July 2, 2012 4:44 PM
Posted by: Wendy Schuchart
Amazon,
BlackBerry,
CIO,
cloud computing,
cloud services,
disaster recovery,
IT staff development and retention,
IT/Business Leadership,
Linux,
Midmarket CIO,
Operating systems,
Strategy for CIOsDid the "leap second" get you down this weekend? Did the Amazon cloud computing services outage prevent you from watching old episodes of Louie on your iPad’s Netflix app? Us too. Between all of the service outages this weekend, you might have missed some prime Internet surfing time....
June 18, 2012 5:01 PM
Posted by: Wendy Schuchart
big data,
Google,
IT staff development and retention,
Microsoft,
mobile applications,
mobile devices,
Nokia,
Staffing,
tablet PCs,
web censorshipEach week, we scour the Web looking for the choicest bits of blogs and news that midmarket CIOs will find appealing. This week, we're taking a hard look at Web censorship, the Google Nexus release and how big data is fueling smartphone apps in ways you'd never imagine.
Google reports an alarming...
May 24, 2012 4:03 PM
Posted by: Sarah Blanchette
data privacy,
employee perceptions,
ethics,
IT staff development and retention,
rogue employees,
social media,
social media privacy,
social networking,
StaffingMillennials are sometimes referred to as the "Facebook generation," and for good reason. About 75% of millennials have a
May 14, 2012 5:17 PM
Posted by: Wendy Schuchart
CIO careers,
CIO Careers and Staffing,
Dell,
IT staff development and retention,
Leadership,
women in IT,
workplace cultureIn April, Dell's summit in Copenhagen was emceed by Mads Christensen, who is apparently Denmark's version of Rush Limbaugh -- well-known for shocking audiences with bigoted, misogynistic remarks. During his banter, Christensen unleashed a flurry of comments that were decidedly hostile toward women...
May 3, 2012 4:39 PM
Posted by: Wendy Schuchart
CIO Careers and Staffing,
Evernote,
Facebook,
Google,
IT staff development,
IT staff development and retention,
work/life balance,
worker satisfaction,
workplace cultureWhen it comes to retaining your IT talent, it's about more than benefits and job security -- workplace culture matters too. It's the intangible (and sometimes tangible) practical lessons in keeping your IT talent happy that make the difference. For instance, Phil Libin, CEO of
April 2, 2012 5:04 PM
Posted by: Wendy Schuchart
Amazon,
big data,
business continuity planning,
data breach,
data security,
Facebook,
Hacking,
IBM,
IT staff development,
IT staff development and retention,
Millennials,
social media,
social media tools,
Staffing,
Steve Jobs,
women in ITEach week, we scour the Web looking for the choicest cuts of the blogosphere. This week, we're taking a look at the illusive Millennial-generation traits that lead to a quest for more "me time" while the generation's women are experiencing job burnout. Richard Branson asks why there aren't more...
December 20, 2011 9:15 AM
Posted by: Scot Petersen
CIO,
CIO careers,
CIO Careers and Staffing,
CIO Jobs,
IT staff development and retention,
IT training and certificationsYou never know where you might gain more insight on the responsibilities of a CIO. Somewhere along the line, my job title and the websites I work on got mixed up, and as...
