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My Lunch With CCIE #1026

Terry Slattery and Emmanuel Conde meet for lunch to discuss the next CCIE Mixer to be held in Washington DC in late October 2008

| News | Career | Networking | 09/04/08 at 4:04 pm |

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Study: IT hiring to rise, but only slightly

A new study of more than 1,400 U.S. CIOs found that 11 percent plan to hire additional staff in the fourth quarter of this year, while 3 percent expect cuts.

| News | Career | 09/03/08 at 12:22 pm |

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Seven ways to build technologist teamwork

Teamwork is made even more complex as employees increasingly work at a distance from one another. While sophisticated communication devices allow team members to collaborate on a project from different locations across the country, there are also some less technology-centric ways of encouraging teamwork.

Here are seven tips to help maintain and strengthen the IT department's teamwork and cohesion.

| Tip | Career | 09/03/08 at 9:50 am |

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IT directors seek leaders not geeks

Leadership experience outweighs technical proficiency as the best skill for IT managers to possess, according to an annual recruitment survey.

| News | Career | 09/02/08 at 4:40 pm |

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