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Hiring Frenzy for Microsoft Vancouver

In the seven weeks since Microsoft announced that it intended to open a software development center in Vancouver, British Columbia, which it hoped would...

‘No’ Is No Longer an Acceptable IT Response

Judging by the recent swell of coverage of the clash between employee technology and workplace technology while IT plays both the middleman and the...

Skills Shortages Aren’t Limited to Mainframes

Most reports about mainframes and the skill sets required to manage them are dismal, and the problem can be roughly summarized this way: Baby...

Worker Satisfaction Is Overrated

What's the difference between a satisfied and an engaged employee? Only everything, argues Globoforce, a Westborough, Mass., work force solutions company.The crux of the...

Digital Dirty Laundry Hurts Prospects

You know the old joke about what happens if you Google yourself? Well, ignore the warning and go ahead--it's better to uncover what you...

Email Exacerbates Workplace Stress

Working late again and wondering where the day went? Are you stressed and frustrated and can't seem to get a handle on your time?...

IT Teched Off at the WSJ

Playing on the gap between what employees do with their work computers and their IT departments' wishes that they wouldn't, The Wall Street Journal...

Tech Competitiveness Bill Lands on President’s Desk

Late last week, the U.S. Congress quietly approved the "America COMPETES Act," a bipartisan legislative effort to increase investment in basic research and improve...

In Big Cities, Young Women Outearn Men

Could the days of a gender wage gap be behind us? They sure seem to be for young, college educated women in big cities,...

Slumping Market Shakes IT Confidence

The job market lost some luster last month as employers added only 92,000 jobs, the fewest in five months, the Labor Department reported Aug....