13 free tools ease IT management; 5 tips for boosting your pay

Opinion
Oct 2, 20072 mins

Latest management news.

13 free tools ease IT management, 10/01/07: Finding the perfect tool to relieve a pain point or fill a gap can be invaluable to network managers. When the tool is free? Even better.

IT salaries: 5 tips for boosting your pay, 09/24/07: Experts tell how to improve your earnings potential and job experience.

5 things I’ve learned about privacy, 09/26/07: As founder of the Ponemon Institute, a privacy and business ethics think tank, Dr. Larry Ponemon worries society will give up on privacy ideals as protecting personal data becomes harder.

Tapping IT to fight terrorism, deal with hurricanes, 09/26/07: Business intelligence takes on a new meaning when it’s used to make sure that mission-critical equipment like night-vision goggles makes it to the right brigade in Iraq at the right time.

Too few manners at work, 09/26/07: Work might be a bit more pleasant for everyone if more people practiced good manners at the office, whether it’s remembering to say please and thank you or waiting one’s turn to talk.

Salary survey: IT job loyalty starting to sag, 09/24/07: Fewer IT professionals are feeling loyal to the current jobs than in previous years, our annual survey shows (get the loyalty ratings here).

Got carrier questions?: National IT recruiter Matt Colarusso will be available for a live text chat Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. Eastern, no registration necessary. Just go to the Network World Chat page at the appointed time and log in.