Kachina Shaw

IT Risk Is Not About IT – It’s About the Business Each January 28, Data Privacy Day is observed, with business owners and managers, vendors and concerned citizens taking time to raise their awareness of the most up-to-date approaches to keeping their companies’ and their own data safe. It’s an education effort that feels especially […]

Robotics: Humans Need Not Apply The news of Google’s purchase of artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepMind adds another wrinkle to the ongoing question of the end results of advances in automation, robotics and AI. As these technologies replace more and more humans in the workplace, how many new jobs in the creation and use of […]

I couldn’t help it – when I visited the North American International Auto Show in Detroit a couple of days ago, I was distracted by the technology used by the car makers to present their automotive showpieces. At the end of the day, when I met up with the other half of my group, having […]

Ten Fastest Growing States for IT Jobs As Intel struggles to find its footing in the post-PC world, it announced over the weekend that it would be reducing its worldwide workforce by 5,000 people over the coming year. But the announcement, it said, was not of a layoff. It plans, rather, a realignment. Or, if […]

Five Things to Do Now for Greater Security and Compliance The consequences of the recent Target customer data breach may finally include significant changes to both data protection and where the liability for breaches may fall, if we see follow-through on early inquiries from several places. After the discovery that at least 40 million Target […]

New research from QuinStreet Enterprise sheds light on why investments are being made in data centers, and what the investments focus on, as well as which technologies might not be receiving as much investment in the coming year. Why Modernize the Data Center The survey found that 88 percent of enterprises report that they are […]

Five Tips to Give Leaders a Jump on the New Year Talent development firm Chronus’ predictions for HR and staff contain lots of technology involvement. Looks like 2014 may be the year that HR catches up with the rest of the enterprise in both applying technology to its processes and using all that juicy data […]

Twenty IT Certifications Projected to Make Pay Gains in 2014 Positive sign upon positive sign in Dice.com’s end-of-2013 hiring survey of human resource managers, recruiters, consulting and staffing companies that primarily hire or recruit technology professionals around the U.S. led Dice.com President Shravan Goli to comment: “The New Year should be ‘all systems go’ for […]

Top 10 Project Management Trends for 2014 The top 10 trends identified in project management by a panel of ESI International senior executives and subject matter experts point to big changes in the coming year. If you don’t even have time for a list of 10 today, I suggest focusing on number 10 on the […]

Wearable Computing: Creativity from Head to Toe In working on a slideshow for IT Business Edge about the variety of wearable computing products hitting the market, it was apparent that, no matter which products end up the big sellers, this group of devices will alter the workplace, and soon. We should see significant changes in […]

In Foote Partners’ final quarterly update to its 2013 IT Skills Demand and Pay Trends Report, data for 348 noncertified IT skills and 293 IT certifications was analyzed. Both skill groups collectively showed pay gains during this quarter. The following is a list of IT certifications earning workers above average pay premiums right now, having […]

Seven Evolving Leadership Qualities for the Twenty-First Century Twitter has its first female board member, effective today. Marjorie Scardino, who promptly sent her very first tweet (“There couldn’t be a more exciting time in Twitter’s history to join!”), is a former CEO for Pearson Publishing, serving in that capacity until last year, according to Bloomberg. […]