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IT Salary Guide: Southern California

February 4, 2015 in IT Hiring

 

Unemployment in the IT sector is at an all-time low, while demand for top tech talent continues to skyrocket. This can only mean one thing: Increased salaries for the best IT professionals. If you’re a business and among the 72% of companies planning to hire IT staff this year, you’ll inevitably be faced with the […]

 

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Exploring the Outlook on IT Hiring in 2015

January 12, 2015 in Information Technology, IT Hiring

 

The New Year is in full swing and the employment landscape is looking optimistic as many people make New Year’s Resolutions to find new jobs. But does anyone really know what to expect for the year ahead? The tech sector in particular had a stable 2014, but what does this mean for the future of […]

 

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Know Your Role and Stick to it…

September 23, 2014 in Software Development

 

I’m very anxious to continue to follow a Study being conducted by San Francisco State University.  They are conducting a study on what makes a successful software development effort.  The premise of the study builds on my fundamental belief that technology projects fail because of people and more specifically teams.  I personally believe there are […]

 

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What is the Big Deal About Big Data?

September 19, 2014 in Big Data

 

For those of you that don’t know, Big Data is a new spin on an old concept. It’s one part industry rebranding old news and one part a change in old news. Large companies have been capturing massive amounts of data and pushing it to their “Data Warehouse”. Then they would use “Business Intelligence” tools […]

 

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How to Tune an IT Department

September 18, 2014 in Information Technology

 

Information Technology is a mystery for most executives (specifically CEOs and CFOs.  If you poll all C-Level executives, I would bet most of them have a story about an IT project or budget that blew his earnings.  When a CEO has to explain to the board why an ERP implementation went $15 million over budget, […]

 

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