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Coming off its best hiring month in July, the U.S. information technology sector was unable to maintain that positive momentum in August, and overall hiring is now essentially flat. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The shift to software-as-a-service, cloud infrastructure, virtualization and automation is requiring that tech departments refocus hiring on advanced technologies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Technologists that have been out of the job market for any length of time can easily forget the basics of a successful resume in their area of specialty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nearly half of executives say their organizations experience data breaches even after vulnerabilities and remediation have been identified. The result is that many enterprises face unnecessary risks to data loss and production downtime. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Data analytics and business intelligence remain the top concern of most IT leaders heading into 2016, and that is placing greater attention on cloud computing and data security at many organizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the data which shows strong market of data analytics in information technology (IT) industry in 2016.

The article offers information technology (IT) industry news briefs as of July 2015. Topics discussed include plans of Cisco Systems to stop the sales of Invicta data storage hardware line, advises for chief information officers for addressing challenges of recruiting and managing millennial IT workers by the Staffing firm Robert Half International , and a blog by Jamie Brown, a technology entrepreneur, about exposure of websites to cybercriminals due to opened Git repositories of web domains.

The article offers information technology (IT) related news briefs as of July 2015. IT discusses virtual presence of smart technology in product design according to the report "The Rise of the Smart Product Economy" from Economist Intelligence Unit and software firm Cognizant. It reports less emphasis on traditional command-and-control duties by chief information officers (CIOs) as per research firm Gartner's study "Flipping to Digital Leadership."

The article discusses the eighth BDO Technology Risk Factor Report on the challenges faced by technology companies to innovation and creativity in the U.S. Topics discussed include the trends, factors and conditions that impact the ability of technology firms to compete and to pursue innovative and creative products and services and top risk indentified by companies such as mergers and acquisitions and divestitures and views of professional service firm BDO USA LLP's partner Aftab Jamil.

The article offers U.S information technology industry news briefs as of July 2015. Topics discussed include security issues related to adoption of cloud computing by business enterprises, findings of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (CIOs) regarding challenges faced by chief information officers and mini MBA program targeting CIOs for career advancements.

The article discusses a study by the software vendor BetterCloud which shows information technology firm Microsoft's software services subscriptions Office 365 compete against Google Apps. Topics include the way the employees work in the cloud, Google Apps organizations reporting cost savings on the use of apps, and the study concluding that Office 365 organizations are two years behind Google Apps organizations.

The article focuses on the Labor Insight report by the labor market analysis firm Burning Glass Technologies which shows that employers across the U.S. posted more than 850,000 information technology (IT) job openings in 2015. Topics include job openings for the post of computer user support specialists, network architects and information security analysts, impact of innovation on cloud-based solutions, and need of employee training.

The article offers U.S. information technology (IT) industry news briefs as of July 2015. The U.S. Department of Defense will planned to sponsor and host Mobility Industry Day on July 9, 2015. Barry West, chief information officer (CIO) of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has been on administrative leave for over a month. The Salary Survey by Computerworld has revealed cuts in the benefit packages for IT workers.

The article mentions that while the technology industry was joining the pride celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, the technology firm Facebook Inc. was being criticized for not allowing the users' identities protection on their accounts, according to reports from Business Insider Inc. It mentions that the protestors, who were angry due to Facebook's policy has turned their marching signs.

The article offers news briefs related to the information technology (IT) industry as of June 29, 2015. Chief information officers (CIOs) are being paid more attention by the boards of directors. The U.S. News STEM Conference has launched another initiative to attract STEM students. Organizations experiencing data breach have been on notice for immediate notification.

The article offers news briefs related to the information technology (IT) industry as of June 26, 2015. The chief information officers (CIOs) are planning to increase the overall spending in the information technology industry. CIOs feel higher levels of anxiety for IT security as well as for compliance audits. The technology company Google Inc. and the social networking service provider Facebook Inc. is facing difficulty to improve its diversity numbers.

The article mentions that according to the Internet monitoring software developer SpectorSoft Corp., the information technology companies are facing more insider security attacks on annual basis. It reports that the consultants, contractors and privileged users are the prime suspects for insider threats. It highlights that the finding of SpectorSoft has confirmed the findings of the security effectiveness platform BitSight Technologies Inc. related to the insider threats.

An interview with Monica Eaton-Cardone, chief information officer (CIO) at the risk management services provider Global Risk Technologies. She discusses her role of CIO in the company. She talks about the declination of women in the information technology and engineering industry. She mentions her suggestions for the educators to convince young girls to consider their career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.

