Careers & Education

IT workers who don't feel they're getting the training from their employers needed to do their jobs are more likely to be looking for new jobs, according to a recent survey by The Computing Technology Industry Association, which was undertaken to better identify how IT professionals are being trained.

Large salary increases are expected in 2006 for some high-demand specialty positions such as IT auditor, business systems analyst, and business continuity analyst. But for most IT professionals, starting salaries will remain near 2005 levels, with average increases of 1.7 per cent expected this year.

CIOs have asked and IT World Canada shall answer. A survey of Canadian IT professionals is underway to provide insights into skills, salaries, hiring, retention and other issues facing the IT profession. Dubbed Salary Survey

Work-life balance should mean more than just making time to do your duty to your family. Somehow, the notion that people also need time to recharge, rejuvenate and recreate themselves in activities that are neither work nor family has gotten lost in all the noise about flex-time, telecommuting and employee assistance programs.

Microsoft

In preparation for a redesign of Network World Canada (still a couple of months off, but beginning to take shape) and as part of that process we

IBM/Lotus aggressively galloped into its collaborative software future last month, promising not to avoid any fights and laying out plans to expand its Notes/Domino platform with an emphasis on a services architecture model.

Balancing rules and flexibility, cultivating business insight, and optimizing technology investment to improve customer service