Deb Perelman

As part of its plan to improve the companys bottom line, Motorola announced May 30 that it plans to cut an additional 4,000 jobs this year, less than six months after its announcement that it would eliminate 3,500 jobs by the end of June. Total job cuts for this year equal about 11 percent of […]

One in three IT employees admits to snooping through company systems and peeking at confidential information such as private files, wage data, personal e-mails and HR background information, according to a study released May 30 by Cyber-Ark Software, an information security company. The study found that these so-called snoopers peer at private data with ease […]

Speak to an IT professional anywhere in the world and hell likely fall into one of two camps: He either uses or is about to start using the Information Technology Infrastructure Library and considers his service levels improved by it, or he doesnt use it at all. In all likelihood, the IT worker in the […]

At Forrester Researchs IT Forum in Nashville on May 16, Google Enterprise Vice President and General Manager David Girouard summed up his companys product development philosophy as, “We will never hold the users data hostage. You can get your data, you can leave. Were always going to do right by the user.” In a move […]

On the heels of a busy season for H-1B-related activity—a record-breaking depletion of the temporary worker visas, two related pieces of Senate legislation and a published list of the companies that are taking the most advantage of the program—a technology activist on May 23 set out to pan “the myth that Americans cant cut it […]

Business forces may be driving up demand for CIOs, but few concomitant forces are driving up the current supply. In fact, a mounting shortage of qualified candidates for top IT positions has caused companies to increase their focus on pipelining contenders for leadership roles ahead. A report released by the Society for Information Management Advanced […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—To meet the technology needs of their organizations, CIOs are increasingly turning to outside vendors, a trend that appears to have little chance of letting up. Although the ability to manage vendors effectively enhances the business perception of IT effectiveness and helps CIOs achieve success, few have actually been formally trained in managing these […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Over the next five years, business will become so deeply embodied in technology—and technology so embedded in the business—that it will change the way IT is managed by an organization. This was the message delivered by Forrester Research analysts to attendees at the consultancys annual IT Forum in Nashville, Tenn. This shift stands to […]

For years, word has circulated of a significant gender gap in the technology workplace, where women are greatly outnumbered by men. The blame is typically placed on low interest on the part of women to pursue computers and engineering, but the actual experience of women working in technology is rarely addressed. A report released May […]

In an article in the Spring issue of Issues in Science and Technology, Congressman Bart Gordon, chair of the house Committee on Science and Technology, lambasted the education system for not giving students the solid grounding in math and science needed to succeed in engineering careers. Gordon based his critique on reports from the National […]

In 1948, only 17 percent of married mothers participated in the work force. In 1985, this rate had grown to 61 percent, and continued its climb through the next decade, reaching 70 percent in 1995. Yet in recent years, the work force participation of married mothers, especially those with young children, has stopped its advance, […]

The “work anywhere” culture that has emerged from readily available wireless connectivity and handheld mobile devices is typically praised across the board by workers–who love their newfound freedom to unchain themselves from their cubicles–and employers–who can lure recruits with promises of a relaxed work environment while keeping tabs on their tasks from afar. Yet as […]