The article focuses on the celebration for the National Women in Engineering Day on June 26, 2015 and tributes will be expanded to successful women in the academic disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields along with the information technology industry. It mentions responses from three successful women of the information technology and engineering including Nithya Ruff, Madeline Weiss, and Jennifer Hannant.

The article reports that according to a study, the new millennial workforce has workplace and job expectations that do not match to several old school information technology (IT) managers. It highlights that the chief information officers (CIOs) might be struggling in recruiting and retaining the millennial IT workers due to inflexibility. It highlights that the National Association of State Chief Information Officers has put a Call to Action regarding the IT staffing shortage.

The article offers news briefs related to information technology industry (IT) as of June 25, 2015. Communications, Technology and Media conference has found that cybersecurity is being the top board-level issue. Several software flaws are being copied by the programmers from other sources. A free IT career resource Skillsboost for parents, students and educators is being launched by the industry association CompTIA Inc.

The article offers U.S. information technology industry news briefs as of June 2014. International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) has formed a cloud service partnership with the cloud storage firm. Grants are given by the U.S. National Science Foundation to six U.S. universities including Purdue University, Colorado State University and Oregon State University. A study from the collaboration software provider PGi reflects on the need of telework program for work from home employees.

The article presents views of Tiffini Bova, research firm Gartner Inc.'s analyst, given at the Asigra cloud backup summit held in Toronto, Ontario in June 2015. Topics discussed include emergence of companies that consider cloud technology closely, future cloud computing trends such as bimodal capability of organizations, end of businesses because of digital incompetence and role of Internet of Things in technological change and customer focused investments in information technology industry.

The article discusses a research conducted by Randstad Technologies and IDG Research Services on the n the millennial information technology worker and their impact on the workforce. Topics discussed include underestimating the impact that millennial techies will have on their organizations, views of Randstad Technologies' vice president Alisia Gensler and disadvantages for organizations that have not embraced mobile computing, bring your own device (BYOD) policy and cloud computing.

The article discusses the role of chief security officers (CSO) in the U.S information technology (IT) industry. It reveals that most of IT companies are hiring CSOs on temporary basis because of inability to find someone full time in job market or to meet market salary rates. It also presents the views of recruiting firm Benchmark Executive Search's president Jeremy King on the selection of the right candidates by the companies.

The article offers news briefs from the information technology industry as of June 2015. Microblogging services firm Twitter is supposed to undergo changes in business strategies due to change in its leadership as Jack Dorsey will be the new interim chief executive officer. Educator Tim Hunt has resigned from University College London, England regarding his comment on women in STEM education. Organizations have been reportedly unable to combat information technology security threats.

The article reports that initiatives are being taken by the Information Technology (IT) industry to retain its employees. It states that the Creating IT Futures Foundation has announced its plans to launch the IT-Ready Network, which will provide IT industry related training and ensure increased employment in IT industry. It highlights the deficiency of skilled labors in IT industry, and offers views of Randy Trask, from GED Testing Service, on the same.

The article reports that the top executives of Information Technology (IT) industries including Chief Executive Officers (CEO) and Chief Information Officers (CIO) are worried about increasing risk of cybersecurity. It states that according to the survey by the U.S. National Institute of Standards & Technology (U.S.), the managers and executives are not confident about their capability to combat cyberattacks and protect the business data.

The article offers Information Technology (IT) industry news briefs. It states that according to the research sponsored by Cognizant Technology Solutions, the Internet of Things (IoT) technology not only enables the firms to manage their data, but also reshapes entire industries. It mentions that Chief Information Officer's (CIO) are not very keen on adopting Windows 10, and states that customer polling was considered to rate Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of IT industries.

The article offers news briefs related to the information technology (IT) industry as of June 5, 2015. Chuck Robbins has been appointed as the chief executive officer at Cisco Systems Inc. The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) has announced the creation of the Cybersecurity Committee to improve information infrastructure's security. IT hiring managers said in an interview that IT recruiting is the hardest challenge.

The article reports on the increase number of organizations using outside information technology (IT) service firms for IT projects in the U.S. Topics discussed the concept to managed services in a knowledgeable and comfortable way to meet the needs of the IT professionals in the industry wherein the IT workers have difficulties to come in the job market due to its flat budgets.

In this article, the author discusses the importance of interim chief information officer (CIO) in business enterprises especially in information technology industry. Topics discussed include increase in pressure on CIOs as per article published by the news provider CIO UK and different roles of CIOs in organization as per Rachel Murphy-Cooper, chief technology officer (CTO) at the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

In this article, the author discusses benefits offered to chief information officer (CIO) and chief executive officer (CEO) by digital transformation in proving their leadership. Topics discussed include views of software firm Red Hat's CIO Lee Congdon on growing trend of digital disruption, benefits of digital disruption to business enterprises and steps taken by information technology (IT) organization to survive in new environment.

