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The economy is flat for other jobs, but IT jobs remain more resistant to recession than other gigs, though your mix of skills and location have more to do with that than anything else.

A KPMG survey shows that some retailers have plans next year for all that cash they have lying around.

IT is in the middle of a dramatic shift that is affecting the number and type of jobs CIOs need to fill: great news if you have the right skills, bad news if you don't.

High speed trading systems were not the cause of the 2008 economic crash, according to the results of a two-year US government investigation.

It may be too soon after the first of the year to see it, but we're still looking for evidence there's as much IT hiring going on as analysts predicted.

Forrester prediction goes from 'astonishing' to 'really, really good,' read the story before wailing and rending your clothing in despair, otherwise people at Starbucks tend to stare. Trust me.

High-tech workers who endured salary reductions and added workloads will be looking for new jobs as an economic recovery gets underway, according to new research from Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.

There was a lot of difficult news for the high-tech industry this year. But the damage, by some measures, wasn't as bad as it may have seemed, and new data suggest IT managers reduced hardware spending to save jobs.

The tech industry has suffered some of its greatest losses ever in the past 12 months. Here's our look at the low points.

A new Challenger, Gray and Christmas, Inc. survey reveals that cost-containment remains the primary objective for many companies. Overall, 86 percent of respondents surveyed in May said that their companies have been forced to initiate cost-cutting measures.

Which sectors are most likely to be a safe harbor as we ride out the financial crisis?