ITBE Staff

The list of top companies for work-life balance is based on employee feedback shared in company reviews on Glassdoor. Each company review survey consists of 20 questions that capture employees’ attitudes about workplace factors, including senior leadership, communication, employee morale, career opportunities, work-life balance, compensation and benefits, recognition and feedback, and fairness and respect. Click […]

As Verizon continues to roll out its 4G LTE network across the country at an accelerated rate and AT&T also picks up speed in its 4G deployment, it would seem that widespread 4G adoption is a foregone conclusion. Unfortunately, it looks like consumers may be so confused over 4G that they have become hesitant to […]

IT Career Path Flow Chart Where do you want your career to be in the next three to five years? Use this flow chart to map a course from your current position to upper management, or anywhere else you might want to go. Most of us want to achieve more success in our careers. As […]

Personal Attributes Inventory Who you are should play a huge part in what you do — at least if you plan to be happy. Use this Word-based tool to take stock of your personality traits and how they should help define your career path. An important ingredient in career growth is to understand yourself and […]

Personal Training Scorecard Personal development is a lot like an IT project — you have to identify tasks and goals in advance if you expect to see success. Use this tool to identify skills and capabilities you need to work on to reach your objectives.  To develop your career, you need to invest in educating […]

With hurricane season upon us, it is increasingly important for businesses to back up their data assets to maintain continuity that can weather any storm. According to a recent survey by Acronis, approximately one-third of U.S. businesses reported having no backup and disaster recovery strategy in place. Acronis, a provider of easy-to-use disaster recovery and […]

Everybody agrees that the consumerization of IT is happening; to what degree, nobody is quite sure. Two new surveys of 2,660 information workers and 560 IT managers and executives, conducted by International Data Corp. on behalf of Unisys, find that while usage of personally owned devices is growing in the enterprise, these are still pretty […]

In mid-2011, IFS, a global enterprise application company, conducted a study among manufacturing executives and professionals of middle market to large manufacturers to better understand their interest in and demand for mobile device access to enterprise applications. The study found that while many respondents viewed the mobile interface as an important consideration in enterprise software […]

Guide to Effective Consultant Selection and Contracting If you select your consultants wisely, they should be able to hit the ground running on your projects. Use this comprehensive guide to find the best fits for your organization and initiatives. 460 KB | 3 files |  DOC, PDF The planning and selection process should prepare the organization […]

Meeting Checklist Successful meetings start with a plan of action. This checklist will help ensure that you have the right players at the table and that you take the needed steps to meet your meeting objectives. Whether you are holding meetings to build consensus, solve problems, air grievances or plan overall global domination strategy, it […]

Pre-Development Requirements Checklist The quality of your requirements documents is make-or-break for the success of projects. Use this checklist to vet your requirements before passing them on to the dev team. Before a project can enter the technical phase, you must first ensure that your requirements documentation is comprehensive and accurate. This checklist will help […]

The gap between the sophistication of the attacks being launched against IT organizations and their ability to actually deal with those threats is widening. A new survey of 583 IT and security practitioners that was conducted by The Ponemon Institute on behalf of Juniper Networks finds that not only are the number of actual security […]