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Manager breaks through four hurdles to find an effective job-hunt strategy
Insight An IT manager who suffered three layoffs in just two years shares how he revamped his job-hunt strategy.
Asian banks still striving for 360-degree customer view
News Institutions in the region continue to invest in technologies that break down information silos and enhance the customer's experience.
Tags: Enterprise risk management, Software integration, Banking
Are key performance indicators a true measure?
Insight Can programming assessment be reduced to a set of numbers? Key performance indicators may be self-defeating if they are not truly aligned with overall business objectives.
Tags: Project management, IT project management, IT training
Train your experienced developers in newer technologies
Insight If your mainframe people are in their 40s and beyond and your Web developers are 30 and younger, you might be guilty of technology stereotyping. Avoid this mistake to make the most of one of your best resources: your older IT developers.
Making the jump from employee to full-time consultant
Insight If you think that your technological prowess makes you a good candidate for IT consultant, you're only partially correct. You must consider a few nontechnical attributes as well.
Raiders of the lost code
Program At first glance, software developers have little in common with Indiana Jones. But the emerging field of software archaeology applies some of the same skills, if not the dashing adventure.
Tags: Software
Sun, IBM ready to bury Java hatchet?
News Rival open-source efforts to simplify development of Java software are inching closer together to battle a common enemy: Microsoft.
Microsoft buddies up with new Office
News Microsoft is getting unexpectedly good feedback from other software companies as it readies the next version of its Office desktop application package.
Mainframe update: Pros and cons in play
Insight Some enterprises have valid concerns about the future of their mainframe systems (application portfolio, software costs, and staffing); however, the mainframe will continue to offer significant value for many enterprises for at least the next 10 years—and probably longer.
What IT really needs to learn about tech
Insight BMC Software chief Bob Beauchamp on the revenge of the CFO and the tech industry's response.
Tags: IT Management, Web services, Software integration
Busting the bug: Not rocket science
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Strategies for learning programming languages
Techguide Learning another programming language can help bring your development career to the next level. Justin James shares techniques that have and have not worked for him.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, Personal development, Ruby, Language, C, C#, Justin James, Programming, programming language, knowledge
Putting Web services to work
Insight With all of the hype surrounding XML and Web services, sometimes it’s good to step back and look at a specific example of how to tie all of the technology stuff together.
Data centers offer career opportunities for consultants with rare skills
Insight In a few years, enterprises will find themselves searching for professionals with mainframe skills. Now's the time for consultants to bone up on those skills through formal training or a new program designed to build mainframe skills.
Five Java IDEs tested
Program We test and compare five of the most popular Java Integrated Development Environments (IDEs).
