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Bluewolf, a technology consulting firm and IT resourcing agency in the New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Bay Area markets, has published their 2011 IT Salary Guide with salary data and statistics for IT professionals. Using their extensive data of salary growth and change and analyzing market trends, they have projected annual salary ranges […]

‘Management 3.0: Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders’ Excerpt One of the main obstacles to the growth of agile development has been a comprehensive management theory on how to organize the chaos. This book chapter will give you insights on building a management philosophy around Agile. In many organizations, management is the biggest obstacle to […]

The worldwide smartphone market ended 2010 on a high note, with vendors shipping record volumes of units. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 100.9 million smartphones during the fourth quarter of 2010 (4Q10), up 87.2 percent from the 53.9 million smartphones shipped during 4Q09. For […]

A survey of 200 IT managers in North America conducted by Hubspan, a provider of a business process integration service, finds more diversity across the IT landscape than in the history of the industry. Furthermore, the data suggests that various technologies are fairly entrenched, which indicates that diversity across the IT landscape is here to […]

Job Description: Software Developer An emphasis on usability, scalability and performance are key in any software developer hire. This sample job description will help you find candidates with specialized skills in ASP .NET and C# technologies. The attached document is a typical job description for a Software Developer. The Software Developer designs, develops and maintains […]

‘Agile Software Requirements’ Excerpt Agile Development still requires some level of requirement documentation. However, that documentation has to be scalable and flexible – just like Agile Development itself. This book chapter looks at Agile documentation that works. Effective requirements discovery and analysis is a critical best practice for serious application development. Until now, however, requirements […]

One of the best ways to stay competitive is to focus on your core business. With a hosted VoIP solution, the management of increasingly complex business communications is done for you off-site. It all happens in the background while you and your employees utilize advanced features and productivity tools like voice, Web meetings and Internet […]

Gartner, Inc. has revealed its top predictions for IT organizations and users for 2011 and beyond. Analysts said that the predictions highlight the significant changes in the roles played by technology and IT organizations in business, the global economy and the lives of individual users. More than 100 of the strongest Gartner predictions across all […]

Technology is one of the strongest areas for hiring this year as many IT employers expect to add more headcount in 2011 than they did in 2010. CareerBuilder’s annual IT hiring forecast reveals that two-in-five (42 percent) of IT employers plan to increase the number of full-time, permanent employees this year, the highest among all […]

Job Description: Systems Engineer System Engineers span a wide range of responsibilities, from ensuring high uptime rates to supporting strategic initiatives. This sample job description will help you evaluate System Engineer candidates. The attached document is a typical job description for a Systems Engineer. The Systems Engineer provides a high quality, secure and resilient platform […]

When Ann All wrote about a presentation in IT metrics given by Mark Tauschek, director of IT Research for Info-Tech Research Group, at November's Midmarket CIO Forum, she got a comment from a reader named mataj who wrote: In sum: Concoct a metric, which makes you look good, and present it to the suits in a […]

The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) has released a report designed to improve communications between government and industry in the federal IT acquisition process by providing a list of the top 10 do’s and don’ts. ACT-IAC believes that better communication and collaboration between government and industry will result in more effective […]