Deborah Rothberg

In numbers that havent been matched since 2001, the U.S. tech industry added 140,000 jobs in the first half of 2006, according to a report released Sept. 26 by the Washington, D.C.-based AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association). Though nearly double the 78,900 added in the first half of 2005, the tech industry growth rate […]

Only 33 percent of employees are satisfied with the quantity and quality of communications from their employers, according to a study released Sept. 25 by New York-based Jack Morton Worldwide, a global experimental marketing agency. “The best way to build a business is from the inside out,” said Josh McCall, CEO of Jack Morton. “Companies […]

Despite fierce competition by Baby Boomers, the number of Americans working into their 50s, 60s, 70s and even 80s is at a record high, according to news analysis of federal employment data released by New York-based global outplacement consultants Challenger, Gray & Christmas on Sept. 20. The surge in percentage of employed “retirees” will only […]

Its not news that business and IT departments within a company dont always get along. Its rare to find a geek or a suit out there that cant list off one or several examples of their earnest work being thwarted by “those other guys.” Yet, most people will tell you there is more to the […]

You might want to sit down for this one. According to a survey released Sept. 20 by the New York-based Hudson Index, many bosses dont have a clue about how their employees feel about their managerial skills. According to the results, 92 percent of managers consider themselves to be good or excellent bosses, but only […]

Thirteen percent of CIOs plan to increase their IT staff in the fourth quarter of 2006, according to a survey released Sept. 20 by Robert Half Technology, a provider of IT professional services. Three percent of CIOs anticipate cutbacks, giving a net 10 percent hiring increase in Q4, as forecast in Q3, but up 2 […]

In an effort to help educate the next generation of software engineers, Coverity, a San Francisco-based software engineering company, announced Sept. 18 its university outreach program, already in partnership Carnegie Mellon, Purdue and Stanford University. Coveritys bug-finding technology, Prevent, was developed in the labs of Stanford University. Its source-code analysis system detects defects in open-source […]

Knowing a handful of programming languages is seen by many as a harbor in a job market storm, solid skills that will be marketable as long as the languages are. Yet, there is beauty in numbers. While there may be developers who have had riches heaped on them by knowing the right programming language at […]

Project management and database administration positions are two of the toughest positions to fill right now, according to the September 2006 report from Dice.com, a New York-based job site for IT professionals. Fifty-six percent of respondents in the reports poll agreed that project management and database administrators were hard to come by, citing difficulties finding […]

Average overall salary is up for Microsoft IT professionals, according to Redmond Magazines 2006 Salary Survey, released Sept. 12. Salaries showed an increase of 3.3 percent from the 2005 survey. While this years numbers are a downturn from the 12 percent jump seen in 2004, it does show a continued recovery from the mere .3 […]

The volume of required business passwords overwhelms users and hinders IT security efforts, according to a study released Sept. 12 by RSA Security, based in Bedford, Mass. One quarter of the 1,300 responding business professionals reported password-related security breaches. The study asserts that the burden of multiple passwords poses significant security risks and encourages user […]

A few years ago, when tech jobs were sparse, nobody had the balderdash to speak of leaving their current jobs to pursue brighter opportunities. To have an IT job at all seemed like a gift, one not to be treated carelessly. Yet, by most accounts, the market has changed for the better and in the […]