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Thursday, April 14, 2011
Career Watch: Honing your job-hunting skills Kathryn Ullrich, executive search consultant and author of Getting to the Top: Strategies for Career Success talks about job-hunting techniques
Monday, March 08, 2010
IT centralization is back in fashion For decades, the pendulum has swung between centralized IT organizations and decentralized operations featuring small IT groups in each business unit. But with the urgent need to cut costs today, there's a good argument to be made for the former arrangement
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Wireless IT skills most desirable, according to survey IT skills related to wireless technology will increase the most in importance in the next five years, according to a survey of more than 3,500 IT managers in 14 countries. The finding ranks IT skills in wireless ahead of all other skills, including Web-based technologies such as Web 2.0 and security, according to the Computing Technology Industry Association in Oakbrook Terrance, Ill., which commissioned the survey. 
Monday, April 07, 2008
Wireless skills and the firms that need them Wireless technology skills were deemed most important in the health care and education sectors, ahead of retail, financial services and manufacturing
Monday, August 20, 2007
CIO soft skills: Techniques to stoke your emotional IQ From entry-level coders to C-suite executives, few have the luxury of a lone wolf mentality. Emotional intelligence and "soft" skills are must-haves for today's CIO and other IT professionals. Research shows it's your soft skills and emotional intelligence that determines everything, from whether you get promoted to how happy you are at work. Luckily, with knowledge, awareness and practice, you can boost your EI.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Getting CHUM(MY) with content management One of the stickiest issues in implementing a content management system (CMS) is getting end-users to actually use it. Complicated, big-bang IT projects in this area can fail miserably if this obvious point is ignored, according to some industry insiders.
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Are you ready for the VoIP plunge? There is no doubt that IP telephony is the way of the future, but the technology is still adolescent and poses a number of adoption challenges for enterprises. Here's a look at some of the key issues CIOs should be aware of. And some sound advice on determining whether your organization is ready to take the VoIP plunge.
Monday, July 05, 2004
The wrong stuff Now that IT departments are starting to do just a little recruiting, it's time to think about how to hire the best and brightest people. Despite having had a few years when they could be really choosy, hiring managers seem to have lost sight of how to pick great employees.
Monday, March 01, 2004
PARTNERWORLD: IBM starts fund to aid displaced workers IBM Corp. will create a US$25 million, two-year training fund to assist employees who fear their that jobs are at risk of being shipped away to lower-cost locations, company executives said Monday at IBM's PartnerWorld conference. 
Tuesday, December 30, 2003
Rise of the machines For years, IT specialists sat dispassionately as one career category after another succumbed to the ravages of automation. Now, in the first years of the 21st century, it's the IT professionals' turn to anxiously look over their shoulders and wonder if some box, sitting silently in a windowless room, will soon send them on a trek to the unemployment line.
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
Survey: Starting IT salaries to decline in 2004 IT recruitment firm Robert Half Technology (RHT) has unveiled the results of a recently-conducted salary survey that suggests there will be a slight drop in Canadian IT starting salaries in 2004 compared to 2003.
Friday, November 21, 2003
Survey: Average starting IT salaries to decline in 2004 IT recruitment firm Robert Half Technology (RHT) has unveiled the results of a recently-conducted salary survey that suggests there will be a slight drop in Canadian IT starting salaries in 2004 compared to 2003.
Wednesday, February 26, 2003
Intel books Marriott to promote WLANs As part of a marketing campaign for its upcoming Centrino brand for mobile PCs, Intel Corp. will promote wireless Internet access at Marriott International Inc. hotels together with the hotelier, Intel and Marriott said Thursday.
Friday, May 31, 2002
Siemens Canada builds facility with global strategy A new $32 million Siemens Canada manufacturing, engineering and training centre in Burlington, ON, is a working showcase for the company’s wide range of electrical/electronic products that span information and communications, energy and power, industry and automation, transportation and lighting.
Thursday, March 28, 2002
Thomson turns to XML for report indexing Thomson Financial/First Call is in the midst of rolling out XML tagging software that will automate the indexing of investment analyst reports as part of an effort aimed at giving customers greater data search capabilities.
Thursday, November 29, 2001
Cisco upgrades its VMS monitoring apps Cisco Systems Inc. recently unveiled CiscoWorks VPN/Security Management Solution (VMS) 2.0, a suite of applications for monitoring and configuring virtual private network (VPN) and secure IT infrastructures.
Thursday, November 29, 2001
Cisco upgrades its VMS monitoring apps Cisco Systems unveiled CiscoWorks VPN/Security Management Solution 2.0, a suite of applications for monitoring and configuring VPN and secure IT infrastructures.
Monday, October 29, 2001
Germany still hunting abroad for IT expertise Attention IT job hunters: Germany still wants you. Despite waves of layoffs in some parts of the industry, there's a continuing skill shortage in other areas, and the country is preparing to make available a new round of special visas for foreign technology experts — including Canada.
Saturday, September 30, 2000
Machine Vaccine
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