The article focuses on most in-demand mobile skills in the information technology sector in 2015. Topics discussed include predictions by research company Gartner analyst Nick Jones on the issue, increase in demand of multi-platform, multi-architecture application (app) development tools, and association of enterprise mobile management with Bring your own device (BYOD) programs. It also discusses benefits of markup language HTML5 (hypertext document language) for software developers.

The article discusses a report from website Dice.com, which reveals that information security professionals are the most sought after of all information technology (IT) job titles in 2015. It mentions the salary drawn by software security engineers, directors of security and security consultants. It include comments from Shravan Goli of Dice, on importance of security plans in a company's success.

The article offers U.S. information technology (IT) industry news briefs as of May 20, 2015. The effort of companies to make IT professionals as business leaders. The growth in the gender-diverse IT workforce in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Computer Services Corp. has announced its spinoff to form U.S. public sector consulting business as another firm.

The article discusses the concern of the U.S. government over the cybersecurity skills gap. Topics discussed include lack of skilled security professionals, unemployment for information technology (IT) security professionals and the Norwich University's Online Information Assurance Program on cyber professional talent-gap. It adds the increase in demand for cybersecurity professionals.

The article offers information technology (IT) news brief as of May 18, 2015. It discusses the speech of Tim Cook of laptop maker Apple at George Washington University, in which he mentioned the late leader Dr. Martin Luther King and his deeds for welfare of others. It mentions the prize announced by United Airlines, for IT security professional that find bugs in the airline's systems. It adds the Data for Good Initiative program launched by Experian DataLabs.

The article discusses report of researchers at the University of California, Notre Dame University and the U.S. Department of the Treasury, which reveals that the H-1B visa program will cut the U.S. information technology (IT) workers jobs. It mentions that the program allows for general H-1B visas and H-1B visas for workers with an advance college degree.

The article reports on study by information technology (IT) industry association CompTIA, which reveals that the need for innovation is driving increased IT spending and hiring at many firms. It mentions the need for chief Information Officer (CIOs) to help in driving creativity and innovation in their organization. It include comments from Tim Herbert of CompTIA, on same.

This section offers news briefs on the information technology sector as of May 2015. The U.S. Congress has been urged by technology firms and organizations to pass the Pass Trade Bill known as Trade-Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers has asked the U.S. Labor Department to investigate into abuses of the H-1B visa program by Southern California Edison. A study by Juniper Research reveals the continued increase in the cost of cybercrime.

The article presents news briefs related to the information technology (IT) industry as of May 2015. Topics mentioned include the initiative of mass media and communications company Comcast to enhance its customer service by hiring several customer service representatives and construct call centers, research about the expectations and challenges facing IT professionals, and the growth in the market for social business application software.

This section offers information technology (IT) news briefs as of May 6, 2015. Topics discussed include technology company Microsoft Corp.'s rumored plan to acquire cloud computing firm Salesforce.com, the death of SurveyMonkey.com chief executive officer David Goldberg, and a "CIO Today" article about how Google Internet searches on mobile devices have exceeded those conducted on laptop or desktop computers.

The article discusses the evolving relationship between information technology (IT) and small businesses (SMB). Topics covered include an approach to IT spending that will help an SMB save money, the percentage of the U.S. IT industry accounted for by SMBs, and the availability of technology solutions at affordable prices. Also mentioned are uses of IT by SMBs for purposes such as reducing costs and reaching new customers, and the percentage of SMBs that plan to increase IT spending.

The article reports on technology company Salesforce.com Inc. chief executive officer (CEO) Marc Benioff's commitment to gender diversity and equal compensation in information technology (IT). It cites a "Wall Street Journal" article noting that Benioff has ordered a salary review of all its employees to ensure that female staff are paid on par with their male counterparts. It notes women's reluctance to join the IT workforce due to perceived lower wages and discriminatory work environments.

The article discusses the need for chief information officers (CIO) to put proper priority on information technology (IT) retention efforts considering the increasing skills gap in the market. Topics covered include security as a top concern for IT professionals, cloud computing, and the consolidation of legacy systems and data. Also mentioned are succession planning, social networks, and mobile computing.

This section offers news briefs related to information technology (IT) in the U.S. as of May 2015. Social network site LinkedIn saw its share price drop upon the release of if financial performance in the first quarter. Concerns over security continue to be the top hurdle to more aggressive adoption of cloud computing. Chief information officers (CIO) should invest in their farm team when it comes to developing tech talent according to Boston Red Sox vice president of IT Brian Shield.