Deborah Rothberg

Though 69 percent of senior IT and business professionals believe that there is a likelihood that a disaster or crisis will interrupt their business workflow over the next two years, 60 percent have not increased their budgets in preparation, finds a study released Sept. 6 by infrastructure solutions provider Forsythe Technology. “Its a complete change […]

Career Path: Compliance Execs As the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 passed its fourth anniversary in July, the need for security, risk management and compliance specialists has put executive-level information security officers in even greater demand. Some schools have responded by going so far as to develop a core curriculum for these executives; the University of […]

Nearly 60 percent of tech workers are looking for new jobs, according a survey released by the Computing Technology Industry Association on Aug. 30. In surveying more than 1,000 IT workers, CompTIA found that they are restless and looking for new challenges. Of the 58 percent looking for new jobs, four out of five considered […]

A study released the week of Aug. 28 by Menlo Park, Calif., staffing firm Accountemps found that one of the most common mistakes made by candidates in job interviews was having little or no knowledge of the company, according to 47 percent of the senior executives surveyed. While IT recruiters and managers still peg a […]

In the wake of widely publicized security compromises at AOL and AT&T, a study released Aug. 28 by the Elk Rapids, Mich.-based privacy management research company Ponemon Institute finds that only 37 percent of IT professionals believe their company is effective at detecting data breaches. Citing a lack of resources and high product costs as […]

An annual study on hiring and compensation trends revealed that IT professionals may have more negotiating power than they think. According to the study, conducted by IT staffing consultant Robert Half International and online job site, CareerBuilder.com, 81 percent of hiring managers said it is equally or more difficult to find qualified candidates than it […]

As the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 passed its fourth anniversary in July, the need for security, risk management and compliance specialists has put executive-level information security officers in even greater demand. Some schools have responded by going so far as to develop core curriculum to develop these executives; the University of Fairfax, an online graduate […]

Remember that time you were talking to the Generation X-aged employee in your department and referred to punch cards and he or she responded with a blank stare? “We recorded digital information on them through punch-outs,” you explained to the clueless face before you, “and then developed programs to read the data and … Oh, […]

Rather than abruptly withdrawing from the daily grind, many IT professionals would consider consulting as a bridge to retirement, finds a survey released today by Robert Half Technology, a Menlo-Park, Calif.-based provider of IT professional services. Nearly half (46 percent) of CIOs surveyed said they are likely to consider project work or consulting as a […]

The future enterprise technology career path will meander in and out of the IT department, according to research presented a Forrester teleconference on Aug. 22. “Enterprise IT is going through a metamorphosis. The career path is not as straightforward as it once might have been. You used to start as a programmer or operator and […]

Nearly one-third of American workers say they are putting in longer hours and suffering more stress while at work, according to the findings of a survey released Aug. 21 by Melville, N.Y.-based Adecco, a workforce solutions company. In their Labor Day Snapshot of the American Worker report, Adecco finds that U.S. employees are no longer […]

Technology certifications matter. Or maybe they dont. Pay is up for IT workers, but many havent recovered the wages that typified the late 90s. There arent enough computer science majors in the United States, but the jobs held by the ones we do have here could be outsourced. Corporations want M.B.A. technology managers, but there […]