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Article | 24/04/2013 With revenue at stake, companies seek business-savvy tech workers
Financial concerns in the wake of the recession are causing companies to better align IT and business and this shift is changing what is expected from...
Article | 2/04/2013 Health-IT early adopters well-poised for big-data advances in clinical medicine
Nearly a decade after research firms predicted major cost savings and clinical benefits from the use of health-IT, adoption rates among U.S. medical p...
Article | 11/01/2013 Cloud, mobile and BI skills to lead technology hiring in 2013
IT hiring in 2013 will focus on jobs involving cloud computing, mobile technology and business intelligence, said staffing professionals.
Article | 10/10/2012 Wanted: Job candidates with diverse backgrounds to fill severe big-data jobs shortage
A career path that began with studying infectious diseases and led to analyzing terabytes of game data may seem a circuitous route. For Brendan Burke,...
Article | 10/10/2012 Colleges incorporate data science into curriculums
Colleges have noticed the strong interest companies have taken in data science and are incorporating the field into their computer science curriculum....
Article | 3/08/2012 EA files copyright suit against Zynga over 'The Sims Social'
Electronic Arts has sued Zynga, developer of the popular -Ville brand of social media games, alleging that the company violated EA copyright pertainin...
Article | 3/08/2012 Survey: Drivers like in-car Internet but worry about safety, privacy
U.S. drivers seem to hold conflicting opinions on in-car Internet access, viewing the technology as a driving hazard and even a threat to privacy whil...
Article | 31/07/2012 Hospital networks take key role in health care as IT makes further clincial advances
The health care industry's increased use of electronic medical records (EMRs), wireless medical devices and personal mobile technology has turned hosp...
Article | 8/06/2012 Salman Khan to MIT grads: Innovators will foster societal change
Future scientists and technology professionals, not governments, will develop the innovations that most benefit society, online educator entrepreneur ...
Article | 6/06/2012 For tech staffers, working remotely requires more than Wi-Fi and a desk
Web services, VoIP and other technology may have turned any place with an Internet connection into an office and decreased the importance of an IT pro...
Article | 25/05/2012 Coding contest shows how big data can improve health care
A recent coding competition in the Boston area brought together IT professionals, medical workers and others with an interest in health IT to show how...
Article | 23/05/2012 Panel: Future CIOs will have careers blending non-tech roles with traditional IT duties
Next-generation CIOs will have to consider how technology affects other corporate departments as well as handle traditional IT management functions, e...
Article | 23/05/2012 Updated SDK from Soti allows businesses to remotely control Apple mobile devices
Businesses can now remotely control enterprise mobile applications developed for Apple's mobile platform with the latest version of Soti's MobiControl...
Article | 3/05/2012 Harvard, MIT online learning portal to help Web, classroom learning
An online education organization backed and funded by MIT and Harvard University will use open-source technology to offer free classes over the Intern...
Article | 7/04/2012 IT contractors help companies meet changing work needs
Whether companies require specific tech talent for a project or need extra help meeting a business uptick brought by the recovering economy, corporate...

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