What's wrong with agile development: Culture, people top the list
Agile development projects are succeeding, but when they fail, it's often due to staffing and teamwork issues
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InfoWorld seeks nominees for top tech leaders
Awards program honors IT and business pros who demonstrated innovative leadership in the creation, deployment, or management of technology to help their business
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The tech jobs hiring boom is real -- for these skills
It's not a myth. The technology industry is in the midst of a hiring surge stronger than any we've seen since the days of the dot-com boom. InfoWorld's interviews with economists, technology executives, job seekers, and hiring board managers indicate that <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/t/information-technology-careers/the-it-job-outlook-5-questions-answered-175265">employment in the tech sector is up</a> a solid 10 percent this year -- by some bullish estimates, closer to 20 percent. And despite the tendency of the media to fixate on California's Silicon Valley, the hottest job markets are in places like New York and Washington, D.C., where firms in financial services and the federal government hire droves of IT hands.
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IT's most wanted: Mainframe programmers
Before tablets, smartphones, and PCs became prominent, "big iron" mainframes led down the path to computing, becoming a staple of enterprise business worldwide several decades ago.
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Macs in your business: InfoWorld's expert management guide
Macs may be a minority of PCs in any business, but these days they are used by most businesses. And as more companies roll out "choose your own PC" and "bring your own PC" policies, IT will only need to be more familiar with managing Mac OS X systems.
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9 signs you should jump ship to a new job
Poor teamwork, little experimentation, no clear career path -- your employer may be sending unmistakable signals of career stagnation. Don't miss them
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6 dirty secrets of the IT industry
IT pros blow the whistle on the less-than-white lies and dark sides of the tech business
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Foiled! How to beat software vendors' sneaky price increases
Between complex licenses and the cloud, Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP have lots of ways to hike up prices. Here's how to fight back
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6 dirty secrets of the IT industry
IT pros blow the whistle on the less-than-white lies and dark sides of the tech business
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The best of the worst: The dirty IT jobs hall of shame
We've sifted through the sewage and vermin to bring you the 14 all-time dirtiest jobs in IT
