C.S. Magor
Cat Miller
Dale Reynolds
David Brumbaugh
Dawn Kawamoto
Don Willmott
Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson
Gayle Laakmann McDowell
Lekan Oguntoyinbo
Leslie Stevens-Huffman
M Noivad
Mark Feffer
nick kolakowski
Stephen Lahanas
Susan Hall
Leverage Business Continuity as a Revenue Generator
Companies across the U.S., and all over the world, are looking for groups within their organizations to either cut or downsize dramatically. If they don’t see you as part of the solution (revenue generation), then you’re part of the problem (costly overhead). And if your company has a separate business continuity group, it’s highly likely that it’s already been hit with reductions, or at the least is facing cuts or elimination soon. Business continuity groups may be safer if the… continue…
Demand Grows for API Specialists
By Myra Thomas Spots for API developers, design engineers and product managers are growing along with the push for seamless integration of Web and mobile applications. As with many areas of tech, job titles among those who know APIs can be flexible in terms of what they do, and vary from company to company. One role, the API evangelist, is new and growing. Alex Gaber, an evangelist for CA Technologies, describes the job as a combination of software developer and sales… continue…
People Moves: Information Transport Solutions, RingCentral, Zumbox
A quick look at some of the movement among IT people this week: As part of its initiative to transition from an owner-operated business model to an executive leadership model, data solutions company Information Transport Solutions separated its CEO position into three distinct roles: CEO, COO and CFO. Steve Meany, previously a manager at Cisco, was hired as CEO. Meanwhile, Quincy Minor, previously Vice President of Operations, transitioned to the COO position and Jeff Drury, who acted as COO and… continue…
Developing Cloud-Based SaaS Web Applications
The demand for Web development skills needed to design, build and deploy Software as a Service applications should continue to increase over the next several years as more companies seek solutions tailored to the capabilities of the cloud. According to SaaS blogger Dave Key, designing software for SaaS is fundamentally different from designing software for the more traditional client/server model in terms of architecture, user interface design and the exposure and use of APIs. Key points to consider: Design for… continue…
How to Pick a Hackathon
By Jennifer Goforth Gregory Hackathons are definitely not one size fits all. One developer may learn new skills and even get a job lead, while another may find the exact same event was a waste of time. Before deciding which hackathons to attend, think about what your purpose is in going. Are you looking to learn a new API? Do you have your eye on applying for a job with a specific company? Is your goal to win prizes? Or… continue…
NSA Revelations: Has The Planet Gone Mad?
It was intriguing to see the tech community’s response to the NSA information-gathering revelations last week. High drama was the order of the day after The Guardian broke the story of a National Security Agency contractor releasing some strategic, classified PowerPoint slides, then hightailing into the shadows of Hong Kong. Dozens of NSA, spying and civil liberties stories dominated tech media outlet giants like YCombinator, ZDNet and GigaOM. As you’d expect, talk radio was abuzz with speculation and commentary. High-ranking,… continue…
NextGen Seeks Both Techs and Recruiters
NextGen Information Services is a rapidly growing staffing and recruitment firm, 80 percent of whose business is in IT. Founded in 1997, NextGen is headquartered in St. Louis and maintains satellite offices in cities like Chicago, Denver and Atlanta, and does business in 35 states. Certified as both a woman- and minority-owned business, NextGen is is among the fastest growing companies in the St. Louis area. Diversityinc.com ranks it one of the top 100 Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States.… continue…
Feds Closing Data Centers Find 3,000 Additional Ones
Feds Closing Data Centers Find 3,000 Additional Ones (via slashdot) Following a string of startling revelations, Congress has stepped in to change the way certain federal agencies use their datacenters, and investigate what appear to be gross misrepresentations in reports about what agencies are actually doing with billions of dollars’ worth of IT. No, the changes… continue…
Developers Mull New Tech Strategies After E3
Through new consoles and new games to run on them, E3 saw the introduction of a range of technologies and capabilities that left developers, engineers and other game professionals with greater insight into the skills they need to develop if they’re going to continue their success in the field. “The things that I saw at E3 that inspired me were a lot of new technologies that are multi-core or multi-thread,” said Shawn Halwes, a programmer at Ragtag Studio. In a… continue…
Symantec Layoffs Could Hit 8 Percent of Workforce
Symantec has begun laying off up to 1,700 employees — 8 percent of its workforce — as it struggles to turn around its lagging business. The downsizing is part of a reorganization the company announced in January. On Friday, a spokeswoman told AllThingsD that the reorganization is part of an effort to make the company’s reporting structure “more efficient.” She continued, “There are several stages to the reorganization process, as we define executive and management layers down to all levels… continue…
