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• Tech managers aren't doing a good job developing IT talent: survey

  Tech managers need to do a better job developing talent, IT pros say. There's too much judgment and not enough instruction, according to new poll data from Dice.com.

• Hottest IT skill? Cybersecurity

  Embattled by hactivists, cybercriminals and foreign rivals seeking to steal proprietary information, U.S. corporations are ramping up their hiring of cybersecurity experts, with open jobs reaching an all-time high in April.

• Special report: InfoWorld's developers survival guide

  Change never lets up in technology, and the best developers must stay atop all the latest shifts, from big data to cloud computing to consumerization and beyond. InfoWorld's experts offer guidance to programmers on trends to watch, best practices to adopt, and sins to drop. They also point out programming languages on the rise, the best areas to find tech jobs, and the business skills to master.

• Dirty IT jobs: Grime and punishment

  Dirty IT jobs don't always look so dirty at first glance.

• Stupid tech support tricks: IT calls of shame

  Working in tech support is a bit like teaching preschool: You're an educator who provides reassurance in troubling times. You share knowledge and help others overcome their obstacles. And some days, it feels like all you hear is screaming, crying, and incoherent babble.

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  How to get a hot job in big data

  Big data is reshaping business IT. Thanks to cheap storage, massive processing power, and tools like Hadoop, organizations are now able to mine terabytes of information and derive useful business intelligence from it. But the data revolution is also creating a new breed of hybrid business-IT jobs, ones that blend business knowledge and powerful IT tools to the benefit of tech-savvy line-of-business professionals -- and the possible detriment of IT pros oblivious to the big data trend.

• CIOs struggle to find IT talent

  Is it harder these days to hire skilled lawyers, accountants or tech pros?

• Cloud computing in 2012: An InfoWorld special report

  InfoWorld gives you the full scoop on the state of the cloud in 2012, including key trends in the cloud's technology and its job opportunities, as well as what you have to know about the cloud before developing for it.

• IT salaries rise, bonuses get bigger

  After two straight years of flat wages, tech pros finally got a bump in 2011.

• 12 effective habits of indispensible IT pros

  How do you keep your job -- or get a better one -- in an era when hiring is in a freeze and budgets are perpetually squeezed? Follow these 12 maxims and find out.

• Computerworld Australia's hot jobs round-up: 9 January 2012

  A look at the hot IT jobs around Australia this week

• Mobility, cloud, analytics to reshape IT in 2012

  Despite some hopeful fits and starts, the U.S. economy didn't escape the doldrums in 2011. Unemployment remained stubbornly high, the U.S. debt-ceiling crisis and budget scuffles spurred more economic uncertainty, and Europe's ongoing financial problems threatened global markets. If there's an upside, at least it's familiar territory.

• Life in IT: Tech ideals meet user reality

  Tips on implementing the latest in technology, how-tos for finding employment or contentment in a current job, analyses of "what's on the horizon" -- it's one thing to keep up with all the information out there. It's quite another to put it all into practice.

• Killer resumes for techies

  If you have tech skills and experience, odds are you're going to get a call from an IT recruiter in 2012. That's because IT departments are ramping up hiring at the same time that more IT professionals are ready to leave behind employers offering flat salaries, limited flexibility and aging technology.

• Entry-level IT jobs will be plentiful in 2012, experts predict

  Here is good news for college seniors with technology skills: The entry-level job market for IT workers looks solid in 2012.