Careers & Education

Remember, not so long ago, when people used to talk about the turnaround in the IT job market that would arrive in the first quarter of 2003? Some of those people are still talking about a first-quarter turnaround, but now they mean the first quarter of 2004.

The most vociferous objections to offshore outsourcing come from developers and other IT professionals who feel that their jobs are threatened. What they might not realize is the extent to which they can mitigate the effect by taking advantage of the new career paths that globalization is creating.

Less than a month after acquiring SuSE AG, Novell Inc. has rolled out two professional certification programs for the Linux user

At Nielsen Media Research Inc., the TV and radio audience measurement company, offshore outsourcing plays a part in nearly every link of the product chain. But it's not the whole chain.

Network administrators are finding that investing in learning specialized job skills

Some of the most important lessons I've learned about transforming organizations came from the struggle to shed an unpleasant habit. During high school and most of college, I was a fingernail biter. It's one of those nasty nervous habits that no one feels good about. My jagged, raggedy, nibbled, nubbin nails were a constant source of embarrassment.

InterSystems Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) and Epic Systems Corp. are said to have set a new record benchmark in a collaborative benchmark, scaling to 14,600 users

Before committing to new employees, many CIOs find value in hiring IT staff on a contract basis, then grooming them for full-time employment, according to a recent study.