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More than half of the working Millennials polled for an Accenture study said that were either unaware of their company's IT policies or are not willing to follow them.

Bad times just keep getting worse at Sun Microsystems, and the vendor may face hard choices about which parts of its business to keep and which to shed.

Given Citigroup's stated plans, a massive headcount reduction announced is sure to include a fair share of IT jobs.

Yahoo is on the search for a new CEO after the company announced today Jerry Yang is stepping down as head of the company.

Sun is laying off 15 percent to 18 percent of its employees as part of a restructuring plan aimed at saving $700 million to $800 million a year, and its top software executive is leaving the company, Sun said Friday.

The economic downturn that has resulted in tens of thousands of layoffs in the housing and financial services sectors is now bearing down on the tech industry. The job cuts announced by Sun Microsystems on Friday are only the latest in the growing toll.

Some 650 local Sun employees have been left hanging while the company decides who will face the axe in its plan to cull 6000 jobs globally.

IT&T employers say they are not being affected by the current economic climate, but expectations have dipped and the focus has shifted to the passive job market.

Hewlett-Packard has confirmed its Australian operations will not be spared from a global decision to slash its workforce.

IT leaders are still hungry to recruit .Net programmers, desktop support technicians and voice over IP project leaders, according to an online survey conducted in June by the Society for Information Management. But when asked by SIM to cite the top workplace skills that they are seeking among both entry-level and midlevel IT workers, the 231 respondents overwhelmingly cited ethics and morals as the traits they most desire.

Is a career in IT worth pursuing? Do you love it so much that as an active participant in the area, you’d recommend your kids follow suit? Or will you be drawing them away with whatever it takes?