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  What's wrong with agile development: Culture, people top the list

  Agile development projects are succeeding, but when they fail, it's often due to staffing and teamwork issues

  By Paul Krill | 26 February, 2013 13:11

  Tags: application development, agile development, Technology Business, it strategy, software, IT management, Information Technology Careers

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  The tech jobs hiring boom is real -- for these skills

  It's not a myth. The technology industry is in the midst of a hiring surge stronger than any we've seen since the days of the dot-com boom. InfoWorld's interviews with economists, technology executives, job seekers, and hiring board managers indicate that employment in the tech sector is up a solid 10 percent this year -- by some bullish estimates, closer to 20 percent. And despite the tendency of the media to fixate on California's Silicon Valley, the hottest job markets are in places like New York and Washington, D.C., where firms in financial services and the federal government hire droves of IT hands.

  By Bill Snyder | 12 December, 2011 22:16

  Tags: application development, IT jobs, software, cloud computing, internet, Information Technology Careers

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  IT's most wanted: Mainframe programmers

  Before tablets, smartphones, and PCs became prominent, "big iron" mainframes led down the path to computing, becoming a staple of enterprise business worldwide several decades ago.

  By Paul Krill | 01 December, 2011 22:20

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, application development, computer hardware, servers, IT training, hardware systems, software, Data Center, Mainframes, Information Technology Careers

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  Macs in your business: InfoWorld's expert management guide

  Macs may be a minority of PCs in any business, but these days they are used by most businesses. And as more companies roll out "choose your own PC" and "bring your own PC" policies, IT will only need to be more familiar with managing Mac OS X systems.

  By InfoWorld staff | 29 November, 2011 02:05

  Tags: freemium, Mac Desktop, applications, servers, hardware systems, Mac OS X, IT management, operating systems, Mac software, consumerization of IT, mac laptop, Apple, computer hardware, software, Mac Tools, Information Technology Careers

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  InfoWorld's guide to a successful BYOD and mobile IT strategy

  It's the biggest shift in IT in years: the consumerization-of-IT trend that gained major traction with the advent of the iPhone and other modern mobile devices, causing most businesses to let employees bring -- or at least choose -- their own smartphones and tablets, all in fewer than two years.

  By Galen Gruman | 23 November, 2011 02:25

  Tags: freemium, applications, hardware systems, IT management, Information Technology Careers, mobile apps, consumerization of IT, mobile technology, consumer electronics, security, mobile security, smartphones, tablets, software

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  The 2011 InfoWorld geek IQ test

  We're back again for our annual survey of your certifiable geek cred, so dust off your pocket protector, suck face with your closest Ewok doll, and dig into your Bag of Holding to bring forth the answers to our nerdiest set of 20 questions yet. Answer enough correctly, and you may don the geek sherpa guru label, to guide the unwashed to geek heaven. Answer too many wrong, and find your inner geek flatlining.

  By InfoWorld staff | 15 November, 2011 05:56

  Tags: business issues, Networking, Misadventures, hardware systems, Components, software, IT management, business management, internet, Information Technology Careers, entertainment

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  5 hot tech projects to boost your IT career

  Too many projects, too little time: That's the sad lament of many IT professionals who must constantly balance the needs of the enterprise against the desires of business users -- all while keeping a close eye on the newest technologies coming at them from every direction.

  By Dan Tynan | 07 November, 2011 22:06

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, application development, social networking, IT jobs, data mining, internet, Data Center, IT management, business intelligence, agile development, mobile technology, IT training, security, mobile security, Devops, software, Information Technology Careers, Internet-based applications and services, disaster recovery, applications, hardware systems, big data

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  Windows 8: The InfoWorld Deep Dive report

  It's not the Windows you know and love. Microsoft has revealed a "reimagined" Windows -- code-named Windows 8 -- that boasts a very different, tile-centric user interface called Metro taken from Windows Phone that is touch-savvy, runs on ARM processors as well as Intel x86 chips, takes fewer system resources so it can run on a wider variety of hardware platforms, and works on both tablets and traditional keyboard-and-mouse PCs. It's not mobile versus desktop, it's mobile and desktop together.

  By InfoWorld staff | 01 November, 2011 01:57

  Tags: Windows security, freemium, application development, Windows, hardware systems, desktop pcs, IT management, operating systems, mobile technology, computer hardware, Microsoft Windows, Windows 8, Microsoft, security, tablets, software, Desktop computers, laptops, intel, Information Technology Careers

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  Stupid hacker tricks: Exploits gone bad

  If the Internet is the new Wild West, then hackers are the wanted outlaws of our time. And like the gun-slinging bad boys before them, all it takes is one wrong move to land them in jail.

  By JR Raphael | 24 October, 2011 21:12

  Tags: intrusion, security, Misadventures, cyber crime, malware, Information Technology Careers, social engineering, hacking, american express

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  A consultant responds to '7 dirty consultant tricks'

  With more than 30 years in technology consulting, I feel I can safely make a few observations about the field. The first is, alas, I'm growing old with the industry. The second is that I've had quite a lot of experience with customer/consulting relationships over the years, both good and bad, from my early days in statistical consulting to my current position in professional services management at OpenBI.

  By Steve Miller | 04 May, 2011 00:05

  Tags: Technology Consulting, applications, Technology Business, The Industry Standard, IT jobs, software, IT management, Information Technology Careers, business intelligence