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iPad App Helps Forest Service Distribute Maps for Firefighters
The U.S. Forest Service deploys a mobile map application for firefighters and emergency responders to use in the field and for tactical planning.
Avoiding Vendor Lock-in – ITC Shows the Way
Vendor lock-in is a treacherous shackle that restrains most enterprises’ IT systems, thereby restricting business growth. Read on to know how the ITC Hotel Group found a way to break this shackle.
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7 Paths to Spotting and Spurring Hidden IT Talent
Your next great IT hire already works for your organization. Here's how to discover hidden IT gems.
Nine Things to Consider Before Accepting that IT Job Offer
Changing jobs is one of the most traumatic professional experiences of your life. Throughout the hiring process you are being evaluated. However, it shouldn't be a one-way street.
Hot IT Titles: Hybrids in High Demand
Job hunters, take note: Companies are seeking IT pros who can speak tech and business with equal ease.
How-To
Six Business Dashboards That Help Manage Employees, Web Services
These six dashboards help IT executives make key decisions by putting data from a variety of enterprise applications and services at a CIO's fingertips so he or she can better manage employees, website activity, development projects and more.
Learn to Code (for Free!)
Looking to learn a new skill? We have a few tips to help amateur coders get started on writing their own sites and Web apps.
Interview
CIOs are Not Participants in a Popularity Contest
Bask Iyer, SVP and CIO, Juniper Networks, talks about the challenges of working with extremely tech-savvy employees spread across 46 countries, and ways to tackle them.
To Stay Relevant, CIOs must Align Their Needs with Business Demands: Srinibash Sahoo
"CIOs must conduct self-assessment tests to gauge their skills for their current and future roles," says Srinibash Sahoo, SVP and head-technology, DSP BlackRock Investment Managers.
Unix is Dying and the Only Option is Enterprise Linux: Andy Karandikar
Andy Karandikar from Red Hat, the Opensource products organization, talks on how Linux certifications are becoming ever more relevant in strengthening IT's increasingly strategic role in the enterprise.
News
Skill Shortages? Not if You Pay or Train : IDC
Companies in search of workers with the most sought-after IT skills may be better off investing in training programs for current workers than hiring new employees, according to IDC
IT Pros Leave Money on the Table, Job Site Finds
When a job offer arrives, a majority of tech pros accept it without asking for more pay, according to Dice.com.
Intel Appoints Krzanich CEO
Intel has named Brian Krzanich as its next CEO, succeeding Paul Otellini, who will officially hand over the reins of the chip giant at the company's annual stockholders' meeting on May 16.
Opinion
The Hazards of Literal Listening
The message we're missing is that we need to master more than one way of listening and recognize which mode is best in a particular situation.
Chief Digital Officers: Friend or Foe for the CIO?
Adjusting to a world gone digital--and to demanding customers gone viral--is very serious business across nearly every industry today. So it's no wonder some CEOs are scooting another chair up to the boardroom table for the new chief digital officer (CDO).
You Have a New CEO. Now What?
In today's profit-aggressive business landscape, the arrival of a replacement CEO part way through your CIO tenure is a not uncommon possibility.
Slide-Show
5 Tech Skills in Lowest Demand in 2013
While the overall job market may still be difficult, it's generally better for those with technology skills. Even so, recruiters and hiring managers say some skillsets are a lower priority than others for their clients and companies. Here are the skillsets they say are the lowest priority in 2013.
Truth in IT Job Postings: What Those Want Ads Really Mean
Make no mistake about it: There's a massive difference between what employers say and what they actually mean
Who Holds IT Security Power?
From Apple, to Symantec and Anonymous, lots of people, companies and groups influence the IT security world.
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