Hot skills alert: Tips for landing a plum project manager's job
Karen Klein had a typical entrance into the project management profession, evolving into the role after working her way up the IT ranks.
Stories by Mary K. Pratt
Videoconferencing do's and don'ts (with video!)
When it comes to videoconferencing, Daniel Post Senning would like to remind you the game is yours to win -- or lose. "Your ability to handle and manage [videoconferencing] tools says something about your professional brand and who you are," says Senning, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BNPI7FQ/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00BNPI7FQ&linkCode=as2&tag=emilypostcom-20">Emily Post's Manners in a Digital World, Living Well Online</a> and spokesperson with The Emily Post Institute. And that includes not just your technical savvy, but your social skills as well, Senning says.
In hot jobs market, IT workers call the shots
Like many of his colleagues, MIS director Bill Jones is in the market for IT talent. Jones, who runs the IT department for the city of Port St. Lucie, Fla., needs two developers to fill new positions created to build and maintain a permitting app, plus someone for another new position tasked with installing and maintaining a telephone system.
Degree-free IT: Can college-skippers thrive in tech?
Mike Samaras has worked steadily in IT for a decade, starting when he was 17 and fresh out of high school.
AT&T's Thaddeus Arroyo: Tech will transform customer engagement
<strong>Thaddeus Arroyo,</strong> president of technology development at AT&T, believes IT leaders must show their organizations how technology will transform both how they do business and how they engage with customers.
Fidelity's top IT exec sees potential in A.I.
Since his January 2013 appointment as enterprise CTO at Fidelity Investments, Stephen Neff has made a significant impression in the financial services company's highest IT post. Earlier this year, he was named one of five finalists for the 2014 MIT Sloan CIO Leadership Award.
10 hottest IT skills for 2015
The pace of job growth in IT may be slowing down, but it's still moving at a strong clip.
Persistent Systems
As head of digital marketing for the 2013 Indian movie Chennai Express, Shailja Gupta needed to work social media channels to optimize interest in the film. She teamed with Persistent Systems in Pune, India, to analyze social media content. "Just looking at numbers doesn't really help. How you use those numbers for your own strategy is what matters," she says.
SwiftIQ
Founded in 2011, SwiftIQ needed to expand its computing capacity quickly. But instead of building out its own infrastructure, it turned to Google's Cloud Platform for storage, support for long-running processes and the ability to handle unpredictable scale.
Thomson Reuters
Hoping to give its clients a comprehensive view of the information they need to make decisions in the financial markets, Thomson Reuters five years ago rolled out a homegrown financial analysis tool called Eikon.
Best Places spotlight: VMware encourages tech workers to explore ideas
For Grant Nowell, it's the people that make VMware a great employer. "I work with smart, passionate individuals who share a common vision," he says, adding that the camaraderie gives him and his colleagues "energy to work through complex problems."
University CIO helps boost graduation rates with analytics
Brian A. Haugabrook, interim CIO at Valdosta State University in Georgia, deployed analytics tools that enable faculty and staff to identify students who need extra help. The effort paid off with higher graduation rates.
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Whirlpool CIO moves 69,000 global employees to Google Apps
Whirlpool CIO Mike Heim is taking IT, and all the other business units, in a new direction. Heim is moving the company, with its 69,000 global employees, to http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247616/4_things_to_do_now_to_get_ready_for_the_Internet_of_Things?. He says the move could transform how Whirlpool employees get work done by increasing real-time collaboration. Indeed, he sees the potential for IT-driven transformation in other areas, too. Here Heim, who joined Whirlpool in May 2012 after 33 years at pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, shares his ideas on leading IT through change.
In Pictures: 15 tips for surviving - and thriving - as an IT contractor
Pundits are calling 2014 the year of the IT contractor. Here are 15 tips for setting up shop and making it stick.