career
Naked CIO: Social networks are useless for finding a job
Comment It used to be that social networking websites were a perfect place to collaborate with colleagues, bring together like-minded people and make professional contacts who could enhance your career. As the technologist... [04 Nov 2009]
Security+: The Foundation for Solid Network and Information Security
White Paper This whitepaper introduces the Security+ certification and the foundation for a career in Information security and data networking it can provide. New ways of hacking systems have resulted in viruses, spy ware, malware,... [03 Nov 2009]
Conflict Resolution and the Project Manager
White Paper At some point in your career, you will be called upon to resolve some type of conflict. Project managers deal with conflict. If you are a project manager, and you have not yet experienced conflict in your project, don't... [03 Nov 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: United breaks guitars?
Comment I suspect it has done his music career no harm whatsoever, too. Compiled at JFK Airport whilst waiting for BA 178 to fly me home via London Heathrow. Dispatched to silicon.com via a free LAN connection in the BA lounge. [14 Oct 2009]
Cash won't cut it: Time to get creative in attracting skilled workers
Comment Offering ever higher financial rewards or fast-track career progression will do nothing to broaden your access to such talents. More often than not, the kind of folk you need aren't following a traditional corporate... [13 Oct 2009]
Naked CIO: Put more business in IT education
Comment There are mostly career academics who look at IT from an 'academic versus business' perspective. What can be done to better train students for the IT workplace? The Naked CIO has some suggestions. After reading a recent... [12 Oct 2009]
Downturn means fewer outsourcing workers saying 'I do'
Comment Girls' parents worry about the salary and career projections of young men employed in the software industry, says Kris Lakshmikanth, CEO of Head Hunters India, a Bangalore-based hiring firm. Economic hard times are... [07 Oct 2009]
Adecco Personalizes Web-Site Experience, Reduces Customer Attrition by Two-Thirds
White Paper Adecco wanted to take better advantage of the Internet to provide people with the resources they need to realize their career goals. Connecting more than 700,000 qualified job-applicants with businesses around the world... [02 Oct 2009]
John Suffolk
AS Profile His career spans 25 years in the public and private sectors, including roles as a business troubleshooter and MD of Britannia. As the man with the burden of overseeing the annual public sector IT spend of £16bn, the... [30 Sep 2009]
Karen Price
AS Profile She's also hit out at IT teaching and called for a radical overhaul of the curriculum to encourage more young people into a tech career. She has had a wide-ranging career with involvement in education,... [29 Sep 2009]
Are dinosaur managers and poor teaching holding back Digital Britain?
News I think that kids by and large make up their mind what career they're going to take up when they're 12 or 13 and IT is not taught well in schools at that age. More must be done to convince grey-haired business leaders to... [23 Sep 2009]
How much will you be earning in 10 years' time?
News Techies working in project management are those likely to see the biggest jumps in earnings as they progress up the career ladder. How much will you be earning in 10 years' time? According to new research, many IT... [15 Sep 2009]
Chrome extensions? Developers' wish is Google's command
News We're ready for a few more people to start using extensions - the kind of adventurous people who populate the dev channel," said Boodman, who earlier in his career developed the Greasemonkey tool that permitted extensive... [10 Sep 2009]
Google Books hit with fresh wave of criticism from Microsoft, Open Book Alliance
News Ed Black, CCIA president and CEO, said in a statement: "For the past 20 years, I have dedicated my career to fighting against monopolies and this settlement isn't one. Several groups opposed to Google's Book Search... [09 Sep 2009]
Dell's secret to riding out the recession
Comment I have seen that play out in multiple companies in my career," Robin Johnson tells silicon.com. Dell CIO Robin Johnson is tasked with steering the company through the credit crunch. Nick Heath talks to Johnson about... [04 Sep 2009]