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The idea that men are more tech-savvy than women is a myth that’s debunked by research on technology adoption among women, says Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti. And that stereotype will be further obliterated in 2013, she predicts, as women increasingly rely on their high-tech prowess to start businesses and enter STEM fields. Wilen-Daugenti is vice president […]

Google’s operation in China last month quietly removed a feature that informed users when a search term was a censored term that would break their connection to Google, and removed a help page that explained the feature and offered tips on how to maintain the connection. Not surprisingly, the move has drawn an indignant outcry […]

Within seven years, Big Data will create at least 1 million, and as many as 2 million, new jobs in the United States. That’s the prediction of David Houle, a futurist whose interests seem as vast as the realm of Big Data itself. In a fascinating interview a couple of weeks ago — one that, […]

If you’re an IT leader in a small- or medium-size business, or an SMB leader whose responsibilities encompass the IT operation, you’re coming to the end of what has almost certainly been yet another exhausting year of change management, resource optimization, and personnel headaches. Here’s a news flash: 2013 probably won’t be a whole lot […]

OK, so I’m not a woman. That doesn’t mean I can’t help facilitate a discussion that more women would do well to take part in, especially at a time when they’re deciding on what New Year’s resolutions they’ll make so that 2013 will be better than 2012. And it doesn’t mean I have no voice […]

Information technology will be a key on-ramp to career growth in 2013, but making it up that ramp will require an understanding of how careers in general are transforming, and what you need to do to navigate that transformation. That’s the assessment of Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti, vice president and managing director of the Apollo Research […]

If you’re an IT leader who aspires to become a CIO — or if you’re already a CIO and you aspire to keep your job, for that matter — you know full well that you’ve selected an extraordinarily challenging career path. What you may not have figured out quite so successfully is exactly where that […]

We all probably have an outrageous layoff story or two we could tell, but I can pretty much guarantee you that one that played out in Kansas City last week tops anything you’ve ever seen or heard about on the outrageousness scale. According to two investigative websites, KCConfidential.com and JimRomenesko.com, management at the Kansas City […]

Employees’ Top Resolutions for 2013 Let’s face it: IT leaders have plenty on their plates to keep them busy in the run-up to the end of the year, so the last thing you need amid all the craziness of the holiday season is a bunch of personnel headaches. So a few tips on some proactive […]

The Four Futures for IT and CIOs The end of the year is a requisite time for reflection, and I’ve found myself reflecting on the people whose lives were turned upside down by a recession that since 2009 seems to have taken an especially hard toll on CIOs, and that only this year appears to […]

The CIO-Millennial Divide: Struggling to Keep Up with Younger Workers’ Tech Support Expectations Last month, I wrote a post about Aaron McDaniel, a remarkably accomplished member of the millennial generation, who offered some advice to his fellow millennials: If you want to succeed in your chosen career field, especially if you’re pursuing a career in […]

Last week I wrote a post following my interview with Martha Heller, an experienced CIO watcher and savvy recruiter specializing in placing IT executives, who expressed the view that women should consider pursuing a career in a female-friendly field like marketing rather than venture onto the male-dominated CIO career track. Heller noted that it’s difficult […]