Top IT spending priorities for 2019
By: Sharon Florentine The CIO role continues to grow, thanks in large part to digital transformation, with IT executives adding new responsibilities, ranging from data analytics to product development, according to our 2019 State of the CIO. To meet these goals and continue to innovate, savvy IT leaders must carefully decide which tech investments to […]
The AI Roles Some Companies Forget to Fill
Megan Beck Thomas H. Davenport Barry Libert AI is almost everywhere in the news today, and the drive to create and implement AI solutions is creating an enormous talent gap. An estimated 80% of companies are already investing in AI and most are facing challenges hiring the capabilities they need to implement a useful AI […]
New poll shows Facebook brand reputation plummeting; Amazon, Microsoft top rankings again
By: Taylor Soper It’s been a rough few years for Facebook and the company’s brand reputation has taken a serious beating as a result. The new Axios Harris Poll 100 surveyed U.S. adults about their views on corporate reputation of the 100 “most visible” U.S. companies. But the reputational damage could become a problem if […]
Capturing The Attention Of Today’s Tech Talent: 3 Strategies To Becoming The Best Tech Recruiter
By: Heidi Lynn Kurter Recruiters are typically naturally outgoing and extroverted individuals with the drive to find right fitting candidates for roles they’re trying to fill. Their ability to connect and build relationships is what makes them the best people for their job. While this comes naturally for common positions such as sales and customer-facing […]
GSD Company, a Salesforce partner, has acquired Audaxium, an Oracle NetSuite cloud services consulting partner, for an undisclosed sum.
By: Ty Trumbull GSD Company, headquartered in New York City, is a technology consulting firm with additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia, Toronto, Ontario, and Vancouver, British Columbia. The company provides customer relationship management, customer service management, and marketing automation solutions primarily on the Salesforce.com platform. The company works largely in the financial services, nonprofit, consumer, […]
10 IT certs paying the highest premiums today
By: Sarah White amp;lt;iframe src=”//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?GTM-NCMJGX” height=”0″ width=”0″ style=”display:none;visibility:hidden”></iframe> Foote Partners has identified the following 10 certifications as increasing the most in value last year, based on compensation data provided by more than 3,300 private- and public-sector employers in the U.S. and Canada. Here, certification value is based off what percentage of base salary accounts for […]
Impact of Excessive Use of Technology on Youngsters
By: Vinayak Garg Whenever someone old tells about their life, they always mention how their youth years formed the foundation for life ahead. It is thus a concern that the youth today are being affected by the technology in all areas of their lives. Below are some ways in which technology is affecting the youth […]
Execs from Amazon, Microsoft and other tech giants urge Congress to protect Dreamers
From Monica Nickelsburg Some of the biggest names in tech sent a letter Monday asking Congressional leaders to come up with a legislative solution for immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children. Microsoft President Brad Smith; Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos; Apple CEO Tim Cook; Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg; and other industry leaders signed the […]
10 reasons to ignore computer science degrees
Consider the two words computer and science. The first’s gifts to the world are huge and range from the lifesaving ubiquity of electronic medical records to the opportunity to get in a virtual bar fight at any time of the day on Twitter. The second word, science, represents an intellectual movement that’s delivered great advances […]
New Accenture Microsoft Business Group will empower enterprises to thrive in the era of digital disruption
Accenture and Microsoft, in conjunction with their joint venture Avanade, today announced the launch of the Accenture Microsoft Business Group. The new group elevates a longstanding strategic alliance, expanding combined service capabilities, global scale and joint solution development to help clients overcome disruption and lead transformation in their industries. Majority owned by Accenture, Avanade was […]