Patrick Thibodeau

Articles by Patrick Thibodeau

U.S. IT hiring shows gains, but jobs may be shifting

TechServe Alliance, an IT services industry group that analyzes U.S. Labor Department unemployment data, said the tech employment added 3,500 workers, or .09 per cent, bringing the overall IT workforce to 3.9 millionrn

Displaced IT workers stand to lose federal help

Expansion of Trade Adjustment Assistance program to include service workers expires Feb. 12

Supercomputing ‘arms race’ could prove costly: Obama

The White House searches for better ways to make sure supercomputers

Offshoring not helping IT’s jobless recovery

TechServe says only 600 IT jobs were created in the U.S. in November; consultant says back office IT jobs in U.S., Europe will be cut in half by 2014. Why offshoring is good for businesses but not for employees

How the ‘tech worker visa’ is remaking IT

Twenty years after U.S. Congress created the H1B visa, ComputerWorld looks at its effect on the industry

Is it time for a job change?

More than one-third of the 343 respondents to our recent poll said that they're looking to move to a new employer in the next six months. And 69 per cent reported that they hadn't received a pay raise in six months

Obama softens his tone on offshoring

The U.S. president strikes a conciliatory note about outsourcing's role in the international economy, but that's not the tone of the rhetoric back home

NASA wants its data up in the clouds

The U.S. space program said its long-term plan is to move internal IT resources to external clouds over the next 10 to 20 years.

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