Tag: IT

  • Midsize Companies Show IT Pros the Money

    Midsize Companies Show IT Pros the Money

    Deborah Rothberg

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    The IT hiring recession is over, according to a 2007 IT Salary Survey to be released in mid-January by Janco Associates. IT executive salaries were up 1.92 percent in large enterprises in the fourth quarter of 2006, but down 0.80 in midsize companies over the same period. This same trend had a more pronounced effect… Read more

  • Hosted IT: When Simple Won’t Do

    Edward Cone

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    Amazon.com inc.’s utility pricing and on-demand services may change the hosting game, but some applications continue to demand more of a hothouse environment. “There is no way to apply the fast-food hosting model to really complex custom applications,” says Daniel Golding, a vice president at Tier 1 Research. At the high end of the market,… Read more

  • North America IT Supply Chain Growth Slower but Solid in Q4

    North America IT Supply Chain Growth Slower but Solid in Q4

    Jessica Davis

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    The IT supply chain in North America showed slower growth in the fourth quarter, at 5.2 percent compared with 7.1 percent the previous year, as customers apparently put off purchases until they could buy systems with Microsoft Vista. That was the assessment of research firm Raymond James & Associates in its “IT Supply Chain Demand… Read more

  • Report: Specialized Skill Shortages to Swell IT Salaries

    Report: Specialized Skill Shortages to Swell IT Salaries

    Deborah Rothberg

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    Driving up salaries for workers with the right mix of specialized skills, technology-based industries are expect to continue to face shortages of talent this year, and VARs could be hardest hit, according to market analysis released Jan. 3 by Philadelphia-based Yoh, a provider of outsourcing services. Yoh predicts that the tightest candidate markets will be… Read more

  • New Year Finds Nervous IT Workforce

    New Year Finds Nervous IT Workforce

    Deborah Rothberg

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    IT worker confidence slid in December, with a growing number of tech professionals anticipating layoffs, according to a report released Jan. 3 by Hudson, a staffing firm based in New York. Decrease in job satisfaction and a substantial rise in expected layoffs prompted a six point decrease in Hudson’s IT professional index from the month… Read more

  • Storage Spending Upsurge Hurts IT Budgets

    Storage Spending Upsurge Hurts IT Budgets

    Chris Preimesberger

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    It’s not news that the amount of digital content in the world is increasing much faster than IT’s ability to store it and make it readily accessible. It is news, however, when two separate surveys report that storage spending is so out of control that it is having a serious impact on overall IT budgets.… Read more