Patrick Thibodeau

Articles by Patrick Thibodeau

India’s IT firms hire U.S. workers as they fight for visas

India's largest IT trade group, citing figures from a study it commissioned, says it employs 107,000 people in the U.S., almost twice the 56,000 it employed in 2006

Offshoring shrinks number of IT jobs, study says

A research firm estimates the number of jobs in decline specific to 4,700 companies with annual revenue of US$1 billion or more in the U.S. and Europe

On the job with the White House CIO

Old PCs, no redundant data centre, email server crashing regularly -- does this sound familiar? Read how the rookie chief information officer met the challenge

Who do you blame when IT breaks?

The findings of the Uptime Institute, which has been collecting incident data since 1994, may draw criticism as few internal IT operators or their vendors take blame easily

Big data helps drive math Ph.Ds to IBM

The need to analyze data that's collected from every interface and sensor imaginable, is increasing the demand for people with statistical and mathematics backgrounds

Linux skills in demand, wages up

Linux developers and administrators are in demand, according to a recent survey of hiring managers

U.S. firms should disclose offshore hiring: lawmaker

That bill, the U.S. Call Center and Consumer Protection Act., requires that call center workers disclose his or her location if a caller requests it

IT managers are aloof, insular, says psychologist

They don't get many people engaging with them at all. Because they don't see any evidence to the contrary, they typically view themselves as reigning supreme in any organization

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