http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/876/all xx http://www.itworld.com/career/69673/preparing-layoff Recession or not, it's always a good idea to plan ahead for potential career derailments before they happen. Preparing for a layoff can help ensure you have enough money saved to live on while you're unemployed, give you an advantage in finding a new job and minimize the stress involved in this painful situation. Here are steps you can take to help keep a layoff from hitting you too hard. http://www.itworld.com/career/69673/preparing-layoff#comments Career Feature layoff recession Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:58:08 -0400 ITworld staff 69673 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/storage/69540/has-recession-affected-your-archive-and-disaster-recovery-plans IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Storage tracker says that the storage software market is down for the first time in five years. the market was worth $2.8 billion, according to the study, which is 5.2 percent less than the year-ago quarter. http://www.itworld.com/storage/69540/has-recession-affected-your-archive-and-disaster-recovery-plans#comments Storage News recession Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:40:09 -0400 danblacharski 69540 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/networking/67411/interop-soldiers-face-bad-economy-swine-flu Interop Las Vegas faces challenges because of restricted IT budgets nationwide, the poor economy and the unpredictable impact of a swine flu epidemic, but the show is forging ahead with new programs including a segment dedicated to cloud computing. http://www.itworld.com/networking/67411/interop-soldiers-face-bad-economy-swine-flu#comments Networking Virtualization News cloud computing events interop recession swine flu Mon, 04 May 2009 14:46:18 -0400 ITworld staff 67411 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/66835/5-it-essentials-recession-proof-priority-list Amidst all the talk about managing costs, doing more with less, layoffs, and cutbacks, IT managers find themselves paring things down to the essentials. Here, IT managers share the things their departments can't do without. (And IT professionals share the things they'd be happy to stop doing ... now!) http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/66835/5-it-essentials-recession-proof-priority-list#comments IT management/strategy Security Feature IT spending recession Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:54:47 -0400 abennett 66835 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/65900/facebook-youtube-work-sharper-employees Workers quietly rejoice when stories like this one from Reuters hit the newswires: "Facebook, YouTube at work make better employees: study." It excuses their WILB-ing, or "workplace Internet leisure browsing," and may even assuage some of the guilt they feel after taking their fourth "Which Osbourne are you?" quiz. http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/65900/facebook-youtube-work-sharper-employees#comments Internet Tech & society Opinion Facebook Productivity recession YouTube Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:20:51 -0400 Jenatpchelps 65900 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/65485/gartner-it-spending-drop-worse-after-dotcom-bust Global IT spending is expected to decline nearly 4% in 2009 over the previous year as industry watchers confirm the current recession will see more losses than the dot-com bust in 2001, Gartner reports. http://www.itworld.com/business/65485/gartner-it-spending-drop-worse-after-dotcom-bust#comments Business IT management/strategy News IT spending recession Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:23:03 -0400 ITworld staff 65485 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/saas/65341/economic-recession-good-or-bad-cloud-computing Is the recession good or bad for cloud computing? Where you come down on that question depends a great deal on how you think most IT organizations will consume cloud services. http://www.itworld.com/saas/65341/economic-recession-good-or-bad-cloud-computing#comments SaaS Opinion cloud computing recession Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:47:08 -0400 ITworld staff 65341 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/64951/poor-economy-it-pros-could-turn-e-crime Enterprises increasingly feel that their own employees will be more willing steal data or sell insider knowledge due to the poor economy. http://www.itworld.com/security/64951/poor-economy-it-pros-could-turn-e-crime#comments Security News data protection recession Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:36:38 -0400 ITworld staff 64951 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/63907/take-advantage-recession Virtually every IT organization is feeling the impact of the recession. But there is a silver lining. The recession provides an opportunity to challenge the status quo, eliminate ineffective systems and services, and make changes that management has previously refused to consider. http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/63907/take-advantage-recession#comments IT management/strategy Opinion recession Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:27:07 -0400 ITworld staff 63907 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/63784/pc-shipments-recover-2010-idc-says IDC updated its PC shipment forecast on Thursday, saying it would worsen in 2009 before showing a gradual recovery in 2010. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/63784/pc-shipments-recover-2010-idc-says#comments Hardware News pc market recession Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:10:03 -0500 ITworld staff 63784 at http://www.itworld.com