Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: P2P alliance; African CSP; D365 field service; Sharepoint, Dynamics for government
By: Linda Rosencrance Strategic Alliance Between 1ClickFactory and QBS Group 1ClickFactory and QBS group have formed a strategic alliance, whereby 1ClickFactory is now the preferred service provider for upgrade and development services of QBS partners. The alliance serves two key needs, according to a QBS spokesperson: to help Dynamics partners to build apps and extensions […]
The 13 best-value cities for hiring tech talent
By: Sarah White Companies seeking the best bang for their hiring buck can find strong talent at moderate rates — if they know where to look. And, when operating costs are taken into account, staffing and maintaining an office in just the right city can provide a significant cost — and strategic — advantage. CBRE […]
The American Workplace Is Not So Friendly
By: Paul Wiseman The American workplace is grueling, stressful and surprisingly hostile. So concludes an in-depth study of 3,066 U.S. workers by the Rand Corp., Harvard Medical School and the University of California, Los Angeles. Among the findings:–Nearly one in five workers — a share the study calls “disturbingly high” — say they face a […]
How to get a job in IT consulting
By: Howard Baldwin Do you have cutting-edge IT skills? Are you well-versed in an industry that’s hot, like healthcare or finance? Are you feeling underappreciated, and wouldn’t mind being fussed over, courted and enticed? Then it might be time to think about pursuing a career in IT consulting. “There is absolutely a war for talent […]
Employer Surveillance Now Common and Accepted
By Andre Spicer Every technical innovation has brought with it a new way of watching over workers. CCTV allowed nosy managers to keep an eye on the shop when they were not around. Software systems have been used to track the number of keystrokes an administrator makes a minute, how often they move their mouse […]
Salesforce certification: Your guide to a lucrative Salesforce career
By: Sharon Florentine Salesforce certification can be a one-way ticket to a lucrative career. Salesforce is fully entrenched as the CRM platform of choice at many organizations, making it one of the fastest-growing, most in-demand skill sets today. From software developers, solutions architects and designers to project managers and marketing and sales professionals, Salesforce certification […]
7 hot new IT jobs — and why they just might stick
By: Paul Heltzel Unusual job titles aren’t new in the IT world. Before the Twitter ninja and social media rockstar, before the webmaster was hired to conjure up HTML sorcery, there was the software evangelist, an IT job title that merged the worlds of sales and religion. In the early ’80s an Apple executive coined […]
Ten Unmistakable Signs You’ve Stayed At Your Job Too Long
By: Liz Ryan I sympathize with anyone who wakes up one morning with a raging headache and realizes that they’ve stayed too long at the wrong job. I have stuck around in terrible situations for way too long myself. I knew in my gut that something was wrong, but I thought I could fix it […]
The 10 most expensive cities for hiring tech talent
By: Sarah White Wondering where to make your next tech hires? According to a report from CBRE Research evaluating tech talent markets in 50 U.S. and Canadian markets, some of the most concentrated areas of tech talent are also the most expensive cities for businesses to operate in. With higher costs of living and operating […]
Enterprise software fuels IT spending as CIOs become builders again
By: Marc Ferranti Companies are refreshing enterprise software platforms for the cloud era and stitching together new systems to support digital business projects, triggering an uptick in IT spending worldwide. Gartner is forecasting a 2.4 percent increase in global IT spending this year, amounting to $3.5 trillion, up from an anemic 0.3 percent growth last […]