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Women's Revolution Has "Stalled" and That "Men Still Run The World" May Have Merit

Mar 25, 2013

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's belief that the women's revolution has "stalled" and that "men still run the world" may have merit, at least in IT. Women today are clearly rejecting IT as a career. In the early 1980s, women accounted for ...

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The Field of IT Is Notorious for Being Persistently Male-Dominated

Mar 22, 2013

The field of IT is notorious for being persistently male-dominated, but that doesn’t mean women still suffer from a gender gap when it comes to pay. In fact, the compensation gender gap has disappeared for tech workers, according to ...

Tags: IT salaries, IT field, technology

Hadoop Open Source Programming Framework for Large-Scale Data Analysis

Jan 28, 2013

The Hadoop open source programming framework for large-scale data analysis is already one of the highest-profile technologies in the "big data" market, but users can expect it to become even more prevalent over the next couple of years, ...

Tags: Hadoop, programming framework, data analysis

Philips Has Called on Skills Specialist The Open Group to Reorganise Its IT Workforce

Dec 24, 2012

Electronics firm Philips has called on skills specialist The Open Group to reorganise its IT workforce. The move enables Philips to identify the skills already available within its company and to create a clear career development path ...

Tags: Philips, IT workforce, network, CITS

Sandra Pickering Faced Her Audience and Saw Them Slumped on Their Seats

Dec 21, 2012

Sandra Pickering faced her audience and saw them slumped on their seats. She continued with her pitch -- how a career in information technology is rewarding and empowering. At the end of the presentation, the audience, 14 to 16 year old ...

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More CIOs Are Planning to Expand Their IT Departments in The Coming Quarter

Dec 19, 2012

More CIOs are planning to expand their IT departments in the coming quarter than they were three months ago. However, compared to other professions, projected IT hiring in Q4 lags behind fields such as legal, sales and marketing, according ...

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Commission Condemned UK Government's Decision to Scrap ICT Curriculum in Schools

Jun 11, 2012

The Corporate IT Forum Education and Skills Commission has condemned the UK Government's decision to scrap the ICT curriculum in schools from this September. Members of the commission,who include large corporations,educators and UK trade ...

Tags: ICT Curriculum, Computer Science, School