IT salary survey numbers may obscure still struggling economy

Reader Jim Dries offered me another point of view on the SearchCIO.com salary and careers survey, which was completed late last year. In our 2010 IT salary survey, all signs...
Get started on XP migration to Windows 7 by 2012

I remember talking to an IT manager about his XP migration plans to Vista, and he said that he was going to hold on to XP come hell or high water. Mainstream support for XP had ended and extended support for the OS will end in April 2014, but it didn’t matter to him. He was determined to make it...
IT salaries creeping up in 2011, mood mostly positive

The average IT salary in 2010 for senior IT executives, mid-level IT executives and IT managers was $121,797, according to our annual CIO Salary and Careers Survey, taken in...
Data center transformation: Evolution or revolution?

As we continue to chronicle the "disappearing" data center, we have to consider the ongoing transformation of the enterprise application. Software as a...
CIO resumes: Passing the eyeball test and the black ink test

Judging character and qualifications is a tough thing. The annual debate over the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame voting is going on, following the announcement of the two newest members, Roberto Alomar and Bert...