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Tech companies have had diversity programs for five years, needle has yet to move
Many believe that diverse teams are more successful, and that diversity and inclusion efforts are critical to solving the current IT labor shortage.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 14, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Privacy Shield: Where are we now?
What's changed? It has been a year since E.U. and U.S. officials agreed to form a new pact for data exchange, and seven months since that pact was officially adopted.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 13, 2017 -
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TrendlineCIO Priorities
Companies task their CIOs with balancing the company’s economic and operational needs as they enable technology throughout the business.
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Workplace by Facebook mulling a 'beach mode' to help workers check out
There’s both an upside and a downside to worker productivity apps. Facebook may be looking to save workers from distraction.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 10, 2017 -
San Francisco, Seattle see biggest yearly salary increases for tech workers
Surprisingly, a few cities, including Los Angeles, Denver, Washington and San Diego, actually saw salary declines.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 10, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Technobabble: Automation and the modern worker
The forecasts of automation displacing the workforce seem a bit dismal, but advancements in technology have brought about a whole new kind of worker.
By Naomi Eide • Feb. 10, 2017 -
Rackspace laying off 6% of US employees
The company has struggled in recent years to keep up with the pace of innovation of other cloud market leaders.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 9, 2017 -
Apple's head of enterprise departs in midst of big business push
Even with leadership changes, it is likely Apple will continue to focus on the enterprise, which could balance out any consumer market downturns.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 8, 2017 -
Why 97 tech companies filed a legal brief against Trump's immigration ban
The companies, including Microsoft, Facebook and Google, say the ban is harmful to American business and hinders companies' abilities to attract "great talent."
By Justine Brown • Feb. 7, 2017 -
Automation expected to displace insurance underwriters, real estate brokers
Loan officers and credit analysts were not far behind. Each of the occupations had more than a 97% chance of becoming completely automated within 10 years.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 6, 2017 -
Mozilla struggles to bring Firefox to connected devices, cuts segment staff
Some missteps in the company's connected devices area means the company will now shift its focus.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 3, 2017 -
Poaching employees a given in today's tech-hungry economy
What to do if you can’t find the tech talent you need? Steal the talent away from a competitor.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 2, 2017 -
Where's the best place to find tech workers?
The eastern and western seaboards of the U.S. are churning out STEM workers, but middle America still has some work to do.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 2, 2017 -
Report: Trump administration planning work-visa overhauls
In the draft executive order, companies would be tasked with putting American workers first, changing how some companies use visa programs, including the H-1B program.
By Naomi Eide • Jan. 30, 2017 -
Deep Dive
How 6 tech companies reacted to Trump's immigration order
The executive order, signed Friday, also extends to H-1B visa holders, potentially impacting employees at companies across the U.S.
By Naomi Eide • Jan. 30, 2017 -
Oracle shifts cloud leadership in push for market expansion
Don Johnson, who joined Oracle in 2014, is now leading Oracle’s public cloud services.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 27, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Technobabble: The world's end, privacy and what the heck is ransomware?
In this edition of Technobabble, you'll find doomsday theorists, a Twitter-worthy memento and cybersecurity for beginners.
By Naomi Eide • Jan. 27, 2017 -
Employees replaced by H-1B visa workers might be unable to prove discrimination
Observers don't think a group of Disney IT professionals will have proper Title VII grounds to sue over being replaced by H-1B hires.
By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Jan. 25, 2017 -
Tech jobs make up 4 of the 5 top jobs for 2017
Data scientists came out on top, followed by DevOps engineers, data engineers and analytics managers.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 25, 2017 -
Microsoft names LinkedIn exec its first company-wide CTO
Kevin Scott previously served as senior vice president of infrastructure for LinkedIn.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 25, 2017 -
Report: IBM laying off employees as CEO pledges to hire 25K
Current and former employees claim "thousands" have been laid off over the last year and those jobs were sent overseas, according to reports.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 25, 2017 -
Oracle planning hardware systems division layoffs
The company's Santa Clara, CA office may see up to 450 SPARC and Solaris developers laid off, The Mercury News reports.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 24, 2017 -
Yes, tech's gender wage gap closes — when women are over 50
In survey of more than 10,000 tech industry employees, Comparably found women experience the largest wage gap between the ages of 18 and 25 in the tech workforce.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 24, 2017 -
Business leaders say automation a real and significant concern
Executives speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last week predicted automation and advanced technologies will mean the loss of large numbers of jobs over the next few years.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 23, 2017 -
Senate H-1B bill prioritizes US educated, high wage earners
The bipartisan legislation, first introduced in 2007, would attempt to crack down on outsourcing companies importing large numbers of H-1B or L-1 workers in the U.S. for temporary training.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 23, 2017 -
RNC exec to become White House chief digital officer
Gerrit Lansing has served as the RNC's chief digital officer since 2015.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 20, 2017
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