- Worst of the lot: PCConnection and PCMall
- 10 ways the Chinese Internet is different
- Hacker writes rootkit for Cisco's routers
- Cisco loses $2 million order to Nortel
- Enterasys, Extreme hooking up?
Six Minutes With ... Perry Wu, CEO of BitGravity. Listen now!
Six Minutes With ... Scott Ryan, CEO of Asankya. Listen now!
The movement towards laptop computers has fueled an unprecedented number of data breaches. For IT and Information Security, encryption and training has proven ineffective against careless users and insider threats. This paper discusses these limitations and explains how endpoint security allows remote deletion of sensitive data, tracking of computers outside the network and the physical recovery of missing computers. Learn how you can ensure mobile data protection regardless of end-user interference.
Get the latest on storage technologies that allow IT professionals to better cope with new IT demands. Learn how storage technologies can help you successfully tackle e-Discover, regulatory compliance, green data center initiatives and the data explosion. Get all the details now.
Find out how you can consolidate Windows workloads and create a more efficient virtualized data center in this informative webcast, "Reduce Complexity and Cost - Windows Server Consolidation with Virtualization." Six concise webcast modules are available for your viewing. Watch them all consecutively or only the topics that interest you. The modules cover performance, user case studies, enterprise-level support, managing windows workloads, setup and configuration and the future of virtualization. Learn more today. Register below to learn more and be entered to win an Archos 605 Portable Media Player.
This is a good, basic, common sense article - thank you. Time to time it is forgotten that no system...- tuomoks
Emerson Network Power and its Liebert power and cooling technologies increase IT system flexibility and availability, while lowering the total cost of ownership.
Discover how to optimize your data center efficiency through virtualization, digital system controls and emerging monitoring capabilities.
Learn how Liebert technology ensures availability for U.S. DoD facility while providing the flexibility to add a new supercomputer.
Reduce cooling system energy costs by 30 to 45 percent through five data center efficiency strategies.
Technical skills may never die, but areas of expertise wane in importance as technology advances force companies to evolve and IT staff to forsake yesterday’s craft in favor of tomorrow’s must-have talent.
"There is less need for system-side knowledge. In the past, IT folks had to understand a lot about memory, drivers and address locations, and what used which interrupt, but nowadays that stuff is plug-and-chug even on many Unix systems," says Brian Jones, manager of network engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University’s Tech Communications Network Services unit in Blacksburg. "I feel like all the skills I have picked up along the way are valuable and help shape my thinking and troubleshooting abilities. I don’t know how to value or devalue these skills; it’s like they have taken on new value now."
Industry watchers would be hard pressed to name specific IT skills as entirely dead or completely useless, but some skills are well on their way to being considered a thing of the past -- as reflected by the declining pay associated with them. As hot skills like virtualization rise to the top of company must-have lists (see "Wanted: 10 IT skills employers need today"), high-tech talents in certain operating systems and specific vendor products fall to the bottom. Here are five high-tech skills that don’t demand the pay they once did.
As companies embrace Web 2.0 technologies such AJAX, demand for skills in HTML programming are taking a back seat. According to Foote Partners, pay for skills in technologies such as Ajax and XML increased by 12.5% in the last six months of 2007, while IT managers say they don’t see a demand for technology predecessors such as HTML. "I’m not seeing requirements for general Web 1.0 skills -- HTML programming skills," says Debbie Joy, lead solution architect for CSC in Phoenix.
Legacy programming languages
Skills in programming languages such as Cobol, Fortran, PowerBuilder and more don’t rate like they once did.
| NetworkWorld, Inc. | About Network World, Inc. | Advertise | Careers | Contact us | Terms of Service/Privacy | Reprints and links | Partnerships | Press room | Subscribe to NW |
| IDG, Inc. | CIO | Computerworld | CSO | Demo | GamePro | Games.net | IDGconnect.com | IDG World Expo | Infoworld | JavaWorld.com | LinuxWorld.com | MacUser | Macworld | PC World | Playlistmag.com The Industry Standard IDG List Services |
 |
Copyright © 1994-2008 Network World, Inc. All rights reserved. |
HaBy Anonymous on May 7, 2008, 9:22 amGrow up you friggin' loser.
Reply | Read entire comment
real skillsBy toomedium on May 2, 2008, 6:04 pmdmarti has an excellent point. i work with a lot of internationals, and understanding their use of a word, not alone pronunciation is key to any conversation. restricting...
Reply | Read entire comment
It's an English cliche thatBy Anonymous on May 1, 2008, 5:26 pmIt's an English cliche that refers back to the Jön Türkler movement. In English that's good: it means you're young, in favor of progress and not willing to be...
Reply | Read entire comment
jwz said it best...By dmarti on May 1, 2008, 3:34 pmsn3ect, jwz said it best, so read his essay about developing network apps. (caution: PG-13 language) One more key skill that doesn't show up on resumes (but maybe...
Reply | Read entire comment
projects for networking students.By sn3ect on April 29, 2008, 3:46 pmwhat sort of projects are good for students doing a course in computer network?
Reply | Read entire comment
View all comments