News
Data center jobs and staffing and professional development
- September 01, 2017
01 Sep'17
CI tried, but did not eliminate data center specialists
The emergence of converged and hyper-converged infrastructure has increased the role of data center generalists, which leaves a question about the role of specialists.
- May 09, 2016
09 May'16
Tech spending priorities to shift with DevOps transition
IT organizations should get ready to cede some budgetary control to business units, as software -- and software developers -- become key agents of commerce.
- April 04, 2016
04 Apr'16
IT operations pros contend with DevOps culture
Plenty of tools exist to ease the technical challenges of DevOps, but you can't abstract away or automate cultural requirements like teamwork and trust.
-
- March 28, 2016
28 Mar'16
Mainframe programmers can be young, cool and relevant
When a 47-year-old mainframe programmer is one of the youngest in his department, it's clear more efforts are needed to attract young IT pros to careers in mainframes.
- December 30, 2015
30 Dec'15
The 10 biggest data center news stories of 2015
Data center teams modernized and adapted throughout 2015, with help -- and hindrance -- from major changes in the IT industry, which ranged from new job demands to transitions among providers.
- December 01, 2015
01 Dec'15
IT management less time-consuming, security concerns grow
While virtualization, networking, IT management, and backup and storage remained in the top-five list of IT tasks again this year, another area crept up the list.
- November 24, 2015
24 Nov'15
Data centers seek creative skills to drive innovation in IT
Now more than ever, data centers need creative employees to adapt and outwit problems for a more efficient, reliable IT infrastructure.
- October 20, 2015
20 Oct'15
Traditional IT employees must adapt to cloud way of life
Traditional IT employees need to understand the big business picture and what the cloud offers to remain relevant.
- October 19, 2015
19 Oct'15
IT pros weigh Dell versus HP as one swells, the other splits
Dell will become a much bigger company following the purchase of EMC and VMware, begging the question of how it will match up against a newly split HP.
- September 22, 2015
22 Sep'15
After a long slump, IT certification pay bounces back
Largely vendor-driven IT certifications decreased in value for a seven-year stretch, until a recent turnaround, with security getting a renewed focus.
-
- September 18, 2015
18 Sep'15
Iceland's blueprints for a data center industry
Icelanders are fond of saying they're a "new" country -- and they're developing a new data center industry from scratch as well.
- September 17, 2015
17 Sep'15
HP Enterprise to cut up to 30,000 jobs ahead of split
A leaner, more nimble HP Enterprise will have as many as 30,000 fewer employees after the company splits in November.
- September 14, 2015
14 Sep'15
IT jobs surge in upper Midwest, Rockies, led by Java
IT jobs are being filled at the highest rate away from some of the traditional technology hotspots -- including many Midwestern states.
- July 17, 2015
17 Jul'15
Big data projects go beyond IT infrastructure
Big data creates a big test for enterprises: finding the right employees who can meld the technology and business needs in a way to make the data useful.
- July 14, 2015
14 Jul'15
Top of the news feed: Cloud, IoT shake up data center jobs
So far this year, top news stories covered shakeups in entrenched data center technologies and technology trends that may force IT pros into new roles.