When you focus only on the pay cheque instead of your career as a whole, you may find yourself lacking the kind of technical innovation and management opportunities your dream job would provide.
Much as you might want to rejoin the ranks of the gainfully employed, you would do well to carefully evaluate any offer you receive: Something might be rotten in the state of Denmark.
Times are tough in the IT job market. However, there are steps you can take to increase your chances of finding a good management job in IT.
It started as a small rebellion--a warning shot fired at the Windows monopoly by independent-minded programmers. But the open-source movement traditionally associated with the happy penguin and the pierced, tattooed crowd is increasingly moving into the enterprise, mingling peacefully with commercial and proprietary code.
Smartphone developers learned on Monday that they won't be shut out of Apple's iPhone. But they're going to have to wait for the red carpet.
Is Apple keeping the iPod Touch and iPhone platform closed to third party developers to protect its impressive record on security?
Ex-CIO and longtime IT manager Mike Sisco maps out the top 10 skills and capabilities that IT hiring managers want in a job candidate. Show your interviewer that you have these strengths along with your technical know-how.
Make sure you're behaving in a manner that will keep you in the good graces of your client company by brushing up on these best practices. When competition is fierce, one misstep could cost you your position.
Knowing that you're experiencing burnout doesn't help much if you don't know what to do about it. Use these tactics to help you break free from work-related burnout.
Most IT managers neglect to tell users how to avoid falling prey to the dangerous hacker technique of social engineering. Here's what you need to know.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday appeared to hint at the possibility of a Windows application marketplace that would be similar to the Apple iPhone AppStore. But the idea is not without its share of problems.
The 2.5GHz dual-processor Power Mac G5 is an expensive but elegantly designed, fast computer that could use more internal expansion options.
The Dell Dimension 8400 offers exciting new hardware, but unless you're a staunch early adopter, you won't see a compelling reason to make an immediate upgrade.
IBM ViaVoice may not be 100 percent accurate, but it's a great dictator nonetheless.
After all the speculation that Windows XP might not ship until next spring or might be held up because of potential conflicts with the Xbox game machine introduction or might...well, you get the idea, Microsoft yesterday planted a flag.
This LCD is great for Power Mac G4 owners and publishing professionals, but consumers can save a tasty chunk of change by going with the older 17-inch Apple Studio Display.
Chasing Ballmer in Sydney
Where's Ballmer? In this video, ZDNet.com.au journalist Liam Tung chases Steve Ballmer around the stree… Watch it now
In this exclusive video interview, Optus chief information officer Lawrie Turner speaks to ZDNet.com.au about being the IT head for Australia's number two telco.
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Footy Club switches to Single Business Communications Solution
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