IT Careers


Offshore Outsourcing’s Pandora’s Box

Not all companies consider the risks—in terms of information security, data privacy, and potential legal liability—associated with offshore outsourcing

Offshore Outsourcing Failures Boost Some IT Salaries

Networking, messaging, groupware, and applications development skills still in high demand

Case Study: Outsourced Network Security Uses Behavioral Modeling

The Yankee Group predicts that by 2010, 90 percent of all security will be outsourced. Here's how one company made its decision to choose a pro-active security solution.

Careers: IT Salaries Expand…Slowly

Starting salaries will increase only modestly in 2005, although in-demand specialties should see much bigger increases

Outsourcing Survey, Part 4: Contract and Human Costs

The results of the 2004 Enterprise Systems Outsourcing Survey are in. In the last two sections of our report, we look at contracts (size and duration) and explore the human costs of outsourcing.

Careers: IT Hiring Forecasts Still Too Close to Call

There’s little agreement about the prospectus for IT hiring—but there’s also little doubt that outsourcing is a hit

Outsourcing Survey, Part 3: What Gets Outsourced and Where It Goes

The results of the 2004 Enterprise Systems Outsourcing Survey are in. In the third article of our series, we look at what functions are outsourced. While application development is at the top of the list, we found a surprisingly large number of companies are outsourcing all IT functions.



Outsourcing in Reverse: Foreign Companies Send Jobs to the United States

Not all outsourcing activity is a net loss for American workers

Outsourcing Survey, Part 2: More Than Cutting Costs

The results of the 2004 Enterprise Systems Outsourcing Survey are in. In the second article of our series we examine what's motivating our Outsourcing Survey respondents to move projects to other providers. Surprisingly, it's not just about cutting costs.

Outsourcing Survey, Part 1: Who and Where

The results of the 2004 Enterprise Systems Outsourcing Survey are in. In the first of our series, we examine who's outsourcing and where the projects are headed.

Case Study: Outsourcing Network Management and Security

How one company found an outsourcer able to manage its network equipment and offer cogent security advice

Readers Offer Perspective on Outsourcing's Beneficiaries

Readers raise the possibility that other stakeholders could benefit from outsourcing windfalls—especially CIOs

Yankee Group Says Security Outsourcing Set to Explode

Managed security service providers to dominate security market by 2010

Who Benefits From Outsourcing?

A new report says CEOs do, and disproportionately at that

Careers: Retaining Employees Back in Focus

CIOs talk up employee retention strategies; the return of travel, training, and table tennis

IT Showing More Signs of Recovery

IT budgets, developer headcount is growing; study says outsourcing isn't dampening internal development

2004 Salary Survey, Part 3: IT Follows Bicoastal Economy

The Northeast and West Coast continue to lead in IT compensation

2004 Salary Survey, Part 2: IT Middle Managers Feel the Pain

Salaries and bonuses for IT executives fell on hard times in recent years. Compensation is down in half of the positions surveyed.

Careers: Hot Skill Areas You Can Bank On (Part 3 of 3)

You don’t have to be certified to enjoy job security -- demand for many uncertified skills is up

2004 IT Salary Survey: Salaries Stagnant For IT Staff

Salaries and bonuses for IT pros have stabilized or are growing slightly. In one position, they actually declined.