Kim Wright

Indeed.com has compiled internal data about who is actually hiring and where. While many of us would’ve guessed that it’s Northern California where there is the highest demand, surprisingly it’s Washington D.C., as defense contractors dominate computer science-related job postings. Here are the top 15 companies currently hiring for IT positions. Click through for the top 15 […]

During a 2010 survey, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) found that 43 percent of HR professionals believe a larger portion of their work force will be telecommuting within the next five years. As a rapidly growing and global trend, telecommuting — a work arrangement in which employees do not meet at a central […]

Although the U.S. economy remains stagnant, the field of computer science continues to grow. According to the U.S Department of Labor, the level of employment for computer scientists is expected to increase 19 percent from 2010 to 2020, and this increase correlates directly with the demand for college graduates with a degree in this field.  According to Indeed.com, the average […]

More businesses than ever are confronting how to fully embrace mobile devices beyond their executive and sales teams. In a way, IT teams are being dragged into this. Many users have fully incorporated smartphones and tablets into their daily lives thanks to devices and operating systems from Apple and Google. They are choosing the personal […]

Big Data enables organizations to target audiences much more precisely and at a much more personal level, thereby increasing customer loyalty. Many companies are beginning to realize the benefits of Big Data and are starting to use their customer data more effectively, leading to much better insight on consumer buying patterns/preferences etc. Ultimately, this is […]

A word to developers – if you haven’t yet been asked to port your applications to the cloud, you will be. It’s best to be prepared, because developers charged with choosing the right cloud database to best serve their data and applications are faced with a plethora of choices. There are some significant pitfalls if […]

Congratulations! You’ve finally secured a new job, and now you want to start off on the right foot, making a positive impression on your new boss and colleagues. You want to be careful not to make any career-ending mistakes. So, what should you NEVER do when starting a new job? Here are 10 things to […]

It’s a common belief that bandwidth, memory, and disk space are all cheap. However, the apps that we use – whether running on our computers or on the cloud – are increasingly sophisticated, and often seem to grow at the same pace as the upgrades. Between real-time streaming, VoIP, and cloud trends, bandwidth can be […]

Ongoing hype around private cloud computing is creating misperceptions about private cloud, according to Gartner, Inc. To help reduce the hype and identify the real value of private cloud computing for IT leaders, Gartner explains five common misconceptions about private cloud.  “The growth of private cloud computing is being driven by the rapid penetration of […]

Emma Watson has replaced Heidi Klum as McAfee’s 2012 most dangerous celebrity to search for online. For the sixth year in a row, McAfee researched popular culture’s most famous people to reveal the riskiest Hollywood actors, athletes, musicians, politicians, designers, and comedians on the Web. The McAfee Most Dangerous Celebrities™ study found that women are […]

The majority of companies have been able to install preventative tools such as intrusion prevention systems and antivirus software to help protect against malware, but those tools are usually not an end-all solution. The key is deploying capabilities and collecting logs to detect threats as well. This slideshow features five concerns to keep top of […]

A recent study by global IT services provider Dimension Data showed that nearly half of all enterprise networks will be obsolete within five years. This is due to the fact that many corporate networks predate current megatrends such as mobility, bring your own device (BYOD), virtualization and pervasive video, which are rapidly consuming network capacity […]