Deborah Rothberg

As the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 passed its fourth anniversary in July, the need for security, risk management and compliance specialists has put executive-level information security officers in even greater demand. Some schools have responded by going so far as to develop core curriculum to develop these executives; the University of Fairfax, an online graduate […]

Remember that time you were talking to the Generation X-aged employee in your department and referred to punch cards and he or she responded with a blank stare? “We recorded digital information on them through punch-outs,” you explained to the clueless face before you, “and then developed programs to read the data and … Oh, […]

Rather than abruptly withdrawing from the daily grind, many IT professionals would consider consulting as a bridge to retirement, finds a survey released today by Robert Half Technology, a Menlo-Park, Calif.-based provider of IT professional services. Nearly half (46 percent) of CIOs surveyed said they are likely to consider project work or consulting as a […]

The future enterprise technology career path will meander in and out of the IT department, according to research presented a Forrester teleconference on Aug. 22. “Enterprise IT is going through a metamorphosis. The career path is not as straightforward as it once might have been. You used to start as a programmer or operator and […]

Nearly one-third of American workers say they are putting in longer hours and suffering more stress while at work, according to the findings of a survey released Aug. 21 by Melville, N.Y.-based Adecco, a workforce solutions company. In their Labor Day Snapshot of the American Worker report, Adecco finds that U.S. employees are no longer […]

Technology certifications matter. Or maybe they dont. Pay is up for IT workers, but many havent recovered the wages that typified the late 90s. There arent enough computer science majors in the United States, but the jobs held by the ones we do have here could be outsourced. Corporations want M.B.A. technology managers, but there […]

“The Devil Wears Prada” is a thinly veiled tell-all about a young assistants nightmarish experience working for an abominable boss at a high-fashion magazine. The queen bee, Miranda Priestly, has become practically a household term for emotionally, psychologically and verbally abusive bosses. The story is popular because its entertaining, but also because it resonates with […]

While most industries are replacing stock options with higher salaries, Internet and e-commerce companies are increasing the use of employee stock options, according to a survey released Aug. 8 by Syzygy Consulting Group, a high-tech customized consulting services company. As part of its annual Pre-IPO and Private Company Total Compensation Survey, Syzygy, based in Lafayette, […]

A federal appeals court ruled Aug. 7 that IBM did not commit age discrimination when it changed its pension coverage in 1999. The 7th District U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago found that IBMs pension plan did not constitute age discrimination because it gave every employee the same credits. “Treating the time value of money […]

After boasting fiscal fourth-quarter revenue gains the week prior, Sun Microsystems laid off approximately 5,000 workers in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia Aug. 4 as part of an ongoing plan to improve profits. The job cuts, affecting 950 employees in the United States and 300 in Colorado alone, were across all levels, including […]