Video profile: Behind the scenes at Akamai
What's it like to work at this fast-growing content delivery and cloud services company? Computerworld checked out the scene at Akamai's Cambridge, Mass., headquarters.
Stories by Tracy Mayor
Tour the three No. 1 Best Places
Competition was fierce this year to determine Computerworld's 100 Best Places to Work in IT. In a white-hot jobs market, organizations are pulling out the stops to attract and retain talented, visionary tech workers.
Top firms for training, retention, benefits and career development
Organizations make it onto Computerworld's 100 Best Places to Work in IT list by excelling in training, benefits, retention and career development, among other attributes.
Premier 100 IT Leaders: Primed for business
Mike Jennings knows a thing or two about fast-paced businesses and demanding customers. As the former senior director of IT at LinkedIn and now the head of IT at Airbnb, Jennings is used to a neo-startup environment where the speed of business is breakneck and the customer -- who is both tech-savvy and exacting -- is king.
Tips for speaking like a business strategist
You know technology cold, you understand the business, and you're ready to step up to a senior IT leadership position, but can you communicate all that to the C-suite? Here's how other CIOs got their voices heard.
Best Places spotlight: NRECA focuses on employees' career development
The No. 11-ranked organization on our 2013 Best Places to Work in IT list invests in its workers with on-site training and mentoring programs.
Best Places spotlight: American University promotes worker growth
Fresh challenges and evolving roles keep things lively for IT pros at the No. 96-ranked organization on our 2013 Best Places to Work in IT list.
IT to the rescue: Unraveling bureaucracy at the VA, one project at a time
An organizational discipline, now being applied at the Department of Veterans Affairs, aims to create enterprises that can respond dynamically to customer demands because their structure is adapted to fit their mission and goals.
Women in IT: How deep is the bench?
Superstar women lead IT at some of the biggest global corporations, yet the path to the top isn't clear for the next generation.
Premier 100 IT Leader profile: Carol J. Dow
By all accounts, Carol J. Dow has a knack for keeping plates spinning.
Premier 100 IT Leader profile: James McCoy
Most CIOs think risk-taking is about boldly saying "yes."
Self-service IT: Are users up for the task?
Self-service procurement. Self-service business intelligence. Self-service recovery. User provisioning in private clouds. It's a wondrous world for end users today as IT departments roll out tools that hand them the reins to the data and services they desire, whether it's instant access to their employee benefits accounts or a deep dive into corporate data stacks that were once off-limits.
Hire a vet? IT says yes
When President Obama <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/08/05/meeting-president-s-challenge-businesses-supporting-our-veterans">challenged the private sector</a> this past August to hire 100,000 unemployed veterans by the end of 2013, he shared the stage with companies that have some of the largest IT workforces in the United States -- among them Hewlett-Packard, AT&T, Siemens, Honeywell, Accenture and <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137060/Microsoft_Update_Latest_news_features_reviews_opinions_and_more">Microsoft</a>.
Self-service IT: Are users up to the task?
Are users up to their new role?
Deleting your digital past -- for good
An unsavory connection from your past. An annoying link to your name that's dragging down your career. A spicy quote you tossed off to a reporter that you wish you could take back.