Deborah Rothberg

Tech job postings have risen 26.3 percent in the last year, according to a monthly report released by Dice.com, a technology jobs and skills board. The survey also found that while demand for all technology positions continues to grow, demand for contract positions outpace that for permanent positions, 30.3 to 22.9 percent. Technology professionals in […]

A study released April 12 ranked software engineers as having the best jobs in the United States, citing their use in “virtually every part of the economy.” With an average pay of $80,500 and strong potential for creativity, 46 percent annual growth rate, and 44,800 annual job openings, the position received extra marks for the […]

Although mean compensation for all IT professionals has remained flat in the last year, CIO salaries have fallen slightly, while the salaries of those who report to the CIO have increased, finds an IT compensation study released by Janco Associates. “Were starting to see a shift in the hiring infrastructure in IT organization,” Victor Janulaitis, […]

Tech sector job cuts are at lows not seen since shortly after the recession, finds a report released the week of April 10 by employment consulting firm Challenger, Grey & Christmas. “Job cuts are really down significantly from where they were a year ago,” John Challenger, the Chicago firms CEO, told eWEEK. “The companies and […]

A study released last week by SIM (the Society for Information Management), a professional society of IT executives, identified business capabilities as five of the top 10 skills that are critical to keep in-house between now and 2008. “The study was motivated to find out just what is going out in organizations in terms of […]

In a survey released March 29 by Robert Half Technology, CIOs were asked, “What steps, if any, is your firm taking to retain key IT talent?” Allowing for multiple responses, a majority of 63 percent said they provided professional training and development, while 47 percent said they offer flexible schedules. “Retention plans have never been […]

According to a recent report by a technology labor union, Microsoft programmers and workers are mad as heck and dont want to take it anymore. The union hopes this may be a key to promote organizing Redmonds work force. The report, “Rising Frustration with Microsofts Compensation and Review System,” was released by the Washington Alliance […]

Information technology spending is showing “subtle signs of improvement” with 19 percent of companies expecting 2006 spending to increase 10 percent or more, according to a Goldman Sachs survey. Released on March 10, the survey polled 100 managers in charge of technology purchases. Goldman Sachs analyst Laura Conigliaro found that the top three spending priorities […]

Microsoft Corp. plans to release this summer a Wireless Laser Desktop for Apple Computer Inc.s Mac machines, which will be the Microsoft Hardware units first-ever set of peripherals specifically designed for Mac users. “Weve been in the business for twenty years, making products for PC and Mac users. Weve just never done one for just […]

Microsoft Corp. made available for public download on Monday the sample code and case study documentation for its “Project Elixir”—technology that makes Outlook a front end for Siebels CRM on the back end. Microsoft released the Elixir bits via the MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network). Based on Microsoft Office 2003, Elixir is a solution Microsoft developed […]

Nick Bradbury, founder of FeedDemon, gave readers a hint of what was in store for the early 2006 FeedDemon 2.0 release this week, via a screen shot of the shiny new UI and some details on his Weblog. “With FeedDemon 2.0, weve focused a great deal on usability and tried to make reading RSS less […]

Microsoft has extended an olive branch in announcing on Wednesday on the Team RSS Blog that it will adopt the same orange RSS icon used in Mozilla Corporations Firefox browser. Two months ago, Microsofts announcement that it planned to redesign the RSS icon set off a ferocious debate. Microsoft posted a number of icon redesign […]