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Technology, by definition, is constantly changing. That's part of what makes working in IT so great, but it can also cause its share of problems. Take your eye off the ball for a month and you could find out that the hot new programming language you selected for your company's latest Web app doesn't scale, or that security concerns have trashed ...

Gartner, Inc. analysts have highlighted the top 10 technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations. Gartner defines a strategic technology as one with the potential for significant impact on the enterprise in the next three years. Factors that denote significant impact include a high potential for disruption to IT or the business, the need for a major dollar ...

No matter which pundit or news report you read, the technology industry is always in a state of constant change. The reason for this state of flux is that business is constantly morphing and technology is now woven into business strategy and tied to growth predictions. Unless you’re selling lemonade on the roadside, it’s likely any business today, small or big, ...

Technology professionals, once stereotyped as antisocial nerds unsuited for the boardroom, now routinely are taking management positions alongside colleagues with MBAs and years of experience in areas such as marketing, finance and human resources. "The business world - smart business, anyway - is definitely more open to people with technical expertise moving into management these days," says Gene De Libero, CEO ...

The Carly Fiorinas of the world are few and far between. Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett Packard, was one of only a handful of female top executives at Fortune 500 companies. Although women make up nearly half of the total US workforce, they represent only about a quarter of all information technology workers, according to Boulder, Colorado-based National Center for ...

While there are more IT job titles and positions than ever before, there are also more companies across every industry relying on tech expertise to propel the business. Yet while all the current indicators—economic forecasts, hiring predictions and labor market statistics—combine for a rosy IT career picture you do have to keep in mind that all those numbers are just numbers. ...

SAP, network security, and business intelligence top this quarter's list of the IT job skills that companies are paying more for. While the overall value of IT certifications continues to decline, holders of several key certs and skills have made significant gains in salary over the past six months. Find out which areas of IT are hot in our analysis of ...

With stock indexes having closed out on a high note in 2006, won’t there be something for employees to get excited about as they open their 2007 paychecks? Not unless they’re executives, who, as is often the case, will do better. Base pay for the average worker, projected to increase 3.7 percent or so, will be basically flat after discounting for ...

Have you ever been knee-deep in financial duress, perhaps losing all of your savings and retirement funds as your employer went belly up? No one wants to get stuck in such dire straits, but it’s a valid concern, especially when news mounts about indicators of a recession. The good news is that an economic recession doesn’t have to bring despair to ...