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What's your favorite enterprise IT product?
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I've had a few requests for more time, so I'm extending the deadline for anyone who hasn't had time to send in his/her favorite product. I'll accept submissions until Friday, May 3. Thanks to all those who've sent in their raves already. It's great stuff so far.
Floods, fires, hurricanes… how do you prepare for data center disasters?
Floods, fires, hurricanes, earthquakes, power surges. There are plenty of disasters that can derail your data center operations. How you prepare for the worst? Do you have a disaster preparedness and response plan in place? How confident are you that your company could recover if a significant disaster were to make your main data center inaccessible? Please take our confidential survey and let us know. Read more
Survey: Tell us about your data center disasters (and how you avoid them)
Do you have a disaster preparedness and response plan in place? How often do you update it? How confident are you that your company could recover if a significant disaster were to make your main data center inaccessible? Please take our confidential survey and let us know. Read more
What's your favorite enterprise IT product?
Do you have a favorite enterprise IT product you can't live without? Tell us about it and we'll share your raves with our readers.
Please send your submissions to Ann Bednarz at Network World (abednarz@nww.com) by Wednesday, March 21. Please note: Submissions must be received directly from IT professionals, not through a third party.
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Job hunting? Salary negotiation season is open
Job seekers are gaining leverage in salary discussions, according to new data from Robert Half International.
The staffing firm polled 1,600 chief financial officers and asked if they're more or less willing to negotiate salary with top job candidates than they were 12 months ago. Eleven percent said they're much more willing to negotiate, and 27% said they're somewhat more willing. Read more
Survey: Tell us how you’re handling the BYOD trend
Do you allow personal devices to access the corporate network, and if so, under what circumstances? Are you worried about security breaches and the possible loss of enterprise data via employee-owned devices? Please take our confidential survey and let us know.
Network World and SolarWinds want to learn more about how folks in IT are dealing with the issue of personal devices at work. Our survey takes about 5-8 minutes to complete, and it's completely confidential. SolarWinds is also giving away five $50 Amazon gift cards, chosen at random from those who complete the survey. Read more
Financial services firms try to scrimp on IT pay
At a time when most IT hiring managers are mulling pay increases to attract in-demand talent, there's a trend among financial services firms to reduce IT pay, according to one IT staffing firm.
"Some of the larger financial institutions are trying to cut some rates," says Jack Cullen, president of IT staffing and recruiting firm Modis. "That's the only industry we're seeing this in." Read more
Developers top IT hiring managers’ wish lists
Hiring developers is the top priority for today's IT staffing pros, according to Dice.com. The IT jobs site polled 1,200 tech-focused hiring managers and recruiters, and Java developers ranked first among 10 staffing priorities for 2012.
HELP WANTED: 7 hot jobs for 2012 Read more
Specialty certification targets mobile app security
Mobile application development is among the hottest jobs these days, and talent will be in high demand in 2012. As IT pros with programming skills weigh the job opportunities, CompTIA is working on a specialty certification to help ensure that security is given due attention in the mobile apps gold rush.
IT CAREERS: 7 hot jobs for 2012 Read more
Holiday e-commerce spending at $32 billion and counting
Online shoppers hit the "buy" buttons in droves last week, surpassing all past weekly sales tallies.
During the one-week period ended Dec. 18, online retail shoppers spent a record $6.3 billion. On four days of that week, the single-day e-commerce tally surpassed $1 billion dollars, according to web watcher comScore. Read more
Employees aren’t waiting around for IT to deliver new apps
Today's tech-savvy employees aren't waiting around for IT to deliver new applications. They're taking matters into their own hands, according to new survey data.
Intuit QuickBase found that among 900 information workers surveyed, nearly 20% have built or customized a Web app or software for work purposes without support from IT. In addition, 50% of workers said they use tools such as online databases, Web-based productivity apps, instant messaging, video chat and social networks to solve their own business problems. Read more
Companies shift away from yearend bonuses, perks, gifts -- except on Wall Street
Yearend bonuses are a thing of the past at many companies.
Challenger, Gray & Christmas surveyed human resources executives and found that 43% of companies don't award yearend bonuses, perks or gifts. Back in 2007, just 28% of companies surveyed by the outplacement firm said they never award yearend bonuses.
PAYDAY: How much do top CIOs make? Read more
Online holiday spending nears $25 billion
U.S. online shoppers have spent $24.6 billion so far this holiday season, marking a 15% increase compared to the first 39 days of the 2011 holiday season, according to Web watcher comScore.
Since Nov. 1, the single-day online tally has surpassed $1 billion on six days: Nov. 28 ($1.25 billion), Nov. 29 ($1.12 billion), Nov. 30 ($1.03 billion), Dec. 5 ($1.18 billion), Dec. 6 ($1.11 billion), and Dec. 8 ($1.02 billion). Before the 2011 holiday season, that had only happened once before, on last year's Cyber Monday, when sales hit $1.03 billion. Read more
Why are you online? Just passing time
Using the Internet out of boredom? You're not alone. More adults than ever before are using the Internet to kill time, thanks to the prevalence of high-speed broadband connections and the explosion of social networking. Read more
65% of hiring managers plan to add IT staff in 2012
Demand for tech professionals is expected to grow in 2012, according to new data from Dice.com. The IT jobs site surveyed 1,200 IT hiring managers and recruiters in November, and 65% said their companies or clients plan to add tech pros to their staff in the first half of 2012.
Among those in hiring mode, 27% said they plan to expand headcount by more than 20%. Tech pros with six to 10 years of experience are most sought after, followed by those with two to five years of experience. Read more
Cyber Monday sales climb 33%
Online sales jumped 33% yesterday compared to last year's Cyber Monday tally. In addition, average order size increased 2.6% from $193.24 to $198.26, according to data from IBM.
HOLIDAY PREP: Target's website woes getting fixed, CEO says Read more
Cyber Monday snapshot: Sales up 20% as of midday ET
Looks like last year's Cyber Monday sales record might get broken. Online sales as of noon ET were up 20% compared to last year, says IBM, which has been tracking online holiday shopping. Read more
Heavy online shopping took a toll on website performance
U.S. consumers shopped big on Thanksgiving and the day after the holiday, but many retailers' websites couldn't keep up with the heavy loads.
HOLIDAY PREP: Geekiest holiday cards Read more
Mobile shoppers help drive online sales surge on Thanksgiving
What did U.S. consumers do in between servings of turkey, stuffing and pie? Surfed the web and shopped big. Online retail sales jumped 39.3% on Thanksgiving, compared to last year's single-day holiday total.
The online shopping feast continued the day after Thanksgiving, driving online sales up 24.3% on Black Friday compared to the same period last year, according to IBM.
HOLIDAY PREP: Geekiest holiday cards Read more
Shopping at work? More CIOs say it’s not allowed
As scores of Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping deals start piling up, do you know what your end users are up to? Are you being asked to curb your fellow workers' online shopping activities? If so, you're not alone. More companies are taking steps to restrict holiday shopping at work, according to CIOs surveyed by Robert Half Technology. Read more
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- Ann Bednarz is an associate online news editor at Network World. She writes feature stories and is particularly interested in career-related topics, including hiring trends, compensation information, in-demand skills and staffing strategies.
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