Alice Hill
C.S. Magor
Cat Miller
David Brumbaugh
David Chie
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
Vincent Chow
Our New Guidelines on Discussions and Comments
I’ve written in the past about the guidelines we publish to make sure conversations and comments on Dice are courteous and on-point. (You can read them here.) Many of these are obvious: be courteous, don’t harass people, don’t say or link to anything that’s obscene, don’t spam, don’t violate laws. Our moderators review comments with the assumption that each one is relevant but, of course, that sometimes turns out not to be the case. Since deciding these things always involves… continue…
The Coolest T-Shirts We’ve Ever Seen
If you work in tech, it’s pretty much a given that you have T-shirts. Lots of T-shirts. T-shirts that run the gamut from sarcastic to far-from-G-rated. And especially T-shirts that aren’t in English — they’re in code. We like T-shirts, too. Actually, we like them so much the Dice Marketing Legion went on a quest to find some that were exceptionally clever. For your inspiration and delight, here’s their favorites. And, yes, I know there’s all kinds of shameless self-promotion… continue…
Tech Salaries Rise to Highest Levels in a Decade
U.S. technology salaries rose last year more than they have in a decade, with the average tech professional earning a 5 percent increase, from $81,327 to $85,619, according to an annual salary survey by Dice. The increase comes at a time when more than two thirds of tech professionals — 64 percent — are confident that they can find a better job. Supporting their notion is the fact that employers are stepping up their efforts to retain staff, using more… continue…
Supercomputer Wanted: DOE Needs 30-Petaflops
DOE Asks for 30-Petaflop Supercomputer (via slashdot) The U.S. Department of Science has presented a difficult challenge to vendors: deliver a supercomputer with roughly 10 to 30 petaflops of performance, yet filled with energy-efficient multi-core architecture. The draft copy of the DOE’s requirements provide for two systems: “Trinity,” which will… continue…
Gartner: Big Data Apps Set to Grow Through 2014
Gartner: Big Data Apps Set to Grow Through 2014 (via slashdot) Not to be outdone by Forrester, which recently released its own predictions for 2013 and beyond, research firm Gartner has published a research note that suggests worldwide IT spending will increase 4.2 percent to $3.7 trillion in 2013. While a portion of that growth is due to the relative strength… continue…
Switch Software Took Down Github
Switch Software Took Down Github (via slashdot) Github has finally posted a detailed post-mortem for last Saturday’s massive outage, which took the Website down for several hours. The cause: trouble with aggregating its switch software, which cascaded over to its file servers. “This was one of the worst outages in the history of GitHub, and… continue…
Fiscal Cliff Could Force IT Managers to Cut Costs
Fiscal Cliff Could Force IT Managers to Cut Serious Costs (via slashdot) With only a few hours to go until the end of 2012, the U.S. government seems determined to drive at full speed off the edge of the so-called “fiscal cliff,” after which a set of tax hikes and draconian budget cuts will go into effect. Those measures were originally put in place to compel President… continue…
Smartphones’ Popularity Creates Massive Data Challenges
Smartphones’ Growing Popularity Creates Massive Data Challenges (via slashdot) Smartphone owners are now the majority of mobile phone users, increasing from 49 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers at the beginning of the year to 56 percent in the third quarter, according to new data from Nielsen. “Google remained the top Web brand,” the firm wrote in a Dec. 20 blog posting, “… continue…
Here’s Why Training Will Get You a Job in the Cloud
Standing in the way of the cloud’s expected growth isn’t technology, but a growing shortage of tech professionals with the right skills, hiring managers say. Currently, companies are struggling to fill an estimated 1.7 million open cloud jobs—more than 24 percent of the 7 million positions expected to be available by 2015. In a study conducted for Microsoft, researcher IDC said the number of workers needed to fill those positions will grow by 26 percent each year during that period.… continue…
Windows Phone 8 Closes Out 2012 With Bigger App Store
Windows Phone 8 Closes Out 2012 With Bigger App Store (via slashdot) As 2012 comes to an end, Microsoft is still fighting to make Windows Phone a viable third-place competitor to Google Android and Apple’s iPhone. The launch of Windows Phone 8, the most advanced version of the smartphone platform, was meant to herald a new stage of competitiveness—but so far, Microsoft… continue…
