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Report: IT salaries and benefits drop, IT job market over-saturated

Report: IT salaries and benefits drop, IT job market over-saturatedthat brings to mindsome training ads I hear daily on the radio still claiming that IT is the only field that will grow in the next 5 years.I'm wondering if folks taking those classes can file a class action lawsuit...

Tags: Workforce management, training and certification, Strategy, Benefits, information technology, IT Salaries, training, IT job, benefit

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

IT salaries up 4.6% in 2008

IT salaries up 4.6% in 2008Where?The 'average' IT employee makes $78,000??? Where? I'll move there tomorrow. It sure isn't here in Idaho (Right-to-work; terminate-at-will; we-don't-care-we-don't-have-to).

Tags: Strategy, IT Salaries, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-01-22

IT salaries flat overall, survey finds

IT salaries flat overall, survey findsHungh??[url=http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5739974.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed][b]So which is it?[/b][/url]Not surprisingOn that same front interest at colleges in science and technology courses is also dropping comensurate with the declining opportunities in industry. I would suspect the hot fields would be accounting, business and naturally law. I am a part-time...

Tags: Strategy, information technology, technology course, IT Salaries, survey find, survey

Discussion threads 2005-06-09

IT salaries sagging

IT salaries saggingNo one with a brain in their head should enter IT.Only do it if it is your passion-- because like being a Teacher, you are not going to get paid for it over the next 10-20 years if you can find a job at all.The problemI believe that...

Tags: Strategy, information technology, IT Salaries

Discussion threads 2005-02-07

Additional Resources

Accounting for success? Darwin meets the green eyeshade world???

Great article...Brian,You did a great job articulating the issues that are facing the SMB market when it comes to accounting issues. This group would be see the fastest, most direct benefit from high caliber, talented practitioners because they can react quickly and immediately to improve their operations, but often they...

Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Darwin

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Calling all innovators: Google hangs "Help Wanted" sign

Google hangs help Google provides no conduit for unsolicited ideas. It is arrogance - that one can get away with whilst the web is young. ZDNet should try asking why, rathering than pandering...Perhaps if their staff were given 15 minutes a week of free time to ponder on what is...

Tags: Benefits, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Microsoft to drop Office Accounting product, services

DumbWhat a dumb move their Accounting software was one of the best products they had.Anyone notice a trend?Dumping Money, dumping Office Accounting, and all at a time when the Feds are increasingly regulating Financial firms. While MS is clearly not a "Financial" Company it looks alot like they are...

Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Office Accounting, Microsoft Corp., Intuit QuickBooks, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Can open source software stop IT failure?

I'm not so sure #1 is valid#1 is a variation of "many eyes make all bugs shallow"Does it help? Yes. But it also makes the implicit assumption that everyone that can view the code is competent to do so. So it goes back to resource allocation being an issue, if...

Tags: Strategy, OPEN SOURCE, information technology, IT Failure, F/OSS, software, open-source software

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

SAP's feet put to the fire

Helmuth Gumbel, ex-Gartner and generally sharp chap has opened a blog. Who's Helmuth you might think? I've known him maybe 6-7 years and he's always been one of those shadowy types who prefers to keep away from the limelight. Even so, he knows his SAP-stuff like very few others and...

Tags: SAP AG, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-05

FCC: Comcast contradicts itself in claim agency has no power over it

Not surprising..They got caught with their hand in the cookie jar and now want to deny it. So of course they will change their tune when any type of action is taken. Comcast needs to be strung up from the tallest tree and hung for the world to see. I...

Tags: Federal government, agency, FCC, Comcast Corp., legal argument

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

From Gimmiv to Conficker: The lucrative MS08-067 flaw

Danger Will Robinson, Danger.[i]By December 2009, a second variant appeared with new propagation techniques ? spreading via removable and mapped drives, and network shares with weak passwords. This updated worm also started blocking access to anti-virus and security-related sites.[/i]You either have a typo or a time machine. December...

Tags: Linux, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Patches, Common-sense, Microsoft Corp., financial danger, computer

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Microsoft trims MVP benefits, allows shareholders say on executives' pay

MVP PerksIt is too bad about losing some or almost all of the MVP award benefits. Many MVPs are quite upset over it, but we have to remember that MS can pull the plug on the entire program at any time. I'll miss shopping at the Company Store most. Hopefully,...

Tags: Benefits, Microsoft Corp., shareholder, MVP

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

The democratization of IT

Get your head out of your paradigm"democratization of IT"... are you serious? Look at any complex multipolar situation in the world and you'll see that when there are diverging forces, democracy is a liability.Iraq... competing religious factions turned the idea of democracy into a joke.The Palestinian territories... Democracy resulted in...

Tags: Quality, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

Companies to offer free foreign travel for their sick

Wow, a great way to force our overpaid doctors to compete. Doctors should have a comfortable life, but, they do not need to earn 100x what they do in other countries.and if there are complications?If a US citizen travels abroad for a procedure and returns home, who will treat any...

Tags: Financial Planning, insurance

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Global dimming and climate change

Control through Cap & Trade or TAX & Trade...Yes, rapid unemployment through crippling coal burning power-plants and high energy prices.Nothing like Czars who are answering to no one except our new 'leader' with dictator power...Now the genius is going to tax people over $200k for health-care meaning more job losses...Socialism...

Tags: Taxes, Personal finance, Benefits, climate change, Czar

Discussion threads 2009-09-04

EPA to schools: Cut energy costs, have more budget for education

Now that school is back in session across most of the United States, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is challenging administrators to address energy efficiency as part of its Energy Star Challenge pledge. The agency estimates the annual cost of electricity for primary and secondary schools at $8 billion. Wouldn't...

Tags: Education, School, Energy Efficiency, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-09-03

Report: 1 in 5 portable computers shipped are netbooks

No choiceThe hardware to run PC and smartphone functionality just will inevitably get cheaper and cheaper. Makers of smart phone chips like Qualcomm and all the ARM mfgrs are also going to join the party and put further pressure on the Wintel heavy pc industry. Displays will continue to get...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Desktops, portable computer, netbook, ASUS, computer

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

India outsourcing workers stressed to the limit

This applies to America as well"Workers are suffering from obesity, sleep disorders, depression and broken relationships - problems which can lead to more serious conditions such as diabetes or heart disease. In a country where a public healthcare system is virtually non-existent, overworked outsourcing employees could present a health crisis...

Tags: Managed hosting, Benefits, outsourcing, outsource, health care, job, information technology, worker

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

Deconstructing United Airlines: Where Customers are Transactions

Nothing new!I've had similar experiences with United.We tried to go from Baltimore to Florida...http://jeffstravellog.blogspot.com/2008/12/27-december-2008-miami-florida-nope.htmlThen we tried again the next day...http://jeffstravellog.blogspot.com/2009/01/28-december-2008-islamorada-florida-for.htmlNever had issues like this with any other airlines.A Contrary ViewWow, United really pulled your chain, as indicated by your investment in your extensive post. You cite some sad cases of...

Tags: United Airlines, Customers Ltd., United Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

Ask the Leadership Coach: Outsourcing from both sides of the divide

Leadership coach John M. McKee addresses the effects of global outsourcing. He answers emails from a dedicated employee who was recently let go, and a CEO who is trying to balance the costs and benefits. For more posts like this see TechRepublic's IT Leadership blog. After 17 years...

Tags: Job, CEO, Managed Hosting, Recruitment & Selection, Outsourcing, Leadership, Human Resources, Workforce Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-13