STEFF GELSTON

Steff Gelston is a senior editor at CIO magazine with coverage oversight of IT staffing and the midmarket. She joined CIO in 2006 after working as a senior editor for the former CMO magazine, its sister publication. Her 25-year career in business journalism includes four years as an assistant business editor for The Boston Globe, where she edited daily business news and helped launch BostonWorks, the newspaper's Sunday career and workplace section. Steff was also part of the start-up editorial team for Inc.com, the web site for Inc. magazine. She has been a business reporter at The Boston Herald where she covered retail, advertising, and tourism and wrote a personal finance column. Steff graduated cum laude from Boston University.

Gen Y, Gen X and the Baby Boomers: Workplace Generation Wars

As Boomer bosses relinquish the reins of leadership to Generation X, both are worrying about Generation Y. For the good of the enterprise, everyone needs to do a better job of getting along.

Who's Your Buddy? CIOs and CMOs Forming Effective Alliances

IT and marketing departments have traditionally had a relationship that is best described as strained. But CIOs may have no better partner in the executive suite than the CMO, according to Forrester Research.

No Break Seen in the IT Talent Wars

CIOs will still be locked in a fierce struggle to recruit and retain the best and brightest IT workers in 2008. And that means rising salaries, increased benefits and a choice of employment opportunities for job hunters who have the right skill sets.

"Email Insecurity Factor" Spurs Consumers to Keep Multiple In-boxes

In a trend with serious implications for retailers and others who rely on email marketing, some consumers are errecting multiple email accounts to protect their privacy and avoid spam, according to a recent survey.

Annual Technology Salary Survey Predicts Substantial Increase

Base compensation, signing bonuses and other perks, particularly for in-demand jobs, such as lead applications developer, messaging administrator and data modeler.

Five Things Tom Perkins Has Learned About Business

VC legend Tom Perkins cofounded Silicon Valleys Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which jumpstart companies such as Google and Genentech. He shares his thoughts on on CIOs, bringing new technology to market, and the Hewlett-Packard affair.

IT Workers' Job Satisfaction Declines

Job satisfaction for IT workers ebbed in October just a month after hitting a two-year high, according to the Hudson Employment Index.

San Diego Wildfires: Business and Government Systems Keep Running Despite the Disaster

Business continuity plans helped Qualcomm and San Diego County keep going despite system overload, employee evacuations and other consequences of the fires.

5 Things I've Learned About Privacy

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.

Answers To Movie IT Trivia Quiz

Information technology often shows up onscreen at the movies. Sometimes technology is the star (remember You've Got Mail?); more often it plays a supporting role. Test your knowledge of movie IT with our triva quiz.