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Technology Is a Profession in Flux
If you can count on one thing when polling IT workers, it's contradiction, and IT staffing firm TEKsystems' "IT Professional Perspectives 2013" survey is no exception. Consider this: While the 2,400 IT...
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Inappropriate Office Decor Can Hurt Your Career
The way you decorate your work space says a lot about you as a professional. With this in mind, you should definitely resist keeping anything like the following real-life, totally off-the-wall office...
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Web, Big Data to Experience Explosive Growth
VeriSign reports that more than 252 million top-level domain names currently exist, and even more explosive growth is likely in the future.
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Threat Report Urges Focus on Attack Patterns
Two themes emerge from Verizon's "2013 Data Breach Investigations Report." First, a substantial increase in the number of partners that contributed threat data—18 cyber-enforcement entities from around...
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Online Recruiter Adopts a New Web-Based Tool
Online recruiting systems continue to evolve. One Bay Area IT recruiting firm has turned to a Web-based software tool to generate better candidate profiles.
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How to Convince Your Boss That You Deserve a Raise
As reported previously, compensation for tech talent is going up. In fact, the average salary for IT workers was more than $85,600 in 2012, up from just under $81,400 the year before. And one-third of...
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Employers Stay Committed to Worker 401(k) Plans
Believe it or not, the recent recession didn't kill the 401(k) plan. The vast majority of organizations kept their plans—and company matches—in place even after the economy took a dramatic dip in 2008,...
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Telecommuting Grows in Business and Government
Businesses and government agencies are increasingly turning to telework to create a more flexible and employee-friendly work environment.
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Workers Are Stressed, Overworked, Underappreciated
A significant number of American workers are feeling constant—even chronic—stress at work. They say they're underappreciated and underpaid for all that they do, and they believe that managers aren't...
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IT Monitoring Spurs Innovation and Results
A new study reveals that innovative business models depend on a strong foundation of IT monitoring.
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A Day in the Life of a Typical Office Worker
"I read the news today, oh boy. About a lucky man who made the grade ..." Does that memorable opening line from the classic Beatles song, "A Day in the Life," describe your typical Monday through...
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Third-Party Software Support: Pros and Cons
You should consider the risks in switching to a third-party support structure, as well as benefits that can be achieved in well-defined circumstances.
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A Nine-Inning Guide to a Winning Career
The spring is always the beginning of another baseball season. Arguably more than any other sport, baseball involves strategies and execution that readily translate into insightful workplace lessons....
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SafeAuto Steers Toward a Better Backup Strategy
To deal with latency and performance issues, SafeAuto deployed a Wide Area Application Service for WAN optimization. It now has effectively zero latency.
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User Behaviors That Stress Out Tech Pros
The vast majority of IT administrators are so stressed that they are facing personal consequences with respect to health issues and other woes, according to a recent survey from GFI Software. And...
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