"Information Technology Careers" news, interviews, and features

News about Information Technology Careers

• What's wrong with agile development: Culture, people top the list

  Agile development projects are succeeding, but when they fail, it's often due to staffing and teamwork issues

• The tech jobs hiring boom is real -- for these skills

  After some tough years for IT and tech pros, high demand for tech workers is here in some areas -- and is expected to continue

• IT's most wanted: Mainframe programmers

  As students study other technologies, vendors try to develop new talent and offer tools to fill the gap for these critical systems

• Macs in your business: InfoWorld's expert management guide

  As the Macintosh becomes a common tool in today's enterprise, IT has much to learn about effectively working with the Apple platform

• InfoWorld's guide to a successful BYOD and mobile IT strategy

  A smart BYOD strategy lays the groundwork for a complete consumerization approach

• The 2011 InfoWorld geek IQ test

  20 more questions to test your mettle where it really counts

Features about Information Technology Careers

• 6 dirty secrets of the IT industry

  IT pros blow the whistle on the less-than-white lies and dark sides of the tech business

• Foiled! How to beat software vendors' sneaky price increases

  Between complex licenses and the cloud, Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP have lots of ways to hike up prices. Here's how to fight back

• The hidden dark side of today's hottest tech trends

  New technologies and new IT strategies are here to solve all your problems - except the ones they create

• IT inferno: The nine circles of IT hell

  The tech inferno is not buried deep within the earth -- it's just down the hall. Let's take a tour

• How the iPad will change IT forever

  Apple's tablet is pushing the 'consumerisation of IT' trend in a way that IT can't stop - and doesn't need to