Tag: IT

  • Feds to Post $65B in Alliant IT Contracts

    Feds to Post $65B in Alliant IT Contracts

    John Hazard

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    The U.S. General Services Administration, the procurement arm of the federal government, released draft RFPs June 1 for Alliant, a governmentwide program to support and upgrade the federal IT infrastructure. Alliant IT spending is expected to total more than $65 billion over 10 years. The initiative includes $50 billion in Alliant GWACs (Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts)… Read more

  • Hefty Turnover Anticipated Among IT Workforce

    Hefty Turnover Anticipated Among IT Workforce

    Deborah Rothberg

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    Nearly half of the U.S. IT workforce is planning to change jobs in the next year, according to a study released May 31 by recruiting and staffing firm Spherion Corporation. “Right now, it is clearly an employee’s market for IT workers,” said Brendan Courtney, senior vice president of Spherion Professional Services, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in… Read more

  • New IBM Tivoli Software Manages IT Processes

    New IBM Tivoli Software Manages IT Processes

    Darryl K. Taft

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    IBM has announced new software and services from its Tivoli division to automate and manage IT processes. The new software, called the IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database, or CCMDB, along with three new IBM Tivoli Process Managers, will be available on June 30, said Mike McCarthy, director of strategy at IBM Tivoli. The… Read more

  • Report Anticipates Increased IT Brain Drain

    Report Anticipates Increased IT Brain Drain

    Deborah Rothberg

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    The Government Accountability Office released a study May 3 which found that the proportion of postsecondary students obtaining degrees in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields has fallen significantly. While 32 percent of postsecondary students obtained degrees in STEM fields in 1994 and 1995, the percentage fell to 27 percent in 2003 and 2004.… Read more

  • Avian Flu: Can IT Handle a Pandemic?

    Avian Flu: Can IT Handle a Pandemic?

    Larry Dignan

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    VeriCenter Chief Technology Officer Dave Colesante is a rare bird. Unlike many IT executives, Colesante has actually thought about a potential avian influenza virus, or bird flu, pandemic and reckons his company, which provides technology services, is relatively prepared if the virus becomes transmitted through human contact. After all, Colensante’s 225-person support staff is used… Read more

  • Does IT Need More H-1B Visas?

    Does IT Need More H-1B Visas?

    Pedro Pereira

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    Few topics ignite passions as hotly as immigration. That’s because immigration touches everyone, directly or indirectly. It has always been so. Humans have always roamed, now assimilating, now displacing. More often than not, who is displacing whom causes the debate. In the current furor over immigration, the debate revolves around whether illegal workers who sneak… Read more