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Staff Turnover Could Be IT's Biggest Issue for 2012
By David Strom / December 30, 2011 7:44 AM / 0 Comments

How long have you held your current position? If you answered less than two years, you are not alone. It seems that turnover could be IT's biggest challenge in the

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Always On: Your Employees Are Working and Driving
By Klint Finley / July 12, 2011 11:30 AM / 0 Comments

About 20% of information workers report that they have conducted work-related activities from a mobile device while driving. That's just one of the findings reported in a Unisys and

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Are Indian Developers More Skilled Than Americans? (Updated)
By Klint Finley / June 28, 2011 9:00 AM / 0 Comments

Is there any truth to the belief that U.S. tech jobs are outsourced to India at least in part because Indian developers are better skilled than U.S. workers? According

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College Graduates Aren't Ready to Be Big Data Workers [Infographic]
By Klint Finley / June 27, 2011 7:45 AM / 0 Comments

Employers want workers with hands-on business intelligence experience and experience working with large data sets. We've looked at the demand for business intelligence and data skills before, so this

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The Cloud Isn't Shrinking IT Departments Yet
By Klint Finley / June 24, 2011 12:15 PM / 0 Comments

Shrinking the IT department and cutting down on costs are two commonly touted benefits of cloud computing. We've reported before about estimates of how many IT jobs would be

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62% of Information Workers Already Work Remotely
By Klint Finley / June 10, 2011 9:00 AM / 0 Comments

According to a new report from Forrester, 62% of information workers in North America and Europe work remotely. The report says that many clients are approaching the firm for

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Outsourced Tech Jobs Returning to the U.S. [Infographic]
By Klint Finley / June 9, 2011 1:00 PM / 0 Comments

We've covered the increased demand for IT professionals here recently and outlined which skills are in highest demand. Now Modis, an IT staffing firm, has released some additional data

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Employers Are Turning to Remote Monitoring Tools to Save Money
By Klint Finley / June 1, 2011 4:30 PM / 0 Comments

Information workers aren't the only ones affected by information technologies. For example, computers aren't the only piece of equipment being remotely monitored by employers anymore. The Wall Street Journal

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5 Lessons Learned in Remote Work
By Klint Finley / May 25, 2011 4:00 PM / 0 Comments

Mozilla Developer Evangelist Christian Heilmann shared some thoughts on working remotely today on his blog. Although Heilmann works on a small team for an open source software company, the

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How Much Do Workplace Distractions Cost Businesses? [Infographic]
By Klint Finley / May 20, 2011 1:00 PM / 0 Comments

E-mail notifications, phone calls, text messages, instant messages and activity stream alerts and other distractions are all part of the modern workplace. It's been long known that interruptions and

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Green IT Boosts Your Bottom Line
By Admin / May 19, 2011 3:45 PM / 0 Comments

The green movement is without a doubt affecting companies both large and small. Telecommuting, the virtual office and Web conferencing are all ways that companies can keep energy costs

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IT Poll: How Do You Feel About Your Job Skills?
By Klint Finley / May 17, 2011 11:00 AM / 0 Comments

Our posts on trends shaping the IT job market and the best U.S. cities for finding IT jobs were quite popular. While demand for tech workers is strong even

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The 7 Best U.S. Cities for Tech Jobs
By Klint Finley / May 16, 2011 9:15 AM / 0 Comments

We told you last week about seven trends shaping the IT job market, and which skills are in the highest demand based on Dice.com statistics. But where should you

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7 Surprising Trends That Show What Tech Skills You Need to Succeed
By Klint Finley / May 11, 2011 10:30 AM / 0 Comments

IT salaries are up after a two year decline, according to CIO.com. That's good news, considering the level of dissatisfaction IT professionals are experiencing. Meanwhile, hiring is up as

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Bruce Sterling and Vernor Vinge on Augmented Reality in the Workplace
By Klint Finley / April 29, 2011 12:00 PM / 0 Comments

Miami University's Augmented Reality Research Group developed an Android app that helps librarians find mis-shelved books and determine where they should go. It's a simple idea, and one that

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3 Must Read Articles on Management for Anyone Involved in Enterprise 2.0 or Social Business
By Klint Finley / April 20, 2011 8:30 AM / 1 Comments

Gartner Research VP Mike Rollings is calling for an end to Taylorism as a management doctrine. "Humans have become cogs in business machinery pursuing efficiency," he writes. If you

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IT Poll: Which Consumer Technology Will Take Off Next in the Enterprise?
By Klint Finley / April 19, 2011 9:30 AM / 0 Comments

We've covered several companies applying some of the latest trends in consumer to technology to the enterprise, such as Q&A services and location-based services. We've questioned the utility of

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Good News for Data Geeks, Bad News for Everyone Else
By Klint Finley / March 11, 2011 1:15 PM / 6 Comments

Last week we told you that enterprises are investing more into business intelligence and analytics initiatives. This week there's more good news for professionals in this area: according to

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What's Next for IT Worker Résumés?
By Klint Finley / March 4, 2011 11:30 AM / 2 Comments

Despite the high demand for IT workers, it's still an employer's market. That's due in part to the laundry lists of skill requirements for IT positions. Convergence and cloud

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Can UserVoice Do What FISH! Can't and Make Customer Service Fun?
By Klint Finley / March 2, 2011 9:30 AM / 1 Comments

Plenty of people have tried to make customer service "fun." If you've ever worked a customer service job, you may have seen a FISH! Training Video. But chances are

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4 Tips for Applying Game Mechanics in Corporate Settings
By Klint Finley / February 23, 2011 11:30 AM / 1 Comments

The Institute for the Future's Foresight Engine (formerly known as Signtific Lab) is a platform to help large organizations or groups generate ideas by thinking about a variety of

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Forrester: Is IT Investment Hurting US Job Growth?
By Klint Finley / February 18, 2011 4:00 PM / 7 Comments

Forrester released today a report called Caution: IT Investment May Be Hurting US Job Growth. The report's authors - Andrew Bartels, Christopher Mines and Sarah Musto - note that

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What's The Difference Between Game Mechanics in the Enterprise and Good Management?
By Klint Finley / January 24, 2011 12:34 PM / 0 Comments

We covered the emerging trend of gamification - the application of game mechanics outside of games - in November. A few enterprise vendors, such as Moxie and Rypple, are

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IT Poll: How Satisfied are You with Your Job?
By Klint Finley / January 10, 2011 2:08 PM / 0 Comments

According to The Bureau of Labor Statistics 9,600 IT jobs were added in December. "Five bellwether IT job segments in the BLS data showed a net gain of 45,800

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6 Ways to be a Better IT Manager
By Klint Finley / January 4, 2011 2:30 PM / 1 Comments

Curtis Franklin Jr. has written a post for Enterprise Efficiency on becoming a better IT manager. Specifically, Franklin's advice is on how to manage IT teams - not contracts

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