Don Tennant

I’ve always gotten a kick out of the way certain catchphrases emerge in the IT realm every couple of years, and how IT vendors rush to spin their product stories around whatever catchphrase seems to be enjoying the most hype at the time. Ten years ago, it was all about the emergence of “utility computing.” […]

Five Tips to Really Negotiate a Higher Salary Here’s an irony for you: Some of the qualities that make women such effective IT leaders are the very same ones that contribute to the gender inequality that those women suffer in the workplace. This month is Women’s History Month, and its observance has sparked a lot […]

The controversy surrounding Yahoo’s recent decision to bring employees working from home back into the office has sparked a lot of healthy debate, which is always a good thing. One of the more positive outcomes is that it has prompted a serious discussion that specifically addresses the impact and prudence of telecommuting by IT professionals. […]

If there’s anything worse than a bully, it’s a bully who has supervisory power over you and your IT career progression. And new research shows that that dysfunctional behavior isn’t just harmful to the victims of the abuse, but also to the victims’ coworkers who witness it. Paul Harvey, a University of New Hampshire associate […]

The uproar surrounding Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s decision to end the option for employees to work from home is starting to blow over, just as Mayer predicted it would. So now that the dust has settled, it makes sense to consider the extent to which people like me, who have vocally opposed the decision, might […]

In a move that demonstrates the determination of federal authorities in Texas to prosecute H-1B visa fraud, six top officials working for Dibon Solutions, an IT consulting company near Dallas, were arrested last week on a charge of conspiracy to commit visa fraud and 10 related wire fraud charges. According to an indictment that was […]

Best Practices for Teleconferencing with Employees Working Remotely Last week, I wrote about Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s edict banning telecommuting in terms of its negative impact on parents, especially mothers, who need all the flexibility they can get to meet their professional and family responsibilities. Another repercussion that warrants consideration is the potentially negative impact […]

If you haven’t read my colleague Rob Enderle’s post about the colossal mistake Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer made when she issued the perplexing directive to ban telecommuting at the company, do yourself a favor and read it. Enderle makes a great case for why the micromanagement of first-line managers is an abuse of CEO power. […]

Last week, my colleague Sue Marquette Poremba wrote a great post about the report by Mandiant that the Chinese military is aggressively engaged in cyberattacks against targets in the United States. As she noted in her post, “Not surprisingly, the Chinese government is denying any involvement in the attacks, but it appears that Mandiant has […]

Earlier this week, I wrote about SumAll, a data analytics startup in New York that’s using its Big Data technology to aid the non-profit community, beginning with an aggressive assault on the scourge of human trafficking. They mapped out their strategy, and explained some of the obstacles they’re confronting. But there’s more to the story, […]

She was an engineer whose technological prowess was sought by the likes of AT&T Bell Labs, IBM Global Services and EMC. Today, she’s a professional development and management consultant whose advice is sought by the likes of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Environmental Protection Agency and Learning Tree International. Her name is […]

If you were asked to name one endeavor that would be the very best application of Big Data technology imaginable, what would it be? How about the fight against human trafficking? The global industry of buying and selling human beings—call it human trafficking or slavery—is a heartbreakingly bustling one. SumAll Inc., an analytics services startup […]