How Much Do IT Pros Earn?
Compare your salary to the median pay for 12 popular IT job titles, from the help desk to the C-suite.
Good Tech Design is Accessible, But There's a Skills Gap
Software designers and IT know the importance of a good user experience. However, accessibility by design isn't as pervasive as it should be. That will change as accessibility is integrated into more university programs.
Continuous Processes Feed the Gig Economy
As more business processes move toward real-time and near-real-time, companies are finding themselves with skill shortages. One good way to fill the gaps is with "gig workers" who can be scaled up or down as required.
5 Tips for Success: Mother to Daughter, Engineer to Engineer
Women play an important role in building an innovative workforce, so it's critical to support to the next generation of women technologists and empower their careers.
4 Ways to Maximize IT Productivity in a Transition to Cloud
Cloud migration often leads to the outsourcing of critical activities. So how can your IT staff continue to contribute during this transition?
5 Bad Habits of Ineffective IT Departments
The best intentions of an IT group can end up coming back to bite them, leading their projects to fall short of expectations or to fail outright.
Stop Calling Them Kids: Make the Most of IT’s Generational Shift
Next-gen digital talent is your most important resource. Here are three keys to ensuring that you don't mismanage it.
How You Can Bridge the IT Training Gap
The demand for well-trained IT professionals is growing, but quality training options remain elusive.
ACM Updates Code of Ethics for Computer Pros
Does your company's most recent software development project make you feel uncomfortable? The ACM is helping technology workers and leaders navigate tricky ethics questions.
How to Be the Global IT Executive
IT managers who can adapt their personal styles to the needs of local cultures and employees are best positioned to succeed in the global arena.
How a New Tech Language Might Transform the Labor Market
Credential issuers are collaborating on a common credentialing language that aims to transform the way students, workers, education institutions, and employers describe and share credentialing information.
10 Leading Female CIOs
While women are still underrepresented in IT, quite a few of the world's largest organizations have female CIOs.
From iPhone to AWS: Keys to Tech Product Success
IT professionals who get involved in new product development can learn from experts speaking at a 2017 product summit.
Showtime for Interop ITX 2018
Stay tuned for InformationWeek's coverage of evolving technology concepts and IT leadership issues and opportunities throughout next week's Interop ITX conference.
Culture, Like Technology, Is Changing at a Breakneck Pace
If you thought your company culture was good or bad or a static thing within the organization, well, guess again.
Protect Your Data Privacy Online: Top Experts Share Personal Stories
Nervous about your privacy online? We've asked data and analytics experts how they protect their own privacy. Here's what they said.
Why IT Professionals Move to Las Vegas
Las Vegas may well become the next high-tech hotbed as more IT talent and related investment flow into the city. On and off The Strip, there are all kinds of opportunities to cash in on digital transformation, from gaming to the maker movement and beyond. You may enjoy life more, too. Here's why.
How Dev and Ops Can Work Together for Continuous Delivery
How can you get to continuous delivery when your Dev team and Ops team seem to be working at cross purposes? Learn how to build a harmonious, collaborative DevOps team instead.
15 Best Places to Work in Technology
These tech firms get the best ratings and reviews from current and former employees.
How New Technologies Can Spell Disaster
IT compensation expert David Foote warns that outdated HR models threaten to destroy companies as they try to implement emerging IT concepts.
Rethinking IT: Why Computer Scientists Should Care about Art, Chemistry and Biology
Career advice for computer scientists and IT professionals: Talk to, listen to, and work with your peers in a multi-disciplinary environment.
Think, Do We Rule Technology, or Does Tech Rule Us?
A nugget in CompTIA's predictions for 2018 raises awareness of a somewhat dark side of technology, and the questions we should be asking ourselves.
Affective Analytics and the Human Emotional Experience
Whether you are happy, grumpy, excited, or sad, a computer wants to know and can initiate affective analytics.
10 Most In-Demand Programming Languages of 2018
Do you have the skills you'll need to succeed this year, or are you still betting on a COBOL revival?
One Year Wiser: 7 Top Culture Ins and Outs
The transition from the business world of 2017 to that of 2018 features some shifts in culture across organizations.
How to Cope with Stress in Tech
Always a concern, workplace stress has soared to new levels in the tech sector.
CIOs' Evolving Role: Think Revenue and Strategy
It's no longer about just cutting costs. CIOs must figure out ways to monetize tech including data, and where newer systems like blockchain can fit strategically.
5 Traits of Truly Innovative Companies
When most people think about innovation, they think of companies like Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Google because those companies appear to have some kind of magic that other organizations lack. If your company wants to make lightning strike repeatedly, consider these points.
Gender-based Preferences HR and Hiring Managers Should Know
It's not surprising that men and women value different things in the workplace, but employers aren't necessarily paying attention to the details. Going into 2018, here are a few things you should know.
Kick the IT-Business, Love-Hate Bond up a Notch
As businesses wrestle with the challenges that come with new technologies and concepts such as transformation it's more important than ever that IT and business leaders work as partners.
To Find IT Talent, Think Differently – and Move Quickly
You might not be able to compete with the behemoths, but there are some things you can do to find great talent. Think about partnering with other companies and how multi-disciplinary teams can help fill gaps.
How to Spin off an IT Startup
Executives who have done it share their experiences and advice on knowing when and how to spin off an IT-based startup.
Changing How We Re-Skill in the Age of Automation
Faced with the rapid pace of technology changes, organizations have to plan for continuous re-skilling of their tech workforces.
Openness – The Key to Rapid Change in the Digital Era
Change is never easy, particularly in an age of constant change. So, consider new ways to implement change and smooth the process.
How to Break into an Analytics Career
Are you ready to take the leap into an analytics career? Here are some keys to getting started.
Burnout Prevention: Do We Need a Corporate Disabled List?
Employee burnout is a growing problem, and in the IT sector -- with its ever-evolving technologies and demands from business leaders -- is no exception.
Top 10 Cities Where Tech Salaries Go Furthest
When you adjust for cost of living, IT workers often earn more money in smaller cities than in major technology hubs.
How to Manage Workplace Conflict with Millennials
Individuals with generational differences can learn to manage conflict effectively, and bring positive results from a conflict-laden environment.
CIOs Pay a Price When Change is in the Air
CIOs are finding their tenures are shrinking, in part because they often are bumped out when their organizations embark on new strategies.
IT Pros and Entrepreneurs: Tap the Smart Home Market
IT pros ready for a change should consider the smart home market to leverage skills such as IT security, networking and development.
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2018 State of the Cloud
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