Mon, April 30, 2012 - Women still make up a woefully small percentage of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) professionals. IDGE CEO Michael Friendenberg wonders if the tide will change soon.

Fri, April 27, 2012 - Download our ebook for advice from peers about how to recruit and nurture the types of IT professionals you'll need to gain a competitive advantage.

Thu, April 26, 2012 - Analyst firm Forrester has encouraged businesses to recruit software developers who take part in open source projects, as it shows they are keeping their skills current.

Wed, April 11, 2012 - CIOs, technology vendors and consultants agree that a serious shortage of cloud computing skills across the IT industry threatens to impede adoption and deployments. A CIO's best bet for addressing this dearth of talent is to focus on training their existing IT staff.

Mon, April 09, 2012 - There's good news and bad news on the salary front for IT professionals this year. With many businesses enjoying renewed growth following an extended period of economic gloom, IT workers saw another year of modest salary increases, and they reported significantly fewer pay cuts, hiring freezes and layoffs.

Mon, April 09, 2012 - Dean Haddock has seen how highly skilled IT workers can be sidelined: He has witnessed more than one colleague develop deep skills in an IT specialty, only to be displaced -- in a flash -- when a new technology comes along.

Mon, April 09, 2012 - Everyone cares about compensation, and almost everyone feels they deserve to earn more than they make. So what happens if your company can't afford to entice new talent with significant raises or high-dollar salaries?

Thu, April 05, 2012 - IT managers faced with constrained budgets and a dearth of employees with technology skills are turning to cross-training programs to help develop workers with multiple skills.

Mon, April 02, 2012 - With venture capital again flowing, technology-driven companies are struggling to find qualified software engineers. A lack of skilled developers can threaten a companys product plans and revenue goals. To address this challenge, Quixey, a creator of a search engine for apps, developed an online coding competition that lets it identify top-notch talent. It has saved the company nearly $45,000 in recruiting costs and helped it hire four software engineers in three months.

Tue, March 27, 2012 - Business intelligence, analytics and big data are all the rage. But those enterprise endeavors require staffers with solid business knowledge, statistical expertise and presentation skills--skills many IT pros don't have. Here's what CIOs are doing to get them.

Fri, March 23, 2012 - Skills development and resilient IT infrastructure in emerging markets will encourage further investment

Fri, March 23, 2012 - Organizations on average spend one-tenth as much on application security as they do on network security, even though SQL injection attacks are the highest root cause of data breaches. Experts say educating developers in writing secure code is the answer.

Wed, March 14, 2012 - Data from a recent survey conducted by CompTIA shows that skills shortages inside IT departments negatively impact corporate profitability, productivity, innovation, speed to market, customer service and security.

Tue, March 06, 2012 - Technology CEO Council study highlights the importance of new IT applications to future startups, urges policy reforms to clear the way for transformative new businesses.